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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Showing 14 of 1,589 notable people

0097 COMPOSER

Joaquín Nin

1879 - 1949

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0198 COMPOSER

Eduardo Sánchez de Fuentes

1874 - 1944

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0203 PAINTER

Juana Borrero

1877 - 1896

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0360 FENCER

Manuel Díaz (fencer)

1874 - 1929

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0459 CONDUCTOR

Jorge Anckermann

1877 - 1941

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0482 WRITER

Jesus Castellanos

1879 - 1912

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0702 POLITICIAN

José Francisco Martí Zayas Bazán

1878 - 1945

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0744 CHESS

Celso Golmayo Torriente

1879 - 1924

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0893 WRITER

Miguel de Carrión

1875 - 1929

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1024 WRITER

Joaquín Llaverías Martínez

1875 - 1956

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1206 DIPLOMAT

Mario García Kohly

1875 - 1934

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1440 SAILOR

Enrique Conill

1878 - 1966

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1452 MATADOR

Cheche

1870 - 1909

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1562 JOURNALIST

Francisco Díaz-Silveira

1871 - 1925

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