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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0128 CONDUCTOR

Eliseo Grenet

1893 - 1950

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0166 CONDUCTOR

Gonzalo Roig

1890 - 1970

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0210 PAINTER

Víctor Manuel García Valdés

1897 - 1969

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0255 BASEBALL

Dolf Luque

1890 - 1957

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0332 DIPLOMAT

Gonzalo Güell

1895 - 1985

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0481 COMPOSER

César Pérez Sentenat

1896 - 1973

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0569 POLITICIAN

Carlos Manuel Piedra

1895 - 1988

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0623 BASEBALL

José Acosta (baseball)

1891 - 1977

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0630 JUDGE

Ernesto Dihigo

1896 - 1991

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0746 COMPOSER

Alfredo Boloña

1890 - 1964

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0749 BASEBALL

Mike González (catcher)

1890 - 1977

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0764 ACTOR

José María Lado

1895 - 1961

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0952 BASEBALL

José Rodríguez (infielder)

1894 - 1953

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0983 POLITICIAN

Ramón Zaydín

1895 - 1968

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1092 BASEBALL

Jack Calvo

1894 - 1965

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1123 SUFFRAGETTE

Berta Arocena de Martínez Márquez

1899 - 1956

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1166 BASEBALL

Eusebio González

1892 - 1976

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1188 ARCHITECT

Jorge Luis Echarte

1891 - 1979

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1208 BASEBALL

Oscar Tuero

1898 - 1960

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1238 SUFFRAGETTE

Aída Peláez de Villa Urrutia

Born 1895

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1278 BIOLOGIST

Luis Howell-Rivero

1899 - 1986

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1297 BASEBALL

Mike Herrera (baseball)

1897 - 1978

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1320 SCIENTIST

Gustavo Sánchez Galarraga

1893 - 1934

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1349 FENCER

Eduardo Alonso

Born 1899

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1380 RELIGIOSA

Jaime Óscar Valdés

1891 - 1936

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1418 MILITAR

Carlos Pedemonte Sabín

1895 - 1972

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1487 BASEBALL

Ángel Aragón

1890 - 1952

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1504 BASEBALL

Isidro Fabré

Born 1895

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1556 BASEBALL

Vicente Rodríguez (baseball)

Born 1891

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1560 BASEBALL

Rogelio Crespo

Born 1891

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1580 PITCHER

José Hernández (Negro Leagues)

Born 1894

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