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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All1,589
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Showing 9 of 1,589 notable people

0268 PRIEST

José Olallo

1820 - 1889

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0449 POET

Joaquín Lorenzo Luaces

1826 - 1867

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0504 POET

Rafael María de Mendive

1821 - 1886

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0758 MILITAR

Julius Peter Garesché

1821 - 1862

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1009 JOURNALIST

José Agustín Quintero

1829 - 1885

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1019 POLITICIAN

Teodoro Guerrero

1824 - 1904

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1249 POLITICIAN

Antonio Oliva (politico)

1827 - 1886

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1572 MILITAR

Luis de la Maza

1828 - 1870

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1585 POLITICIAN

Juan Jerónimo Díaz de Villegas

1821 - 1888

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