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Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

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s. Note that many of these people have been featured on multiple stamps. The following entries list the name of the person, the first year they were first featured on a stamp, and a short description of their notability. The list is complete through 2014.

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* Angel Arturo Aballi, physician (1958) * Eduardo Agramonte, physician and revolutionary (1972) *

Ignacio Agramonte Ignacio Agramonte y Loynaz (1841–1873) was a Cuban revolutionary, who played an important part in the Ten Years' War (1868–1878). Biography Born in the province of Puerto Príncipe (what is now the province of Camagüey, kingdom of Spain) on ...

, revolution leader (1910) *

Joaquín de Agüero Joaquín de Agüero (November 15, 1816, Puerto Príncipe – August 12, 1851, Puerto Príncipe) was a Cuban revolutionary. In 1843 he freed all his slaves. In 1851 he headed an insurrection against the Spanish government, in the central part of ...

, freedom fighter and patriot (1957) * Julián Aguirre, Argentina charango musician (1991) * José Maria Aguirre, general (1956) * Miguel Aldama, Cuban politician (1956) *

Eloy Alfaro Delgado José Eloy Alfaro Delgado (25 June 1842 – 28 January 1912) often referred to as "The Old Warrior," was an Ecuadorian politician who served as the President of Ecuador from 1895 to 1901 and from 1906 to 1911. Eloy Alfaro emerged as the leader ...

, president of Ecuador (1943) *

Alfonso XII of Spain Alfonso XII (Alfonso Francisco de Asís Fernando Pío Juan María de la Concepción Gregorio Pelayo; 28 November 185725 November 1885), also known as El Pacificador or the Peacemaker, was King of Spain from 29 December 1874 to his death in 1885 ...

, king of Spain (1876) *

Alfonso XIII of Spain Alfonso XIII (17 May 1886 – 28 February 1941), also known as El Africano or the African, was King of Spain from 17 May 1886 to 14 April 1931, when the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed. He was a monarch from birth as his father, Alf ...

, king of Spain (1890) *

Salvador Allende Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens (, , ; 26 June 1908 – 11 September 1973) was a Chilean physician and socialist politician who served as the 28th president of Chile from 3 November 1970 until his death on 11 September 1973. He was the fir ...

, president of Chile (1974) * Tony Aloma, revolution leader (1966) * Daniel Alomia, Peru flute musician (1991) * Alonso de Ojeda, Spanish navigator, governor and conquistador (1992) *

Alicia Alonso Alicia Alonso (born Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad del Cobre Martínez del Hoyo; 21 December 1920 – 17 October 2019) was a Cuban prima ballerina assoluta and choreographer whose company became the Ballet Nacional de Cuba in 1955. She is best ...

, ballet dancer (2006) *

Dora Alonso Dora Alonso (born Doralina de la Caridad Alonso-Perez on December 22, 1910, in Maximo Gomez, Matanzas, Cuba – March 21, 2001, in Cuba) was a Cuban journalist and writer who worked in both print and radio. She wrote novels, short stories, poetry, ...

, writer (2010) *

Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso Díaz (; born 29 July 1981) is a Spanish racing driver currently competing for Alpine in Formula One. He won the series' World Drivers' Championship in and with Renault, and has also driven for McLaren, Ferrari, and Mi ...

, ballet director (2012) * Alonso Alvarez de la Campa, medical student (1952) *

Paulina Alvarez Paulina or Paullina (, ) was a name shared by three relatives of the Roman Emperor Hadrian: his mother, his elder sister and his niece. Mother of Hadrian Domitia Paulina or Paullina, Domitia Paulina Major or Paulina Major, (''Major'' Latin f ...

, singer (2012) * Santiago Álvarez, filmmaker (2009 ) * Amadeo I, king of Spain (1873) * Ángel Ameijeiras Delgado, Cuban revolutionary fighter (1998) * Jorge Ankermann, Cuban composer (1966) * Rey Vincente Anglada, Cuban baseball player (2004) * Vincenta Antonio de Castro, physician (1958) * Carlos Aponte, revolutionary (1985) *

Manuel José Arce Manuel José Arce y Fagoaga (1 January 1787 – 14 December 1847) was a decorated salvadoran General and president of the Federal Republic of Central America from 1825 to 1829, followed by Francisco Morazán. Background Manuel José Arce was ...

, El Salvador Independence leader (1988) * Marta Abreu Arenabio de Estévez, philanthropist and humanitarian (1947) *

José Gervasio Artigas Arnal José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

, national hero of Uruguay (1988) *

Miguel Asturias --> Miguel is a given name and surname, the Portuguese and Spanish form of the Hebrew name Michael. It may refer to: Places * Pedro Miguel, a parish in the municipality of Horta and the island of Faial in the Azores Islands *São Miguel (disamb ...

, Guatemalan writer (1989) *

Atlácatl Atlácatl (Nahuatl ''Ātlācatl'': ''ātl'' "water", ''tlācatl'' "human being" – whose death is sometimes put at 1528) is reputed to have been the name of the last ruler of an indigenous state based around the city of Cuzcatlan, in the southw ...

, last ruler of Cuzcatlan, El Salvador (1937)

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Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard w ...

, German composer and musician (1997) *

Robert Baden-Powell Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, ( ; (Commonly pronounced by others as ) 22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941) was a British Army officer, writer, founder and first Chief Scout of the worl ...

, creator of the Boy Scouts (1957) * Manuel Balanzategui, postal clerk (1950) *

Quentin Bandera Quentin is a French male given name from the Latin first name ''Quintinus'', diminutive form of ''Quintus'', that means "the fifth".Albert Dauzat, ''Noms et prénoms de France'', Librairie Larousse 1980, édition revue et commentée par Marie-Th� ...

, military leader (1996) * Enrique B. Barnet, public health expert (1952) * Bartholomew of Constantinople, archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Church (2013) *

Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...

, German composer (1997) * Juan B. Hernandez Barreiro, lawyer (1958) * Bartolomé de las Casas, Spanish historian, social reformer and Dominican friar (1944) *

Hortense de Beauharnais Hortense Eugénie Cécile Bonaparte (; , ; 10 April 1783 – 5 October 1837) was Queen consort of Holland. She was the stepdaughter of Emperor Napoléon I as the daughter of his first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais. Hortense later married Napol� ...

, queen of Holland (1969) * Pavel I. Belyayev, cosmonaut (1965) *

Mario Benedetti Mario Orlando Hardy Hamlet Brenno Benedetti Farrugia (; 14 September 1920 – 17 May 2009), was an Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet and an integral member of the Generación del 45. Despite publishing more than 80 books and being publish ...

, writer (2013) *

Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI ( la, Benedictus XVI; it, Benedetto XVI; german: link=no, Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, , on 16 April 1927) is a retired prelate of the Catholic church who served as the head of the Church and the sovereign ...

, pope (2012) * Anacleto Bermudez, medical student (1952) *

Ramón Emeterio Betances Ramón Emeterio Betances y Alacán (April 8, 1827 – September 16, 1898) was a Puerto Rican independence advocate and medical doctor. He was the primary instigator of the Grito de Lares revolution and is considered to be the father of the Puer ...

, doctor and revolution leader (1968) *

Salvador Cisneros Betancourt Salvador, meaning "salvation" (or "saviour") in Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese may refer to: * Salvador (name) Arts, entertainment, and media Music *Salvador (band), a Christian band that plays both English and Spanish music ** ''Salvador'' ( ...

, president (1959) *

Conrado Benitez Conrado Benitez (November 26, 1889 – January 4, 1971) is a Filipino statesman, writer, and educator. He founded the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement and was one of the drafters of the 1935 Constitution of the Philippines. Flavier, Juan M. ...

, educator (1981) *

Hubert de Blanck Hubertus Christiaan (Hubert) de Blanck (June 14, 1856November 28, 1932Orovio HelioCuban Music from A to Z Duke University Press, 2003, ; p. 28) was a Dutch-born professor, pianist, and composer who spent the better part of his life in Cuba. Earl ...

, composer (1956) * Jose D. Blino, aviation pioneer (1970) *

Humphrey Bogart Humphrey DeForest Bogart (; December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957), nicknamed Bogie, was an American film and stage actor. His performances in Classical Hollywood cinema films made him an American cultural icon. In 1999, the American Film In ...

, actor (1995) *

Simon Bolívar Simon may refer to: People * Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon * Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon * Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...

, liberator of Venezuela (1937) *

Francisco Bolognesi Francisco Bolognesi Cervantes (November 4, 1816 – June 7, 1880) was a Peruvian military general. He is considered a national hero in Peru and was declared patron of the Army of Peru by the government of Peru on January 2 of 1951. Early life a ...

, Peruvian military hero (1988) *

Elisa Bonaparte Maria Anna Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi Levoy (French language, French: ''Marie Anne Elisa Bonaparte''; 3 January 1777 – 7 August 1820), better known as Elisa Bonaparte, was an imperial French princess and sister of Napoleon, Napoleon Bonaparte. ...

