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A French painter born 0n October 15, 1786. He arrived in Havana in 1816. He founded Havana’s San Alejandro Painting and Drawing Academy, which he directed between 1818 and 1833. He died in Havana on March 30, 1933.

Juan de Tejeda

Juan Enriquez de Borja y Almanza

Juan Formell

In the field of music, he was a director, bassist, arranger, composer, singer and record producer. He is among the most important of the popular musical culture of Cuba in the 20th and 21st centuries. Of his authorship stand out dissimilar songs that reflect in a special way the life of the Cuban people. In 1969 he created the legendary Van Van Orchestra. The Latin Recording Academy in 2013 recognized him with the Special Award for Musical Excellence.

Juan Gualberto Gómez

He was born on July 12, 1854 in the province of Matanzas. His parents were slaves but, nevertheless, he was a free mulatto by birth. When he was 15 years old he was sent to Paris, France, to learn the trade of carriage driver. In this country he resided until 1877. When the Ten Years' War ended in Cuba, Juan Gualberto was in Mexico. Then he returned to Cuba. In Havana in 1878 in the law office of Nicolás Azcárate, he met José Martí with whom he fully identified and participated in conspiratorial activities in favor of the independence of Cuba. Both were arrested and deported. Juan Gualberto was sent to Ceuta and imprisoned in the Castillo del Hacho. It was not until 1890 that he was able to return to Cuba. During the years of the nineties in the 19th century he served as a liaison between Martí and the men interested in resuming the struggle for independence in Cuban territory. Precisely to Juan Gualberto was sent on January 29, 1895 the order of uprising signed by José Martí together with two other patriots. Juan Gualberto also rose up on February 24 in the area of Ibarra. But the movement in the West failed and he was imprisoned and exiled again. Once again he was imprisoned in the prison of Ceuta. He could not return to Cuba until 1898. He died in Havana on March 5, 1933.

Juan Herrera Sotomayor

Juan Maldonado Barrionuevo.

Juan Manuel Márquez

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