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List Of Cubans
This is a list of notable Cubans, ordered alphabetically by first name within each category. Additional lists For Cuban-Americans please see List of Cuban Americans Art and entertainment Actors *Ana de Armas, actress * Ana Margarita Martínez-Casado, actress and singer *Andy García, actor *César Évora, actor *Daisy Fuentes, actress *Desi Arnaz, actor *Emiliano Díez, actor * Enrique Molina, actor *Faizon Love, actor and comedian *Francisco Gattorno, actor *Julio Oscar Mechoso, actor *Luis Oquendo, actor * Luisa Martínez Casado (1860-1925), actress * Manela Bustamante, actress * María Conchita Alonso, actress *Mario Cimarro, actor * Mario Ernesto Sánchez, actor and founder of Teatro Avante *Renny Arozarena, actor * Steven Bauer, actor *Velia Martínez, actress and singer * William Levy, actor *Nobel Vega, actor, "Tio Nobel" Architects *Raúl de Armas *Nicolas Arroyo *Max Borges Jr. *Max Borges del Junco *Felicia Chateloin *Leonardo Morales y Pedroso * Ricardo Porro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cubans
Cubans ( es, Cubanos) are people born in Cuba and people with Cuban citizenship. Cuba is a multi-ethnic nation, home to people of different ethnic, religious and national backgrounds. Racial and ethnic groups Census The population of Cuba was 11,167,325 inhabitants in 2012. The largest urban populations of Cubans in Cuba (2012) are to be found in Havana (2,106,146), Santiago de Cuba (506,037), Holguín (346,195), Camagüey (323,309), Santa Clara (240,543) and Guantánamo (228,436). According to Cuba's Oficina Nacional de Estadisticas ONE 2012 Census, the population was 11,167,325 including: 5,570,825 men and 5,596,500 women. Source. European In the 2012 Census of Cuba, 64.1% of the inhabitants self-identified as white. Based on genetic testing (2014) in Cuba, the average European, African and Native American ancestry in those auto-reporting to be white were 86%, 6.7%, and 7.8%. The majority of the European ancestry comes from Spain. During the 18th, 19th and early par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Cimarro
Mario Antonio Cimarro Paz (born June 1, 1971) is a Cuban actor. Biography Mario Antonio Cimarro Paz was born on June 1, 1971 in Havana, Cuba. He is the son of Antonio Luis Cimarro and María Caridad Paz. He has a sister, named María Antonia Cimarro Paz. Personal life In 1999, Cimarro married the Spanish-Venezuelan actress, Natalia Streignard whom he met while filming '' La mujer de mi vida''. The couple divorced in 2006. From 2009 to 2013, Cimarro was in a relationship with the Mexican actress, Vanessa Villela. Since 2018, Cimarro is in a relationship with Slovak model Bronislava Gregušová. They had a baby on the 31st of August 2022. Career He made his big screen debut in 1995 in ''Acapulco, cuerpo y alma''. In 1996, he made the theatrical seasons of ''Romeo y Julieta''. From 2003 to 2004, he was the Main role of the Colombian television series ''Pasión de Gavilanes'' with Natasha Klauss, Michel Brown, Juan Alfonso Baptista, Danna García and Paola Rey. From 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonardo Morales Y Pedroso
Leonardo Morales y Pedroso (January 25, 1887– November 17, 1965) was one of the most prominent Cuban architect in Cuba in the first half 20th century. In 1900 he entered and attended pre-university studies at De Witt Clinton High of New York, where he obtained a Bachelor's degree. In 1909 he graduated of Bachelor in Architecture from Columbia University. After graduating, he returned to Cuba in 1909 where he worked a time in the local architect firm of Newton & Sola with the architect Thomas M. Newton, who was director of the civil construction section of the Secretary of Public Works during the 2nd American intervention in Cuba. In February 1910, he returned to the United States and obtained a Master's degree (Doctor) in Architecture from Columbia University in the State of New York. After obtaining his doctorate in architecture he joined in march 1910 the architecture Company Morales y Mata arquitectos, created in 1907 by his elder brother the engineer Luis Morales y Pedroso in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felicia Chateloin
