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 25 of 1,589 notable people

0106 FENCER

Ramón Fonst

1883 - 1959

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0247 FENCER

Iván Trevejo

Born 1971

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0360 FENCER

Manuel Díaz (fencer)

1874 - 1929

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0371 FENCER

Elvis Gregory

Born 1971

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0383 FENCER

Rolando Tucker

Born 1971

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0581 FENCER

Oscar García (fencer)

Born 1966

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0731 FENCER

Taymi Chappe

1968 - 2020

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0763 FENCER

Irene Forbes

1949 - 2014

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0798 FENCER

Javier Menéndez

Born 1982

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0846 FENCER

Mirayda García

Born 1969

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1010 FENCER

Mireya Rodríguez

1936 - 2007

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1041 FENCER

Dagoberto Borges

Born 1940

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1056 FENCER

Jesús Gil (fencer)

Born 1951

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1062 FENCER

Gustavo Oliveros

Born 1946

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1066 FENCER

Armando Barrientos

1906 - 1998

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1071 FENCER

Tamara Esteri

Born 1966

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1073 FENCER

Roberto Mañalich

Born 1906

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1089 FENCER

Abelardo Menéndez

1928 - 1995

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1114 FENCER

Manuel Ortiz (fencer)

1948 - 2008

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1349 FENCER

Eduardo Alonso

Born 1899

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1423 FENCER

Natalia Clovis

Born 1943

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1426 FENCER

José Antonio Díaz (fencer)

Born 1938

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1435 FENCER

Manuel González (fencer)

Born 1950

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1465 FENCER

Osvaldo Miranda (fencer)

Born 1887

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1484 FENCER

Ramíro Mañalich

Born 1887

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