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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- Field: Pianist Clear ×
Jorge Bolet
1914 - 1990
Roberto Fonseca
Born 1975
Adalberto Álvarez
Born 1948
Jacob Lateiner
1928 - 2010
José Curbelo
1917 - 2012
Hilario Durán
Born 1953
Mauricio Vallina
Born 1970
Fabian Almazan
Born 1984
Obdulio Morales
1910 - 1981
Roberto Urbay
Born 1953
Marialy Pacheco
Born 1983
Cecilio Tieles
Born 1942
Marcos Madrigal
Born 1984
Ernán López-Nussa
Born 1958
Tirso Duarte
Born 1978
Barbaro Fines
Born 1982
Dayramir Gonzalez
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Aida Diestro
1924 - 1973
Panchito Aranaz
1885 - 1944
Celia Claudia Cambara Batista
Born 1979
Jorge González Buajasán
Born 1994