Carlos Manuel Prío Socarrás was a Cuban politician. He served as the President of Cuba from 1948 until he was deposed by a military coup led by Fulgencio Batista on March 10, 1952, three months before new elections were to be held. He was the first president of Cuba to be born in an independent Cuba and the last to gain his post through universal, contested elections. He went into exile in the United States, where he lived for 25 years before dying by suicide at age 73.
Jorge Mañach y Robato was a Cuban writer and attorney, considered among the most distinguished of his time.
Carlos Prio-Touzet, is an architect in Miami, Florida. He is the son of Cuban President, Carlos Prio, who was overthrown by Fulgencio Batista in the 1952 Cuban coup d'état, and Celia Rosa Touzet Masfera.
Francisco Diaz-Silveira Lopez, was a prominent Abogado-Notario (Attorney-Notary) in Havana, Cuba from the 1930s. until the Cuban Revolution of 1959.
Francisco Díaz-Silveira Tamargo, known as Frank Diaz-Silveira, is a Cuban-American lawyer and politician, known as an anti-Castro Cuban militant. He was also an attorney in Florida and a former candidate for the Florida Senate, Mayor of Miami, Florida House of Representatives and Miami City Commission.
Roberto J. Suárez de Cárdenas was the Cuban born American President of The Miami Herald and Publisher (founder) of El Nuevo Herald.
Dr. Margarita Tamargo-Sanchez was a prominent pharmacist and bacteriologist in Cuba.
Dr. Rogelio Pina Estrada is a Cuban retired attorney who was a member of the World Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement from 1949 until 1951.
Carlos Saladrigas Zayas was a Cuban politician and diplomat.
Ramón Zaydín y Márquez Sterling (1895–1968) was a Cuban politician and Prime Minister of Cuba.
Manuel Antonio de Varona y Loredo was a Cuban lawyer and politician.
María Regla Prío Socarrás was a member of the Cuban House of Representatives (1948–1952) and the sister of Cuban President, Carlos Prío Socarrás.
Antonio Prío Socarrás was a Cuban banker and minister of housing (1948–1950), and minister of finance during the presidency of his brother Cuban President, Carlos Prío Socarrás.
Francisco Prío Socarrás was a Cuban attorney and politician.
Emilio Ochoa was a Cuban dentist and politician. Believed to be the last living signatory of Cuba's 1940 Constitution, he served as Senator (1940–1948) and became part of the opposition against both Fulgencio Batista and Fidel Castro, ultimately going into exile in the 1960s.
Maximiliano de la Luz Borges y del Junco was a well-known Cuban architect and Minister of Public Works during the presidency of Dr. Federico Laredo Brú of Cuba.
Leonardo Morales y Pedroso 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 association with the master builder Jose F. Mata. In 1917, after having built more than 30 important buildings, they decided to separate from José Mata, who had to stop working because illness and died a short time later. The company changed its name for Morales y Compañia Arquitectos with his brother the engineer Luis Morales y Pedroso as president and Leonardo as Associate together with other 7 architects. He was able to obtain noteworthy real estate commissions partly because of his family's origin, good social connections and social standing in Havana high society. He was named by the Cuban press of the time as the "Havana's architect" and his architectural style is recognized as the "Morales style". During 50 years Leonardo Morales y Pedroso received around 250 notable architectural commissions, some of them include:
Gustavo Cuervo Rubio was a Cuban doctor and politician.
The Sociedad Económica de los Amigos del País de la Habana or Real Sociedad Patriótica de la Habana is a learned society in Havana, Cuba. It was initially organized to promote agriculture, commerce, education, and industry, modelled on the Sociedad Económica de los Amigos del País in Spain. Founding members included Diego de la Barrera, Francisco Joseph Basabe, José Agustín Caballero, Luis de Las Casas, Juan Manuel O'Farrill, Tomás Romay y Luis Peñalver, and Antonio Robledo. In its early decades the group produced publications, maintained a library in the Convento de Santo Domingo (1800-1844), and arranged educational programs. Around the 1790s the group built the Hospicio o Casa de Beneficencia in Havana.
Nancy Alonso was a Cuban biologist, university professor, and writer. She is an Alba de Céspedes Female Narrative Prize laureate and received an honorable mention in the David Short Story Prize. Among her notable books are Tirar la Primera Piedra (1997), Cerrado por reparación (2002) and Desencuentro (2009).
