edit Boxing
- Adolfo Horta, Featherweight Olympic boxer
- Ariel Hernández, Middleweight Olympic boxer
- Armando Martínez, Light middle-weight Olympic boxer
- Benny Paret, boxer
- Eliseo Castillo, boxer
- Félix Savón, Olympic gold medal winning boxer
- Florentino Fernández, boxer
- Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz, amateur boxer
- Joel Casamayor, boxer
- Jorge Rubio, Boxing trainer.
- José Napoles, boxer
- Kid Charol, Boxer
- Kid Chocolate, boxer
- Kid Gavilan, boxer
- Lorenzo Aragon Armenteros Olympic welterweight boxer
- Luis Manuel Rodriguez, boxer
- Mario César Kindelán Mesa, Olympic gold medal winning boxer
- Raúl González, boxer
- Roberto Balado, Olympic Super Heavyweight boxer
- Sugar Ramos, world champion boxer
- Teofilo Stevenson, amateur boxer
- Yanqui Diaz, boxer
- Yudel Johnson Cedeno Light-Welterweight Olympic Boxer
Athletics
- Alberto Juantorena, basketball, track
- Aliecer Urrutia, triple jump
- Ana Fidelia Quirot 800m
- Dayron Robles, Hurdling athlete
- Emeterio González, javelin thrower.
- Hector Herrera, sprinter
- Ioamnet Quintero, high jumper
- Iván García, sprinter
- Iván Pedroso, long jump
- Javier Sotomayor, track and field record setter
- Joel Isasi, sprinter
- Joel Lamela, sprinter
- Jorge Aguilera, sprinter
- Lazaro Martínez, sprinter
- Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda, sprinter
- Osleidys Menéndez, javelin
- Roberto Hernández (track athlete)
- Roberto Moya, discus throw
- Víctor Moya, high jumper
- Yargelis Savigne, jump
- Yipsi Moreno, hammer thrower
- Yoandri Betanzos, triple jump
- Yoel García, triple jumper
- Yoel Hernández hurdler
- Yudelkis Fernández long jumper.
- Yunaika Crawford, hammer thrower
- Yuniel Hernández, hurdler
Other
- Adolfo Luque, Cincinnati Reds
- Alberto Delgado Pérez, soccer
- Alex Sánchez, Baseball Free Agent
- Ariel Pestano, Cuban Baseball Player
- Ariel Prieto, Oakland Athletics
- Aurelio Monteagudo, Kansas City Athletics
- Barbaro Garbey, Detroit Tigers
- Bert Campaneris, Kansas City Athletics
- Brayan Peña, Atlanta Braves
- José Raúl Capablanca, chess world champion, grandmaster considered "the Mozart of Chess"
- Cristóbal Torriente, Negro Leagues - Baseball Hall of Fame
- Danys Báez, Cleveland Indians
- Diego Seguí, Kansas City Athletics
- Eli Marrero, New York Mets
- Esteban Bellán, first Latin American professional baseball player to play in the United States
- Germán Mesa, trainer for the Cuban national baseball team
- Héctor Socorro, footballer
- Ibrahim Rojas, flatwater canoer
- Jack Calvo, Washington Senators
- José Canseco, Oakland Athletics
- José Cardenal, San Francisco Giants
- José Contreras, Chicago White Sox
- José Méndez, Kansas City Monarchs - Baseball Hall of Fame
- José Tartabull, Kansas City Athletics
- Juan Corzo, chess
- Juan Tuñas, former Cuban footballer
- Kendry Morales
- Lázaro Bruzón, chess grandmaster
- Liván Hernández, Arizona Diamondbacks
- Luis Tiant, Cleveland Indians
- Martín Dihigo, Negro Leagues - Baseball Hall of Fame
- Mike Cuellar, Cincinnati Reds
- Minnie Miñoso, Chicago White Sox - Baseball Legend
- Octavio “Cookie” Rojas, Cincinnati Reds
- Omar Linares, Pinar del Río Vegueros, Cuban national baseball team
- Orestes Destrade, New York Yankees
- Orlando Hernández, New York Mets
- Ozzie Canseco, Oakland Athletics
- Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators
- Preston Gómez, Washington Senators
- Rafael A. Lecuona, Gymnast
- Rafael Palmeiro, Baltimore Orioles
- Ray Noble, New York Giants
- René Arocha, St. Louis Cardinals
- René Monteagudo, Washington Senators
- Rey Ángel Martínez, soccer
- Rey Ordóñez, Baseball Free Agent
- Roberto "Bobby" Estalella, Washington Senators
- Rodolfo Falcon, swimmer
- Rolando Arrojo, Tampa Bay Devil Rays
- Sandy Amorós, Brooklyn Dodgers
- Tomás Fernández, footballer in the 1938 world cup
- Tony Fossas, Texas Rangers
- Tony González, Cincinnati Reds
- Tony Oliva, Minnesota Twins
- Tony Pérez, Cincinnati Reds
- Tony Taylor, Chicago Cubs
- Yanelis Yuliet Labrada Diaz, Olymipic silver medallist in Taekwondo
- Yuniesky Betancourt, Seattle Mariners
- Zoilo Versalles, baseball player and first Latin American major league MVP 1965