This article contains a list of well-known Mexicans in science, publication, arts, politics and sports.

Arts

* Manuel Álvarez Bravo, photographer; recipient, 1984

Hasselblad Award The Hasselblad Award (in full: Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography) is an award granted to "a photographer recognized for major achievements". History The award—and the Hasselblad Foundation—was set up from the estat ...

Pita Amor Guadalupe Teresa Amor Schmidtlein (May 30, 1918 – May 8, 2000), who wrote as Pita Amor, was a Mexican poet. Biography She was born in Mexico City,"Amor, Guadalupe (1920–)." '' Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages'', ...

, poet * Alberto Arai, architect, theorist and painter * Luis Barragán, architect * Federico Cantú, writer * Leonora Carrington, painter * Max Cetto, architect, educator and historian * Joaquín Clausell, painter * Miguel Covarrubias, painter * José Luis Cuevas, painter, printmaker * Gelsen Gas,

theater Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perfor ...

director; film director and producer; actor; painter; poet; sculptor and inventor *

Mathias Goeritz Werner Mathias Goeritz Brunner (4 April 1915, Danzig, German Empire – 4 August 1990, Mexico City) was a Mexican painter and sculptor of German origin. After spending much of the 1940s in North Africa and Spain, he and his wife, photographer ...

, painter, sculptor and architect *

Jorge González Camarena Jorge González Camarena (24 March 1908 – 24 May 1980) was a Mexican painter, muralist and sculptor. He is best known for his mural work, as part of the Mexican muralism movement, although his work is distinct from the main names associat ...

, painter, muralist and sculptor * Saturnino Herrán, painter *

Graciela Iturbide Graciela Iturbide (born May 16, 1942) is a Mexican photographer. Her work has been exhibited internationally, and is included in many major museum collections such as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and The J. Paul Getty Museum. Biograp ...

, photographer; recipient, 2008 Hasselblad Award * María Izquierdo, painter *

Frida Kahlo Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón (; 6 July 1907 – 13 July 1954) was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Inspired by the country's popular culture, ...

, painter *

Arturo Moyers Villena Arturo Moyers Villena (January 2, 1930 – February 3, 2013) was a Mexican muralist and painter, whose work was influenced by David Alfaro Siqueiros. Many of his mural works are exhibited in government buildings or cultural institutions. Life ...

, painter * Gerardo Murillo, painter *

Amado Nervo Amado Nervo (August 27, 1870 – May 24, 1919) also known as Juan Crisóstomo Ruiz de Nervo, was a Mexican poet, journalist and educator. He also acted as Mexican Ambassador to Argentina and Uruguay. His poetry was known for its use of metaphor a ...

, poet *

Juan O'Gorman Juan O'Gorman (July 6, 1905 – January 17, 1982) was a Mexican painter and architect. Early life and family Juan O'Gorman was born on 6 July 1905 in Coyoacán, then a village to the south of Mexico City and now a borough of the Federal Distri ...

, painter and architect *

José Clemente Orozco José Clemente Orozco (November 23, 1883 – September 7, 1949) was a Mexican caricaturist and painter, who specialized in political murals that established the Mexican Mural Renaissance together with murals by Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Si ...

, muralist, printmaker *

Eugenio Peschard Eugenio Peschard Delgado was a Mexican architect. Prior to joining the faculty of the National University in 1940, Peschard was an architect in the Ministry of Communications and Public Works and a member of the Council of Architecture of the Fe ...

, architect * Beatriz Peschard, architect * Guillermo Ríos Alcalá restoration expert and educator * Antonio Rivas Mercado, architect and engineer * Arturo Rivera, painter *

Diego Rivera Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez, known as Diego Rivera (; December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957), was a prominent Mexican painter. His large frescoes helped establish the ...

, muralist, painter, printmaker * Jesusa Rodríguez, director and performer * Michel Rojkind, architect * Verónica Ruiz de Velasco, figurative artist *

José Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza José Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza (1750–1802) was a Mexican portrait painter known for being the first painter of significance to work in Spanish colonial New Orleans, Louisiana. Biography Salazar was born to Salvador de Salazar and ...

, painter * Sebastián, sculptor * Javier Sicilia, poet, activist *

David Alfaro Siqueiros David Alfaro Siqueiros (born José de Jesús Alfaro Siqueiros; December 29, 1896 – January 6, 1974) was a Mexican social realist painter, best known for his large public murals using the latest in equipment, materials and technique. Along with ...

, muralist, painter, printmaker *

Rufino Tamayo Rufino del Carmen Arellanes Tamayo (August 25, 1899 – June 24, 1991) was a Mexican painter of Zapotec heritage, born in Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico.Sullivan, 170-171Ades, 357 Tamayo was active in the mid-20th century in Mexico and New York, ...

, painter, printmaker *

Mauricio Toussaint Mauricio Toussaint is a contemporary artist of French and Mexican descent. Toussaint entered the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara to obtain a degree in architecture (he graduated in 1985 with a bachelor's degree). During this time, he was ...

, painter *

Remedios Varo María de los Remedios Alicia Rodriga Varo y Uranga (16 December 1908 – 8 October 1963) was a Spanish-born Mexican surrealist artist working in Spain, France, and Mexico. Early life Remedios Varo Uranga was born in Anglès, is a small town ...

, painter * José María Velasco, painter *

Abraham Zabludovsky Abraham Zabludovsky (born Abraham Zabludowski Kraveski; June 14, 1924 – April 10, 2003) was a Mexican architect. He was the brother of the well known journalist Jacobo Zabludovsky. Abraham Zabludovsky was born in Białystok, Poland. He studi ...

, architect *

Alejandro Zohn Alejandro Zohn (born Alexander Zohn; born 8 August 1930, in Vienna - 2000, in Guadalajara) was a Mexican architect. He was a Holocaust survivor who grew up in Western Mexico. Alejandro Zohn studied at the Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico, gradua ...

, architect

Authors

Ignacio Manuel Altamirano Ignacio Manuel Altamirano Basilio (; 13 November 1834 – 13 February 1893) was a Mexican radical liberal writer, journalist, teacher and politician. He wrote ''Clemencia'' (1869), which is often considered to be the first modern Mexican novel. ...

Juan José Arreola Juan José Arreola Zúñiga (September 21, 1918 – December 3, 2001) was a Mexican writer, academic, and actor. He is considered Mexico's premier experimental short story writer of the 20th century. Arreola is recognized as one of the first Lati ...

Guillermo Arriaga Guillermo Arriaga Jordán (; born 13 March 1958) is a Mexican author, screenwriter, director and producer. Self-defined as "a hunter who works as a writer," he is best known for his Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and BAFTA Award fo ...

Mariano Azuela Mariano Azuela González (January 1, 1873 – March 1, 1952) was a Mexican author and physician, best known for his fictional stories of the Mexican Revolution of 1910. He wrote novels, works for theatre and literary criticism. He is the fi ...

Caridad Bravo Adams Caridad Bravo Adams (; born on January 14, 1908, in Villahermosa, Tabasco – August 13, 1990 in Mexico City) was a prolific Mexican writer and the most famous telenovela writer worldwide. She was born to a couple of Cuban actors and she ...

* Roberto Bravo * Ignacio Burgoa Orihuela * Emilio Carballido *

Rosario Castellanos Rosario Castellanos Figueroa (; 25 May 1925 – 7 August 1974) was a Mexican poet and author. She was one of Mexico's most important literary voices in the last century. Throughout her life, she wrote eloquently about issues of cultural and gend ...

* Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz * Yolanda Vargas Dulché *

Salvador Elizondo Salvador Elizondo Alcalde (Mexico City, December 19, 1932 - March 29, 2006) was a Mexican writer of the 60s Generation of Mexican literature. Regarded as one of the creators of the most influential cult noirè, experimental, intelligent style ...

José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi (November 15, 1776 – June 21, 1827), Mexican writer and political journalist, best known as the author of ''El Periquillo Sarniento'' (1816), translated as ''The Mangy Parrot'' in English, reputed to be the f ...

* Carlos Fuentes *

Martín Luis Guzmán Martín Luis Guzmán Franco (October 6, 1887 – December 22, 1976) was a Mexican novelist and journalist. Along with Mariano Azuela and Nellie Campobello, he is considered a pioneer of the revolutionary novel, a genre inspired by the experiences ...

Guadalupe Loaeza María Guadalupe Loaeza Tovar (born August 12, 1946) is a contemporary Mexican writer, author of many books including ''Las Niñas Bien'', ''Las Reinas de Polanco'', ''Debo, Luego Sufro'' and ''Compro, Luego Existo'', in which she ironizes about ...

* Gregorio López y Fuentes * Ángeles Mastretta *

Carlos Monsiváis Carlos Monsiváis Aceves (May 4, 1938 – June 19, 2010) was a Mexican philosopher, writer, critic, political activist, and journalist. He also wrote political opinion columns in leading newspapers within the country's progressive sectors. H ...

Nezahualcoyotl Nezahualcoyotl may refer to: * Nezahualcoyotl (tlatoani), the ruler of Texcoco * Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, a city in the State of Mexico * Nezahualcóyotl metro station, in Mexico City * The Nezahualcóyotl Award, a literary prize in Mexico * Neza ...

Salvador Novo Salvador Novo López (30 July 1904 – 13 January 1974) was a Mexican writer, poet, playwright, translator, television presenter, entrepreneur, and the official chronicler of Mexico City. As a noted intellectual, he influenced popular percepti ...

Fernando del Paso Fernando del Paso Morante (April 1, 1935 – November 14, 2018) was a Mexican novelist, essayist and poet. Biography Del Paso was born in Mexico City and took two years in economics at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He ...

José Emilio Pacheco José Emilio Pacheco Berny (June 30, 1939 – January 26, 2014) was a Mexican poet, essayist, novelist and short story writer. He is regarded as one of the major Mexican poets of the second half of the 20th century. The Berlin International Lit ...

* Susana Palazuelos * Alfredo Placencia *

Elena Poniatowska Hélène Elizabeth Louise Amélie Paula Dolores Poniatowska Amor (born May 19, 1932), known professionally as Elena Poniatowska () is a French-born Mexican journalist and author, specializing in works on social and political issues focused on th ...

Alfonso Reyes Alfonso Reyes Ochoa (17 May 1889 in Monterrey, Nuevo León – 27 December 1959 in Mexico City) was a Mexican writer, philosopher and diplomat. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times and has been acclaimed as one of t ...

* José Revueltas *

Luis J. Rodriguez Luis Javier Rodriguez (born 1954) is an American poet, novelist, journalist, critic, and columnist. He was the 2014 Los Angeles Poet Laureate. Rodriguez is recognized as a major figure in contemporary Chicano literature, identifying himself a ...

Juan Rulfo Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Pérez Rulfo Vizcaíno, best known as Juan Rulfo ( ; 16 May 1917 – 7 January 1986), was a Mexican writer, screenwriter, and photographer. He is best known for two literary works, the 1955 novel ''Pedro Páramo'', and th ...

Juan Ruiz de Alarcón Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (c. 1581 - 4 August 1639) was a New Spain-born Spanish writer of the Golden Age who cultivated different variants of dramaturgy. His works include the comedy '' La verdad sospechosa'' ( es), which is considered a masterpiec ...

Jaime Sabines Jaime Sabines Gutiérrez (March 25, 1926 – March 19, 1999) was a Mexican contemporary poet. Known as “the sniper of Literature” as he formed part of a group that transformed literature into reality, he wrote ten volumes of poetry, and his w ...

Paco Ignacio Taibo II Paco Ignacio Taibo II (born Francisco Ignacio Taibo Mahojo; on January 11, 1949), also known as Paco Taibo II or informally as PIT is a Spanish-Mexican writer, novelist and political activist based in Mexico City. He is most widely known as the ...

* Lourdes Urrea *

José Vasconcelos José Vasconcelos Calderón (28 February 1882 – 30 June 1959), called the "cultural " of the Mexican Revolution, was an important Mexican writer, philosopher, and politician. He is one of the most influential and controversial personalities ...

