Famous People with Name Guillen

Vicente Rodríguez Guillén            Origin/Culture/Country: Spanish

Vicente Rodríguez Guillén: a Spanish footballer. He currently plays for his native club Valencia CF in La Liga and the Spain national football team.A charismatic left winger with an exceptional technique, blinding pace and a definite eye for goal, Vicente has grown to become one of the most illustrious footballers in the history of Valencia CF. His loyalty and commitment to the club over the years has made him a club legend with Valencia. Many still consider him as the best winger in La Liga, despite the fact that a series of ankle and muscle injuries has sidelined his career since 2005.

Hannia Guillen            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Hannia Guillen: is a Cuban-American actress best known for her portrayal of Paloma Lopez-Fitzgerald on the NBC daytime television soap opera Passions from October 16, 2007 to 2008.

José Humberto Rujano Guillen            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

José Humberto Rujano Guillen: is a Venezuelan professional road bicycle racer who is currently riding for Gobernación del Zulia.

Leopoldo Romañach Y Guillen            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Leopoldo Romañach Y Guillen: was a well-known Cuban painter. He was a professor of color theory at San Alejandro, won a number of awards. The Republic of Cuba granted him in 1950 the Great Cross of the National Order of Merit of Carlos Manuel de Cespedes.The school "Escuela Provincial de Artes Plásticas “Leopoldo Romañach” in Santa Clara, Las Villas, Cuba was named after him.

Gilda Antonia Guillén            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Gilda Antonia Guillén: was a Cuban writer and poet. in her youth she quit her nursing career, and became an ardent anarchist whom rebelled against communism, Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution. Her anti-government writings and acts of vandalism against the government led to her conviction in 1978, after which she was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment. In 1980, the Mariel Boatlift departed from Cuba's Mariel Harbor for the United States. Guillén was among the exiles released from Cuba's El Paraíso prison. Upon reaching Florida she gave a false name and date of birth, out of uncertainty over whether her conviction in Cuba would possibly be linked in the United States. Her spirited writings and poetry remain banned in Cuba. [edit