Famous people who grew up or lived in and around Havana
4 notable people grew up or lived in and around Havana. Each listing explores the home and neighbourhood, and how the place shaped the person they became.
Alicia Alonso1920–1937
📍 El Vedado, Havana, Cuba
I was born Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad del Cobre Martínez del Hoyo in Havana in December 1920, the youngest of four children. My father, Antonio Martínez, was an army officer and…
Ernest Hemingway1939–1960
📍 Finca Vigía, San Francisco de Paula, La Habana 11400, Cuba
I bought Finca Vigía — Lookout Farm — in 1940 for eighteen thousand dollars, after living in Cuba on and off for years because the fishing off Havana was the finest in the world and nobody…
Fidel Castro1959–2016
📍 Punto Cero compound, Calle 232, Jaimanitas, Playa, Havana, Cuba
I was born Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz on the 13th of August 1926 in Birán, Holguín province, Cuba, the son of a prosperous sugar plantation owner. I studied law at the University of Havana…
José Martí1853–1895
📍 Havana Old Town, Cuba
I was born José Julián Martí Pérez on the 28th of January 1853 in Havana, the son of Spanish immigrants. I became the apostle of Cuban independence — the poet, journalist, and revolutionary…