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Donato Mármol was a Cuban soldier and patriot of the 19th century (February 14, 1843-November 20, 1870).  He was one of the most impetuous and courageous leaders of the Liberation Army, with a seat among the founding fathers of the country, despite his youth.

 Reports by historical researchers place his death on June 25 or 26, 1870, in the middle of the redemptive jungle, a victim of smallpox, whose recovery process was complicated by pernicious fevers and finally a concussion, from which he was not able to get out.

José Antonio Saco y López Cisneros, was born in the city of Bayamo on May 7, 1797 into a prominent family of Bayamo´s society.  As a teenager, at the age of 14, he was orphaned by both parents.  He carried out his first studies in his native land, and later entered in 1814 at the Colegio Seminario San Basilio in Santiago de Cuba, where he studied Philosophy and Law.

 Years later he moved to the capital, where he began studies in Philosophy at the San Carlos Seminary in Havana with Father Félix Varela, which he concluded in 1819 with a Bachelor's degree in Civil Law.  That same year he enrolled at the Royal and Pontifical University of San Geronimo in Havana, where he obtained a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy, in 1822.

Francisco Vicente Aguilera and Tamayo.  (June 23, 1821 Bayamo- February 22, 1877 United States).  Major general, lawyer and Cuban politician who fought in the war of 68. He had a great fortune that he sacrificed for the freedom of the Homeland; he was also the owner of mills, farms, abundant cattle and large estates, but a Cuban endowed with a noble heart and excellent patriotic sentiments.

 He treated the most humble people as equals and with respect and consideration, for which he was much loved.  He always rejected the numerous public positions and jobs offered to him by the island's rulers and colonial authorities. Even that of "perpetual alderman of the Illustrious City Hall of Bayamo."  He joined the insurgent forces, in which he reached the rank of Major General and first held the position of Secretary of War, and then that of Vice President of the Republic in Arms.

José Fornaris and Luque; (Bayamo, 1827 - Havana, 1890) Cuban writer.  He graduated in law in 1852, the year in which, for political reasons, he was confined to Palma Soriano.  He directed La Floresta Cubana (1855-1856) and La Piragua (1856-1857) and edited, in collaboration with J. Socorro León and J.L.  Luaces, the poetic Cuba anthology (1855, 1858 and 1861).  He is the author of Cantos del Siboney (1855), Cantos tropicales (1874) and El harpa del hogar.

 José Fornaris studied law at the University of Havana; after completing his studies, he returned to his hometown, where he practiced as a lawyer and was alderman of the City Council, a position inherited from his father.  Attracted by letters, he soon returned to Havana and began to cultivate poetry, while dedicating himself to teaching.  His first literary essays appeared in La Prensa; in 1851 he published his first poetic collection, with a foreword by Dr. Lebredo.