, princess of Lucca and Piombino (1969) *

Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...

, emperor of France (1969) * Bernardo Juan Borrell, rebel leader (1964) * Leonid Illyich Brezhnev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1974) * Antonio Briones Montoto, guerilla (2012) * Tamara “Tania” Bunke, revolutionary (1972) *

Richard Burton Richard Burton (; born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.; 10 November 1925 – 5 August 1984) was a Welsh actor. Noted for his baritone voice, Burton established himself as a formidable Shakespearean actor in the 1950s, and he gave a memorable pe ...

, film star (2001) * Valery F. Bykovsky, cosmonaut (1963) * Bonifacio Byrne, poet (1986)

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* Eduardo Caba, Bolivia composer and antara musician (1991) * Amilcar Cabral, Guinea-Bissau revolutionary (1974) *

Pedro Álvares Cabral Pedro Álvares Cabral ( or ; born Pedro Álvares de Gouveia; c. 1467 or 1468 – c. 1520) was a Portuguese nobleman, military commander, navigator and explorer regarded as the European discoverer of Brazil. He was the first human in ...

, Portuguese navigator and explorer (1992) * Maria Magdalena Cabrales, aided Cuban revolution (1998) *

Francisco Cajigal de la Vega Francisco Cajigal de la Vega (sometimes spelled ''Francisco Caxigal de la Vega'') (February 6, 1691, Ribamontán al Monte, Cantabria – 1777) was a Spanish military officer, governor of Cuba from 1747 to 1760, and interim viceroy of New ...

, governor of Cuba (1956) *

Cantinflas Mario Fortino Alfonso Moreno Reyes (12 August 1911 – 20 April 1993), known by the stage name Cantinflas (), was a Mexican comedian, actor, and filmmaker. He is considered to have been the most widely-accomplished Mexican comedian and is cele ...

, Mexican comic film actor, producer, and screenwriter (1995) *

José Raúl Capablanca José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera (19 November 1888 – 8 March 1942) was a Cuban chess player who was world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. A chess prodigy, he is widely renowned for his exceptional endgame skill and speed of play. Capablanc ...

, world chess titlist (1951) * Federico Capdevila, defense lawyer (1952) * Enrique Caravia, artist (1951) * Carlos III, king of Spain (1972) *

Alejo Carpentier Alejo Carpentier y Valmont (, ; December 26, 1904 – April 24, 1980) was a Cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist who greatly influenced Latin American literature during its famous "boom" period. Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, of French an ...

, Cuban writer (1989) * Francisco Carrillo, Major General of the Cuban Liberation Army (1955) *

Julián del Casal José Julián Herculano del Casal y de la Lastra (November 7, 1863 – October 21, 1893) was a poet from Havana, Cuba. He started his writing career at a young age and later in life was known as an important forebearer of modernistic expression ...

, poet and writer (1956) * Luis G. Casanova, Cuban baseball player (2004) *

Luis de Las Casas Luis de las Casas y Aragorri (Sopuerta, Spain, 25 August 1745 – Puerto de Santa María, 19 July 1800) was Spanish Governor of Cuba and the Commander in Chief of the Province of Louisiana and the Floridas The Floridas ( es, Las Floridas) w ...

, governor-general of Cuba (1945) *

Cascarita Orlando Guerra (''gayr'-rah''; September 14, 1920 – March 20, 1973), better known as Cascarita, was a popular Cuban singer who specialized in guaracha and son montuno. He became one of Cuba's most famous vocalists as a member of Julio Cueva's ...

, Cuban singer (2004) * Adolfo del Castillo Sánchez, general (1997) * Ricardo Castillo, Guatemala composer (1991) *

Fidel Castro Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (; ; 13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 200 ...

, president (1974) *

Raul Castro Raul, Raúl and Raül are the Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Galician, Asturian, Basque, Aragonese, and Catalan forms of the Anglo-Germanic given name Ralph or Rudolph. They are cognates of the French Raoul. Raul, Raúl or Raül may re ...

, Cuban president (2012) *

Catherine of Alexandria Catherine of Alexandria (also spelled Katherine); grc-gre, ἡ Ἁγία Αἰκατερίνη ἡ Μεγαλομάρτυς ; ar, سانت كاترين; la, Catharina Alexandrina). is, according to tradition, a Christian saint and virgin, wh ...

, saint (1971) * Alejandro G. Caturia, Cuban composer (1966) * Juan P. Cebreco, general of the army of liberation (1957) *

José Cecilio del Valle José Cecilio Díaz del Valle (November 22, 1780 – March 2, 1834) was a philosopher, politician, lawyer, and journalist and one of the most important figures in Central America during the transition from colonial government to independenc ...

, Honduran writer (1989) *

Ignacio Cervantes Ignacio Cervantes Kawanag (Havana, 31 July 1847 – Havana, 29 April 1905) was a Cuban pianist and composer. He was influential in the creolization of Cuban music. A child prodigy, he was taught by pianist Juan Miguel Joval, later by composer ...

, musician (1958) *

Miguel de Cervantes Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (; 29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616 Old Style and New Style dates, NS) was an Early Modern Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-emin ...

, author of Don Quixote (2005) * Ismael de Céspedes, director of the Bayamo telegraph (1949) * Jose Maria Chacon y Calvo, historian (1992) * Tomas Romay Chacón, physician (1958) *

Charlie Chaplin Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. (16 April 188925 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is consider ...

, actor and director (1995) *

Carlos Chavez Carlos may refer to: Places ;Canada * Carlos, Alberta, a locality ;United States * Carlos, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Carlos, Maryland, a place in Allegany County * Carlos, Minnesota, a small city * Carlos, West Virginia ;Elsewhere ...

, México guitar musician (1991) *

Hugo Chávez Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (; 28 July 1954 – 5 March 2013) was a Venezuelan politician who was president of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013, except for a brief period in 2002. Chávez was also leader of the Fifth Republ ...

, president of Venezuela (2014) * Eduardo Chibas, Cuban politician (2001) *

Frédéric Chopin Frédéric François Chopin (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; 1 March 181017 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period, who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leadin ...

, Polish composer (1997) *

Christopher Christopher is the English language, English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek language, Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or ''Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Jesus ...

, saint (1971) *

Camilo Cienfuegos Camilo Cienfuegos Gorriarán (; 6 February 1932 – 28 October 1959) was a Cuban revolutionary born in Havana. Along with Che Guevara, Fidel Castro, Juan Almeida Bosque, and Raúl Castro, he was a member of the 1956 ''Granma (yacht), Granma'' ...

, revolutionary hero (1960) *

Jacqueline Cochran Jacqueline Cochran (May 11, 1906 – August 9, 1980) was an American pilot and business executive. She pioneered women's aviation as one of the most prominent racing pilots of her generation. She set numerous records and was the first woman to br ...

, female aviator (2011) *

Nat King Cole Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor. Cole's music career began after he dropped out of school at the age of 15, and continued f ...

, singer (2013) * Emelina Collazo, sister of Guillermo Collazo (1976) *

Enrique Collazo Enrique "Kikin" Collazo (born 5 October 1988 in Adjuntas) is a professional boxer from Puerto Rico who competed in the 2012 Olympics as a middleweight (75 kg). Enrique was a quarter-finalist and 5th-place finisher at middleweight at the 2012 ...

, general (1950) *

Guillermo Collazo Guillermo Collazo Tejada (7 June 1850, Santiago de Cuba - 26 September 1896, Paris) was a Cuban painter and advocate for independence. Biography Collazo was born into an established colonial family. His artistic talent was noticed at an early ag ...

, painter and advocate for independence (1976) * Boris Luis Santa Coloma, revolutionary (1983) *

Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus * lij, Cristoffa C(or)ombo * es, link=no, Cristóbal Colón * pt, Cristóvão Colombo * ca, Cristòfor (or ) * la, Christophorus Columbus. (; born between 25 August and 31 October 1451, died 20 May 1506) was a ...

, discover of America (1899, 1944) * Gabriel de la Concepcion Valdés Plácido, poet (1946) *

Juan Corzo Juan Corzo y Príncipe (June 24, 1873 – September 27, 1941) was a Spanish–Cuban chess master and five-time chess champion of Cuba. Born in Madrid, Corzo emigrated to Cuba in 1887. He became Champion of the Havana Chess Club in 1898. He is ...

, chess master (1988) *

Pierre de Coubertin Charles Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (; born Pierre de Frédy; ...

, founder of the modern Olympics (1984) * Adolfo Flor Crombet, general (1959) * Jaime González Crocier, pilot (1955) *

Julio Cueva Julio Cueva (Trinidad, Cuba, 12 April 1897 – Havana, 25 December 1975) was a Cuban trumpeter, composer and band leader. He was an important figure in the spread of Cuban popular music in the 1930s. Life and career Cueva played cornet in the lo ...

