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 fencer — 8.2× 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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0066 POET

Julián del Casal

1863 - 1893

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0087 WRITER

Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso

1861 - 1934

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0129 JUDGE

Antonio Sánchez de Bustamante y Sirven

1865 - 1951

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0140 ANARCHIST

Fernando Tarrida del Mármol

1861 - 1915

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0325 DIPLOMAT

Cipriano Muñoz, 2nd Count of la Viñaza

1862 - 1933

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0435 PAINTER

Armando Menocal

1863 - 1942

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0507 BOTANIST

Manuel Gómez de la Maza y Jiménez

1867 - 1916

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0578 ARCHITECT

Gonzalo de Quesada y Aróstegui

1868 - 1915

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0605 HISTORIAN

Ramón Meza y Suárez Inclán

1861 - 1911

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0621 WRITER

Laura Mestre Hevia

1867 - 1944

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0648 SINGER

Chalía Herrera

1864 - 1948

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0878 SOLDIER

Francisco Bens

1867 - 1949

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1065 PHYSICIAN

Juan Bruno Zayas

1867 - 1896

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1105 PHYSICIAN

Joaquín Decref y Ruiz

1864 - 1939

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1115 JOURNALIST

Manuel de la Cruz y Fernández

1861 - 1896

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1268 BASEBALL

Chick Pedroes

1869 - 1927

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1318 POLITICIAN

Aurelio Hevia

1866 - 1945

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1329 AUTHOR

Ramón Agapito Catalá y Rives

1866 - 1941

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1421 PAINTER

José Vilalta Saavedra

1865 - 1912

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1467 MAGISTRAT

Fernando Freyre de Andrade

1863 - 1929

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1526 COMPOSER

Antonio Rodríguez Ferrer

1864 - 1935

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