Agustín Yáñez Agustín Yáñez Delgadillo (May 4, 1904 in Guadalajara, Jalisco – January 17, 1980 in Mexico City) was a Mexican writer and politician who served as Governor of Jalisco and Secretary of Public Education during Gustavo Díaz Ordaz's preside ...

Businesspeople

* María Asunción Aramburuzabala *

Jerónimo Arango Jerónimo Julio Arango Arias (1927 — 4 April 2020) was a Mexican billionaire businessman, co-founder of the Aurrerá supermarket chain, with his younger brothers, Manuel and Plácido, known for a long time as three of Mexico's wealthiest men. ...

* Emilio Azcárraga Jean * Emilio Azcárraga Milmo * Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta *

Alberto Baillères Alberto Baillères González (22 August 1931 – 2 February 2022) was a Mexican billionaire businessman. , he had an estimated net worth of US$10.1 billion according to '' Forbes''. He was the chairman of Grupo BAL, and of ITAM. Early life Bai ...

* Raúl Baillères *

Daniel Chavez Moran Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew language, Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel (given ...

* Andrés Conesa * Juan Domingo Beckmann * Arturo Elías Ayub * Juan Enríquez *

Eugenio Garza Lagüera Eugenio Garza Lagüera (18 December 1923 – 24 May 2008) was a Mexican businessman and philanthropist who served as chairman of the board of the Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM) and Femsa, Latin America's largest beverage corporation. ...

* Eugenio Garza Sada,

Philanthropist Philanthropy is a form of altruism that consists of "private initiatives, for the public good, focusing on quality of life". Philanthropy contrasts with business initiatives, which are private initiatives for private good, focusing on material ...

* Bernardo Gómez Martínez * Roberto González Barrera * Víctor González Torres * Joaquín Guzmán *

Jorge Hank Rhon Jorge Hank Rhon (born January 28, 1956) is a Mexican businessman and owner of Mexico's largest sports betting company, ''Grupo Caliente''. He served from December 2004 to February 2007 as the president of the municipality of Tijuana. He is t ...

Alfredo Harp Helú Alfredo Harp Helú (born 1944) is a Mexican businessman of Lebanese origin, and as of 2011, with a net worth of $1.5 billion, is according to Forbes the 974th richest person in the world. He is also the cousin of multibillionaire Carlos Slim. ...

Roberto Hernández Ramírez Roberto Hernández Ramírez (born 1942 in Tuxpan, Veracruz) is a Mexican businessman. He is a former CEO of '' Banco Nacional de México (Banamex)'', Mexico's second largest bank, just after BBVA Bancomer, from Spain. He was a member of the board ...

* Fidel Kuri Grajales *

Germán Larrea Mota-Velasco Germán Larrea Mota-Velasco (born 1953/1954) is a Mexican billionaire businessman. He is the CEO of Grupo México, Mexico's largest mining corporation, and the third largest copper producer in the world. As of July 2022, his net worth was estimat ...

* Enrique Molina Sobrino * Emilio Romano * Pedro Romero de Terreros *

Alfonso Romo Alfonso Carlos Romo Garza (born 8 October 1950), known as Alfonso Romo, is a Monterrey businessman, agro-industrialist. He founded the ''Opción Ciudadana'' (Citizen Option) party in 2005. He is the owner of VECTOR Casa de Bolsa, the largest fun ...

* Hector Ruiz *

Isaac Saba Raffoul Isaac Saba Raffoul (October 17, 1923 – July 27, 2008) was a Mexican businessman of Syrian Jewish descent; his father emigrated from Aleppo, Syria to Veracruz, Mexico where he started a rag business which the family built on. Isaac Saba Raffo ...

* Ricardo Salinas Pliego * Daniel Servitje Montull *

Carlos Slim Carlos Slim Helú (; born 28 January 1940) is a Mexican business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. From 2010 to 2013, Slim was ranked as the richest person in the world by the '' Forbes'' business magazine. He derived his fortune from h ...

* Antonio Suárez * Jorge Vergara * Lorenzo Zambrano

Cartoonists

Lalo Alcaraz Lalo Alcaraz (born April 19, 1964) is an American cartoonist most known for being the author of the comic ''La Cucaracha'', the first nationally syndicated, politically themed Latino daily comic strip. Launched in 2002, ''La Cucaracha'' has becom ...

Paco Calderón Francisco "Paco" Calderón (born 1959 in Mexico City) is a Mexican political cartoonist. He currently draws for the newspapers that belong to the Grupo Reforma. Calderón began his career in 1976 publishing in national newspaper ''El Heraldo de M ...

* José G. Cruz * Eduardo del Río, ''Rius'' *

Bill Melendez José Cuauhtémoc "Bill" Melendez (November 15, 1916 – September 2, 2008) was an American character animator, voice actor, film director and producer. Melendez is known for working on the ''Peanuts'' animated specials. Before ''Peanuts'', he p ...

José Guadalupe Posada José Guadalupe Posada Aguilar (2 February 1852 – 20 January 1913) was a Mexican political lithographer who used relief printing to produce popular illustrations. His work has influenced numerous Latin American artists and cartoonists bec ...

Musicians, conductors and composers of concert music

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Rubén Albarrán Rubén Isaac Albarrán Ortega (born February 1, 1967) is a Mexican musician, singer, song writer, music producer, and activist. He is a member and founder of the alternative rock band Café Tacvba. As singer and frontman of Café Tacvba, the arti ...

Alfonso Mejia-Arias Alfonso Mejia Arias is a Mexican musician, writer, social activist and politician. He was born in Veracruz, Mexico on 11 September 1961 and has lived mostly in Mexico City, where his family settled. Career From his childhood joined musical associ ...

, musician, writer, social activist, politician *

Antonio Aguilar José Pascual Antonio Aguilar Márquez Barraza (17 May 191919 June 2007) was a Mexican singer, actor, songwriter, equestrian, film producer, and screenwriter with a dominating career in music. He recorded over 150 albums, which sold 25 mill ...

, singer, composer * Juan Arvizu, lyric tenor *

Alejandra Ávalos Alejandra Margarita Ávalos Rodríguez (born October 17, 1968) is a Mexican singer, musician and actress. She began her career in 1980, when she took part in the musical contest ''La Voz del Heraldo''. After receiving a scholarship to study in ...

, singer-songwriter, actress, composer *

Ariel Camacho José Ariel Camacho Barraza (July 8, 1992 – February 25, 2015) was a Mexican singer-songwriter who performed the Sierreño and Regional Mexican music genre. He was the lead singer of his band, Ariel Camacho y Los Plebes del Rancho. In 2013 A ...

* Natanael Cano * Felix Carrasco, conductor * Nestor Mesta Chayres, lyric tenor * Rey Alejandro Conde, conductor * Manuel Esperón, composer, musician, conductor * Pedro Fernández, singer-songwriter, actor, composer *

Vicente Fernández Vicente Fernández Gómez (17 February 1940 – 12 December 2021) was a Mexican singer, songwriter, actor, and film producer. Nicknamed "Chente" (short for Vicente), "El Charro de Huentitán" (The Charro from Huentitán), "El Ídolo de México ...

, singer, composer *

Horacio Franco Horacio Franco (born 11 October 1963) is a Mexican flautist and recorder player. He studied at the National Conservatory in Mexico City and later at the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam, with Marijke Miessen and Walter van Hauwe. Franco ...

, recorder player * Mike Fuentes, drummer *

Juan Gabriel Alberto Aguilera Valadez (; January 7, 1950 – August 28, 2016), known professionally as Juan Gabriel (), was a Mexican singer, songwriter and actor. Colloquially nicknamed as Juanga () and El Divo de Juárez, Juan Gabriel was known for his f ...

, singer * Irma González, operatic soprano * Saúl Hernández *

Pedro Infante Pedro Infante Cruz (; 18 November 1917 – 15 April 1957) was a Mexican ranchera music singer and actor, whose career spanned the golden age of Mexican cinema. His popularity spread across Latin America. Infante was born in Mazatlán, Sinalo ...

singer, composer * Agustin Lara, singer, composer *

Armando Manzanero Armando Manzanero Canché (7 December 1935 – 28 December 2020) was a Mexican Mayan musician, singer, composer, actor and music producer, widely considered the premier Mexican romantic composer of the postwar era and one of the most successfu ...

, singer, composer * Manuel M. Ponce, musician, composer *

Jaime Preciado Jaime is a common Spanish and Portuguese male given name for Jacob (name), James (name), Jamie, or Jacques. In Occitania Jacobus became ''Jacome'' and later ''Jacme''. In east Spain, ''Jacme'' became ''Jaime'', in Aragon it became ''Chaime'', and i ...

, bassist *

Carlos Miguel Prieto Carlos Miguel Prieto (born 14 November 1965) is a Mexican conductor. He is music director of the Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional de Mexico and the Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria, of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra in New Orleans, and The Orc ...

* Silvestre Revueltas, composer, conductor * Elvira Ríos, singer-songwriter, actress, composer * Jesús Adrián Romero, Christian singer-songwriter *

Cesar Rosas Cesar J. Rosas (born September 26, 1954, in Hermosillo, Mexico) is a Mexican singer, songwriter and guitarist for Los Lobos. Rosas also participates in the Latin supergroup Los Super Seven. Perhaps the most recognizable member of Los Lobos, Ros ...

, singer, vocalist * Juventino Rosas *

Paulina Rubio Paulina Susana Rubio Dosamantes (; born 17 June 1971) is a Mexican singer. Referred to as "Honorific nicknames in popular music, The Golden Girl" and "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Latin Pop", she first achieved recognition as ...

, singer *

Chalino Sánchez Rosalino "Chalino" Sánchez Félix (30 August 1960 – 16 May 1992), was a Mexican singer-songwriter. Posthumously called "El Rey del Corrido", he is widely considered one of the most influential narcocorrido singers of the late 20th century. Cha ...

Joan Sebastian José Manuel Figueroa Figueroa (April 8, 1951 – July 13, 2015), known professionally as Joan Sebastian (), was a Mexican singer-songwriter. He composed more than 1,000 songs, including compositions for artists such as Bronco, Vicente Fernánd ...

, singer, composer *

Marco Antonio Solís Marco Antonio Solís Sosa (born 29 December 1959) is a Mexican musician, singer, composer, and record producer. Born and raised in Ario de Rosales, Michoacán, Solís began his musical career at the age of six, performing part of Los Hermanito ...

, singer, composer *

Thalía Ariadna Thalía Sodi Miranda (; born 26 August 1971), known mononymously as Thalía, is a Mexican singer and actress. Referred to as the " Queen of Latin Pop", she is considered one of the most successful and influential Mexican artists. Havi ...

, singer

Entertainers

A–C

Amalia Aguilar Amalia Isabel Rodríguez Carriera (3 July 1924 – 8 November 2021), known professionally as Amalia Aguilar, was a Cuban-Mexican dancer, actress and comedian. Early life Amalia Isabel Rodríguez Carriera was born in Matanzas, Cuba. She and her ...

, actress *

Mauricio Aspe Mauricio Aspe (born Edgar Mauricio Aspe López on July 25, 1973, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actor. Biography Career He began as a child model before emerging as an actor at age 17, when he joined the school of acting of Televisa t ...

, actor * Alejandro Felipe, actor *

, singer * Luis Aguilar, singer *

Pepe Aguilar José Antonio Aguilar Jiménez (born August 7, 1968), better known as Pepe Aguilar, is an American singer. - Accessed on June 17, 2011. From a young age, Aguilar accompanied his parents, Mexican singer-actors Antonio Aguilar and Flor Silvestr ...

, singer *

Elsa Aguirre Elsa Irma Aguirre Juárez (born 25 September 1930) is a Mexican actress. Career At the beginning of her career she was discovered when she was teenager, in a beauty contest held by a cinematographic production company called ''CLASA Films Mund ...

, actress * Rubén Aguirre, comedian, actor *

Damián Alcázar Damián Alcázar (born January 8, 1953) is a Mexican actor and politician, who is best known outside of Mexico as Lord Sopespian in '' The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian''. He was a deputy in the Constituent Assembly of Mexico City. Care ...