, Cuban trumpeter, composer and band leader (2004) * Miguelito Cuni, singer (2007) *

Marie Curie Marie Salomea Skłodowska–Curie ( , , ; born Maria Salomea Skłodowska, ; 7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first ...

, physical chemist (1994) *

Pierre Curie Pierre Curie ( , ; 15 May 1859 – 19 April 1906) was a French physicist, a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity, and radioactivity. In 1903, he received the Nobel Prize in Physics with his wife, Marie Curie, and Henri Becqu ...

, chemist (1994)

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* Rubén Dario, Nicaraguan poet (1937) *

Charles Darwin Charles Robert Darwin ( ; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended fr ...

, English naturalist and geologist (1996) *

James Dean James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931September 30, 1955) was an American actor. He is remembered as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and social estrangement, as expressed in the title of his most celebrated film, ''Rebel Without a Cause' ...

, film star (2001) * Luis A. Delgadillo, Nicaragua maracas musician (1991) * Juan Delgado González, Cuban patriot (2013) * Alberto Delgado Delgado, undercover agent (2014) * Claudio Delgado, physician (1965) *

Martín Morúa Delgado Martin may refer to: Places * Martin City (disambiguation) * Martin County (disambiguation) * Martin Township (disambiguation) Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Austral ...

, patriot (1956) *

Jean-Jacques Dessalines Jean-Jacques Dessalines (Haitian Creole: ''Jan-Jak Desalin''; ; 20 September 1758 – 17 October 1806) was a leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler of an independent First Empire of Haiti, Haiti under the Constitution of Haiti, 1 ...

, leader of the Haitian Revolution (1988) * Diana, Princess of Wales (1998) *

Bartolomeu Dias Bartolomeu Dias ( 1450 – 29 May 1500) was a Portuguese mariner and explorer. In 1488, he became the first European navigator to round the southern tip of Africa and to demonstrate that the most effective southward route for ships lay in the o ...

, Portuguese explorer (1992) * José Eduvigis Díaz Vera, Paraguayan general (1988) *

Marlene Dietrich Marie Magdalene "Marlene" DietrichBorn as Maria Magdalena, not Marie Magdalene, according to Dietrich's biography by her daughter, Maria Riva ; however Dietrich's biography by Charlotte Chandler cites "Marie Magdalene" as her birth name . (, ; ...

, actress (1995) *

Martin Dihigo Martin may refer to: Places * Martin City (disambiguation) * Martin County (disambiguation) * Martin Township (disambiguation) Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Austral ...

, Cuban baseball player (2004) *

Georgi Dimitrov Georgi Dimitrov Mihaylov (; bg, Гео̀рги Димитро̀в Миха̀йлов), also known as Georgiy Mihaylovich Dimitrov (russian: Гео́ргий Миха́йлович Дими́тров; 18 June 1882 – 2 July 1949), was a Bulgarian ...

, prime minister of Bulgaria (1982) * Lidia Doce, revolutionary (1965) * María Luisa Dolz, educator and defender of women’s rights (1954) * Manuel Ascunce Domenech, educator (1975) *

Juan Pablo Duarte Juan Pablo Duarte y Díez (January 26, 1813 – July 15, 1876) was a Dominican military leader, writer, activist, and nationalist politician who was the foremost of the founding fathers of the Dominican Republic and bears the title of Father of ...

, founding father of the Dominican Republic (1988) * D. Castillo Duany, general of the army of liberation (1957) * Vidal Ducasse Reeve, brigadier general (1997) * Manuel Duchesne Cuzán, general director of the National Symphonic Orchestra (2010)

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Amelia Earhart Amelia Mary Earhart ( , born July 24, 1897; disappeared July 2, 1937; declared dead January 5, 1939) was an American aviation pioneer and writer. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She set many oth ...

, female aviator (2011) * Jose A. Echeverria, guerilla (1963) *

Albert Einstein Albert Einstein ( ; ; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist, widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest and most influential physicists of all time. Einstein is best known for developing the theory ...

, physicist and mathematician (1994) *

Ruth Elder Ruth Elder (September 8, 1902October 9, 1977) was an aviation pioneer and actress. She carried private pilot certificate P675, and was known as the "Miss America of Aviation." She was a charter member of the Ninety-Nines. In October 1927 she too ...

, female aviator (2011) * Nicolas Ruiz Espadero, musician (1958) * Vilma Espin Guillois, wife of Fidel Castro (2008) *

Nicolás Estévanez Nicolás Estévanez Murphy (17 February 1838 – 19 August 1914) was a Spanish military officer, politician, essayist and poet. A federal republican, he briefly served as civil governor of Madrid and as Minister of War in the wake of the proclam ...

, military officer, politician and poet (1952) *

José Dolores Estrada José Dolores Estrada Vado (1792–1869) is a Nicaraguan national hero famed for defeating a detachment of William Walker's filibuster army at Hacienda San Jacinto in 1856. Estrada was born in Nandaime on March 16, 1792, the son of Timoteo E ...

, Nicaraguan national hero (1988)

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Miguel Failde --> Miguel is a given name and surname, the Portuguese and Spanish form of the Hebrew name Michael. It may refer to: Places *Pedro Miguel, a parish in the municipality of Horta and the island of Faial in the Azores Islands *São Miguel (disambi ...

, Cuba claves musician (1991) *

Juan Manuel Fangio Juan Manuel Fangio (American Spanish: , ; 24 June 1911 – 17 July 1995), nicknamed ''El Chueco'' ("the bowlegged" or "bandy legged one") or ''El Maestro'' ("The Master" or "The Teacher"), was an Argentine racing car driver. He dominated t ...

, race car driver (2013) *

Michael Faraday Michael Faraday (; 22 September 1791 – 25 August 1867) was an English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His main discoveries include the principles underlying electromagnetic inducti ...

, physicist (1994) * Eduardo Farini, Uruguay drums musician (1991) * Maria Felíx, actress (2013) *

Konstantin Feoktistov Konstantin Petrovich Feoktistov (russian: Константин Петрович Феоктистов; 7 February 1926 – 21 November 2009) was a Soviet cosmonaut and an eminent space engineer. As a cosmonaut Feoktistov flew on Voskhod 1, the f ...

, cosmonaut (1966) * Antonio Fernandez, revolution leader (1966) * Joséito Fernandez, singer (2008) * Juan Fernández Ruz, general (1996) *

Ibrahim Ferrer Ibrahim Ferrer (February 20, 1927 – August 6, 2005) was a Cuban singer who played with Los Bocucos for nearly forty years. He also performed with Conjunto Sorpresa, Chepín y su Orquesta Oriental and Mario Patterson. After his retirement in ...

, singer and musician (2007) * Domingo Figarola Caneda, director of the National Library of Cuba (1957) * Fernando Figueredo, intellectual and Cuban revolutionary fighter (1951) * Pedro Figueredo, composer of the Cuban national anthem (1979) *

Carlos J. Finlay Carlos Juan Finlay (December 3, 1833 – August 20, 1915) was a Cuban epidemiologist recognized as a pioneer in the research of yellow fever, determining that it was transmitted through mosquitoes ''Aedes aegypti''. Biography Early life and ...

, discoverer of yellow fever transmission (1934) *

Alexander Fleming Sir Alexander Fleming (6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955) was a Scottish physician and microbiologist, best known for discovering the world's first broadly effective antibiotic substance, which he named penicillin. His discovery in 1928 of w ...

, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist and botanist (2013) *

José Asunción Flores José Asunción Flores (27 August 1904 – 16 May 1972) was a Paraguayan composer and creator of the Guarania music genre. Early life Flores was born in the poor neighborhood of La Chacarita, in Asunción. As a kid, he had to work as a pape ...

, Paraguay harp musician (1991) *

Carlos Fonseca Carlos Fonseca Amador (23 June 1936 – 8 November 1976) was a Nicaraguan teacher, librarian and revolutionary who founded the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN). Fonseca was later killed in the mountains of the Zelaya Department, Nicar ...

, Nicaraguan revolutionary (1986) * Ernesto Fonts Sterling, secretary of the Exchequer (1956) * Rafael Forún, sprinter (2014) *

Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin ( April 17, 1790) was an American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, and political philosopher. Encyclopædia Britannica, Wood, 2021 Among the leading inte ...

, author, postmaster, scientist, and statesman (1899) *

Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud ( , ; born Sigismund Schlomo Freud; 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating psychopathology, pathologies explained as originatin ...

, psychoanalyst (1993)

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* Antonio Gades, flamenco dancer (2013) * Yuri A. Gagarin, cosmonaut (1963) * Maria Galarraga, unknown (1972) *

Romulo Gallegos Romulo may refer to: People with the given name Romulo Italian * Rômulo (footballer, born 1987), Brazilian-born football player * Romulo Cincinato (1502 – circa 1593), painter Portuguese * Rómulo (footballer, born 1976), football player Mex ...

, Venezuelan writer (1989) * Tomas Gamba, military official (1972) *

Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (; ; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948), popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist Quote: "... marks Gandhi as a hybrid cosmopolitan figure who transformed ... anti- ...

