1. Eva Mendes
Source:GettyActress and model Eva Mendes was born to Cuban parents in Miami, Florida. After her parents’ divorce Mendes was raised by her mother in Los Angeles.
2. Soledad O’Brien
Source:GettyBefore becoming a hugely successful broadcast journalist and producer, Soledad O’Brien was raised on Long Island by her Cuban immigrant mother and Australian immigrant father. Interesting Fact: Her parents married in 1958 when interracial marriage was still illegal in the United States. They only became legally married in 1967.
3. Rosario Dawson
Source:GettyActress Rosario Dawson’s mother is Cuban-Puerto Rican writer and singer Isabel Celeste. Interesting Fact: Dawson grew up in abandoned building on New York’s Lower East Side and often describes her experience as hugely character building.
4. Ted Cruz
Source:GettyTed Cruz is the first Hispanic-American to serve as U.S. Senator for Texas. His father, Rafael Bienvenido Cruz, was born in Cuba and eventually relocated to the U.S. in 1957.
5. Christina Milian
Source:GettySinger/actress Christina Milian was born to Cuban parents in Jersey City, NJ. Interesting Fact: Milian is actually her mother’s maiden name which she adopted as her stage name to help further her career.
6. Pitbull
Source:GettyArmando Christian Pérez, better known as rapper Pitbull, was born and raised to Cuban parents in Miami, FL.
7. Vida Guerra
Source:GettySexy model Vida Guerra was born in Cuba before her parents relocated to New Jersey.
8. Marco Rubio
Source:GettyPolitician Marco Rubio like a lot of our famous Cubans was born in Miami, FL to Cuban parents.
9. Cameron Diaz
Source:GettyActress Cameron Diaz has Cuban roots on her father’s side of the family. Her ancestry can be traced back to Spain and Cuba before the family moved to the U.S.