Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Gregorio Fuentes (July 11, 1897 - January 13, 2002) was a Cuban nautical captain. Fuentes was captain of the Pilar, which he sailed through Cuba with his friend Ernest Hemingway. He is probably the inspiration for the protagonist of The Old Man and the Sea. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.