, Indian independence leader (1997) *

Greta Garbo Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; 18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American actress. Regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses, she was known for her melancholic, somber persona, her film portrayals of tragedy, ...

, actress (1995) *

Calixto García Calixto García Íñiguez (August 4, 1839 – December 11, 1898) was a Cuban general in three Cuban uprisings, part of the Cuban War for Independence: the Ten Years' War, the Little War, and the War of 1895, itself sometimes called the Cuban ...

, general (1910) * Rogelio Garcia, Cuban baseball player (2004) * Reynold Garcia Garcia, revolutionary (1981) * Vicente Garcia y Gonzalez, president (1959) * Victor Manuel Garcia, painter (1997) * Ava Gardner, film star (2001) *

Henri Giffard Baptiste Jules Henri Jacques Giffard (8 February 182514 April 1882) was a French engineer. In 1852 he invented the steam injector and the powered Giffard dirigible airship. Career Giffard was born in Paris in 1825. He invented the injector an ...

, French engineer (1991) * Antonio Ginard Rojas, Communications Association (1954) *

Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda Gertrudis is a feminine given name. People with that name include: *Gertrudis Bocanegra (1765–1817), who fought in the Mexican War of Independence * Gertrudis de la Fuente (1921–2017), Spanish biochemist *Gertrudis Echenique (1849–1928), Firs ...

, writer (1914) *

José Miguel Gómez José Miguel Gómez y Arias (6 July 1858 – 13 June 1921) was a Cuban politician and revolutionary who was one of the leaders of the rebel forces in the Cuban War of Independence. He later served as President of Cuba from 1909 to 1913. Early ...

, Cuban president and general (1937) * Raul Gomez Garcia, revolutionary (1964) * Candido Gonzalez, revolution leader (1966) *, composer (2010) * Fernando Gonzalez del Valle, physician (1958) *

Fernando González Fernando Francisco González Ciuffardi (; born 29 July 1980) is a Chilean former professional tennis player. During his career he made it to at least the quarterfinals of all four Grand Slam tournaments. He played his only major final at the ...

, Cuban imprisoned in the United States (2005) * Jorge González Allué, composer (2014) * René González, Cuban imprisoned in the United States (2005) * Sergio Gonzalez, rebel leader (1964) *

Juan Gualberto Gómez Juan Gualberto Gómez Ferrer (July 12, 1854 – March 5, 1933) was an Afro-Cuban revolutionary leader in the Cuban War of Independence against Spain. He was a "close collaborator of Martí's," and alongside him helped plan the upris ...

, revolutionary leader (1955) *

Máximo Gómez Máximo Gómez y Báez (November 18, 1836 – June 17, 1905) was a Dominican Generalissimo in Cuban War of Independence, Cuba's War of Independence (1895–1898). He was known for his controversial Scorched earth, scorched-earth policy, whic ...

, military commander (1910) *

Alfonso Goulet Goulet Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic kingdom in the Iberian peninsula. ...

, Cuban brigadier general (1995) *

Lourdes Gourriel Lourdes Gurriel Delgado (born 25 March 1957) is a Cuban baseball player and Olympic gold medalist. Playing career Gourriel played in the Cuban National Series. He won the Cuban National Series Rookie of the Year Award during the 1976-77 ...

, Cuban baseball player (2003) *

Mariana Grajales Mariana Grajales CuelloPullés, Víctor Manuel (2015)«Algunas informaciones necesarias sobre Mariana Grajales Cuello»(‘Some necessary information about Mariana Grajales Cuello’), article of June 25, 2015 in the ''Granma'' newspaper (La&nbs ...

, women’s rights and independence activist (1969) *

Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union Ar ...

, president of the United States (1899) *

John Robert Gregg John Robert Gregg (17 June 1867 – 23 February 1948) was an Irish educator, publisher, humanitarian, and the inventor of the eponymous shorthand system Gregg Shorthand. Life Childhood John Robert Gregg was born in Shantonagh, Ireland, as the ...

, inventor of the Gregg shorthand system (1957) *

Eliseo Grenet Eliseo Grenet Sánchez (12 June 1893 in Havana – 4 December 1950) was a Cuban pianist and a leading composer/arranger of the day. He composed music for stage shows and films, and some famous Cuban dance music.Giro, Radamés 2007. ''Diccionar ...

, Cuban composer (1966) * Angel Guerra Porro, general (1996) * José Luis Guerra Agular, director of the Postal Museum (1991) * Antonio Guerrero, Cuban imprisoned in the United States (2005) * Ernesto “Che” Guevara, revolution leader (1968) *

Nicolás Guillén Nicolás Cristóbal Guillén Batista (10 July 1902 – 17 July 1989) was a Cuban poet, journalist, political activist, and writer. He is best remembered as the national poet of Cuba.

, poet (2002) * Antonio Guiteras y Holmes, politician (1951) *

Juan Guiteras Juan Guitéras y Gener (or Juan Guiteras) (January 4, 1852 – October 28, 1925), was a Cuban physician and pathologist specializing in yellow fever. Guiteras studied medicine at the University of Havana, and moved to the United States in 1873 to ...

, Cuban physician and pathologist (1952) * Nicolás José Gutiérrez, physician and educator (1940) * Pedro Gutierrez, Cuban revolutionary fighter (1998)

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Paul Haenlein Paul Haenlein (17 October 1835 in Cologne – 27 January 1905 in Mainz) was a German engineer and flight pioneer. He flew in a semi-rigid-frame dirigible. His family belonged to the ''Citoyens notables'', those notabilities who led the econo ...

, German engineer and flight pioneer (1991) *

Otto Hahn Otto Hahn (; 8 March 1879 – 28 July 1968) was a German chemist who was a pioneer in the fields of radioactivity and radiochemistry. He is referred to as the father of nuclear chemistry and father of nuclear fission. Hahn and Lise Meitner ...

, physical chemist (1994) *

Gerhard Armauer Hansen Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen () (29 July 1841 – 12 February 1912) was a Norwegian physician, remembered for his identification of the bacterium ''Mycobacterium leprae'' in 1873 as the causative agent of leprosy. His distinguished work was ...

, doctor (1948) *

Paul P. Harris Paul Percy Harris (April 19, 1868 – January 27, 1947) was a Chicago, Illinois, attorney. He founded the club that became the humanitarian organisation Rotary International in 1905. Personal life Harris was born in Racine, Wisconsin, to Ge ...

, founder of Rotary International (1955) * Enrique Hart Ramirez, judge (2010) *

Rita Hayworth Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Cansino; October 17, 1918May 14, 1987) was an American actress, dancer and producer. She achieved fame during the 1940s as one of the era's top stars, appearing in 61 films over 37 years. The press coined th ...

, film star (2001) * Dayton Hedges, founder of Cuban textile industry (1958) *

Ernest Hemingway Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. His economical and understated style—which he termed the iceberg theory—had a strong influence on 20th-century fic ...

, American author (1963) *

Camilo Henríquez Friar José Camilo Henríquez González (; July 29, 1769 in Valdivia, Chile – March 16, 1825 in Santiago de Chile) was a priest, author, politician, and is considered an intellectual antecedent to and founding father of the Republic of Chile ...

, Chilean priest, writer and politician (1937) *

Henry the Navigator ''Dom'' Henrique of Portugal, Duke of Viseu (4 March 1394 – 13 November 1460), better known as Prince Henry the Navigator ( pt, Infante Dom Henrique, o Navegador), was a central figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire and in the 15t ...

, Portuguese explorer (1992) * Enrique Calleja Hensell, Communications Association (1954) *

José María Heredia José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

, poet and patriot (1940, 1957) * Charles Hernández y Sandrino, colonel (1952) * Gerardo Hernández, Cuban imprisoned in the United States (2005) * Gregorio Hernández Saez, postal worker (1954) *

Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Don (honorific), Don Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla y Gallaga Mandarte Villaseñor (8 May 1753 – 30 July 1811), more commonly known as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or Miguel Hidalgo (), was a Catholic priest, leader ...

, leader of the Mexican War of Independence (1988) *

Rowland Hill Sir Rowland Hill, KCB, FRS (3 December 1795 – 27 August 1879) was an English teacher, inventor and social reformer. He campaigned for a comprehensive reform of the postal system, based on the concept of Uniform Penny Post and his soluti ...

, developer of the postage stamp (1990) *

Eugenio Maria de Hostos Eugenio is an Italian and Spanish masculine given name deriving from the Greek ' Eugene'. The name is Eugénio in Portuguese and Eugênio in Brazilian Portuguese. The name's translated literal meaning is well born, or of noble status. Similar de ...

, Puerto Rican writer (1989) *

Rock Hudson Rock Hudson (born Roy Harold Scherer Jr.; November 17, 1925 – October 2, 1985) was an American actor. One of the most popular movie stars of his time, he had a screen career spanning more than three decades. A prominent heartthrob in the Golde ...