, actor * Julio Alemán, actor *

Fernando Allende Luis Fernando Allende Arenas (born November 10, 1952) is a Mexican singer, actor, painter, film producer, and film director. Early life Allende was born in Mexico. His father is Mexican, and his mother is from Cuba. Allende's grandfather on his f ...

, actor,

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, pr ...

Ana Alicia Ana Alicia Ortiz Torres (born December 12, 1956) is a Mexican-American former actress who performed in theatre and on television. She is known for playing scheming vineyard heiress Melissa Agretti on the long-running primetime soap opera ''F ...

, actress * Mario Almada, actor * Ilean Almaguer, actress *

Rafael Amaya José Rafael Amaya Núñez (born 28 February 1977) is a Mexican actor, born in Hermosillo, Mexico. He is best known for his character Aurelio Casillas in the Telemundo series ''El Señor de los Cielos''. Biography Amaya was born in Hermosill ...

, actor * César Amigó, film director * Adolfo Angel, singer *

Angélica María Angélica María Hartman Ortiz (born September 27, 1944), known professionally as La novia de Mexico (Mexico's sweetheart), is an American-Mexican actress and singer-songwriter. Her songs El hombre de mi vida (The man of my life) peaked at No. ...

, singer * Alfonso Aráu, actor and director *

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

, director and producer *

Ramón Ayala Ramón Covarrubias Garza (born December 8, 1945), known by his stage name Ramón Ayala, is a Mexican singer, composer and songwriter of Norteño music. Discography Studio albums (Ramón Ayala Y Sus Bravos Del Norte) * ''La Pura Maña'' (1971 ...

, singer *

Anahí Anahí Giovanna Puente Portilla (born 14 May 1983), known mononymously as Anahí, is a Mexican actress and singer. In 1986, she started her acting career when she was cast on ''Chiquilladas''. After working on many successful telenovelas produ ...

, actress, singer *

Angélica Aragón Angélica Espinoza Stransky (born 11 July 1953), known as Angélica Aragón (), is a Mexican film, television and stage actress and singer. She is daughter of the Mexican composer José Ángel Espinoza "Ferrusquilla". She is recognized for her ...

, actress *

Abraham Ramos Abraham Ramos (born 13 February 1974 in Mexico City) is a Mexican actor who has appeared in many telenovelas and television series. He was born in Mexico City, Mexico. Career Abraham is the youngest of the four siblings. His first role was ...

, actor *

Aracely Arámbula Aracely Arámbula Jacques (; born March 6, 1975), known professionally as Aracely Arámbula, is a Mexican actress, model, singer, television personality and entrepreneur. Life and career Early life Aracely Arambula Jacques was born in Chih ...

, actress *

Esteban Arce Esteban Arce (born c. 1962) is a Mexican television entertainer. Early life He was born in Mexico City and lived with 2 brothers and 2 sisters named José Luís, Eduardo, Alejandra, and Adriana in a little house in delegación Benito Juarez. He ...

, show host *

Pedro Armendáriz Pedro Gregorio Armendáriz Hastings (May 9, 1912 – June 18, 1963) was a Mexican film actor who made films in both Mexico and the United States. With Dolores del Río and María Félix, he was one of the best-known Latin American movie stars ...

, actor * Pedro Armendáriz Jr., actor *

Adriana Barraza Adriana Barraza González (born 5 March 1956) is a Mexican actress, acting teacher, and director. In 1999 director Alejandro González Iñárritu cast her as the mother of Gael García Bernal's character in '' Amores perros'', which was nominat ...

, actress *

Meche Barba Meche Barba (born Mercedes Barba Feito; September 24, 1922 – January 14, 2000) was an American-born Mexican film actress and dancer of the Golden age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. She was considered one of the icons of the "Rumber ...

, actress * Ana Bárbara, singer *

Katie Barberi Katie Barberi () is a Mexican actress known for her work in telenovelas and for her portrayal of Ursula Van Pelt on '' Every Witch Way''. Career Barberi played "Maria Delucci" in the NBC The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an A ...

, actress *

Alejandra Barros Alejandra Barros (born Alejandra Barros del Campo on August 11, 1971) is a Mexican actress. She is best known for her role in Televisa's telenovela Mariana de la Noche (2003). Biography Barros studied in New York in ''The Lee Strasberg Theat ...

, actress *

Renato Bartilotti Mario Renato Bartilotti Rodríguez (born June 11, 1976, in Villahermosa, Tabasco) is a Mexican actor. Life After enrolling in Televisa's Centro de Educación Artística (CEA), Renato Bartilotti began his career as an actor in the telenovela '' ...

, actor *

Sergio Basañez Sergio may refer to: * Sergio (given name), for people with the given name Sergio * Sergio (carbonado), the largest rough diamond ever found * ''Sergio'' (album), a 1994 album by Sergio Blass * ''Sergio'' (2009 film), a documentary film * ''Se ...

, actor * Kuno Becker, actor * Lola Beltrán, singer * Belinda, actress, singer *

Elsa Benítez Elsa Benítez Yáñez (; born December 8, 1977) is a Mexican model and television presenter, perhaps best known for her appearances in the '' Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue'', including her appearance on the cover in 2001. Career Benítez b ...

, model * Agustín Bernal, actor *

Demián Bichir Demián Bichir Nájera (; born 1 August 1963) is a Mexican actor. After starring in telenovelas, he began to appear in Hollywood films. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in ''A Better Life''. Personal life Bichi ...

, actor * Jorge Blanco, actor, singer *

Marcela Bovio Marcela Alejandra Bovio García (born October 17, 1979) is a Mexican singer and violinist who is currently a member of the Dutch symphonic death metal band MaYaN. In 1995, she joined Hydra, a Mexican metal band, singing and playing violin. In ...

, singer *

Angelique Boyer Angelique Monique-Paulette Boyer Rousseau (born 4 July 1988), simply known as Angelique Boyer, is an actress. Born in France, she has spent most of her life and her entire professional career in Mexico, becoming a dual French and Mexican citize ...

, actress *

Jacqueline Bracamontes Jacqueline Bracamontes Van Hoorde (born 23 December 1979) is a Mexican actress, former model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Nuestra Belleza Jalisco 2000, Nuestra Belleza México 2000 and represented her country at Miss Universe 2001. ...

, actress, model *

Olga Breeskin Olga Breeskin Torres (September 22, 1951) is a Mexican violinist, dancer and actress. She was one of the most famous Mexican vedettes in 1970s and 1980s. Since her conversion to Christianity, she has only presented herself as a violinist. Early ...

, vedette *

Claudio Brook Claudio Brook (born Claude Sydney Brook Marnat, 28 August 1927 – 18 October 1995) was a Mexican actor. Life Born in Mexico City, Brook had a prolific career, making around 100 film and television appearances in his 38 years as an actor. H ...

, actor * Andrés Bustamante, comedian *

Alejandro Camacho Alejandro Camacho (born Alejandro Camacho Pastrana on July 11, 1954) is a Mexican actor and producer. Filmography Films Television Other works Awards and nominations References External links *Alejandro Camacho at the M ...

, actor and producer *

Jaime Camil Jaime Federico Said Camil de Saldanha da Gama (born 22 July 1973) is a Mexican actor, singer and television personality. He is best known for his roles as Fernando Mendiola in '' La Fea Más Bella'' and Rogelio de la Vega in '' Jane the Virgin' ...

, singer, actor * Marco Antonio Campos ''Viruta'', comedian, actor * Carmen Campuzano, actress, fashion model * Itatí Cantoral, actress *

Paty Cantú Patricia Giovanna Cantú Velasco (born 25 November 1983), known professionally as Paty Cantú, is a Mexican singer, songwriter and actress, who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the Mexican pop duo Lu. Early life Cantú was bor ...

, singer *

Eduardo Capetillo Eduardo Capetillo Vásquez (born April 13, 1970) is a Mexican actor and singer. Life He was born in Mexico City, Mexico. He belongs to the Capetillo family, who have a long tradition of being bullfighters. Being still very young, he partic ...

, actor * Elpidia Carrillo, actress * Yadhira Carrillo, actress *

Irán Castillo Irán Castillo Pinzón (born 4 January 1977) is a Mexican actress and singer. Castillo began her career in the 1990s, after roles in telenovelas such as ''Agujetas de color de rosa'', ''Confidente de Secundaria'', and '' Preciosa''. Subseque ...

, actress *

Cristian Castro Christian Sáinz Valdés Castro (born 8 December 1974), known professionally as Cristian Castro or Cristian, is a Mexican pop singer. He is the son of actors Veronica Castro and Manuel "El Loco" Valdés, and nephew of actors Ramón Valdés ...

, singer *

Verónica Castro Verónica Castro (), full name Verónica Judith Sáinz Castro (born 19 October 1952), is a Mexican actress, singer, producer, former model and presenter. She started her career as a television actress, where she met comedian Manuel Valdés, fa ...

, actress, singer * David Cavazos, singer *

Lumi Cavazos Luz Maria Cavazos (born 21 December 1968) is a Mexican actress. She won Best Actress awards at the Tokyo Film Festival, and Brazil's Festival de Gramado for her portrayal of "Tita" in '' Like Water for Chocolate''. The film received the attenti ...

, actress *

Christian Chávez José Christian Chávez Garza (, born August 7, 1983), most often known as Christian Chávez is a Mexican singer, songwriter and actor, best known for his role as Giovanni Méndez López in the telenovela ''Rebelde'' and its spin-off pop group ...

, actor, singer *

Sharis Cid Sharis Cid (Born María del Rosario Cid Pérez, 5 September 1970 in Chihuahua, Chih., Mexico) is a Mexican actress who has participated in several telenovelas, such as ''DKDA'', ''Salud, Dinero y Amor'' and ''La Intrusa''. She was also a singe ...

, actress *

Fernando Colunga Fernando Colunga Olivares () (born 3 March 1966) is a Mexican actor best known for his work in Mexican telenovelas. Colunga gained international fame for playing Luis Fernando de la Vega in the Mexican soap opera ''Maria la del Barrio''. He is ...

, actor * Ninel Conde, actress, model, singer *

Karla Cossío Karla Cossío (; born June 22, 1985, in Cuba) is a Mexican actress. Born in Cuba and brought to Mexico when she was only three months ol Karla Cossío began performing very young. She studied acting at the age of 15 in the CEAI (Centro de Educa ...

, actress *

Alfonso Cuarón Alfonso Cuarón Orozco ( , ; born 28 November 1961) is a Mexican filmmaker. He is known for directing films in a variety of genres including the family drama ''A Little Princess'' (1995), the romantic drama ''Great Expectations'' (1998), the c ...

, film director *

Luis de Alba Luis Alba Garcia (born March 7, 1945 in Veracruz) is a Mexican comedian, famous for his character ''El Pirrurris'' (the presumptuous son of a millionaire). He also made other characters such as "El Raton Crispin" (Crispin The Mouse) in which he ...

, actor, comedian * Rebecca de Alba, show host * Alfonso de Anda, show host *

José María de Tavira José María de Tavira Bianchi (born September 27, 1983, in Mexico City) is a Mexican film and stage actor. The son of Mexican people, Mexican theatre director Luis de Tavira and Argentina, Argentine actress Rosa María Bianchi, he began acting ...

, actor *

Ana de la Reguera Anabell Gardoqui de la Reguera (; born 8 April 1977) is a Mexican actress. She has starred in telenovelas, films, the HBO television series ''Eastbound & Down'' and ''Capadocia'', the Amazon television series ''Goliath'', and the 2006 comedy '' ...

, actress *

Arath de la Torre Arath De La Torre Balmaceda (born March 20, 1975) is a Mexican actor and comedian, best known for his roles in the television series ''Una Familia con Suerte'' as Pancho López and the critically acclaimed and popular novelas ''Soñadoras'' and ...

, actor *

María Antonieta de las Nieves María Antonieta Gómez Rodríguez (born 22 December 1949), more commonly known by her stage name María Antonieta de las Nieves, is a Mexican actress, comedian, singer, and author. Her best remembered role is that of La Chilindrina, one of the ...

