José Manuel de Cortina y García (Spanish pronunciation: [xoˈse manˈwel koɾˈtinaj ɣaɾˈsi.a]; 3 February 1880 in San Diego de Nuñez, Pinar del Río, Cuba – 9 March 1970 in Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida USA) was a Cuban politician, lawyer and journalist.

Cortina was instrumental in the elimination of the Platt Amendment[citation needed] in the early 1930s and served as President of the coordinating committee under Carlos Márquez Sterling at the convention that created the 1940 Constitution of Cuba.

[1] José Manuel de Cortina y García is considered one of Cuba's most outstanding orators and diplomats.

He had two large haciendas one in Arroyo Naranjo the other, La Güira in Pinar del Río, which housed a rural public school.

Other famous descendants of José Manuel Cortina include Nestor Carbonell, Aileen Marty,[2] Elena Marty-Nelson,[3][4] and Bernie Aquiles Cueto.