, film star (2001) *

Alexander von Humboldt Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 17696 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science. He was the younger brother of the Prussian minister, p ...

, German naturalist (1969)

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* Federico Incháustegui Cabrera, general (1995) *

Jorge Isaacs Jorge Isaacs Ferrer (April 1, 1837 – April 17, 1895) was a Colombian writer, politician and soldier. His only novel, '' María'', became one of the most notable works of the Romantic movement in Spanish-language literature. Biography His f ...

, Colombian novelist (1989) *

Isabella I of Spain Isabella I ( es, Isabel I; 22 April 1451 – 26 November 1504), also called Isabella the Catholic (Spanish: ''la Católica''), was Queen of Castile from 1474 until her death in 1504, as well as Queen consort of Aragon from 1479 until 1504 by ...

, queen of Spain (1952) *

Isabella II of Spain Isabella II ( es, Isabel II; 10 October 1830 – 9 April 1904), was Queen of Spain from 29 September 1833 until 30 September 1868. Shortly before her birth, the King Ferdinand VII of Spain issued a Pragmatic Sanction to ensure the successio ...

, queen of Spain (1855)

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Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American lawyer, planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before being elected to the presidency, he gained fame as ...

, president of the United States (1899) * Francisco Javier de Céspedes, president (1959) *

Hu Jintao Hu Jintao (born 21 December 1942) is a Chinese politician who served as the 16–17th general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 2002 to 2012, the 6th president of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from 2003 to 2013, an ...

, Chinese General Secretary (2005) *

John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

, pope (1998) * Tomas Jordan, general (1995) *

José de la Luz y Caballero José Cipriano de la Luz y Caballero (July 11, 1800 – June 22, 1862) was a Cuban scholar, acclaimed by José Martí as "the father ... the silent founder" of Cuban intellectual life of the 19th century. Interest in Luz's work was revived around ...

, educator (1917) * Benito Juárez, Mexican lawyer and politician (2006) * Enrique del Junco Cruz Muñoz, general (1997) * Francisco Carrera Justiz, educator and statesman (1953)

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Orestes Kindelán Orestes Kindelán Olivares (born November 1, 1964) is the most prolific home run hitter in the history of post-revolutionary Cuban baseball, known as "El Cañon de Dos Rios" and one of the offensive stars of the Cuba national baseball team, whi ...

, Cuban baseball player (2002) *

Martin Luther King Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist, one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968 ...

, American civil rights activist (1986) *

Robert Koch Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch ( , ; 11 December 1843 – 27 May 1910) was a German physician and microbiologist. As the discoverer of the specific causative agents of deadly infectious diseases including tuberculosis, cholera (though the Vibrio ...

, discoverer of the tuberculosis bacillus (1982) *

Vladimir Komarov Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov ( rus, Влади́мир Миха́йлович Комаро́в, p=vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ kəmɐˈrof; 16 March 1927 – 24 April 1967) was a Soviet test pilot, aerospace engineer, and cosmonaut. ...

, cosmonaut (1966) * Sergei P. Korolev, Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer (1981) * Arthur Constantin Krebs, French officer and pioneer in automotive engineering (2000) * Pedro Kouri Esmeja, tropical medicine doctor and researcher (2000)

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* Ramón Labañino, Cuban imprisoned in the United States (2005) * Angel Laborde, medical student (1952) * Jose A. Gonzalez Lanuza, lawyer (1958) * Carlos A. Latorre, medical student (1952) *

Emanuel Lasker Emanuel Lasker (; December 24, 1868 – January 11, 1941) was a German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher who was World Chess Champion for 27 years, from 1894 to 1921, the longest reign of any officially recognised World Chess Champ ...

, chess champion (1976) * Francisco Borrero Lavadi, general (1995) * Pierre Lebaudy, French industrialist and philanthropist (2000) * Paul Lebaudy, French industrialist and politician (2000) * Juan V. Lecuna, Venezuela musician (1991) *

Ernesto Lecuona Ernesto Lecuona y Casado (; August 7, 1896 – November 29, 1963) was a Cuban composer and pianist, many of whose works have become standards of the Latin, jazz and classical repertoires. His over 600 compositions include songs and zarzuelas as ...

, Cuban composer (1966) *

William Lemon Sir William Lemon, 1st Baronet (11 October 1748 – 11 December 1824) was a Member of Parliament for Cornish constituencies from 1770 to 1824, a total of 54 years. Background He was the son of William Lemon and Anne, the daughter of John Willya ...

, member of the British parliament (1972) *

Vladimir Lenin Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov. ( 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin,. was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 19 ...

, Russian communist revolutionary and politician (1964) *

Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 14522 May 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, Drawing, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. While his fame initially res ...

, scientist (1996) * Aleksei A. Leonov, cosmonaut (1965) * Pio Leyva, Cuban singer (2007) *

Omar Linares Omar Linares Izquierdo (born October 23, 1968)B ...

, Cuban baseball player (2002) *

Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation thro ...

, president of the United States (1937) *

Joseph Lister Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, (5 April 182710 February 1912) was a British surgeon, medical scientist, experimental pathologist and a pioneer of antiseptic surgery and preventative medicine. Joseph Lister revolutionised the craft of s ...

, British surgeon and a pioneer of antiseptic surgery (1993) *

Franz Liszt Franz Liszt, in modern usage ''Liszt Ferenc'' . Liszt's Hungarian passport spelled his given name as "Ferencz". An orthographic reform of the Hungarian language in 1922 (which was 36 years after Liszt's death) changed the letter "cz" to simpl ...

, Hungarian composer (1997) * Miguel Coyula Llaguno, journalist (1954) * Pedro Gonzalez Llorente, lawyer (1958) *

Mikhail Lomonosov Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov (; russian: Михаил (Михайло) Васильевич Ломоносов, p=mʲɪxɐˈil vɐˈsʲilʲjɪvʲɪtɕ , a=Ru-Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov.ogg; – ) was a Russian Empire, Russian polymath, s ...

, scientist (1996) *

Carlos Antonio López Carlos Antonio López Ynsfrán (November 4, 1792 – September 10, 1862) served as leader of Paraguay from 1841 to 1862. Early life López was born at Manorá (Asunción) on November 4, 1792, as one of eight children. He graduated from Real C ...

, leader of Paraguay (1937) *

Narciso Lopez Narciso may refer to: Given name * Narciso Clavería y de Palacios, Spanish architect * Narciso Clavería y Zaldúa, Governor General of the Philippines * Narciso dos Santos, Brazilian former footballer * Narciso Durán, Franciscan friar and missio ...

, Venezuelan adventurer and soldier (1951) *

Federico García Lorca Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936), known as Federico García Lorca ( ), was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblemat ...

, poet (1998) *

Toussaint L'Ouverture François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture (; also known as Toussaint L'Ouverture or Toussaint Bréda; 20 May 1743 – 7 April 1803) was a Haitian general and the most prominent leader of the Haitian Revolution. During his life, Louverture ...

, leader of the Haitian Revolution (1991) * Dulce Maria Loynaz, writer (2002) * Enrique Loynaz de Castillo, composer (1971) * Oscar Lucero, rebel leader (1964) *

Luis de las Casas Luis de las Casas y Aragorri (Sopuerta, Spain, 25 August 1745 – Puerto de Santa María, 19 July 1800) was Spanish Governor of Cuba and the Commander in Chief of the Province of Louisiana and the Floridas The Floridas ( es, Las Floridas) w ...

, governor-general of Cuba (1972) * Auguste Lumière, inventor of the motion picture (1995) *

Louis Lumière Louis Jean Lumière (5 October 1864 Besançon – 6 June 1948, Bandol) was a French engineer and industrialist who played a key role in the development of photography and cinema. Early life and education Lumière was one of four children of ...

, inventor of the motion picture (1995) *

Gregorio Luperón Gregorio Luperón (September 8, 1839 – May 21, 1897) was a Dominican president, military general, businessman, liberal politician, freemason, and Statesman who was one of the leaders in the Restoration of the Dominican Republic after the Spani ...

, Dominican military and state leader (1997)

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* Clara Louise Maass, American nurse and martyr (1951) * Antonio Maceo, revolution leader (1907) *

José Maceo José Marcelino Maceo Grajales ( 2 February 1849, La Delicia, Oriente Province, Cuba - 5 July 1896, Loma de Gato, Santiago de Cuba) was a Cuban Independence Activist and patriot of the 19th Century. Biography Early Years and Personality José ...

, general (1952) *

Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (), often known by his surnames as Machado de Assis, ''Machado,'' or ''Bruxo do Cosme Velho''Vainfas, p. 505. (21 June 1839 – 29 September 1908), was a pioneer Brazilian novelist, poet, playwright and short stor ...

, Brazilian novelist (1989) *

Gerardo Machado Gerardo Machado y Morales (28 September 1869 – 29 March 1939) was a general of the Cuban War of Independence and President of Cuba from 1925 to 1933. Machado entered the presidency with widespread popularity and support from the major polit ...

