List of personalities of the city of Santiago de Cuba
This list includes people born in Santiago de Cuba ; it is irrelevant whether they subsequently worked in Santiago. Other personalities related to the city are listed below. The list does not claim to be complete.
Sons and Daughters of Santiago de Cuba
Until 1930
- José María Heredia (1803–1839), poet
- Mariana Grajales (1815–1893), freedom fighter during the Wars of Independence, mother of Antonio Maceo
- Guillermo Moncada (1840–1895), general of the Cuban independence movement and commander in chief for the Oriente province
- José-Maria de Heredia (1842–1905), French writer
- Paul Lafargue (1842–1911), Cuban-French socialist and doctor
- Antonio Maceo (1845–1896), General in the War of Independence
- Emilio Bacardí Moreau (1844–1922), son of the founder of the Bacardi distillery, mayor of Santiago
- Pepe Sánchez (1856–1918), musician, singer and composer; Father of the Trova and as the creator of the Cuban bolero
- Máximo Arrates Boza (1859–1936), Panamanian composer
- José Giral Pereira (1879–1962), Spanish politician and former Prime Minister of Spain
- Ñico Saquito (1902–1982), composer and singer
- Eduardo Chibás (1907–1951), politician, founder of the Orthodox Party
- Compay Segundo (1907–2003), musician (Buena Vista Social Club)
- Víctor Cruz (1908–1998), singer, bassist and composer; Pioneer of Cuban and Latin American music in Germany
- Desi Arnaz (1917–1986), musician, actor, comedian and television producer, who was particularly successful in the USA
- Reynaldo Creagh (1918-2014), singer
- Harold Gramatges (1918–2008), composer and composition teacher
- Olga Guillot (1922-2010), singer
- José Ramón Fernández Álvarez (1923–2019), politician and military
- Ibrahim Ferrer (1927-2005), singer in the Buena Vista Social Club
- Marçal Cervera (1928–2019), Catalan cellist
- Vilma Espín (1930–2007), wife of Raúl Castro and president of the Federation of Cuban Women
- Evelio Planas (* 1930), sprinter and medium-distance runner
1931 to 1960
- José Ramón Balaguer Cabrera (* 1932), politician
- Frank País (1934–1957), revolutionary
- Antón Arrufat (* 1935), dramaturge and writer
- Carlos Fernández Gondín (1938–2017), politician, military and revolutionary
- Enrique Figuerola (* 1938), track and field athlete and Olympic participant
- Abelardo Colomé Ibarra (* 1939), politician (PCC)
- Jorge Mas Canosa (1939–1997), influential entrepreneur and political activist in the United States
- La Lupe (1939–1992), singer
- José Nápoles (1940-2019), Cuban-Mexican boxer
- Miguelina Cobián (1941–2019), athlete
- Héctor Casanova (1942–2007), singer and composer
- José Armando Guerra Menchero (1942–2007), ambassador
- John Dew (* 1944), British opera director and artistic director
- Rita Marley (* 1946), Jamaican reggae musician
- Eliades Ochoa (* 1946), guitarist and singer (Buena Vista Social Club)
- Rolando Garbey (* 1947), boxer
- Juan Morales (* 1948), hurdler and sprinter
- Enrique Regüeiferos (1948-2002), boxer
- Marcia Garbey (* 1949), long and high jumper, sprinter and pentathlete
- Alberto Juantorena (* 1950), athlete and Olympic champion
- Douglas Rodríguez (1950-2012), boxer
- Carmen Romero (* 1950), discus thrower and shot putter
- José Villa Soberón (* 1950), artist and professor
- Manuel Barrueco (* 1952), classical guitarist and professor at the Conservatorio de Peabody
- Emilio Correa Vaillant (* 1952), boxer
- Juan Ferrer (1955-2015), Judoka
- Daniel Núñez (* 1958), weightlifter
