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This is a list of notable Cuban Americans, including immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.

Athletes

Mary Joe Fernández
Ryan Lochte
Dara Torres
Danny Valencia

Business

Carlos Gutierrez

Education

Entertainment

Cameron Diaz
Andy García
Joanna Garcia
Eva Mendes

Actors

Cartoonists

Directors, screenwriters and producers

Fashion

Musicians

Gloria Estefan

Rock

Singers

Rap & hip-hop

Producers

Percussionists

Composers and/or bandleaders

  • Xavier Cugat, bandleader
  • Arsenio Rodríguez (1911–1970), Cuban musician, composer and bandleader; born in Cuba, he died in United States, where he lived in the last years of his life[30]
  • Lucy Simon, American composer for the theatre and popular songs; known for the musical The Secret Garden; sister of Carly and Joanna Simon

Classical

Jazz

Folk, country and other music

Reality television contestants

Writers

For a more comprehensive list, see List of Cuban American writers.

Journalists

Government

United States ambassadors

Cabinet members

United States House of Representatives

2008 Congressional candidates

United States Senate

Federal government

Local government

State government

U.S. Commonwealth government

Judiciary

United States Armed Forces

World leaders

Science and technology

Visual arts

Others

  • Juanita Castro, sister of former Cuban President Fidel Castro and incumbent President Raúl Castro; has lived in the United States since 1964 and is a naturalized citizen
  • Michelle Font, beauty queen who won Miss Washington USA and competed in the Miss USA pageant on April 11, 2008 at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Nevada; of Cuban and Puerto Rican descent
  • Emilio Núñez (1855–1922), soldier, dentist, and politician
  • Manny Puig, Cuban born wildlife entertainer
  • Enrique Ros (died April 10, 2013), Cuban born businessman and activist opposed to Cuban president Fidel Castro
  • Andrea Louise Simon, community leader
  • Alfred-Maurice de Zayas, Cuban born lawyer; writer; historian; expert in the field of human rights and international law; retired high-ranking United Nations official; peace activist; since 2012 the United Nations Independent Expert on the Promotion of a Democratic and Equitable International Order (also known as Special Rapporteur), appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council

References

  1. ^ "You got 48 hours" Speech by Dr. John Carlos on YouTube
  2. ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20020812173838/http://www.army.mil/usar/news/2002/05may/chico.html
  3. ^ a b "Aguila and Gonzalez are of Cuban-American heritage, though both were born in the United States."
  4. ^ "He's lovin' it; the Ralph Alvarez story: for the Cuban-born Ralph Alvarez, working for McDonald's had long been a dream."
  5. ^ "The Bacardi family are Cuban exiles who left the country in 1960 when their assets were confiscated by Fidel Castro's regime."
  6. ^ "Falla Retires From Dow Board of Directors". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  7. ^ "Enrique C. Falla: Executive Profile & Biography – Businessweek". Businessweek.com. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  8. ^ a b "The Cuban born brothers"
  9. ^ "Born in Cuba during Fidel Castro's revolution, Figueredo fled the island with his parents"
  10. ^ "Coca-Cola Chairman Roberto C. Goizueta, a Cuban immigrant"
  11. ^ "Born in Havana, Cuba in 1953"
  12. ^ "Cuban immigrant Al de Molina has done an impressive job as treasurer of Bank of America (BofA)"
  13. ^ "Perez, 55, who was born in Argentina of Cuban parents and came to the U.S. in 1968"
  14. ^ "Quesada created the Santerians, based on his coming of age experiences and Cuban heritage"
  15. ^ "Cuban American George Reyes, 53"
  16. ^ 2011 National Humanities Medal
  17. ^ No puedo esperar a poner las manos en el guión del último episodio de Perdidos ("I can not wait to put my hands on the last Lost episode") Template:Es icon
  18. ^ "Isabel Celeste". Sulafilms.com. 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-08.
  19. ^ Gallagher – "All-Starz on David Gallagher". This half Irish, half Cuban actor can dance for six hours straight! "I'm proud to have the Latin hips", he says!
  20. ^ Gallo – "Melissa Gallo Fan". Archived from the original on 2009-10-27. (MELISSA GALLO) comes from "a big Cuban family, a lot of whom reside in the New York area"
  21. ^ Garcia – "Aah Celeb Profile". Cuban descent actress JOANNA GARCIA
  22. ^ "Oscar Buzz". Miami Herald. December 1, 2006.
  23. ^ "George A. Romero On His Latino Heritage: 'I Was The Shark, Not The Jet'".
  24. ^ "Courtney Love". Conversations from the Edge with Carrie Fisher. 2002-03-03. Oxygen.
  25. ^ Kors, Michael (July 2004). "Carly Simon: romance, pain, anticipation—if it's a human impulse, then Carly Simon has sung about it". Interview. [dead link]
    Kors, Michael (July 2004). "Carly in INTERVIEW 2004". Interview. Carly Simon Online. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  26. ^ Ogunnaike, Lola (October 2005). Sole Sister. ISSN 1070-4701. Retrieved September 24, 2007. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  27. ^ [1] Biography at Song Writer Universe.com
  28. ^ Ryan Allen. "Prefuse 73 Biography".
  29. ^ Mix en español (magazine in Spanish: Mix in Spanish). July, August, 2000
  30. ^ García, David F. 2006. Arsenio Rodríguez and the transnational flows of Latin popular music. Philadelphia. p. 115
  31. ^ http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2010/11/23/842752/homenaje-a-la-pianista-zenaida.html Homenaje a la pianista Zenaida Manfugás. Posted by Olga Connor. Asked on Wednesday, 16 denoviembre 2011.
  32. ^ Eugene Chadbourne, Al Dreares at Allmusic.
  33. ^ North American Academy of the Spanish Language - Joaquín Badajoz
  34. ^ Carolina Garcia Aguilera b.1949
  35. ^ es:José Kozer
  36. ^ http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2013/07/jose-kozer-wins-pablo-neruda-ibero-american-poetry-prize/
  37. ^ Anais Nin was born in France of Cuban parents, and was later a naturalized American Citizen
  38. ^ Ricardo Pau-Llosa
  39. ^ http://www.ceciliasamartin.com
  40. ^ iHeartAmile, on Blogger.
  41. ^ www.energyoutreach.org: Speakers at Colorado's New Energy Economy Conference
  42. ^ a b "The Latino Experience in U.S. History"; publisher: Globe Pearson; pages 155-157; ISBN 0-8359-0641-8
  43. ^ Raymond T. Bauer (2010). "Isabel Pérez Farfante de Canet 24 June 1916 – 20 August 2009" (PDF). Journal of Crustacean Biology. 30 (2): 345–349. doi:10.1651/09-3254.1.
  44. ^ Alitash Gallery (2004). "EMILIO CRUZ: I Am Food I Eat The Eater Of Food". Retrieved 2012-08-09. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  45. ^ "LORD MANDEVILLE'S WEDDING.;". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
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