, actress * Kate del Castillo, actress

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* Ana Díaz, singer *

Dolores del Río María de los Dolores Asúnsolo y López Negrete (3 August 1904 – 11 April 1983), known professionally as Dolores del Río (), was a Mexican actress. With a career spanning more than 50 years, she is regarded as the first major female Latin Am ...

, actress * Yolanda del Río, singer *

Guillermo del Toro Guillermo del Toro Gómez (; born October 9, 1964) is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and actor. He directed the Academy Award–winning fantasy films ''Pan's Labyrinth'' (2006) and '' The Shape of Water'' (2017), winning the Academy Awards for ...

, film director *

Gonzalo de la Torre Gonzalo de la Torre (born February 1, 1977 in Mexico City, Mexico), better known as "Gonzalo", is a Mexican-American singer, songwriter, director and producer. Gonzalo received singer-songwriter of the year at the 2010 Los Angeles Music Awards an ...

, singer, producer * Eugenio Derbez, actor, comedian, producer *

Aarón Díaz Aarón Díaz Spencer (born March 7, 1982) is a Mexican-American actor, singer, and model. Early life Aarón Díaz Spencer was born in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico to an Irish-American mother (surname Spencer) and a Mexican father (surnam ...

, actor *

Columba Domínguez Columba Domínguez Alarid (March 4, 1929 – August 13, 2014) was a Mexican actress, singer, and painter. She is remembered particularly for her performance in the film '' Pueblerina'' (1949). Biography Early life Columba Domínguez Alarid was b ...

, actress *

Susana Dosamantes María del Perpetuo Socorro Guadalupe Susana Rul Riestra (9 January 1948 – 2 July 2022), known professionally as Susana Dosamantes (), was a Mexican actress. She won the 8th TVyNovelas Awards, 1990 TVyNovelas TVyNovelas Award for Best Antago ...

, actress * Lila Downs, singer *

Dulce María Dulce María Espinosa Saviñón (, born 6 December 1985), simply known as Dulce María, is a Mexican singer, songwriter, actress and author. Dulce María began her career at age 5, participating in more than 100 TV commercials. At 11 she was pa ...

, actress, singer, composer *

Jean Duverger Jean Duverger (born 5 April 1973 in Cosamaloapan, Veracruz) is a Mexican actor and entertainer. Life and career He is of French-Haitian ancestry. From 1981 to 1983, he studied at the Centro de Educacion Artística. Between 1988 and 1991, he ...

, actor, show host * Elán, singer-songwriter *

Fernando Eimbcke Fernando Eimbcke (born 1970 in Mexico City) is a Mexican film director and screenwriter. Fernando Eimbcke studied film direction at the Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos of the UNAM (1992–1996). He started his career directin ...

, film director, screenwriter *

Emilio Echevarría Emilio Antonio Echevarría Noriega (born 3 July 1944) is a Mexican actor. Career Echevarría began his acting career in 1978 as a member of the Constitution of Art and Society. He appeared in ''Amores Perros'' as the hitman and ex- guerrilla n ...

, actor * Liza Echeverría, model, show host *

Alfredo Gatica Alfredo Gatica (born 8 February 1988) is a Mexican television actor; best known for his role of Ricardo in the Televisa telenovela '' La vecina'' (2015–2016). His other TV roles include: Orlando in the 2016 telenovela '' Tres veces Ana'', adaptat ...

, actor *

Luis Gatica Luis Gatica (born February 25, 1961) is a Mexican actor, son of the Chilean singer Lucho Gatica and the Puerto Rican actress Mapita Cortés. He is the uncle of fellow actor Alfredo Gatica. Biography Luis Gatica was born in Veracruz, Mexico. He g ...

, actor *

Erika Buenfil Teresa de Jesús Buenfil López (; born November 23, 1964), commonly known as Erika Buenfil, is a Mexican actress, TV host and singer. She is best known for her lead roles in several successful telenovelas including ''Amor en Silencio'' (1988), ...

, actress *

Erick Elías Erick Elías Rabinovitz (born June 23, 1980) is a Mexican actor. Elías began acting with a screen debut in '' DKDA: Sueños de juventud'' (2000), followed by roles in '' Amigos x siempre'' (2000). He became known in the reality show '' Protagon ...

, actor, model * Evangelina Elizondo, actress * Emmanuel, singer *

Luis Ernesto Franco Luis Ernesto Franco (born December 21, 1983) is a Mexican actor, writer, producer and model. He is known for playing the titular role in seasons three and four of the serie ''Señora Acero ''Señora Acero'', also known as ''Señora Acero: La Co ...

, actor * Lorena Enríquez, actress *

José Guadalupe Esparza José Guadalupe Esparza (born 12 October 1954) is a Mexican singer-songwriter and the frontman of the grupero band Bronco. He was born in Durango, but grew up in the city of Apodaca, Nuevo León, where he attended elementary and high school. F ...

, singer *

María Félix María de los Ángeles Félix Güereña (; 8 April 1914 – 8 April 2002) was a Mexican actress and singer. Along with Pedro Armendáriz and Dolores del Río, she was one of the most successful figures of Latin American cinema in the 1940s and ...

, actress *

Alejandro Fernández Alejandro Fernández Abarca (; born 24 April 1971) is a Mexican singer. Nicknamed as El Potrillo by the media and his fans, he has sold over 20 million records worldwide, making him one of the most successful Hispanic music artists. He is the ...

, singer * Pedro Fernández, singer-songwriter, actor, composer, producer *

, singer *

Juan Ferrara Juan Ferrara (born Juan Félix Gutiérrez Puerta; November 8, 1943) is a Mexican actor. Family Juan is a son of Ofelia Guilmáin and brother of Lucía Guilmáin y Esther Guilmáin. He was once married to the Mexican actress, Helena Rojo. ...

, actor *

Laura Flores Laura Aurora Flores Heras (born August 23, 1963) is a Mexican actress, hostess and singer. Biography Laura Flores had a hit single "El Alma No Tiene Color" ("The Soul Has No Color"), which was a duet with Marco Antonio Solís taken from the ...

, actress * Adriana Fonseca, actress * Rubén Fuentes, actor *

, singer, composer * Francisco Gabilondo Soler, "Cri-Cri", songwriter *

Gael García Bernal Gael García Bernal (; born 30 November 1978) is a Mexican actor and producer. He is best known for his performances in the films '' Bad Education'', '' The Motorcycle Diaries'', '' Amores perros'', ''Y tu mamá también'', ''Babel'', '' Coco'', ...

, actor *

Sara García Sara García Hidalgo (8 September 1895 – 21 November 1980) was a Mexican actress who made her biggest mark during the "Golden Age of Mexican cinema". During the 1940s and 1950s, she often played the part of a no-nonsense but lovable grandm ...

, actress * Eduardo Garza, voice actor * Bibi Gaytán, actress * Alfredo Gil, singer, guitarist, founding member of

Trio los Panchos Originally, Trio Los Panchos are a '' trío romántico'' formed in New York City in 1944 by Alfredo Gil, Chucho Navarro, and Hernando Avilés. The trio became one of the leading exponents of the bolero and the romantic ballad in Latin America. I ...

* Filippa Giordano, crossover singer * Ernesto Gómez Cruz, actor * Roberto Gómez Bolaños ''Chespirito'', actor, director, songwriter and screenwriter *

Alejandro González Iñárritu Alejandro González Iñárritu (; American Spanish: ; credited since 2016 as Alejandro G. Iñárritu; born 15 August 1963) is a Mexican filmmaker and screenwriter. He is primarily known for making modern psychological drama films about the hu ...

, film director * Edith González, actress *

Sherlyn González Sherlyn Montserrat González Díaz (born 14 October 1985 in Guadalajara, Jalisco), known simply as Sherlyn, is a Mexican actress and singer. Biography Sherlyn showed a passion for music at a young age. After winning a local contest called ''V ...

, actress * Susana González, actress *

Ely Guerra Ely Guerra (born Elizabeth Guerra Vázquez, February 13, 1972) is a Mexican singer-songwriter who was raised in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. The daughter of Alberto Guerra and Gloria Vázquez, Guerra lived the first years of her life in Mon ...

, singer-songwriter, musician, composer *

Denisse Guerrero Denisse Guerrero Flores (born August 8, 1980, Los Mochis, Sinaloa) is a Mexican musician and singer-songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the electropop band Belanova. The band has released five albums since signing to Virus Records an ...

, singer *

Emilia Guiú Emilia Guiú Estivella (March 21, 1922 – February 7, 2004) was a Spanish-Mexican actress who appeared mainly in Mexican films, particularly in the 1940s and 1950s in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She made over 60 film appearances between ...

, actress *

Elizabeth Gutiérrez Elizabeth Gutiérrez Nevárez (born April 1, 1979) is an American actress and model of Mexican descent. She is best known for playing the leading roles in the telenovelas '' El Rostro de Analía'' and ''El fantasma de Elena''. Background Guti ...

, actress *

Alejandra Guzmán Gabriela Alejandra Guzmán Pinal (born February 9, 1968), known professionally as Alejandra Guzmán, and nicknamed "La Reina de Corazones" (The Queen of Hearts) is a Mexican musician, singer, composer, and actress. With more than 30 million album ...

, singer *

Enrique Guzmán Enrique Guzmán (born February 1, 1943) is a Venezuelan-born Mexican singer and actor. He is one of the pioneers of Rock & Roll in Mexico, along with César Costa, Angélica María, Johnny Laboriel and Alberto Vasquez, among others. He is also ...

, singer * Vanessa Guzmán, actress, model

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Diego Luna 2015 Film Independent Spirit Awards (cropped)

Laura Harring Laura Elena, Countess von Bismarck-Schönhausen (née Martínez Herring; March 3, 1964), known professionally as Laura Harring, is a Mexican-American actress. In 1985, Harring became the first Hispanic woman crowned Miss USA. She later began her ...

, actress * Hector Soberon, actor * Salma Hayek, actress * Plutarco Haza, actor * Gaspar Henaine ''Capulina'', actor and comedian * Saul Hernández, singer * Carlos Hernández Vázquez, film director *

Alfonso Herrera Alfonso Herrera Rodríguez (, born 28 August 1983) is a Mexican actor and former singer. Born in Mexico City, Herrera made his television debut in ''Clase 406'' in 2002. In the same year, his made film debut in '' Amar te duele'' and won a MT ...

, actor, singer *

Lorena Herrera Celia Lorena Herrera de la Vega (born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico), known professionally as Lorena Herrera, is a Mexican singer and actress. Biography Lorena moved with her family to Mexico City, where she began a career as a fashion model ...

, actress *

, singer, actor *

Mauricio Islas Mauricio Islas (born Juan Mauricio Islas Ilescas, August 16, 1973) is a Mexican actor. He is best known for his work in telenovelas produced by Televisa, TV Azteca, Telemundo, and Venevision. Currently, he lives and works in Miami, U.S. Bi ...

, actor * Frankie J, singer * Altair Jarabo, actress *

Rodolfo Jiménez Rodolfo Jiménez (born 15 August 1972) is a Mexican film and television actor. He is also a television host A television presenter (or television host, some become a "television personality") is a person who introduces, hosts televisio ...

, actor * José Alfredo Jiménez, singer-songwriter, musician, composer *

José José José Rómulo Sosa Ortiz (17 February 1948 – 28 September 2019), known professionally as José José, was a Mexican singer and actor. Born into a family of musicians, José began his musical career in his early teens playing guitar and sin ...

, singer *

Lupita Jones María de Guadalupe "Lupita" Jones Garay (, ; born 6 September 1967) is a Mexican television producer, model, actress, and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 1991. She was the first Mexican contestant to win the crown. Since 1994, Jones ...

Miss Universe 1991 Miss Universe 1991, the 40th anniversary of the Miss Universe pageant, was held on May 17, 1991 at the Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Lupita Jones of Mexico crowned by Mona Grudt of Norway. Seventy ...