- Jorge Pupo (* 1960), actor, voice actor and producer
- Juan Torres Odelin (* 1960), light flyweight boxer
1961 to 1980
- Raúl Cascaret (1962-1995), wrestler
- Agustín Pavó (* 1962), sprinter
- Carlos Santiago Espada Moisés ( Charles Ashenoff; * 1964), better known as Konnan, wrestler
- Orlando Zapata (1967-2010), dissident
- Hermenegildo García (* 1968), foil fencer
- Faizon Love (born 1968), American actor
- Francisco Álvarez Cutiño (* 1969), beach volleyball player
- Israel Hernández (* 1970), judoka
- Ramón Garbey (born 1971), boxer
- Román Filiú (* 1972), jazz musician (saxophone)
- Iván García (* 1972), sprinter
- Diosbelys Hurtado (* 1973), Cuban-Spanish boxer
- Aruán Ortiz (* 1973), jazz pianist
- Amarilis Savón (* 1974), judoka
- Sibelis Veranes (* 1974), judoka
- Raynier Casamayor Griñán (* 1975), known as El Médico, musician and practicing doctor
- Diadenis Luna (* 1975), judoka
- William Vivanco (* 1975), singer-songwriter of the youngest generation of the Nueva Trova
- Anier García (* 1976), athlete
- José Antonio Guerra (* 1979), water diver
- Yurisel Laborde (* 1979), judoka and two-time world champion
- René Montero (* 1979), wrestler
- Yordanis Despaigne (* 1980), boxer
From 1981
- Arnold Alcolea (* 1982), racing cyclist
- Yoandri Betanzos (* 1982), triple jumper
- Adriana Muñoz (* 1982), middle distance runner
- Jorge Vistel (* 1982), jazz musician
- Geandry Garzón Caballero (born 1983), wrestler
- Mabel Gay (born 1983), track and field athlete
- Libania Grenot (* 1983), Cuban-Italian athlete
- David Virelles (* 1983), jazz pianist
- Maikel Vistel (* 1983), jazz musician
- Arnie David Giralt (* 1984), triple jumper
- Alexis Copello (* 1985), triple jumper
- Carlos Banteur (* 1986), boxer
- Arisnoide Despaigne (* 1986), boxer
- Roberto Janet (* 1986), hammer thrower
- Yordenis Ugás (* 1986), boxer
- Noel Ruíz (* 1987), sprinter
- Leonel Suárez (* 1987), decathlete
- Robelis Despaigne (* 1988), Taekwondoin
- Sándor Szalontay (* 1990), Hungarian cyclist
- Yaimé Pérez (* 1991), discus thrower
- Annia Rivera (* 1991), water diver
- Ismael Borrero Molina (* 1992), wrestler
- Wilfredo León (* 1993), Cuban-Polish volleyball player
- Manrique Larduet (* 1996), artistic gymnast
- Luis Zayas (* 1997), high jumper
- Maykel Massó (* 1999), long jumper
Other personalities who worked on site
- Rodrigo de Bastidas (≈1460–1527), Spanish conqueror; died in Santiago
- Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (1465–1524), Spanish conqueror and governor of Cuba for the Spanish crown
- Esteban Salas y Castro (1725–1803), composer and church musician
- Francesco Antommarchi (1780–1838), last personal physician to Napoleon Bonaparte: died in Santiago and is buried there
- Facundo Bacardí (1814–1886), founder of the Bacardi distillery in Santiago
- Tomás Estrada Palma (1835–1908), Cuban politician and from 1902 to 1906 the first President of the Republic of Cuba
- Hermann Michaelsen (1851–1928), German merchant and consul in Santiago
- Mario García Menocal (1866–1941), politician; Third President of Cuba from 1913 to 1921
- Fidel Castro (1926-2016), former President of Cuba; went to school in Santiago and is buried there
- Abel Santamaría (1927–1953), leader of the Cuban Revolution
- Raúl Castro (* 1931), former President of Cuba; went to school in Santiago
- Wilman Villar Mendoza (1980–2012), dissident and political prisoner who died as a result of a hunger strike
Individual evidence
- ↑ Emilio Bacardí Moreau on Biografías y Vidas (Spanish)