Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro

male, 83 years old (la havana, Cuba)
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born August 13, 1926) is the current President of Cuba. He led the revolution overthrowing dictator Fulgencio Batista...

Ramón Grau

male, deceased (1969)
Dr. Ramón Grau San Martin was a Cuban physician and president of Cuba (1933-34, 1944-48). His father, a rich tobacco grower, wanted him to c...

Nicolás Guillén

male, deceased (1989)
Nicolás Guillén was an Afro-Cuban poet. Guillén was born in Camagüey, Cuba. He studied law at the University of Havana, but he soon abandoned a lega...

Mirta Diaz-Balart

female, 81 years old
Mirta Francisca de la Caridad Díaz-Balart y Gutiérrez was Fidel Castro's first wife. She was a fellow student at the University of Havana, st...
Armando Hart

Armando Hart

male, 79 years old
Armando Hart Dávalos is a Cuban politician and a Communist leader. His grandfather was born in Georgia, USA and emigrated to Cuba as a child. B...

Félix Varela

male, deceased (1853)
Félix Varela y Morales was a notable figure in the Roman Catholic Church of Cuba. He was born in Havana, Cuba and died in St. Augustine, Florida, U...
Julio Antonio Mella

Julio Antonio Mella

male, deceased (1929)
Julio Antonio Mella (25 March 1903 - 10 January 1929) was a founder of the "internationalized" Cuban Communist Party. Mella studied law in the...
Huber Matos

Huber Matos

male
Huber Matos was a Cuban revolutionary who successfully overthrew General Fulgencio Batista in concert with Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, Camilo...
Gustavo Arcos

Gustavo Arcos

male, deceased (2006)
Gustavo Arcos Bergnes (December 19, 1926 - August 8, 2006) was a fellow Cuban revolutionary alongside Fidel Castro who later became an imprisoned...
José Miró Cardona

José Miró Cardona

male, deceased (1974)
José Miró Cardona was a Cuban politician. He served as Prime Minister for a period of some six weeks in early 1959, following his appointment by Pr...