, president of Cuba (1928) *

Nelson Mandela Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (; ; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African Internal resistance to apartheid, anti-apartheid activist who served as the President of South Africa, first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1 ...

, president of South Africa (2014) * Celia Sanchez Manduley, Cuban revolutionary, politician, and archivist (1990) * Rafael Manduley del Río, patriot (1957) * Mari Mantilla, goddaughter of José Martí (2006) * Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Castillo, president (1917) * Manuel de Jesús Calvar, president (1959) *

Guglielmo Marconi Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, 1st Marquis of Marconi (; 25 April 187420 July 1937) was an Italians, Italian inventor and electrical engineering, electrical engineer, known for his creation of a practical radio wave-based Wireless telegrap ...

, Italian inventor and electrical engineer (1996) *

Miguel Matamoros The Trío Matamoros was one of the most popular Cuban trova groups. It was formed in 1925 by Miguel Matamoros (8 May 1894 in Santiago de Cuba – 15 April 1971; guitar), Rafael Cueto (14 March 1900 in Santiago de Cuba – 7 August 1991; gu ...

, Cuban musician and composer (2007) * Segundo L. Moreno, Ecuador xylophone musician (1991) *

Juan Manuel Marquez ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...

, revolution leader (1966) *

José Martí José Julián Martí Pérez (; January 28, 1853 – May 19, 1895) was a Cuban nationalist, poet, philosopher, essayist, journalist, translator, professor, and publisher, who is considered a Cuban national hero because of his role in the libera ...

, Cuban national hero, writer and revolution leader (1917, 1953, 1954) * José Francisco Martí Zayas Bazán, politician and soldier (2004) * Mariano Marti, father of José Marti (2004) *

Karl Marx Karl Heinrich Marx (; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist, critic of political economy, and socialist revolutionary. His best-known titles are the 1848 ...

, philosopher and revolutionary socialist (1982) * Juan Morell y Campos, Puerto Rico cuatro musician (1991) * Bartolomé Masó, politician and military patriot (1910) *

Steve McQueen Terrence Stephen McQueen (March 24, 1930November 7, 1980) was an American actor. His antihero persona, emphasized during the height of the counterculture of the 1960s, made him a top box-office draw for his films of the late 1950s, 1960s, and 1 ...

, film star (2001) *

Julio Antonio Mella Julio Antonio Mella McPartland (25 March 1903 – 10 January 1929) was a Cuban political activist and one of the founders of the original Popular Socialist Party (Cuba), Communist Party of Cuba. Mella studied law at the University of Havana but ...

, founder of the Cuban Communist Party (2004) *

Javier Mendez Javier may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Javier, in video game ''Advance Wars: Dual Strike'' * Javier Rios, a character in the Monsters, Inc. franchise. * Javier (album), ''Javier'' (album), a 2003 album by the American singer Javier ...

, Cuban baseball player (2003) * Jesus Menendez Larrondo, Cuban trade unionist (1998) * Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez, Cuban cosmonaut (1981) * José M. Medina, medical student (1952) * Rafael María de Mendive, Cuban poet (1993) *

, revolution leader (1968) * Jesus Menéndez, leader in sugar industry (1961) * Raimundo G, Menocal, physician (1956) *

Mario García Menocal Aurelio Mario Gabriel Francisco García Menocal y Deop (December 17, 1866 – September 7, 1941) was the 3rd President of Cuba, serving from 1913 to 1921. His term as president saw Cuba's participation in World War I. Youth Born in Jagüey Gra ...

, president of Cuba (1955) * Pedro Mercado, trumpet player with Havana Philharmonic Orchestra (1974) *

Germán Mesa Germán Mesa Fresneda (born May 12, 1967 in Havana) is a Cuban retired shortstop who played for the Industriales of the Cuban National Series and for the Cuban national baseball team The Cuba national baseball team (Spanish: ''Selección de ...

, Cuban baseball player (2002) *

Victor Mesa The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French shor ...

, Cuban baseball player (2004) *

Jean Baptiste Meusnier Jean Baptiste Marie Charles Meusnier de la Place (Tours, 19 June 1754 — le Pont de Cassel, near Mainz, 13 June 1793) was a French mathematician, engineer and Revolutionary general. He is best known for Meusnier's theorem on the curvature o ...

, French mathematician andrevolutionary general (1991) *

José Jacinto Milanés José Jacinto Milanés y Fuentes (born August 16, 1814 Matanzas Cuba – November 14, 1863), a self-educated and from humble origins, was a renowned poet, linguist and writer who has been acclaimed as one of the best exponents of Cuban literature ...

, poet, linguist and writer (1956) *

Ho Chi Minh (: ; born ; 19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969), commonly known as ('Uncle Hồ'), also known as ('President Hồ'), (' Old father of the people') and by other aliases, was a Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman. He served as Prime ...

, president of North Viet Nam (1970) * Vicente Miniet Ginarte, general of the army of liberation (1956) *

Matilde Moisant Matilde Josephine Moisant (September 13, 1878 – February 5, 1964) was an American pioneer aviator, the second woman in the United States to obtain a pilot's license. Early life Moisant was born on September 13, 1878 in Earl Park, Indi ...

, female aviator (2011) * Antonio Mompo, cellist with Havana Philharmonic Orchestra (1974) * José Guillermo Moncada Veranes, general (1941) *

Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe (; born Norma Jeane Mortenson; 1 June 1926 4 August 1962) was an American actress. Famous for playing comedic " blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as wel ...

, American film actress (1995) *

Rita Montaner Rita Aurelia Fulcida Montaner y Facenda (20 August 1900 – 17 April 1958), known as Rita Montaner, was a Cuban singer, pianist and actress. In Cuban parlance, she was a '' vedette'' (a star), and was well known in Mexico City, Paris, Miami and ...

, Cuban singer, pianist, actress (1995) * Jose Maria Garcia Montes, lawyer (1958) * Maria Teresa Garcia Montes, founder of the Musical Arts Society (1959) *

Juan Montalvo Juan María Montalvo y Fiallos (13 April 1832 in Ambato – 17 January 1889 in Paris) was an Ecuadorian author and essayist. Biography His grandfather, José Santos Montalvo, born in Andalucía, migrated to América and after some years w ...

, Ecuadorian satirist (1937, 1989) *

, Cuban singer, pianist, and actress (1999) * Rafael Montoro Valdez, statesman (1953) * Maria Teresa Mora, Cuban chess master (2004) * Menelao Mora, guerilla (1963) * Berta Moraleda, Cuban female aviator (2011) *

Francisco Morazán José Francisco Morazán Quesada (; born October 3, 1792 – September 15, 1842) was a Central American politician who served as president of the Federal Republic of Central America from 1830 to 1839. Before he was president of Central America h ...

, politician and general of Honduras (1937) *

Benny Moré Bartolomé Maximiliano Moré Gutiérrez (24 August 1919 – 19 February 1963), better known as Benny Moré (also spelled Beny Moré), was a Cuban singer, bandleader and songwriter. Due to his fluid tenor voice and his great expressivity, he was k ...

, singer (1999) * Pedro Agustín Morell de Santa Cruz, bishop (1956) *

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...

, Austrian composer (1997) *

Antonio Muñoz Hernández (Cuban baseball player) Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular mal ...

(2003) * Mario Muñoz, revolutionist (2013) *Victor Muñoz, founder of Mother’s Day in Cuba (1956)

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* Antonio Nariño, Colombian political and military leader (1988) *

Jawaharlal Nehru Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (; ; ; 14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat— * * * * and author who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20t ...

, prime minister of India (2010) *

Pablo Neruda Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto (12 July 1904 – 23 September 1973), better known by his pen name and, later, legal name Pablo Neruda (; ), was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. Nerud ...

, Chilean poet (1989) *

Agostinho Neto António Agostinho da Silva Neto (17 September 1922 – 10 September 1979) was an Angolan politician and poet. He served as the first president of Angola from 1975 to 1979, having led the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) i ...

, president of Angola (2002) *

Bola de Nieve Bola de Nieve (literally ''Snowball'') (11 September 1911 – 2 October 1971), born Ignacio Jacinto Villa Fernández, was a Cuban singer-pianist and songwriter. His name originates from his round, black face. Villa Fernández was born in Guanaba ...

, singer-pianist and songwriter (1999) * Andrian G. Nikolaev, cosmonaut (1963) * Emilio Núñez Rodríguez, general and revolutionary hero (1955) * Enrique Nuñez, writer, screenwriter, playwright and humorist (1952)

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Bernardo O'Higgins Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme (; August 20, 1778 – October 24, 1842) was a Chilean independence leader who freed Chile from Spanish rule in the Chilean War of Independence. He was a wealthy landowner of Basque-Spanish and Irish ancestry. Althou ...