* Judith Grace, show host * Katy Jurado, actress * Ines Gomez Mont, television host * Kalimba, singer *

Natalia Lafourcade María Natalia Lafourcade Silva (; born 26 February 1984) is a Mexican pop-rock and folk singer and songwriter who, since her debut in 2002, has been one of the most successful singers in Latin America. Lafourcade's voice has been categorized a ...

, singer * Imanol Landeta, actor, singer * Valentino Lanús, actor * Norma Lazareno, actress *

Ana Layevska Anna Sergeyevna Layevska ( uk, Анна Сергіївна Лаєвська, Anna Serhiyivna Layevsʹka, russian: Анна Сергеевна Лаевская, Anna Sergeyevna Layevskaya; born January 10, 1982), known as Ana Layevska, is a Mexic ...

, actress *

Mariana Levy Mariana Levy (22 April 1966 – 29 April 2005) was a Mexican ''telenovela'' actress, singer and television show host. She was the daughter of actress Talina Fernández and banker Gerardo Jorge Levy. Biography Mariana Levy Fernández was born in ...

, actress *

Iyari Limon Iyari Pérez Limón (born July 8, 1976) is a Mexican-born American actress, best known for her supporting role as Potential Slayer Kennedy on the television series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''. Early life Limón was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, ...

, actress * Issa Lish, model * Claudia Lizaldi, model * Patricia Llaca, actress * Xavier López, ''Chabelo'', actor *

Renato López Renato López Uhthoff (March 11, 1983 – November 23, 2016) was a Mexican television presenter, actor and musician. Early life He was born in 1983 in Mexico City, but at an early age his family took him to the United States, where he lived in Mi ...

, musician, show host * Seidy López, actress *

Alex Lora Alex is a given name. It can refer to a shortened version of Alexander, Alexandra, Alexis. People Multiple *Alex Brown (disambiguation), multiple people *Alex Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people * Alex Harris (disambiguation), multiple peo ...

, musician, singer-songwriter * Ana Lorena Sánchez, actress *

Adriana Louvier Adriana Louvier Vargas (born September 18, 1983), known artistically as Adriana Louvier, is a Mexican television actress and presenter. Life Louvier began acting as a lead actress with a television screen debut in '' La mujer de Lorenzo'' (20 ...

, actress *

Karyme Lozano Karyme Lozano (; born Karyme Lucía Virginia Lozano Carreno on April 3, 1978, in Mexico City, D.F., Mexico) is a Mexican actress. She has appeared on three covers of ''Los 50 Mas Bellos'' of ''People en Español''. She has been nominated and wo ...

, actress * Lucero, actress, singer *

Luis Miguel Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri (born 19 April 1970) is a Puerto Rican-born Mexican singer, often referred to as ''El Sol de México'' (The Sun of Mexico), which is the nickname his mother gave him as a child—"mi sol". Luis Miguel has sung in mu ...

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Daniela Luján Daniela Luján (; born Daniela Barrios Rodriguez, 5 April 1988) is a Mexican pop singer and actress. She is considered the "Queen of Telenovelas for Children" for having starred in telenovelas of world success, being: Luz Clarita and El diario d ...

, actress, singer * Ernesto Laguardia, actor *

Fernando Luján Fernando Luján (born Fernando Ciangherotti Díaz; August 23, 1938 – January 11, 2019) was a Mexican actor. He was a star of the silver screen in classic mexican films during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. His father; Alejandro Ciangherotti ...

, actor *

Diego Luna Diego Dionisio Luna Alexander (; born 29 December 1979) is a Mexican actor, director, and producer. He is known for his portrayal of Cassian Andor in '' Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'' and the Disney+ series ''Andor''. Following an early car ...

, actor, director *

Tony MacFarland Tony MacFarland (born Antonio José MacFarland on September 15, 1982, in Puebla, Puebla) is a Mexican actor and show host, who made his first appearance in television in the Mexican edition of the reality show '' Big Brother''. In 2003, he part ...

, actor *

Sara Maldonado Sara Maldonado Fuentes (born March 10, 1980) is a Mexican actress, better known for her role as Lorena Alvarez from ''El juego de la vida'', which was her first main role and her first telenovela. After this, she was the protagonist in other t ...

, actress, comedian * Julio Mannino, actor * Patricia Manterola, singer *

Erik Mariñelarena Erik Mariñelarena Herrera (born January 10, 1977) is a Mexican film director, screenwriter and producer. He is the founder of E Corp Studio, a production company he established in 2001. Personal life Mariñelarena was born in Mexico City. His mo ...

, film director * María Elena Marqués, actress * Adalberto Martínez ''Resortes'', comedian and actor *

Karla Martínez Karla Martínez (born May 11, 1976Martínez shines on Univision's morning show ...

, show host *

Ingrid Martz Ingrid may refer to: * Ingrid (given name) * Ingrid (record label), and artist collective * Ingrid Burley, rapper known mononymously as Ingrid * Tropical Storm Ingrid, various cyclones * 1026 Ingrid, an asteroid * InGrid, the grid computing project ...

, actress *

Ofelia Medina María Ofelia Medina Torres (born 4 March 1950) is a Mexican actress, singer and screenwriter of Mexican films. She was married to film director Alex Philips Jr. and actor Pedro Armendáriz Jr. Biography She was born in Mérida and has four ...

, actress * Tenoch Huerta Mejia, actor *

, animator *

Lucía Méndez Lucía Leticia Méndez Pérez (born January 26, 1955) is a Mexican telenovela and film actress, top model and singer. Méndez was born in León, Guanajuato, Mexico. Career In 2011, Lucía starred in Mexico the telenovela '' Esperanza del C ...

, actress, singer * Florinda Meza, actress *

Jaydy Michel Jaydy Michel Brixon (; born December 20, 1975) is a Mexican actress and fashion model. Early life Born to a Mexican father and an American mother, Jaydy Michel grew up in Puerto Vallarta, although she was born in Guadalajara, the capital of th ...

, fashion model * Miroslava, actress *

Maya Mishalska Maya Mishalska (born Miroslawa Maja Miszalska Harasymowicz on December 8, 1971, in Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish-born Mexican actress, violinist and TV presenter. Biography She began playing the violin at the age of six. Through ten years of st ...

, actress * Nicky Mondellini, actress *

Ricardo Montalbán Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino, KSG (; ; November 25, 1920 – January 14, 2009) was a Mexican and American film and television actor. Montalbán's career spanned seven decades, during which he became known for performances in a var ...

, actor *

Pilar Montenegro Pilar Montenegro (; born María del Pilar Montenegro López on May 31, 1972, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican Latin pop singer and actress. Biography When Montenegro was 10 years old she landed her first acting part in the TV series ''Juguem ...

, actress, singer *

Pablo Montero Pablo Montero (born Óscar Daniel Hernández Rodríguez August 23, 1974) is a Mexican singer and actor. Montero's primary profession is singing, but he also acts regularly in telenovelas produced by Televisa productions in supporting roles. Mont ...

, singer, actor *

Ivonne Montero Ivonne Montero (born Ivonne García Macedo Montero on April 25, 1974) is a Mexican actress, model and singer. She is best known for playing the leading role in '' ¡Anita, no te rajes!'' ("Anita, Don't Give Up!") in 2004. Biography She has port ...

, actress *

Andrés Montiel Andrés Montiel (), is a Mexican actor born in Guadalajara, Jalisco. He started acting professionally at age 19, and soon developed solid theatre experience appearing in several plays and notable productions of Hamlet and The Lonesome West. Si ...

, actor * Galilea Montijo, actress * Mario Moreno ''Cantinflas'', actor and comedian *

Bárbara Mori Bárbara Mori Ochoa () (born 2 February 1978) is a Uruguayan-born Mexican actress, model, producer and writer. She is known for playing the main character in the 2004 telenovela '' Rubí,'' one of the most successful telenovelas of all time. Sin ...

, actress, model * Sabine Moussier, actress *

Marco Antonio Muñiz Marco Antonio Muñiz (born 3 March 1933) is a Mexican singer from Jalisco, Mexico. Known all over Latin America, he also acted in the 1965 film '' Sinful'' ( Spanish: El Pecador). He belongs to the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Early life and car ...

, singer *

Evita Muñoz Eva María Muñoz Ruíz (November 26, 1936 – August 23, 2016), known professionally as Evita Muñoz "Chachita", was a Mexican actress and comedian. Her professional career began in 1941, when she was only four years old, and she continued perf ...

, actress, comedian, singer * Eduardo Manzano, actor * René Muñoz, actor * Úrsula Murayama, actress

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Ramon Novarro in The Blue Book of the Screen

* Ximena Navarrete, model,

Miss Universe 2010 Miss (pronounced ) is an English language honorific typically used for a girl, for an unmarried woman (when not using another title such as "Doctor" or "Dame"), or for a married woman retaining her maiden name. Originating in the 17th century, it ...

* Chucho Navarro, singer, guitarist, founding member of

Trio Los Panchos Originally, Trio Los Panchos are a '' trío romántico'' formed in New York City in 1944 by Alfredo Gil, Chucho Navarro, and Hernando Avilés. The trio became one of the leading exponents of the bolero and the romantic ballad in Latin America. I ...

* Guillermo Navarro, cinematographer * Sylvia Navarro, actress *

Patricia Navidad Paty Navidad (; born Ana Patricia Navidad Lara on May 20, 1973) is a Mexican actress and singer. Biography Navidad developed an interest in music before acting, mainly influenced by her father, Jesús. She once was quoted as saying that his ...

, actress *

Jorge Negrete Jorge Alberto Negrete Moreno (; 30 November 1911 – 5 December 1953) was a Mexican singer and actor. Life and career Negrete was born in the city of Guanajuato and had two brothers and three sisters; his father was a Mexican Army Colonel who f ...

, singer, actor *

Mónica Noguera Mónica Noguera Flores (born February 27, 1971 in Mexico City) is a Mexican television personality and currently the host of '' De Primera Mano'' on Imagen Televisión. Career Noguera started her television career in the Mexican TV network Tele ...

, television host, model * Adela Noriega, actress * Manuel "Manolo" Noriega, stage and film actor * Nailea Norvind, actress *

Ramón Novarro José Ramón Gil Samaniego (February 6, 1899 – October 30, 1968), known professionally as Ramon Novarro, was a Mexican-American actor. He began his career in silent films in 1917 and eventually became a leading man and one of the top box ...

, actor *

Lupita Nyong'o Lupita Amondi Nyong'o (, ; ; born 1 March 1983) is a Kenyan-Mexican actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, and nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Tony Award. The daughter of Kenyan politi ...

, actress * Ona Grauer, actress *

Manuel Ojeda Manuel Salvador Ojeda Armenta (4 November 1940 – 11 August 2022) was a Mexican actor. Ojeda was one of the most active actors of television and cinema in Mexico. He played the villain, Zolo, in the Hollywood film '' Romancing the Stone''. ...

, actor *

Fher Olvera José Fernando Emilio "Fher" Olvera Sierra (born 8 December 1959) is a Mexican rock musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as the secondary guitarist, composer, and lead singer for the Mexican rock band Maná, the most successful Latin Ame ...

, singer *

Mauricio Ochmann Mauricio Ochmann (born November 16, 1977) is an American-born, Mexican actor best known for his roles in telenovelas, such as ''Amarte Asi'', where he starred as Ignacio "Nacho" Reyes. He also appeared in Kevin Costner's film ''Message in a Bottl ...

, actor * Yahir Othon, actor, singer * Dominika Paleta, actress *

Ludwika Paleta Ludwika Paleta (; born Ludwika Paleta Paciorek on November 29, 1978 in Kraków, Poland) is a Polish- Mexican actress. Early life and career Paleta was born in Kraków, Poland in 1978. When her father, the musician Zbigniew Paleta, was off ...

, actress * Andrea Palma, actress *

Joaquín Pardavé Joaquín Pardavé Arce (30 September 1900 – 20 July 1955) was a Mexican film actor, director, songwriter and screenwriter of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. He was best known for starring and directing various comedy films during the 1940 ...

