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Cuba

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Cuba ranks 1,851st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Blagoevgrad, Bassano del Grappa, and Suita. Memorable people born in Cuba include José-Maria de Heredia, Leonardo Padura Fuentes, and Félix Savón. Memorable people who died in Cuba include Celia Sánchez, Pedro Bergés, and Héctor Socorro. Cuba has been the birth place of many soccer players, and writers and the death place of many soccer players, and politicians. Cuba is located in Cuba.

Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country in the Caribbean. It comprises the eponymous main island, Isla de la Juventud, and 4,195 islands, islets and cays. 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 1842 and 1997, Cuba was the birth place of 10 globally memorable people, including José-Maria de Heredia, Leonardo Padura Fuentes, and Félix Savón. Additionaly, 4 globally memorable people have passed away in Cuba including Celia Sánchez, Pedro Bergés, and Héctor Socorro.

People Born in Cuba

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People Deceased in Cuba

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Cuba were soccer players (5), writers (2), athletes (2), and boxers (1),  while most who died were soccer players (3), and politicians (1).

Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Cuba, including Ariel Torres, and Yeisser Ramirez. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Cuba, including Pedro Bergés, Héctor Socorro, and José Antonio Rodríguez.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 5 globally memorable people born in Cuba since 1700.