Felicia Chateloin is a Cuban architect specialized in conservation and rehabilitation of built patrimony and in urban historic preservation.Linkedin. http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Announcement-from-Institute-Classical-Architecture-2554899.S.171201404?qid=d392e648-5ccb-4daf-a9c1-07a6dd83f6d4&goback=.gna_2554899 Academic background Chateloin is a graduate of the School of Architecture, University of Havana. Work as preservation and rehabilitation specialist As a member of the National Centre of Conservation, Restoration and Museology (CENCREM), Chateloin played a key role in developing the institutional procedure for the designation of the Historic Urban Zones in Havana, Cuba. She served as technical consultant to the Havana City Historian's Office (OHCH) in the implementation of the first comprehensive survey of historic structures in La Habana Vieja (Old Havana). Work as professor Chateloin is a professor at the Faculty of Architecture, Polytechnic José Antonio Echeverría ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Borges Del Junco
Maximiliano de la Luz Borges y del Junco (May 29, 1890 in Jaruco, Cuba - June 9, 1963, Arlington, VA) was a well-known Cuban architect and Minister of Public Works during the presidency of Dr. Federico Laredo Brú of Cuba. He graduated as an engineer in 1916 and as an architect (in 1917). His first company was “Construcciones Max Borges” later renamed “Max Borges e Hijos”. He was married first to Enriqueta Recio y Heymann in 1917 and they had three sons, Alberto (Plastic Surgeon...M.D., F.A.C.S., F.I.C.S.) and Enrique and Max Borges Recio Max Borges Jr., born Max Borges Recio (July 24, 1918 – January 18, 2009), was a Cuban architect best known for his work in Havana in the 1940s and 1950s. He later moved to the United States. Biography Borges Jr. was born in Cuba, the son ... both architects who joined their father in his firm). He later married Josefina Seiglie (in 1937) and they had Josefina and Ana Maria Borges y Seiglie. References * ''Los Propietarios d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Borges Jr
Max or MAX may refer to: Animals * Max (dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog * Max (English Springer Spaniel), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of OBE) * Max (gorilla) (1971–2004), a western lowland gorilla at the Johannesburg Zoo who was shot by a criminal in 1997 Brands and enterprises * Australian Max Beer * Max Hamburgers, a fast-food corporation * MAX Index, a Hungarian domestic government bond index * Max Fashion, an Indian clothing brand Computing * MAX (operating system), a Spanish-language Linux version * Max (software), a music programming language * Commodore MAX Machine * Multimedia Acceleration eXtensions, extensions for HP PA-RISC Films * ''Max'' (1994 film), a Canadian film by Charles Wilkinson * ''Max'' (2002 film), a film about Adolf Hitler * ''Max'' (2015 film), an American war drama film Games * '' Dancing Stage Max'', a 2005 game in the ''Dance Dance Revolution'' series * ''DDRM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Arroyo
Nicolás Arroyo Márquez (31 August 1917 in Havana, Cuba - 13 July 2008 in Washington, D.C.) was a Cuban architect, diplomat and minister. He was the last Cuban Ambassador to the United States in 1958 before Fidel Castro's rise to power. He had previously served in the government of Fulgencio Batista as the Minister of Public Works (1952–1958). Arroyo was the third of five children born to lawyer Nicholas Arroyo, and Hortensia Marquez. He received his architecture degree from the University of Havana in 1941 and practiced in Cuba until 1959, during which time he also served as Cuba's minister of public works. In December 1942, he married fellow architect Gabriela Menendez Garcia-Beltran (died 10 July 2008) and formed the architectural firm "Arroyo y Menendez." Arroyo was the Cuban ambassador to the United States from 1957 to 1958. After the 1959 Cuban revolution, he settled in Washington, D.C., and established an architectural practice focused on residential and commercial pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raúl De Armas
Raúl de Armas (born 1941) is a Cuban-born architect who has designed and completed many major buildings in the United States, Europe, Canada, and the Middle East in his career of more than 35 years, winning numerous design awards. De Armas came to New York in 1958 at the age of 17.Weeks, Katie (March 2004) "Modernism today: combining functionality, technology, and beauty, Modernism continues to win admirers" ''Contract'' 46(3): pp.42-43 He studied architecture at Cornell University. Until he resigned in 1991, he was a partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in charge of interior design for their New York office. Since 1992, he has been a partner in the firm oMdeAS Architects(formerly Moed de Armas), which he helped found, in New York, NY. Awards * CINTAS Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award, 2016–17 *American Institute of Architects AIA Twenty-five Year Award, 2010 - Haj Terminal/King Abdul Aziz International Airport * Salvadori Center Founder's Award for Excellence in Desi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobel Vega