, actor, director, songwriter and screenwriter * Plankton Man, musician *

Sylvia Pasquel Sylvia Pasquel (born Silvia Banquells Pinal, 13 October 1949) is a Mexican actress. Career 1960s At the age of nineteen, Pasquel did her first movie, '' El Despertar del Lobo'' (''The Wolf's Awakening''). That movie was made in 1968, the year i ...

, actress *

Arturo Peniche Arturo Peniche (born Arturo Delgadillo Peniche on May 17, 1962) is a Mexican telenovela actor who became popular in Latin America during the 1990s. He is the brother of actor Flavio Peniche, who appears in the telenovela '' La Traición''. Biogr ...

, actor * Maite Perroni, actress, singer *

Silvia Pinal Silvia Pinal Hidalgo (born 12 September 1931) is a Mexican actress. She began her career in the theater, venturing into cinema in 1949. Her film work and popularity in her native country led her to work in Europe (Spain and Italy). Pinal achiev ...

, actress, show host *

Salvador Pineda Salvador Pineda Popoca (born June 16, 1952 in Huetamo, Michoacan, Mexico) is a Mexican actor, who has participated in over 20 Mexican telenovelas and Mexican movies, as well as two Hollywood low budget movies. Born to Mexican politician Salvador ...

, actor * Polo Polo, comedian *

María Antonieta Pons Maria Antonieta Pons (November 6, 1922 in Havana, Cuba – August 20, 2004 in Mexico City) was a Cuban-born Mexican film actress and dancer. She was the first actress in the ''Rumberas films'' in the 1940s and 1950s, in the Golden Age of Mexica ...

, actress *

Enrique Rambal Enrique Rambal (8 May 1924 – 15 December 1971) was a Spanish-Mexican actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1952 and 1971. Enrique had married actresses Mercedes Borque and Lucy Gallardo. Selected filmography * '' The Martyr of ...

, actor *

Adal Ramones Adalberto Javier Ramones Martínez (born 3 December 1961) is a Mexican television presenter and comedian who is known for his comments on Mexican and international social life. Ramones was the host of a popular Mexican television show, '' Otro ...

, comedian * Marco Antonio Regil, television host * Miguel Alejandro Reina, film director *

Diana Reyes Diana Reyes (born November 18, 1979) is a regional Mexican musical artist. Reyes was born in La Paz La Paz (), officially known as Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Spanish pronunciation: ), is the seat of government of the Plurinational State o ...

, singer *

Carlos Reygadas Carlos Reygadas Castillo (; born October 10, 1971) is a Mexican filmmaker. Influenced by existentialist art and philosophy, Reygadas' movies feature spiritual journeys into the inner worlds of his main characters, through which themes of love, ...

, film director, winner of the Best Director Award in

Cannes Cannes ( , , ; oc, Canas) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. The ...

* Cornelio Reyna, singer *

Lalo Ríos Lalo Ríos (7 February 1927 – 7 March 1973) was a Mexican-born American actor best known for his lead role in '' The Ring'' (1952) as Tommy. Biography Lalo Ríos was born on February 7, 1927, in San Miguelito, Sonora, Mexico. At the age of ...

, Mexican-born American actor *

Angélica Rivera Angélica Rivera Hurtado (; born 2 August 1969) is a Mexican singer, model and telenovela actress who, as the wife of Former President Enrique Peña Nieto, was the First Lady of Mexico from 2012 to 2018. Rivera's work as an actress has inc ...

, actress *

Jorge Rivero Jorge Rivero (born Jorge Pous Rosas; June 15, 1938) is a Mexican actor, with a career spanning two continents (America and Europe), primarily in Spanish-language media. He has been also credited as George Rivers and George Rivero. Early life Ri ...

, actor * Aurora Robles, supermodel * Enrique Rocha, actor * Paul Rodriguez, comedian, actor *

Helena Rojo María Elena Enríquez Ruiz (born August 18, 1944), known as Helena Rojo, is a Mexican actress and model. Biography Born in Mexico City, Mexico, she began her career as a model in the 1961. Toward the end of the decade, she studied drama with ren ...

, actress * María Rojo, actress *

Gilbert Roland Luis Antonio Dámaso de Alonso (December 11, 1905 – May 15, 1994), known professionally as Gilbert Roland, was a Mexican-born American film and television actor whose career spanned seven decades from the 1920s until the 1980s. He was twice no ...

, actor * Daniela Romo, actress, singer *

Rosa Carmina Rosa Carmina Riverón Jiménez (born November 19, 1929) is a Cuban-Mexican actress and dancer. She was discovered in Cuba by the Spanish filmmaker Juan Orol, and made her debut in Mexican cinema in Orol's film ''A Woman from the East'' in 1946. ...

. actress * Alessandra Rosaldo, actress, singer *

, singer * Ximena Rubio, actress *

Victoria Ruffo María Victoria Eugenia Guadalupe Martínez del Río Moreno-Ruffo (born May 31, 1962) is a Mexican actress notable for her roles in telenovelas. Biography 1980s Ruffo began her acting career in 1980, starring in supporting roles in teleno ...

, actress

S–Z

* Jorge Salinas, actor * Nora Salinas, actress *

Carlos Santana Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán (; born July 20, 1947) is an American guitarist who rose to fame in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band Santana, which pioneered a fusion of Rock and roll and Latin American jazz. Its sound feature ...

, musician * Pablo Santos, actor * Eugenio Siller, actor *

, singer * Mariana Seoane, singer *

Ana Serradilla Ana Isabel Serradilla García (born August 9, 1978) is a Mexican actress starring in TV series such as '' La Viuda Negra'', ''Drenaje Profundo'' and '' Linea nocturna''. She also starred in the Mexican version of ''Desperate Housewives'', '' Amas ...

, actress * Antonio Serrano, director * Karol Sevilla, actress, singer *

Camila Sodi Camila Ía González Sodi (; born 14 May 1986) is a Mexican singer, actress and model. She is the niece of the singer and actress Thalía and a member of the Sodi family. Family life Camila Ía González Sodi was born in Mexico City, Mexi ...

, actress * Sasha Sokol, singer *

Fernando Soler Fernando Soler (born Fernando Díaz Pavia; 24 May 1896 – 25 October 1979) was a Mexican actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. He was considered one of the most important figures of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. In his career spanni ...

, actor *

Juan Soler Juan Soler Valls Quiroga (born January 19, 1966) is an Argentine- Mexican actor and former model and rugby union footballer. He was married to Argentine actress Magdalena "Maki" Moguilevsky with whom he has two daughters. Biography Personal lif ...

, actor *

Javier Solís Gabriel Siria Levario (4 September 1931 – 19 April 1966), known professionally as Javier Solís, was a Mexican singer and actor. He specialized in the musical genres of bolero and ranchera. Early life Gabriel Siria Levario was the first of ...

, singer *

, singer * Blanca Soto, fashion model *

Gabriel Soto Gabriel Soto Díaz (born April 17, 1975) is a Mexican actor and model. He won the national male pageant El Modelo Mexico, and placed first runner-up in Mister World 1996. He was also a member of the former Mexican boy band Kairo, and acts i ...

, actor, model * Karla Souza, actress * Hugo Stiglitz, actor * Devin Tailes, singer *

Mark Tacher Mark Tacher Feingold (born September 15, 1977) is a Mexican actor, musician, vocalist, guitarist, and a television host. He began as a television host in 1996, and has starred in a reality show, TV series, and telenovelas including '' La Hija del ...

, actor * Ana Claudia Talancón, actress * Mario Talavera, songwriter * Amado Tame Shear, Mexican politician * Tatiana, singer *

Ari Telch Ari Telch (born May 7, 1962) is a Mexican actor best known for his work in telenovelas and the stage. Early life and career Ari Telch Benforado was born to a Jewish family and started acting career with the role of a Jewish boy in ''El violinist ...

, actor *

Arleth Terán Arleth Rocìo Terán Sotelo (; born 3 December 1976), known professionally as Arleth Terán, is a Mexican actress appearing on TV soap operas. Early life Arleth studied acting at "Centro de Educacion Televisa" and went on to television. She d ...

, actress *

, actress, singer *

Lynda Thomas Lynda Aguirre Thomas (born 21 December 1981), known professionally as Lynda, is a Mexican musician, singer, songwriter and activist. She achieved recognition in her native Mexico during the 1990s and early 2000s. She was signed to EMI Capitol ...

, musician, singer-songwriter *

Thelma Tixou Thelma Delia Suklenik Snopik (1944 – 15 January 2019), better known by her stage name Thelma Tixou, was a Mexican vedette and actress of Argentine origin. She was one of the most popular Mexican vedettes during the 1970s and 1980s. Biography E ...

, vedette * José Antonio Torres, film director *

Lupita Tovar Guadalupe Natalia Tovar (27 July 1910 – 12 November 2016), known professionally as Lupita Tovar, was a Mexican-born American actress best known for her starring role in the 1931 Spanish-language version of '' Drácula'', filmed in Los Angeles b ...

, actress * Rigo Tovar, singer-songwriter, composer, actor *

Gloria Trevi Gloria de los Ángeles Treviño Ruiz (born February 15, 1968), known as Gloria Trevi (), is a Mexican singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, television hostess, music video director and businesswoman known as "The Supreme Diva of Mexican Pop". ...

, singer * Víctor Trujillo / ''Brozo'', actor, comedian * Emilio Tuero, actor, singer * Elyfer Torres, actress *

Christopher Uckermann Christopher Alexander Luis Casillas von Uckermann (born 21 October 1986) is a Mexican singer, songwriter and actor. He started his acting career when he was only two years old in TV commercials, and became known worldwide after his roles as ...

, actor, singer *

Polo Urías Polo Urías is a Regional Mexican singer from Ojinaga, Chihuahua, Mexico. He specializes in the Norteño-Sax genre. He came to prominence when he performed with his brothers’ band, Los Jilgueros del Arroyo. He then left the group to become the pr ...

, singer * Germán Valdés, ''Tin Tán'', actor * Ramón Valdés, ''don Ramón'', actor *

Victor Noriega The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French sho ...

, actor, singer, model *

Angélica Vale Angélica María Vale Hartman (born November 11, 1975), known professionally as Angélica Vale, is a Mexican-American actress, singer, impersonator, comedian, and radio personality, known also as the daughter of Angélica María, "La Novia de Me ...

, actress, singer, comedian * Verónica Valerio, singer, harpist and composer *

Sergio Vallín Sergio Vallín Loera (born May 26, 1972) is a Mexican guitarist of the Mexican band Maná. Vallín was born in Mexico City, where he lived for the first ten years of his life until he moved with his family to Aguascalientes, capital of the state ...

, guitarist *

Pedro Vargas Pedro Vargas Mata (San Miguel de Allende, 29 April 1906 – Mexico City, 30 October 1989) was a Mexican tenor and actor, from the golden age of Mexican cinema, participating in more than 70 films. He was known as the "Nightingale of the Ameri ...

, singer * María Elena Velasco ''La India María'', actress, comedian *

Lorena Velázquez Lorena Velázquez (; born December 15, 1937) is a Mexican actress and former beauty pageant titleholder. Biography Born María de la Concepción Lorena Villar in Mexico City, Velázquez debuted in 1955. She competed in Miss Mexico in 1958 and pl ...

, actress *

Raúl Velasco Raúl Velasco Ramírez (April 24, 1933 – November 26, 2006) was a Mexican host/ producer of the TV show ''Siempre en Domingo'' (''Always on Sunday'') which is his hallmark contribution to the Latin American world and eventually to other parts ...

, entertainer and television producer * Lupe Vélez, actress *

Julieta Venegas Julieta Venegas Percevault (; born November 24, 1970) is an American-born Mexican singer, songwriter, instrumentalist and producer who sings pop-rock-indie in Spanish. She went on to join several bands including Mexican ska band Tijuana No!. Ve ...

, singer-songwriter, composer, musician *

Eduardo Verástegui José Eduardo Verástegui Córdoba (; born May 21, 1974) is a Mexican producer and actor. He was part of band Kairo and later a solo music career, before he started appearing in Mexican telenovelas and eventually feature films like ''Chasing Pap ...

