23.1367° N, 82.3589° W

CENTRO HABANA

Most Famous People Born in Centro Habana, Cuba

Notable people
1,589
Peak decade
1940s
Median birth year
1948
Most distinctive
Fencer 8.2×

A central-Havana bench whose distinctive professions are fencers, baseball players, pianists, and boxers — a very specific Cuban combination that reflects a century of Olympic fencing and boxing, the Habana baseball tradition, and the keyboard lineage that runs through Ignacio Cervantes and Ernesto Lecuona. José Martí, Celia Cruz, Capablanca, and Ana de Armas all belong to this bench.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Centro Habana during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1940s with 196 notable births.

What Centro Habana Is Known For

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Baseball is Centro Habana's biggest profession — 9% of all notables (137).

Centro Habana over-indexes on fencer8.2× the global rate.

Centro Habana under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.

  1. Baseball137
  2. Actor122
  3. Writer99
  4. Politician75
  5. Singer70
  6. Painter69
  7. Football49
  8. Player47
  1. Fencer258.2×
  2. Baseball1377.6×
  3. Pianist214.9×
  4. Boxer284.4×
  5. Artist372.3×
  6. Photographer172.2×
  7. Singer702.1×
  8. Composer422.0×
  1. Football490.3×
  2. Politician750.4×
  3. Lawyer190.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Centro Habana's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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  • Politics & Law
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All1,589
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Showing 5 of 1,589 notable people

0113 ZOOLOGIST

Felipe Poey

1799 - 1891

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0139 WRITER

Juan Francisco Manzano

1797 - 1854

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1136 SOLDIER

José Joaquín Calvo

1798 - 1867

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1162 MILITAR

Jerónimo Cardona

1799 - 1867

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1263 ARMY

Antonio Gaona

1793 - 1848

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