Nobel Vega (born August 21, 1930) better known as Tio Nobel (Uncle Nobel) is a Cuban actor and children's television personality. Vega is mostly remembered for his character as a boat captain who appeared on WKAQ-TV's "El Show del Tio Nobel" ("Uncle Nobel's Show"), a daily children's game show he hosted in which children played for prices, usually Mattel branded toys. His show competed with Spaniard Joaquin Monserrat, Pacheco's "Cine Recreo", shown on WAPA-TV, Telemundo Puerto Rico's rival television station. Biography Vega became an actor in his native Cuba and he participated in various films before, after the Cuban revolution, he, like many other Cuban nationals of the era, left his country. He settled in Puerto Rico where he found television work and fame, first playing Bozo the Clown for young Puerto Rican audiences on WAPA-TV. Vega also participated in a telenovela, 1969's Conciencia Culpable. Vega then moved to Telemundo Puerto Rico, where he starred as "Tio Nobel" for more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Levy (actor)
William Gutiérrez-Levy (born August 29, 1980) is a Cuban-American actor and former model. Early life and education Levy was born in Cojimar, Cuba. His maternal grandfather was Jewish (the origin of his surname, ''Levy''), although he grew up in a non-religious household. He was raised by his single mother, Barbara Levy. His family, including his brother Jonathan Gutierrez Levy and sister Barbara Gutierrez Levy, emigrated to Miami, Florida when he was 14. He attended Barbara Goleman Senior high school, located in the suburb of Miami Lakes. After attending high school, he studied business administration on a baseball scholarship at St. Thomas University for two years. He later went to Los Angeles to study acting, and continued his acting studies in Miami and Mexico City. Career Levy worked as a model for the Next Models agency, and was featured in two reality shows broadcast by Telemundo: ''Isla de la Tentación'' and ''Protagonistas de Novela 2''. In 2005 he performed at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velia Martínez
Velia Martínez Febles (born June 14, 1920 in Tampa, Florida - May 22, 1993 in Miami, Florida) was a well-known actress, singer and former nightclub dancer. Martínez was born in Tampa to Cuban parents. In 1941, she settled in Havana, where she became a well-known show business personality. In 1945, while in Mexico, she married the Cuban actor, producer and writer, Ramiro Gómez Kemp (1914-1981). They had two daughters Georgina and Mayra Cristina. She was an accomplished dancer and cabaret star, she performed in Cuba's most prestigious theaters including the Cabaret Montmartre. In 1945, she played the title role in the play ''Filomena Marturano'' in Havana's Thalia Theater, which is considered her pivotal role in her career. In 1958 she acted opposite Errol Flynn in the movie ''The Big Boodle''. She left Cuba in 1960 with her family and lived two years in Puerto Rico where she appeared in a TV soap opera ''Yo Compro Esa Mujer'' (I'll Buy That Woman). In 1962, she came to M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Bauer
Steven Bauer (born Esteban Ernesto Echevarría Samson; December 2, 1956) is a Cuban-born American actor. Bauer began his career on PBS, portraying Joe Peña, the son of Cuban immigrants on '' ¿Qué Pasa, USA?'' (1977–1980) and is perhaps most famous for his role as the Cuban drug lord Manolo "Manny" Ribera in the 1983 crime drama ''Scarface'', in which he starred alongside Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer. He also played the drug cartel leader Eladio Vuente in ''Breaking Bad'' and in ''Better Call Saul'' and the retired Mossad agent Avi Rudin in ''Ray Donovan'' (2013–2020). Early life and education Bauer was born Esteban Ernesto Echevarría Samson, on December 2, 1956, in Havana, Cuba, the son of Lillian Samson Agostini, a schoolteacher, and Esteban Echevarría, a commercial pilot who worked for Cubana Airlines. Bauer's maternal grandfather, whose family names were Samson and Bauer, was Jewish, and immigrated to Cuba from Germany, a refugee looking to escape the devastating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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