Enrique Jorrín

Enrique Jorrín was a Cuban charanga violinist, composer and music director. He is considered the inventor of the cha-cha-chá, a popular style of ballroom music derived from danzón.

25 December 1926

Born on the same birth day (25 December): Adolf Windaus • Bob James (musician) • Chris Kenner • Joseph M. Schenck • Marcus Trescothick • Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain • Nawaz Sharif • Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy • Shawn Andrews • Íngrid Betancourt

Born in the same month (December 1926): Alcides Ghiggia • Allyn Ann McLerie • Antonia Brenner • Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner • Earle Brown • Jerome Courtland • Lorenzo Wright • Ned Romero • Ray Jablonski • Robert Symonds • Stan Tracey • Valerie Pearl