David Blis (originally Blissnianski, Bliznianski) (1872–1942), was a Polish-born Jew, who emigrated to the Americas. He was born in Grodno, Poland (now Belarus), and married his Chilean-born wife, a Sephardic Jew, in Argentina in 1906. He emigrated from Mexico to Cuba in 1913. This was a time when many people left Mexico due to the Revolution of 1912.