Famous Cuban Artists

• Ana Cristina, singer, actress, composer
• AJ McLean, singer, member of American boyband The Backstreet Boys
• Benny Moré, singer, songwriter, conductor, arranger 
• Celia Cruz, singer 
• Chucho Valdés, pianist, bandleader, composer, arranger. 
• German Nogueira Gomez, songwriter, composer, producer 
• Mongo Santamaría, jazz musician

Famous Dancers

• Alicia Alonso, Prima Ballerina Assoluta, director of the Cuban National Ballet (Ballet Nacional de Cuba)
• Carlos Acosta
• Fernando Bujones
• Jose Manuel Carreño - American Ballet Theater principal dancer
• Lydia Diaz Cruz, prima ballerina
• Miguel Campaneria, ballet dancer, currently artistic director of the National Ballet Theater of Puerto Rico
• Vida Guerra, video dancer
• Yat-Sen Chang, principal dancer, English National Ballet