Birth Name: Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz
Place of Birth: Birán, Holguin Province, Cuba
Date of Birth: August 13, 1926
Ethnicity: Galician Spanish
Fidel Castro is is a Cuban politician who served as President of Cuba from 1976 to 2008.
Fidel’s paternal grandparents were Manuel de Castro Nunez (the son of Pedro Juan de Castro López and Juana Núñez Pereira) and Antonia Argiz Fernandez (the daughter of Pedro Argiz and Dominga Fernandez). Manuel and Antonia were both Spanish, from Láncara, Lugo, Galicia.
Fidel’s maternal grandparents were Francisco Ruz Vázquez and Dominga González Ramos.
Source: Genealogy of Fidel Castro – http://www.wargs.com