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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José Raúl Capablanca
1888 - 1942
Fernando Ortiz Fernández
1881 - 1969
Ramón Fonst
1883 - 1959
Ignacio Piñeiro
1888 - 1969
Moisés Simons
1889 - 1945
Alberto Insúa
1883 - 1965
Manuel Golmayo Torriente
1883 - 1973
Armand Godoy
1880 - 1964
José Carlos Millás
1889 - 1965
Ramón Peón
1887 - 1971
Manuel Martínez Pedroso
1883 - 1958
Miguel Ángel de la Campa y Caraveda
1882 - 1965
Ramiro Guerra
1880 - 1970
Rafael Almeida
1887 - 1968
Emilio Roig de Leuchsenring
1889 - 1964
Rafael Blanco Estera
1885 - 1955
Armando Giralt
Born 1885
José Giralt
Born 1883
Gervasio González
Born 1884
Moisés Vieites
Born 1881
Antonio Neyra
Born 1884
Vicente Galarza y Pérez Castañeda
1881 - 1938
Carlos Noreña
1889 - 1936
Leonardo Morales y Pedroso
1887 - 1965
Pelayo Chacón
Born 1888
Julián Castillo
1880 - 1948
José Muñoz (Negro league baseball)
1881 - 1945
Osvaldo Miranda (fencer)
Born 1887
Eugenio Rayneri Piedra
1883 - 1960
Ramíro Mañalich
Born 1887
Mercedes Fernández de Celis y Ariosa
1883 - 1957
Panchito Aranaz
1885 - 1944
Eustaquio Pedroso
Born 1886
Emma Martínez de la Torre Shelton
1889 - 1980
Raúl de Cárdenas Echarte
1884 - 1979
Desiderio Hernández
Born 1887