People
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Julio Antonio Mella Julio Antonio Mella
The student founder of the Cuban Communist Party martyred at 25: a face of Latin American anti-imperialism
Political and party leadership
1903–1929
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José Ramón Álvarez Fernández José Ramón Fernández Álvarez
Cuban revolutionary commander credited with defeating the 1961 Bay of Pigs landing (Brigade 2506)
Government and administration · Cuba state institutions
1923–2019
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Fidel Castro Fidel Castro
Leader of the hemisphere's first socialist revolution: forty-seven years against imperialism
Government and administration · Cuba state institutions
1926–2016
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Raúl Castro Raúl Castro
From Moncada to the presidency: the Revolution's indispensable number two for over half a century
Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Cuba (PCC)
1931–