Afro-Cuban - List of Famous Afro-Cubans

List of Famous Afro-Cubans

• Andres Serrano - Artist
• Antonio Maceo - Second-in-command of the Cuban Army of Independence
• Martín Morúa Delgado, President of the Cuban Senate
• Juan Gualberto Gómez, 1890s revolutionary leader, close collaborator of Martí's, served as part of the committee of consultations that drafted and amended the Constitution of 1901, and as a Representative and Senator
• Víctor Dreke - Cuban Revolutionary and Second-in-Command to Ché Guevara in the Congo
• Rita Marley - Singer, Humanitarian, and widow of Bob Marley
• Celeste Mendoza - Singer
• Nicolás Guillén - Poet
• Regino Pedroso - Poet
• Georgina Herrera - Poet
• Nancy Morejón - Poet
• Ángel Escobar - Poet
• Wifredo Lam - Artist
• Roberto Diago - Artist
• Ibrahim Ferrer - Singer (Buena Vista Social Club)
• Omara Portuondo - Singer (Buena Vista Social Club)
• Compay Segundo - Singer (Buena Vista Social Club)
• Pío Leyva - Singer (Buena Vista Social Club)
• Rubén González - Pianist (Buena Vista Social Club)
• Orlando "Cachaito" López - Bass player (Buena Vista Social Club)
• Juan de Marcos González - Musical director (Buena Vista Social Club)
• Afro-Cuban All Stars
• Fats Navarro - Jazz musician
• Mario Bauzá - Jazz musician
• Chano Pozo - Jazz percusionist
• Arsenio Rodríguez - Bandleader
• Ignacio Piñeiro - Musician
• Machito - Musician
• Mongo Santamaría - Jazz musician
• Benny Moré - Singer
• Bola de Nieve - Singer and pianist
• Chocolate Armenteros - Trumpetist
• Armando Peraza - Percusionist
• Barbarito Diez - Singer
• Pello el Afrokán - Percusionist and creator of mozambique (music)
• Bebo Valdés - Pianist
• Israel "Cachao" López - Bass player
• Orestes López - Bass player
• Dámaso Pérez Prado - The King of Mambo
• Carlos "Patato" Valdes - Conga player
• Richard Egües - Flute player, a member of the Orquesta Aragón
• Enrique Jorrín - Violinist and inventor of cha-chá-chá
• Guillermo Barreto - Percusionist
• Generoso Jimenez - Trombonist
• Chucho Valdés - Pianist and leader of Irakere
• Jorge Varona - Trumpetist
• Anga Díaz - Percusionist and former member of Irakere
• Tata Güines - Percusionist
• Changuito - Percusionist and former member of Los Van Van
• Ignacio Berroa - Drummer
• Lázaro Ros - Singer
• Pablo Milanés - Singer
• Gerardo Alfonso - Singer
• Carlos Alfonso - Bass player and leader of Síntesis
• X Alfonso - Singer
• Yusa - Female bass player
• Gonzalo Rubalcaba - Jazz pianist
• Sammy Davis, Jr. - Actor, Singer, and Dancer
• Celia Cruz - Singer
• Pedro Knight - Musician
• Addys D'Mercedes - Singer
• Yotuel Romero - Singer
• Jon Secada - Singer
• Sen Dog - Rapper and Member of Cypress Hill
• Mellow Man Ace - Rapper
• Teófilo Stevenson - Amateur boxer
• Félix Savón - Amateur boxer
• Alexis Rubalcaba - Amateur boxer
• Kid Chocolate - Boxer (Former World Featherweight & Junior Lightweight Champion)
• José Nápoles - Boxer (Former World Welterweight Champion; also known as 'Mantequilla' Nápoles).
• Joel Casamayor - Boxer (WBC Lightweight Champion)
• Sugar Ramos - Boxer (Former WBA Featherweight Champion)
• Sergio Oliva - Body builder (Only bodybuilder to have ever beaten Arnold Schwarzenegger in a Mr Olympia competition)
• Tony Oliva - Three-Time batting champion
• Javier Sotomayor - Holds world record in high jump
• Ana Fidelia Quirot - Athlete
• Regla Torres - Volleyball player
• Gilbert Arenas - NBA
• Cristóbal Torriente - Negro League Baseball Hall of Fame
• Martín Dihigo - Negro League Baseball Hall of Fame
• Orestes Kindelán - The most prolific home run hitter in the history of amateur Cuban baseball
• José Contreras - MLB
• Orlando Hernández - MLB
• Liván Hernández - MLB
• Alexei Ramírez - MLB
• Brayan Peña - MLB
• Tony Pérez - MLB (Hall of Fame)
• Laz Alonso - Actor
• Christina Milian - Actress
• Gina Torres - Actress
• Rosario Dawson - Actress
• Faizon Love - Actor
• Lola Falana - Actress, Singer, and Dancer
• Luis Moro - Actor/Filmmaker
• Matt Cedeño - Actor/Model
• Renny Arozarena - Actor
• Juan Almeida Bosque - Politician and composer
• Esteban Lazo Hernández - Politician
• Pia Conde - Swedish journalist and TV-personality
• La Lupe - Singer
• Rozonda Thomas- Singer/songwriter