Cultural Production in

Present Day

Cuba

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Cuba ranks 56th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Chile, Nigeria, and New Zealand. Memorable people born in present day Cuba include Fidel Castro, Raúl Castro, and Fulgencio Batista. Memorable people who died in Cuba include Fidel Castro, Ramón Mercader, and Juan Ponce de León. Cuba has been the birth place of many athletes, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and writers.

Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country in the Caribbean. It comprises 4,195 islands, islets and cays, including the eponymous main island and Isla de la Juventud. Situated at the confluence of the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean, Cuba is located east of the Yucatán Peninsula, south of both Florida and the Bahamas, west of Hispaniola, and north of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Havana is the largest city and capital. Cuba is the third-most populous country in the Caribbean after Haiti and the Dominican Republic, with about 10 million inhabitants. It is the largest country in the Caribbean by area. Culturally, Cuba is considered part of Latin America. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2004, present day Cuba was the birth place of 381 globally memorable people, including Fidel Castro, Raúl Castro, and Fulgencio Batista. Additionaly, 70 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Cuba including Fidel Castro, Ramón Mercader, and Juan Ponce de León.

People Born in Present Day Cuba

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Cuba were athletes (112), politicians (51), boxers (38), wrestlers (27), and actors (21),  while most who died were politicians (20), writers (7), explorers (6), musicians (4), and social activists (4).

Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Cuba, including Javier Sotomayor, Alberto Juantorena, and Iván Pedroso. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Cuba, including Javier Sotomayor, Alberto Juantorena, and Iván Pedroso.

Places

Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Cuba since 1700.