, Chilean independence leader (1988) * Roberto Ondino, flute player with Havana Philharmonic Orchestra (1974) * Agustín Parlá Orduñas, aviator (1952) * Fernando Ortiz, folklorist (1981)

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* Antonio Pacheco, Cuban baseball player (2002) *

Manuel Ascencio Padilla Commandante Manuel Ascencio Padilla (or Manuel Ascensio Padilla) (September 26, 1774 – September 14, 1816) was an Upper Peruvian guerrilla chief who fought in the Bolivian War of Independence with his wife, Juana Azurduy de Padilla who s ...

, Peruvian guerrilla chief (1988) *

Orlando Pantoja Tamayo Orlando () is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida, Orange County. In Central Florida, it is the center of the Greater Orlando, Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831, acco ...

, guerilla (2012) * Agustín Parlá Orduña, aviator (1952) *

Louis Pasteur Louis Pasteur (, ; 27 December 1822 – 28 September 1895) was a French chemist and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization, the latter of which was named afte ...

, chemist (1993) *

Ivan Pavlov Ivan Petrovich Pavlov ( rus, Ива́н Петро́вич Па́влов, , p=ɪˈvan pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ˈpavləf, a=Ru-Ivan_Petrovich_Pavlov.ogg; 27 February 1936), was a Russian and Soviet experimental neurologist, psychologist and physiol ...

, Russian physiologist (1993) *

Pablo Picasso Pablo Ruiz Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and Scenic design, theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. One of the most influential artists of the 20th ce ...

, painter (1981) * Tomas Padro, general of the army of liberation (1957) *

Frank Pais Frank or Franks may refer to: People * Frank (given name) * Frank (surname) * Franks (surname) * Franks, a medieval Germanic people * Frank, a term in the Muslim world for all western Europeans, particularly during the Crusades - see Farang Curre ...

, educator and revolution leader (1966) *

José Joaquín Palma José Joaquín Palma Lasso (September 11, 1844 – August 2, 1911) was a Cuban writer who was the author of the Guatemalan national anthem's lyrics. Biography He was the son of Pedro Palma y Aguilera and Dolores Lasso de la Vega and went t ...

, poet, author and revolutionary (1956) *

Ricardo Palma Manuel Ricardo Palma Soriano (February 7, 1833 – October 6, 1919) was a Peruvian author, scholar, librarian and politician. His magnum opus is the ''Tradiciones peruanas''. Biography According to the official account, Manuel Ricardo Pal ...

, Peruvian writer (1989) *

Tomás Estrada Palma Tomás Estrada Palma (c. July 6, 1832 – November 4, 1908) was a Cuban politician, the president of the Cuban Republican in Arms during the Ten Years' War, and the first President of Cuba, between May 20, 1902, and September 28, 1906. His collate ...

, president (1917) * Otto Parellada, revolution leader (1966) * Antonio L. Pausa, postal clerk (1950) * Lazaro Pena, trade unionist (1982) *

Luis Ignatius Peñalver y Cárdenas Luis Ignatius Peñalver y Cárdenas (3 April 1749 – 17 July 1810) was a Cuban Catholic Bishop of New Orleans, and Archbishop of Guatemala. Biography He was born in Havana, the son of a wealthy and noble family. After studying belles-l ...

, bishop (1945) * Vicente Mora Pera, postmaster-general (1972) * F. Peraza, general of the army of liberation (1957) * Rogelio Perea, Cuban revolutionary fighter (1998) * Guido “Inti” Peredo, revolutionary (1972) *

Dámaso Pérez Prado Dámaso is a Spanish masculine given name. The name is equivalent to that of Pope Damasus I in English. The name also exists in Italian as Damaso, though it is uncommon. People * Dámaso Alonso (1898–1990), Spanish poet * Dámaso Berenguer, 1st ...

, bandleader and musician (1999) * Leonor Perez Cabrera, mother of José Marti (2004) *

Luisa Pérez de Zambrana Luisa Pérez de Zambrana (25 August 1837, El Cobre – 25 March 1922, Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial ...

, writer (1956) * Matias Perez, Cuban aeronautics pioneer (1965) *

August von Parseval August von Parseval (5 February 1861, in Frankenthal (Pfalz) – 22 February 1942, in Berlin) was a German airship designer. As a boy, Parseval attended the Royal Bavarian Pagenkorps in Munich from 1873 to 1878, where he took the ''Fähnrichexa ...

, German airship designer (2000) * Francois Philido, chess champion (1976) *

Ignacio Piñeiro Ignacio Piñeiro Martínez (May 21, 1888 – March 12, 1969) was a Cuban musician, bandleader and composer whose career started in rumba and flowered in the rise of the son. He was one of the most important composers of son music; in total he w ...

, Cuban musician and composer (2007) *

Martín Alonso Pinzón Martín Alonso Pinzón, (; Palos de la Frontera, Huelva; c. 1441 – c. 1493) was a Spanish mariner, shipbuilder, navigator and exploration, explorer, oldest of the Pinzón brothers. He sailed with Christopher Columbus on his Voyages of Christoph ...

, Portuguese navigator and explorer (1992) * William Pitt, British prime minister (1971) *

Max Planck Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck (, ; 23 April 1858 – 4 October 1947) was a German theoretical physicist whose discovery of energy quanta won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918. Planck made many substantial contributions to theoretical p ...

, theoretical physicist (1994) *

Felipe Poey y Aloy Felipe Poey (May 26, 1799 – January 28, 1891) was a Cuban zoologist. Biography Poey was born in Havana, the son of French and Spanish parents. He spent several years (1804 to 1807) of his life in Pau then studied law in Madrid. He became a ...

, natural historian (1958) * Fidelio Ponce de Leon, painter (2014) *

Leonid Popov Leonid Ivanovich Popov (russian: Леони́д Ива́нович Попо́в; born August 31, 1945) is a former Soviet cosmonaut. Biography Popov was born in Oleksandriia, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukrainian SSR. He was selected as a cosmonaut on ...

, cosmonaut (1981) * Pavel R. Popovich, cosmonaut (1963) * Belisario Porras, president of Panama (1989) *

Tyrone Power Tyrone Edmund Power III (May 5, 1914 – November 15, 1958) was an American actor. From the 1930s to the 1950s, Power appeared in dozens of films, often in swashbuckler roles or romantic leads. His better-known films include '' Jesse James'', ...

, film star (2001) *

Chano Pozo Luciano Pozo González (January 7, 1915 – December 3, 1948), known professionally as Chano Pozo, was a Cuban jazz percussionist, singer, dancer, and composer. Despite only living to age 33, he played a major role in the founding of Latin jazz. ...

, jazz percussionist, singer, dancer and composer (1999) *

Carlos Puebla Carlos Manuel Puebla (; 11 September 1917, Manzanillo – 12 July 1989, Havana) was a Cuban singer, guitarist, and composer. He was a member of the old trova movement who specialized in boleros and patriotic songs. Biography Born into a mo ...

, Cuban singer, guitarist, and composer (2004)

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* Gonzalo de Quesada, architect of Cuba's Independence Movement (1940)

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* José Rafael de las Heras, politician (1983) *

Santiago Ramon y Cajal Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose ...

, Spanish pathologist (1993) * Henry M. Reeve, cavalry commander (1976) * Álvaro Reinoso, sugar scientist (1954) *

Charles Renard Charles Renard (1847–1905) born in Damblain, Vosges, was a French military engineer. Airships After the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871 he started work on the design of airships at the French army aeronautical department. Together with A ...

, French military engineer (2000) *

Alfonso Reyes Alfonso Reyes Ochoa (17 May 1889 in Monterrey, Nuevo León – 27 December 1959 in Mexico City) was a Mexican writer, philosopher and diplomat. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times and has been acclaimed as one of th ...

, Mexican poet (1989) *

Raúl Roa García Raúl Roa García (18 April 19076 July 1982) was a Cubans, Cuban intellectual, politician and diplomat. He served as Foreign relations of Cuba, Foreign Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976. He was a lawyer and was also a university professor in the ...

, Cuban intellectual, politician and diplomat (2004) * Eliseo Reyes Rodriguez, guerrilla and revolutionary (2000) * José Ignacio Rivero y Alonso, editor of Diario de la Marina (1958) * Yuri Roanenko, cosmonaut (1981) * Alejandro Robaina Pereda, Cuban tobacco grower (2012) *

José Enrique Rodó José Enrique Camilo Rodó Piñeyro (15 July 1871 – 1 May 1917) was a Uruguayan essayist. He cultivated an epistolary relationship with important Hispanic thinkers of that time, Leopoldo Alas (Clarín) in Spain, José de la Riva-Agüero in P ...

, Uruguayan essayist (1937) *

Arsenio Rodríguez Arsenio Rodríguez (born Ignacio Arsenio Travieso Scull; 31 August 1911 – 30 December 1970)Giro, Radamés 2007. ''Diccionario enciclopédico de la música en Cuba''. La Habana, v. 4 p. 45 et seq. was a Cuban musician, composer and bandleader ...

