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Cuba ranks 55th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Chile, Saudi Arabia, 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, comprising the island of Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, archipelagos, 4,195 islands and cays surrounding the main island. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean meet. Cuba is located east of the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico), south of both the American state of 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 second-most populous country in the Caribbean after Haiti, with over 11 million inhabitants. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1803 and 1999, present day Cuba was the birth place of 248 globally memorable people, including Fidel Castro, Raúl Castro, and Fulgencio Batista. Additionaly, 59 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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Fidel Castro
1926 - 2016
HPI: 83.61
Rank: 1
Raúl Castro
1931 - Present
HPI: 76.11
Rank: 2
Fulgencio Batista
1901 - 1973
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 3
José Raúl Capablanca
1888 - 1942
HPI: 70.74
Rank: 4
Italo Calvino
1923 - 1985
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 5
Camilo Cienfuegos
1932 - 1959
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 6
José Martí
1853 - 1895
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 7
Paul Lafargue
1842 - 1911
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 8
Andy García
1956 - Present
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 9
Alberto Korda
1928 - 2001
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 10
Compay Segundo
1907 - 2003
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 11
Gloria Estefan
1957 - Present
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Present Day Cuba
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Carmen Herrera
1915 - 2022
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 45
Orlando Martínez
1944 - 2021
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 62
José Nápoles
1940 - 2019
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 80
Aleida Guevara
1960 - Present
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 90
José María Heredia y Heredia
1803 - 1839
HPI: 48.79
Rank: 92
Salvador Valdés Mesa
1945 - Present
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 94
Michael Aris
1946 - 1999
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 97
Virgilio Piñera
1912 - 1979
HPI: 45.19
Rank: 117
Benny Paret
1937 - 1962
HPI: 43.83
Rank: 123
Carlos Hevia
1900 - 1964
HPI: 43.08
Rank: 125
Carlos Manuel Piedra
1895 - 1988
HPI: 40.75
Rank: 135
Carmen Reinhart
1955 - Present
HPI: 39.66
Rank: 136
People Deceased in Present Day Cuba
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1926 - 2016
HPI: 83.61
Rank: 1
Ramón Mercader
1913 - 1978
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 2
Juan Ponce de León
1460 - 1521
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 3
José Martí
1853 - 1895
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 4
Giovanni da Verrazzano
1485 - 1528
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 5
Compay Segundo
1907 - 2003
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 6
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar
1465 - 1524
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 7
Ibrahim Ferrer
1927 - 2005
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 8
Juan Almeida Bosque
1927 - 2009
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 9
Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado
1919 - 1983
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 10
Hilda Gadea
1925 - 1974
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 11
Alberto Granado
1922 - 2011
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Present Day Cuba
Go to all RankingsOrlando Martínez
1944 - 2021
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 28
Virgilio Piñera
1912 - 1979
HPI: 45.19
Rank: 46
William Alexander Morgan
1928 - 1961
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 48
Carlos Manuel Piedra
1895 - 1988
HPI: 40.75
Rank: 55
Roberto Hernández
1967 - 2021
HPI: 35.96
Rank: 58
Most individuals born in present day Cuba were athletes (53), politicians (46), boxers (21), actors (20), and writers (17), while most who died were politicians (18), writers (7), explorers (6), military personnels (4), and musicians (3).
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 Ana Fidelia Quirot. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Cuba, including Javier Sotomayor, Alberto Juantorena, and Ana Fidelia Quirot.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Cuba since 1700.
