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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Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
Born 1947
Alejandro Mayorkas
Born 1959
Danny Julian Boggs
Born 1944
Aureliano Sánchez Arango
1907 - 1976
George Gascón
Born 1954
Eduardo C. Robreno
Born 1945
Eugenio Arriaza
Died 1858
Roger T. Benitez
Born 1950
René Gómez Manzano
Born 1943
Jose L. Linares
Born 1953
Moisés Vieites
Born 1881
Joaquín María Muzquiz y Callejas
1841 - 1890
Vicente Galarza y Pérez Castañeda
1881 - 1938
Clemente G. Gomez-Rodriguez
Born 1939
Frank Diaz-Silveira
Born 1936
Juan Ramirez Jr.
Born 1945
Frank Angones
Born 1950
José Ignacio Rasco
1925 - 2013
Francisco Diaz-Silveira Lopez
1908 - 1996