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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José Martí
1853 - 1895
Camilo Cienfuegos
1932 - 1959
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Born 1952
Juan Almeida Bosque
1927 - 2009
John H. Sununu
Born 1939
Julio Antonio Mella
1903 - 1929
Armando Hart
1930 - 2017
Felipe Pérez Roque
Born 1965
Carlos Gutierrez
Born 1953
Ricardo Alarcón
Born 1937
Lincoln Díaz-Balart
Born 1954
Carlos Lage Dávila
Born 1951
José Miró Cardona
1902 - 1972
Raúl Roa García
1907 - 1982
François-Michel Lambert
Born 1966
Carlos Baliño
1848 - 1926
Francisco Montalvo y Ambulodi
1754 - 1822
Francisco de Arango y Parreño
1765 - 1837
Carlos Hevia
1900 - 1964
Tomás Pedro Regalado
Born 1947
José Güell y Renté
1818 - 1884
Rafael Montoro
1852 - 1933
Sergio del Valle Jiménez
1927 - 2007
Guillermo de Osma y Scull
1853 - 1922
Isidoro Malmierca Peoli
1930 - 2001
Rafael María de Labra Cadrana
1840 - 1918
Manny Diaz (Florida politician)
Born 1954
Carlos Manuel Piedra
1895 - 1988
Antonio Zambrana
1846 - 1922
Mario Chanes de Armas
1927 - 2007
Joaquín Ezpeleta Enrile
1788 - 1863
Antonio de Castro y Casaléiz
1856 - 1918
Carlos A. Giménez
Born 1954
José Francisco Martí Zayas Bazán
1878 - 1945
Manuel Martínez Pedroso
1883 - 1958
Manuel Ray Rivero
1924 - 2013
José Manuel Palacio
1930 - 2005
Tirso del Junco
Born 1925
Nicolás de Peñalver y Zamora
1853 - 1916
Félix Lancís Sánchez
1900 - 1976
Rodrigo Malmierca Díaz
Born 1956
Fernando González Llort
Born 1963
Ramón Zaydín
1895 - 1968
Carlos Álvarez (mayor)
Born 1952
Édouard Quartier-la-Tente
1855 - 1925
Teodoro Guerrero
1824 - 1904
Adolfo Navarrete y de Alcázar
1859 - 1925
Ramón Rodríguez Correa
1835 - 1894
Denitsa Gadzheva
Born 1982
Miguel Brugueras
1939 - 2006
José Martín Félix de Arrate y Acosta
1701 - 1765
Teófilo de Luis Rodríguez
Born 1952
José Gómez-Imaz Simón
1838 - 1903
Denise Pascal
Born 1940
Nicolas Arroyo
1917 - 2008
Rosa Elena Simeón Negrín
1943 - 2004
Carlos Mayans
Born 1948
Manuel Cidre
Born 1953
Antonio Oliva (politico)
1827 - 1886
Alfonso Martinez-Fonts Jr.
Born 1949
Aurelio Hevia
1866 - 1945
Alberto Gutman
1959 - 2019
Jorge Rodriguez-Chomat
1945 - 2017
Juan de Ayala y Escobar
1637 - 1727
Polita Grau
1915 - 2000
Willy Gort
Born 1940
Luis C. Morse
Born 1940
Humberto Cortina
Born 1941
Roberto Casas
Born 1931
Ricardo Cabrisas
Born 1937
Gonzalo Arostegui y Herrera
1771 - 1828
Ángel Prieto Méndez
1950 - 1995
Raúl de Cárdenas Echarte
1884 - 1979
Elier Ramírez Cañedo
Born 1982
Juan Jerónimo Díaz de Villegas
1821 - 1888