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.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Centro Habana during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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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.
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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Julián del Casal
1863 - 1893
Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso
1861 - 1934
Antonio Sánchez de Bustamante y Sirven
1865 - 1951
Fernando Tarrida del Mármol
1861 - 1915
Cipriano Muñoz, 2nd Count of la Viñaza
1862 - 1933
Armando Menocal
1863 - 1942
Manuel Gómez de la Maza y Jiménez
1867 - 1916
Gonzalo de Quesada y Aróstegui
1868 - 1915
Ramón Meza y Suárez Inclán
1861 - 1911
Laura Mestre Hevia
1867 - 1944
Chalía Herrera
1864 - 1948
Francisco Bens
1867 - 1949
Juan Bruno Zayas
1867 - 1896
Joaquín Decref y Ruiz
1864 - 1939
Manuel de la Cruz y Fernández
1861 - 1896
Chick Pedroes
1869 - 1927
Aurelio Hevia
1866 - 1945
Ramón Agapito Catalá y Rives
1866 - 1941
José Vilalta Saavedra
1865 - 1912
Fernando Freyre de Andrade
1863 - 1929
Antonio Rodríguez Ferrer
1864 - 1935