Cementerio Santa Ifigenia
Santiago de Cuba
FC
Memorial Page for Fidel Castro (née Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz)
Aug 13, 1926 – Nov 25, 2016(90 years)Died in:Havana, Havana Province
Cuban politician and revolutionary
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Emoria
August 13th, 2026
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Fidel Castro (* August 13, 1926 in Birán; † November 25, 2016 in Havana) was a cuban politician and revolutionary. He was 90 years old. He was married to Mirta Díaz-Balart and Dalia Soto del Valle. He had at least 1 child (1 son). His education included University of Havana and Belen Jesuit Preparatory School. His faith was agnosticism. His awards include Collar of the Order of the White Lion, Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta and Order of Jamaica. He was buried at Santa Ifigenia Cemetery.
Life Events
9 EventsBorn in Birán, Holguín Province
1926University of Havana
1945Doctor · until 1950
Belen Jesuit Preparatory School
1945until 1945
Married Mirta Díaz-Balart
1948until 1955
Collar of the Order of the White Lion
1972Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
1973Order of Jamaica
1977Married Dalia Soto del Valle
1980until 2016
Died in Havana, Havana Province
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- Mirta Diaz-Balart
- Ángel Castro Argiz
- Lina Ruz González
- Fidel Ángel Castro Diaz-Balart
- Juanita Castro
- Ramón Eusebio Castro Ruz
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Fidel Castro (née Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz). Forever remembered.