, actor, model * Carlos Villagrán, actor * David Villalpando, actor *

Mayrín Villanueva Mayrín Villanueva Ulloa (born 8 October 1970) is a Mexican actress and model. Villanueva has also posed for multiple magazines. She was considered for the role of Julia Montaño in the 2004 telenovela '' Apuesta por un Amor''; the role was ev ...

, actress * Alicia Villarreal, singer *

Edgar Vivar Edgar is a commonly used English given name, from an Anglo-Saxon name ''Eadgar'' (composed of '' ead'' "rich, prosperous" and ''gar'' "spear"). Like most Anglo-Saxon names, it fell out of use by the later medieval period; it was, however, rev ...

, actor * Kat Von D, model, musician, tattoo artist *

Eduardo Victoria Eduardo Victoria (Born September 7, 1970, Ciudad de México, D.F. México), is a Mexican actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the t ...

, actor * Gonzalo Garcia Vivanco, actor * Nena von Schlebrügge, fashion model *

Laisha Wilkins Laisha Wilkins Pérez (born 18 May 1976) is a Mexican actress, talk show hostess and producer. Biography She is the daughter of Federico Wilkins, not to be confused with Federico Wilkins, a Televisa producer, and Susana Pérez. Originally ...

, actress *

Laura Zapata Laura Guadalupe Zapata Miranda ( born July 31, 1956) is a Mexican support telenovela actress, singer, and dancer. She has acted in Televisa productions. Family Born in Mexico City, Zapata is the daughter of Guillermo Zapata Pérez de Utrera ( ...

, actress * Jesús Zavala, actor, singer *

Humberto Zurita Humberto Zurita (, born September 2, 1954) is a Mexican actor, director and producer. Zurita, one of 10 siblings from Torreón, Coahuila, is best known as actor, director and producer of telenovelas. Acting career He made his first stage appea ...

, actor

Historians, economists and social scientists

* Lucas Alamán * Ramón Alcaraz * Francisco Javier Clavijero *

Francisco del Paso y Troncoso Francisco de Borja del Paso y Troncoso (October 8, 1842 in Veracruz, Veracruz Mexico – April 30, 1916 in Florence, Italy) was an important Mexican historian, archivist, and Nahuatl language scholar. He "was and remains the outstanding maj ...

Everardo Elizondo Everardo Elizondo Almaguer is a Mexican economist who has worked for private, public, and academic institutions. By senatorial appointment, he served as deputy governor of the Bank of Mexico —the country's central bank— from 1998 to 2008. B ...

* Clara Jusidman * Ricardo Lancaster-Jones y Verea * Miguel León-Portilla *

Eduardo Matos Moctezuma Eduardo Matos Moctezuma (born December 11, 1940) is a Mexican archaeologist. From 1978 to 1982 he directed excavations at the Templo Mayor, the remains of a major Aztec pyramid in central Mexico City. Matos Moctezuma graduated with a ma ...

, archaeologist * Jean Meyer *

Edmundo O'Gorman Edmundo O'Gorman (24 November 1906 in Mexico City – 28 September 1995 in Mexico City) was a Mexican writer, historian and philosopher. He is considered as being among the earlier and most influential applicants of historical revisionism to ...

* Alejandro Peschard Fernández * Armand Peschard-Sverdrup *

Jacqueline Peschard Jacqueline Peschard Mariscal is a Mexican sociologist who specializes in electoral integrity and democracy studies. She was President Commissioner of the Federal Institute for Access to Public Information from 2009 until 2013. She also served as ...

* Pedro Thomas Ruiz de Velasco * Fernando Escalante Gonzalbo, sociologist

Intellectuals and writers

Héctor Aguilar Camín Héctor Aguilar Camín (born July 9, 1946) is a Mexican writer, journalist, and historian, director of '' Nexos'' magazine. ''Nexos'' was fined and banned for two years (2020-2022) from contracts with the Mexican Government (which had provided th ...

Gabriel Careaga Medina Gabriel Careaga Medina (15 June 1941 12 January 2004) was a sociologist, academic, and essayist. His fields of interest were politics and society in Mexico. He studied sociology at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), and later ear ...

* Edmundo Cetina Velázquez, philosopher *

Daniel Cosío Villegas Daniel Cosío Villegas (July 23, 1898 – March 10, 1976) was a Mexican prominent economist, essayist, historian, and diplomat. Cosío Villegas was born in Mexico City. After studying one year in engineering and two years of philosophy, he receiv ...

Cervantes Prize The Miguel de Cervantes Prize ( es, Premio de Literatura en Lengua Castellana Miguel de Cervantes) is awarded annually to honour the lifetime achievement of an outstanding writer in the Spanish language. History The prize was established in 1975 ...

winner * Germán Dehesa *

* Juan Escoto * Carlos Fuentes,

winner * Jorge Ibargüengoitia *

Alfonso García Robles Alfonso García Robles (20 March 1911 – 2 September 1991) was a Mexican diplomat and politician who, in conjunction with Sweden's Alva Myrdal, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982. García Robles was born in Zamora, Michoacán, and trained in ...

, winner of the

Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor and armaments (military weapons and equipment) manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiolo ...

in 1982 *

Enrique Krauze Enrique Krauze ( Mexico City, September 16, 1947) is a Mexican historian, essayist, editor, and entrepreneur. He has written more than twenty books, some of which are: ''Mexico: Biography of Power'', ''Redeemers'', and ''El pueblo soy yo'' (''I ...

Mario Ojeda Gómez Mario Ojeda Gómez (10 August 1927 – 1 November 2013) was a Mexican scholar and internationalist. He served as President and later Professor Emeritus at El Colegio de México (1997). He was Mexico's Ambassador to UNESCO from 1995 to 1998. Ojeda ...

Octavio Paz Octavio Paz Lozano (March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998) was a Mexican poet and diplomat. For his body of work, he was awarded the 1977 Jerusalem Prize, the 1981 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the 1982 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and ...

, winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature *

* Moises Saenz * Juan Manuel Silva Camarena, philosopher, professor and academic *

Gabriel Zaid Gabriel Zaid is a Mexican writer, poet and intellectual. Early life He was born in the city of Monterrey, Nuevo León, on January 24, 1934, son of Palestinian immigrants, is a Mexican thinker (poet, essayist, economist, businessman, engineer, ana ...

Journalists

* Carmen Aristegui * Jesús Blancornelas * Manuel Buendía * Lydia Cacho * María Antonieta Collins *

Denise Dresser Denise Eugenia Dresser Guerra (born 22 January 1963) is a Mexican writer, and university professor. She is currently a faculty member of the Department of Political Science at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, columnist in Proceso ...

* Isidro Fabela * Giselle Fernández * Pedro Ferriz de Con * Pedro Ferriz Santacruz * Ricardo Flores Magón * Joaquín López-Dóriga * Carlos Loret de Mola * Adela Micha * Margarita Michelena * Jorge Ramos (news anchor), Jorge Ramos * Paola Rojas * Javier Solórzano * Lilly Téllez * Jacobo Zabludovsky

Sports journalists

* José Roberto Espinosa, José Roberto ''Pepe'' Espinosa * David Faitelson * Álvaro Morales * Inés Sainz * Pedro Septién, Pedro ''El Mago'' Septién * José Ramón Fernández (journalist)

Military, revolutionaries and guerrilla (fighters)

* Juan Aldama * Ignacio Allende * Felipe Ángeles * José Azueta * Lucio Cabañas * Porfirio Díaz * Mariano Escobedo * Enrique Gorostieta * Vicente Guerrero * Subcomandante Marcos, Rafael Sebastián Guillén, ''Subcomandante Marcos'' * Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla * Victoriano Huerta * José Mariano Jiménez * Emilio Kosterlitzky * Antonio López de Santa Anna * Ignacio López Rayón * Mariano Matamoros * José María Morelos y Pavón * Victoriano Ramírez, Victoriano "El Catorce" Ramírez * Leona Vicario * Pancho Villa * Emiliano Zapata

Monarchs

Agustin de Iturbide Oleo Primitivo Miranda

*Agustín de Iturbide, Emperor Agustin I *Maximilian I of Mexico, Emperor Maximiliano I

Politicians

* Ignacio Gregorio Comonfort de los Ríos * Miguel Alemán Valdés * Miguel Alemán Velasco * Gilberto Bosques Saldívar * Luis H. Álvarez * Eduardo Bours * Felipe Calderón * Heberto Castillo * Manuel Clouthier, Manuel J. Clouthier * Cuauhtémoc * Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas * Lázaro Cárdenas Batel * Lázaro Cárdenas del Río * Venustiano Carranza * Luis Donaldo Colosio * Porfirio Díaz * Marcelo Ebrard * Diego Fernández de Cevallos * Marti Batres * Vicente Fox * Rosa Albina Garavito * José Eleuterio González, José Eleuterio González, ''Gonzalitos'' * Manuel Gómez Morín * Plutarco Elías Calles * Elba Esther Gordillo * Carlos Hank González (politician), Carlos Hank González *

* Enrique Jackson * Benito Juárez * Vicente Lombardo Toledano * Andrés Manuel López Obrador * José López Portillo * Francisco I. Madero * Carlos A. Madrazo * Roberto Madrazo * Arnoldo Martínez Verdugo * Moctezuma Ilhuicamina * Moctezuma Xocoyotzin * Antonio Ortiz Mena * Enrique Peña Nieto * Armando Ríos Piter * Rosario Robles * Carlos Salinas de Gortari *Claudia Sheinbaum * Jesús Silva Herzog Flores, Jesús Silva-Herzog * Fidel Velázquez Sánchez, Fidel Velázquez * Ernesto Zedillo * Demetrio Sodi

Religious people

* Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, Cardinal (Catholicism), Cardinal * Philip of Jesus, Felipe de Jesús, Saint (Martyr) * Juan Diego, Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, Saint * Anacleto González Flores, Beatification, Beato, (Martyr) * Rafael Guízar Valencia, Bishop, Saint * Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla * Javier Lozano Barragán, Cardinal * Cristóbal Magallanes Jara, Saint * Miguel Agustín Pro, Beato, (Martyr) * Norberto Rivera, Cardinal * José Sánchez del Río, Beato (Martyr) *Margarito Bautista, theologian and religious founder

Science and technology

A–L

* José Adem, mathematician * Miguel Alcubierre, theoretical and computational physicist; see Alcubierre drive * Celia Mercedes Alpuche Aranda, infectious diseases researcher * Fernando Altamirano, physician, botanist and naturalist * Miguel Alvarez del Toro, biologist * Carlos Arias Ortiz, biochemist * León Ávalos y Vez, mechanical engineer * Juan Francisco Azcárate, military, aircraft designer and engineer * Albert Baez, physicist * Isidro Baldenegro López, awarded the 2005 Goldman Environmental Prize * Alicia Bárcena Ibarra, biologist * Francisco Barnés de Castro, engineer * Marcos E. Becerra, anthropologist and botanist * Jacob Bekenstein, physicist; contributed to the foundation of black hole thermodynamics; see the Bekenstein bound * Francisco Bolívar Zapata, biochemist and professor * Alberto Bustani Adem, engineer * Edwin Bustillos, awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1996 * Juan Ismael Calzada, botanist; credited with the discovery of the elm Ulmus ismaelis * Carlos Canseco, physician and philanthropist * Nabor Carrillo Flores, nuclear physicist, scientific advisor and former president of UNAM * Heberto Castillo, civil engineer and political activist * Ana María Cetto, physicist * Ignacio Chapela, microbial ecologist and mycologist; notable for his work with natural resources and indigenous uprights * Ignacio Chávez Sánchez, physician and cardiologist * Alejandro Corichi, theoretical physics; contributed to the understanding of classical aspects of black holes * Jorge Cuesta, chemist * José Antonio de Alzate y Ramírez, scientist * Miguel de Icaza, free software programmer; started GNOME * Pablo de la Llave, biologist * Antonio de León y Gama, astronomer, anthropologist and writer * Andrés Manuel del Río, chemist; discovered vanadium * Alfredo Dugès, biologist * Luis Enrique Erro, astronomer * Henry Eyring (chemist), Henry Eyring, chemist * Jefa Fabiana, head of nursing *Carlos Frenk, astronomer; pioneer in simulations of large-scale structure * Héctor García-Molina, database researcher * Ángel María Garibay K, linguist * Francisco Javier González-Acuña, mathematician * Guillermo González Camarena, inventor of the first color television system * Rosario María Gutiérrez Eskildsen, lexicographer, linguist, educator, and poet * Julio César Gutiérrez Vega, physicist * Gastón Guzmán, mycologist and anthropologist * Guadalupe Hayes-Mota, biotechnologist and business director * Guillermo Haro, astrophysicist and astronomer; co-discoverer of Herbig-Haro objects * Alfonso L. Herrera, biologist * José María Lanz, mathematician and engineer * Yolanda Lastra, linguist * Antonio Lazcano, biologist * Jesús León Santos, awarded the 2008 Goldman Environmental Prize * José Luis Lezama, scientist * Susana López Charreton, biochemist * Ana María López Colomé, biochemist

