brother of Elpidio Vázquez, he succeeded Lino Frías on piano as a member of Sonora Matancera María Teresa Vera — guitarist, singer and composer Lupe Victoria "La Lupe" Yolí Raymond — singer Yusa — female bassist Politics Salvador Valdés Mesa — First Vice President of Cuba, former trade union leader, Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Cuba Juan Almeida Bosque — politician and composer Víctor Dreke — Cuban revolutionary and second-in-command to Ernesto "Che" Guevara in the Congo Juan Gualberto Gómez — 1890s revolutionary leader, close collaborator of José Martí; served as a member of the committee of consultations that drafted and amended the Constitution of 1901 and as a Representative and Senator Mariana Grajales — part of the Cuban Independence War; Antonio Maceo's mother Esteban Lazo Hernández — politician Antonio Maceo — 1890s revolutionary leader Jorge Luis García Pérez — human rights activist Rafael Serra — writer and political journalist Harry "Pombo" Villegas — Cuban Communist guerilla Enrique Tarrio — far-right activist and leader of the far right Proud Boys movement Science Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez — cosmonaut; first Latin American and first person of African descent in outer space Sports Aroldis Chapman — MLB Gilbert Arenas — NBA Javier Arenas (American football) — NFL Yoel Romero — Olympic wrestler and mixed martial artist Hector Lombard — Olympic Judoka Alexis Vila — Olympic wrestler Bert Campaneris — MLB, cousin of José Cardenal José Cardenal — MLB Joel Casamayor — boxer; WBC Lightweight Champion José Contreras — MLB Martín Dihigo — Negro leagues, Baseball Hall of Fame Yuniel Dorticos - Boxer:two-time cruiserweight world champion, having held the WBA title from 2017 to 2018 and the IBF title from 2019 to September 2020. Juan Carlos Gómez — boxer; former WBC Cruiserweight Champion Liván Hernández — MLB, half-brother of El Duque Orlando "El Duque" Hernández — MLB Yoan Pablo Hernández — professional boxer; he held the unified IBF and Ring magazine cruiserweight titles between 2011 and 2015, as well as the WBA interim cruiserweight title in 2011. Kid Chocolate — boxer; former World Featherweight and Junior Lightweight Champion Orestes Kindelán — most prolific home run hitter in the history of amateur Cuban baseball Minnie Miñoso — MLB José Nápoles — boxer; former World Welterweight Champion; also known as "Mantequilla" Nápoles Sergio Oliva — only bodybuilder to have ever beaten Arnold Schwarzenegger in a Mr. Olympia competition Tony Oliva — MLB, three time