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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- Filtered to 1970s Clear ×
Yoani Sánchez
Born 1975
Mario Cimarro
Born 1971
Carlos Acosta
Born 1973
Iván Pedroso
Born 1972
Vida Guerra
Born 1974
Wendy Guerra
Born 1970
Cuban Link
Born 1974
Yamilé Aldama
Born 1972
Roberto Fonseca
Born 1975
Julio Camejo
Born 1977
Regla Torres
Born 1975
Yotuel Romero
Born 1976
Aylín Mújica
Born 1974
Frank Casañas
Born 1978
David Fumero
Born 1972
Raúl Valdés
Born 1977
Juan Carlos Gómez
Born 1973
Vyacheslav Kernozenko
Born 1976
Regla Bell
Born 1970
Joan Lino Martínez
Born 1978
Leonel Marshall Jr.
Born 1979
Ena Lucía Portela
Born 1972
Lena Burke
Born 1978
X-Alfonso
Born 1972
Iván Trevejo
Born 1971
Yusa
Born 1973
Carlos Pérez (handballer)
Born 1971
Driulis González
Born 1973
Ioamnet Quintero
Born 1972
Carlos Pintado
Born 1974
Zulia Calatayud
Born 1979
Zoila Barros
Born 1976
Ángel Dennis
Born 1977
Amarilis Savón
Born 1974
Ana Rodríguez (singer)
Born 1974
Ronaldo Menéndez
Born 1970
Rey Ordóñez
Born 1971
Miguel Coyula
Born 1977
Herminia Ibarra
Born 1970
Viengsay Valdés
Born 1976
Roberto Monzón
Born 1978
Roberto San Martín
Born 1976
Laura Ramos
Born 1978
Lázaro Rivas
1975 - 2013
Iván Fundora
Born 1976
Elvis Gregory
Born 1971
Jaime Colomé
Born 1979
Bárbaro Cañizares
Born 1979
Maikro Romero
Born 1972
Alex Sánchez (outfielder)
Born 1976
Rolando Tucker
Born 1971
Agustín Fernández (director)
Born 1976
Julio Becerra Rivero
Born 1973
Iván Domínguez
Born 1976
Laura de la Uz
Born 1970
Alexis Rodríguez (wrestler)
Born 1978
Freddy Mayola
Born 1977
Rodolfo Falcón
Born 1972
Roberto Carcassés
Born 1972
Mauricio Vallina
Born 1970
Alberto Delgado Pérez
Born 1978
Tony Choy
Born 1971
Michael Tejera
Born 1976
Iván Pérez
Born 1971
Michel Hernández
Born 1978
Alberto Castillo (pitcher)
Born 1975
Arturo Miranda
Born 1971
Tamara Larrea
Born 1973
Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo
Born 1971
Ihosvany Hernández
Born 1972
Renny Arozarena
Born 1971
Alex Sandunga
Born 1976
Julio César Herrera
Born 1977
Lis Vega
Born 1977
Amauri Sanit
Born 1979
Erick López
Born 1972
Yadel Martí
Born 1979
Dinio
Born 1972
Alain Roca
Born 1976
Glenda León
Born 1976
Niurka González
Born 1977
Yahima Ramirez
Born 1979
J. C. Muñiz
Born 1976
Raquel Bigorra
Born 1974
Maikel Cardona
Born 1976
Edel Rodriguez
Born 1971
Erick Fornaris
Born 1979
Eliseo Castillo
Born 1975
Odalys García
Born 1975
Milenita
Born 1975
Brunet Zamora
Born 1974
Hansel Izquierdo
Born 1977
Luis Silva (comedian)
Born 1978
Manuel Bobadilla
Born 1970
Yuliseny Soria
Born 1979
Eli Marrero
Born 1973
Yudith Águila
Born 1972
Ileana Beltrán
Born 1971
Ernesto Peña
Born 1978
Eliecer Castillo
Born 1973
Aymeé Nuviola
Born 1973
Carlos Enrique Prado Herrera
Born 1978
Lisdeivis Víctores
Born 1974
Yasser Romero
Born 1979
Tania Seino
Born 1973
Marlon Fernández
Born 1977
Lazaro Lamelas Ramirez
Born 1974
Adrián Hernández (baseball)
Born 1975
Serguei Rondón
Born 1979
Jeannine Achón
Born 1973
Martin Štěpánek (tennis)
Born 1979
Mario González (swimmer)
Born 1975
Olga Vigil
Born 1970
Juan Roberto Diago Durruthy
Born 1971
Taimara Suero
Born 1979
Oney Tapia
Born 1976
Pedrito Martínez
Born 1973
Angel Pérez (canoeist)
Born 1971
Fernando Spengler
Born 1979
Vladimir Núñez
Born 1975
Yisel
Born 1971
Ivelín Giro
Born 1970
Mayvelis Martínez
Born 1977
Gertrudis Gómez
Born 1970
Yalil Guerra
Born 1973
Telmary Diaz
Born 1977
Ariel Ramos
Born 1971
Alejandro González (guitarist)
Born 1973
Marilyn Solaya
Born 1970
Antonio Rodiles
Born 1972
Gerardo Fernandez Fe
Born 1971
Sissi Fleitas
Born 1975
Mey Santamaría
Born 1976
Jackie García
Born 1975
Osmán Avilés
Born 1979
Yudania Hernández Estévez
Born 1973
Liset Alea
Born 1979
Bill Ortega
Born 1975
Ernesto Noris
Born 1972
Pedro Carrío
Born 1970
Tirso Duarte
Born 1978
Inor Sotolongo
Born 1971
Rolando Viera
Born 1973
Edgar London
Born 1975
Ernesto Padilla
Born 1973
Didier Hernández
Born 1979
Anne Polinario
Born 1979
Michel Fiffe
Born 1979
Alejandro Argudín-Zaharia
Born 1974
Amilcar Moret Gonzalez
Born 1977
María Teresa Carrasco
Born 1979
Yordanis Borrero
Born 1978
Ernesttico
Born 1971
Dariem Díaz
Born 1976
Arseny Borrero
Born 1979
Yaisy Picrin Duany
Born 1971
DKB (cantante)
Born 1977
Ofill Echevarria
Born 1972
Roberto Herrera García
Born 1974
Sandra Abd’Allah-Alvarez Ramírez
Born 1973
Leopoldo Vázquez
Born 1971
Raúl Cordero
Born 1971
Edel Casanova
Born 1971
Luis Rafael Hernández Quiñones
Born 1974
Leticia Spormann
Born 1971
Yasary Castrodad
Born 1978
Jorge Enrique Lage
Born 1979
Amik Guerra
Born 1973
Joc (artista plástico)
Born 1976
Celia Claudia Cambara Batista
Born 1979
Waldo Pérez Cino
Born 1972
Yury Díaz
Born 1978
Abel Herrero (artist)
Born 1971