The Rh Negative Blog

Fidel Castro was blood type A negative

Cuban leader Fidel Castro was yet another high-profile politician who was also rh negative.

Castro pictured in 1955, sans beard.

According to his former bodyguard Juan Reinaldo Sanchez, Castro also kept his own hospital boat, complete with two staffers who shared his A-negative blood type in case he needed transfusions.

Source: The New Daily

See also:
Fidel Castro picked his bodyguards based on their blood types
Blood Type Frequencies in Cuba