José María López Lledín was an elegant vagabond known as El Caballero de París ("The Gentleman From Paris") who wandered the streets of Havana and was a well-known cult figure.

[1] His mother was Josefa Lledín Mendes and his father was Manuel Lopez Rodriguez; the owners of a small vineyard, they produced and sold wine and Sherry.

Architect Cheo Malanga writes about the one time that he saw him:"El Caballero de París was a cult figure in Havana in the 40s and 50s.

He was a gentle and educated man who roamed the streets and traveled by bus all over the city, greeting people and discussing philosophy, religion and politics.

I remember an occasion during my childhood, while I was traveling in a car with my parents on Infanta street, that my mother shouted ..... "Look, look there is El Caballero de París!"