José Martí

male, deceased (1895)
José Julián Martí y Pérez, poet, modernismo, Translator, hero, slavery…Spanish-language poet, Father of the Nation, SpanishcolonialperiodofCuba
José Julián Martí y Pérez was a leader of the Cuban independence movement from Spain and as well a renowned poet and writer. He is considered the...

Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar

male, deceased (1524)
City founder, spanish conquistador, havana, new world, santiago de cuba, hispaniola…Spanish conquistadore, SpanishcolonialperiodofCuba, Spanish conquest of Yucatán
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar was a Spanish conquistador. He conquered and governed Cuba for Spain. Diego Velázquez was born in Cuéllar, in the Sego...

Pánfilo de Narváez

male, deceased (1528)
Florida colonial, spanish conquistador, Spanish conquistadore, Americas, SpanishcolonialperiodofCuba, spanish
Pánfilo de Narváez was a Spanish conqueror and soldier in the Americas. He is most remembered as the leader of two expeditions, one to Mexico in 15...

Bernardo De Gálvez Y Madrid Count of Gálvez

male, deceased (1786)
andalusian, American Revolutionary War, Governor of Louisiana, Colonial Mexico, General, viceroy…spanish, Military history of Spain, SpanishcolonialperiodofCuba, Colonial heads of Cuba, Spanish military leader
Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, Viscount of Galveston and Count of Gálvez was a Spanish military leader and the general of Spanish forces in New Sp...

Luis de Unzaga

male, deceased (1790)
captain, mississippi river, governor, santiago de cuba, havana, lieutenant…flag of spain, Treaty of Fontainebleau, SpanishcolonialperiodofCuba, Colonial heads of Cuba, Captaincy General of Venezuela
Luis de Unzaga also known (Luis Unzaga Y Amezaga) was the first Spanish Louisiana Governor (from 1769 to 1777) as well as a captain general of...

Sebastián de Ocampo

male
spanish conquistador, spanish, SpanishcolonialperiodofCuba, Gulf Stream, Spanish conquistadore, explorer…gulf of mexico
Sebastián de Ocampo was a Spanish navigator and explorer. He is believed to have been the first navigator to have circumnavigated the island of C...
Eduardo Vivas

Eduardo Vivas

male, deceased (1957)
Cuban, actor, Havana, Cuba, SpanishcolonialperiodofCuba, Spanish-Cuban, Eduardo de Ceano-Vivas Sabau
Eduardo de Ceano-Vivas Sabau was born in Havana, Cuba. His father was a Spanish soldier during the occupation of Cuba by Spain. He and his parents...