, Cuban musician, composer and bandleader (2007) * Alberto Rodríguez Acosta, general (1997) * Emilio Núñez Rodríguez, general and revolutionary hero (1955) * José María Rodríquez y Rodríquez (Mayía), Cuban military man (1910, 1954) * Pascal Rodríquez, medical student (1952) * Emilio Roig de Leuchsenring, historian (1984) *

Gonzalo Roig Gonzalo Roig Lobo (Havana, 20 July 1890 – Havana, 13 June 1970) was a Cuban composer, pianist, violinist and musical director. He was a pioneer of the symphonic movement in Cuba. His most popular works are the zarzuela ''Cecilia Valdés'' an ...

, composer (2010) * Francisco Dominguez Roldán, introduced radiotherapy and physiotherapy (1958) *

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, Cuban composer (1966) *

Carlos Roloff Karol Rolow-Miałowski or Carlos Roloff Mialofsky, better known simply as Carlos Roloff, (4 November 1842 – 17 May 1907) was a Polish-born Cuban general and liberation activist, who fought against Spain in the Ten Years' War and the Cuban War o ...

, general and liberation activist (1910, 1944) * Tomas Romay, physician and scientist (1964) *

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, cosmonaut (2005) * Luis Estevez Romero, vice-president of Cuba (1952) * Antonio Maria Romeu, composer (1977) *

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, German physicist (1993) *

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, president of the United States (1947) *

Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ( ; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26t ...

, president of the United States (1958) * Avelino Rosas, general of the army of liberation (1957) * Ethel Rosenburg, American communist (1978) * Julius Rosenburg, American communist (1978) * Domingo Rosillo del Toro, Cuban pilot (2013) *

Pierre Paul Émile Roux Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

, French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist (1993) * Ruth Rowland, female aviator (2011) * Isabel Rubio Diaz, medical aide (1998) * Vaeleri Ryumin, cosmonaut (1981) * Jeannette Ryder, founder of the Humane Society of Cuba (1957)

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José Antonio Saco José Antonio Saco (May 7, 1797 – September 26, 1879) was a statesman, deputy to the Spanish Cortes, writer, social critic, publicist, essayist, anthropologist, historian, and one of the most notable Cuban figures from the nineteenth century. ...

, statesman, writer and historian (1917, 1954) * Alfredo de Saint-Malo, Panama mejorana musician (1991) * Luis Saiz, revolutionary (2006) * Sergio Saiz, revolutionary (2006) * Marcelo Salado, rebel leader (1964) * Brindis de Salas, musician (1958) * Salvador del Muro, governor of Cuba (1972) *

José de San Martín José Francisco de San Martín y Matorras (25 February 177817 August 1850), known simply as José de San Martín () or '' the Liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru'', was an Argentine general and the primary leader of the southern and cent ...

, Argentine general and independence leader (1988) * Antonio Sánchez de Bustamante, Cuban lawyer (1955) *

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, party leader (1985) * Eduardo Sanchez de Fuentes, Cuban composer (1966) * Jose J. Sanchez, general of the army of liberation (1957) * Mariano Sánchez Vaillant, general (1997) * Serafín Sánchez, general (1956) * Victoria Brú Sánchez, nurse (1957) * Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan revolutionary (1984) *

Julio Sanguily Julio Sanguily Garritte was a Cuban independence activist and patriot. He was a Major General of the Cuban Liberation Army during the Cuban War of Independence. He was appointed head, in commission, of the division of Cuba and Bayamo . Major ...

, general (1956) * Manuel Sanguily y Garritt, cabinet member and author (1949) * Pedro Sanjuan, Havana Philharmonic Orchestra (1974) *

Pedro Santacilia Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for ''Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning ...

, writer, journalist and poet (2006) *

Abel Santamaria Abel ''Hábel''; ar, هابيل, Hābīl is a Biblical figure in the Book of Genesis within Abrahamic religions. He was the younger brother of Cain, and the younger son of Adam and Eve, the first couple in Biblical history. He was a shepher ...

, revolutionary leader (1962) *

Haydée Santamaría Haydée Santamaría Cuadrado (December 30, 1922 – July 28, 1980) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician, regarded as a heroine in post-revolutionary Cuba. She participated in the assault on Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba on July 26, 195 ...

, guerrilla and political Cuban (2009) *

Francisco de Paula Santander Francisco José de Paula Santander y Omaña (Villa del Rosario, Norte de Santander, Colombia, April 2, 1792 – Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia, May 6, 1840), was a Colombian military and political leader during the 1810–1819 independ ...

, Colombian military and political leader (1937) *

Domingo Sarmiento Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (; born Domingo Faustino Fidel Valentín Sarmiento y Albarracín; 15 February 1811 – 11 September 1888) was an Argentine activist, intellectual, writer, statesman and the second President of Argentina. His writing sp ...

, Argentine educator (1989) * Antonio Oms Sarret, communications (1947) * David Schwarz, Hungarian-Croatian aviation pioneer (1991) *Ruy Lopez Segura, chess champion (1976) *Cesar Perez Sentenat, pianist with Havana Philharmonic Orchestra (1974) *Vittorio de Sica, Italian director and actor (1995) *Moises Simons, Cuban composer (1966) *Enrique Soro, Chile drum musician (1991) *Juan Bautista Spotorno, president (1959) *Juan Francisco Steegers y Perera, fingerprint identification pioneer (1957) *Wilhelm Steinitz, chess champion (1976) *Manuel Márquez Sterling, Cuban diplomat and president of Cuba (1946) *Antonio José de Sucre, Venezuelan independence leader (1988) *Sukarno, president of Indonesia (2008) *Kim Il Sung, president of North Korea (1998)

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*Arnaldo Tamayo, cosmonaut (2005) *Esteban Tamayo Tamayo, general (1996) *Jose Luis Tasende, revolutionary (1983) *Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composer (1993) *Adolfo Teodore, aviation pioneer (1970) *Valentina V. Tereshkova, cosmonaut (1963) *Jose Tey, revolution leader (1966) *Tiradentes, hero of Brazilian Independence (1988) *Gherman S. Titov, cosmonaut (1963) *Eladio G. Toledo, medical student (1952) *Emilia Teurbe Tolón, patriot (1951) *Miguel Teurbe Tolón, writer and teacher (1951) *Albert Tissandier, French architect, aviator, editor and archaeologist (2000) *Gaston Tissandier, French adventurer (2000) *Bernarda Tora Pelegrin, aided Cuban revolution (1998) *Carlos de la Torre y Huerta, naturalist (1958) *Vincenta de la Torre, dancer (2014) *Pablo de la Torriente Brau, writer (2001) *Bobbi Trout, female aviator (2011) *Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky, Soviet rocket and space sciences pioneer (1966)

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*Luis Ulacia, Cuban baseball player (2002) *Pedro Urena, Dominican writer (1989) *Guillermo Uribe-Holguin, Colombia drum musician (1991)

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*Fermín Valdés Domínguez, physician and Cuban patriot (2004) *Jorge L. Valdes, Cuban baseball player (2003) *Miguelito Valdés, Cuban singer (1999) *Fermin Valdez Domínguez, defense lawyer (1952) *Lazaro Valle, Cuban baseball player (2003) *Félix Varela, Roman Catholic priest and independence leader (1955) *Lazaro Vargas, Cuban baseball player (2003) *Pedro Vargas Sotomayor, general (1996) *A. Varona, general of the army of liberation (1957) *Enrique José Varona, author (1950) *Carlos Verdugo, medical student (1952) *Jules Verne, writer (1981) *Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (1992) *Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazil resonator trumpet musician (1991) *Cirilo Villaverde, writer (2012) *Ruben Martinez Villena, revolutionary (1974) *Braudilio Vinent, Cuban baseball player (2004) *André Voisin, French naturalist (1965)

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*George Washington, president of the United States (1899) *James Watt, Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer (1996) *Daniel Webster, American senator and statesman (1899) *José White, musician (1958) *Friedrich Hermann Wölfert, German publisher and aviation pioneer (1991) *Natalie Wood, film star (2001) *Orville Wright, aviation pioneer (2003) *Wilbur Wright, aviation pioneer (2003)

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*Boris Yegorov, cosmonaut (1966) *Igor Youskévitch, ballet dancer (2006)

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*Lazarus Ludwig Zamenhof, creator of Esperanto (1987) *Juan Bruno Zayas, military doctor (1910, 1933) *Juan Clemente Zenea, writer (1956) *Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin, German general and aircraft manufacturer (1991) *Clara Zetkin, advocate for women's rights (1965)

References

Sources

* Edifil; Catálogo Especializado de Sellos de Cuba, Tomo I (1855-1958), 2nd Ed.; Madrid, 2002 (in Spanish). * Jones, Wm. P. and Roy, Rudy J.; ''A Handbook of the Stamps of Cuba'' in 3 volumes. 3rd Ed. 2011. (complete through 1958) * Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue, Volume 2, 2015 * Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue, Part 15, 3rd Edition, 2007

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