M–Z

* Miguel Ángel J. Márquez Ruiz, veterinarian * German Martinez Hidalgo, physicist, mathematician, chemist and astronomer * Daniel Mastretta, engineer and Automotive design, car designer * Héctor Mayagoitia Domínguez, chemist * Federico Mena, computer programmer * Luis E. Miramontes, co-inventor of the contraceptive pill * Ricardo Miledi, neuroscientist who won the Royal Medal in 1998 * Cristina Mittermeier, photographer and biochemical engineer * José Mariano Mociño, botanist * Mario J. Molina, Nobel Prize winner in 1995 * Carmen Mondragón ''Nahui Olin'', model, painter and poet * Manuel Mondragón, General Manuel Mondragón, firearm designer * Rodolfo Montiel Flores, awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2000 * Rodolfo Neri Vela, astronaut and scientist * Víctor Neumann-Lara, mathematician * Melchor Ocampo, biologist, politician * Esther Orozco, biologist * Federico Ortiz Quezada, urologist * Antonio Peña Díaz, biochemist * Arcadio Poveda, astronomer; developed a method to calculate the mass of elliptical galaxies * Marco Rito-Palomares, biologist * Diego Rodríguez Da Luz, Diego Rodríguez, mathematician, astronomer, educator and technological innovator * Raúl Rojas, computer scientist and mathematician * Arturo Rosenblueth, physician and physiologist * Reyes Tamez Guerra, immunochemist * Ted Taylor (physicist), Ted Taylor, physicist, nuclear-weapons designer * Fernando Vallejo, biologist, filmmaker and writer * Evangelina Villegas, biochemist *Hilda Villegas Castrejón, surgeon and a pioneer in Electron microscope, electron microscopy * Nora Volkow, physician * Rossana Reguillo, social scientist

Sports

American football

* Isaac Alarcón, NFL, offensive tackle * Raúl Allegre, NFL, placekicker * Rolando Cantu, NFL, offensive guard * Frank Corral, NFL, placekicker * Tom Fears, NFL, wide receiver * Efren Herrera, Efrén Herrera, NFL, placekicker * Victor Leyva, NFL, offensive guard * Marco Martos (American football), Marco Martos, NFL Europe, wide receiver, head coach * Jose Portilla, NFL, offensive tackle * Ramiro Pruneda, NFL, offensive tackle * Aldo Richins, NFL, wingback * Rafael Septién, NFL, placekicker * Joaquin Zendejas, NFL, placekicker * Luis Zendejas, NFL, placekicker * Marty Zendejas, NFL, placekicker * Max Zendejas, NFL, placekicker * Tony Zendejas, NFL, placekicker

Baseball

* Juan Acevedo, MLB, pitcher * Alfredo Aceves, MLB, pitcher * Tavo Álvarez, MLB, pitcher * Alfredo Amézaga, MLB * Bobby Ávila, MLB, second baseman * Luis Ayala (baseball), Luis Ayala, MLB, pitcher * Manny Bañuelos, MLB, pitcher * Nelson Barrera, LMB, infielder / designated hitter * Rigo Beltrán, MLB, pitcher * Vinny Castilla, MLB, third baseman, manager * Humberto Cota, MLB, catcher * Jorge Cantú, MLB, third baseman / first baseman * Luis Cruz, MLB, shortstop * Jorge de la Rosa, MLB, pitcher * Elmer Dessens, MLB, pitcher * Erubiel Durazo, MLB, first baseman * Narciso Elvira, MLB, pitcher * Héctor Espino, LMB & MPL, first baseman, manager * Francisco Estrada, Francisco ''Paquín'' Estrada, LMB, catcher, manager * Marco Estrada (baseball), Marco Estrada, MLB, pitcher * Yovani Gallardo, MLB, pitcher * Jaime García (baseball), Jaime García, MLB, pitcher * Benji Gil, MLB, infielder * Miguel Gonzalez (pitcher), Miguel Gonzalez, MLB, pitcher * Victor González (baseball), Victor González, MLB, pitcher * Teddy Higuera, MLB, pitcher * Arnold León, MLB, pitcher * Esteban Loaiza, MLB, pitcher * Aurelio López, MLB, relief pitcher * Jorge Orta, MLB, second baseman / designated hitter / outfielder * Roberto Osuna, MLB, pitcher * Ramiro Peña, MLB, infielder * Óliver Pérez, MLB, pitcher * Dennys Reyes, MLB, pitcher * Oscar Robles, MLB, infielder * Aurelio Rodríguez, MLB, third baseman * Fernando Salas (baseball), Fernando Salas, MLB, pitcher * Ali Solis, MLB, catcher * Joakim Soria, MLB, relief pitcher * Julio Urías, MLB, pitcher * José Urquidy, MLB, pitcher * Fernando Valenzuela, MLB, pitcher * Christian Villanueva, MLB, third baseman

Basketball

* Gustavo Ayón, National Basketball Association, NBA, Center (basketball), center * Romel Beck, NBA Development League, point guard * Jorge Gutiérrez (basketball), Jorge Gutiérrez, National Basketball Association, NBA, point guard * Horacio Llamas, National Basketball Association, NBA, Center (basketball), center * Eduardo Nájera, National Basketball Association, NBA, Basketball positions#Frontcourt (forwards and center), forward

Martial arts

* Jessica Aguilar, UFC, mixed martial artist * Brandon Moreno, UFC, mixed martial artist * Yair Rodríguez, UFC, mixed martial arts * Irene Aldana, UFC, mixed martial arts * Alexa Grasso, UFC, mixed martial arts

Tennis

* Enrique Abaroa * Bruno Echagaray * Daniel Garza * Lucas Gómez * Santiago González (tennis), Santiago González * Hans Hach Verdugo * Tigre Hank * Luis Herrera (tennis), Luis Herrera * Leonardo Lavalle * Mario Llamas * Jorge Lozano * Francisco Maciel * Juan Manuel Elizondo * Agustín Moreno * Óscar Ortiz (tennis), Óscar Ortiz * Rafael Osuna * Antonio Palafox * Luis Patiño (tennis), Luis Patiño * Raúl Ramírez * Yola Ramírez * Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela * Manuel Sánchez (tennis), Manuel Sánchez * Renata Zarazúa

Boxing

* Saúl Álvarez, Saúl ''Canelo'' Álvarez * Romeo Anaya * Alfredo Angulo, Alfredo ''El Perro'' Angulo * Jorge Arce, Jorge ''Travieso'' Arce * Jose Argumedo, Jose ''Tecuala'' Argumedo * Ricardo Arredondo * Antonio Avelar * Gilberto Keb Baas, Gilberto Keb ''Baby Luis V'' Baas * Marco Antonio Barrera, Marco Antonio ''Baby-Faced Assassin'' Barrera * César Bazán, César ''El Paso'' Bazán * José Becerra * Ray Beltrán, Ray ''Sugar'' Beltrán * Miguel Berchelt, Miguel ''El Alacrán'' Berchelt * Víctor Burgos, Víctor ''El Acorazado'' Burgos * Yori Boy Campas, Luis Ramón ''Yori Boy'' Campas * Miguel Canto * Cruz Carbajal, Cruz ''Chucho'' Carbajal * Chango Carmona * Chucho Castillo, Jesús ''Chucho Castillo * Freddy Castillo * José Luis Castillo * Martín Castillo, Martín ''El Gallo'' Castillo * Hugo Cázares, Hugo ''El Increíble'' Cázares * Julio Ceja (boxer), Julio ''Pollito'' Ceja * Julio César Chávez, Julio César ''El Gran Campeón Mexicano'' Chávez * Julio César Chávez Jr., Julio César ''El hijo de la leyenda'' Chávez Jr * Jesús Chong, Jesús ''El Tigre'' Chong * Julio Cesar Martinez, Julio Cesar ''El Rey'' Martinez * Julio César Miranda, Julio César ''Pingo'' Miranda * Cristóbal Cruz, Cristóbal ''Lacandón'' Cruz * Carlos Cuadras * Pipino Cuevas * Ricardo Delgado (boxer), Ricardo Delgado, Olympic boxing * Juan de la Rosa * Antonio DeMarco * Gamaliel Díaz, Gamaliel ''El Plátano'' Díaz * Julio Díaz (boxer), Julio ''The Kidd'' Díaz * Guty Espadas, Guty ''Puro Yucatán'' Espadas * Juan José Estrada (boxer), Juan José ''Dinamita'' Estrada * Juan Francisco Estrada, Juan Francisco ''El Gallo'' Estrada * Moisés Fuentes, Moisés ''Moy'' Fuentes * Alejandro García (boxer), Alejandro ''Terra'' Garcia * Isidro García (boxer), Isidro ''El Chino'' Garcia * Raúl García (boxer), Raúl ''Rayito'' Garcia * Néstor Garza, Néstor ''El Tigre'' Garza * Alfonso Gómez * Miguel Ángel González (boxer), Miguel Ángel González * Jhonny González * Humberto González * Rodolfo González (boxer), Rodolfo González * Rodrigo Guerrero, Rodrigo ''Gatito'' Guerrero * Pedro Guevara (boxer), Pedro Guevara * Adrián Hernández (boxer), Adrián ''El Confesor'' Hernández * Juan Hernández (Mexican boxer), Juan ''Churritos'' Hernández * Rafael Herrera * Ramón García Hirales * Óscar Larios * Carlos Licona, Carlos ''Mexicanito'' Licona * Rafael Limón, Rafael ''Bazooka'' Limón * Ganigan López, Ganigan ''El Maravilla'' Lopez * Ricardo Lopez (boxer), Ricardo ''Finito'' López * Rodolfo López, Rodolfo ''Rudy'' López * Raúl Macías * Lupe Madera * Hernán Márquez * Juan Manuel Márquez, Juan Manuel ''Dinamita'' Márquez * Rafael Márquez (boxer), Rafael Márquez * Abner Mares * Rodolfo Martínez * Manuel Medina (boxer), Manuel Medina * Javier Mendoza (boxer), Javier ''Cobra'' Mendoza * Juan Meza * Cristian Mijares, Cristian ''El Diamante'' Mijares * Carlos Molina (Mexican boxer), Carlos ''King'' Molina * Fernando Montiel, Fernando ''Cochulito'' Montiel * Diego Morales (boxer), Diego ''Pelucho'' Morales * Erik Morales, Erik ''Terrible'' Morales * Jaime Munguía * Rubén Olivares, Rubén ''Púas'' Olivares * Jorge Páez, Jorge ''Maromero'' Páez * Jackie Nava, Jackie ''Princesa Azteca'' Nava * Emanuel Navarrete, Emanuel ''El Vaquero'' Navarrete * Luis Nery (boxer), Luis ''Pantera'' Nery * Oswaldo Novoa, Oswaldo ''El Gallito'' Novoa * Carlos Palomino * Raúl Pérez (boxer), Raúl Pérez * Lupe Pintor * Daniel Ponce de León * José Quirino, José ''El Gallito'' Quirino * Gilberto Ramírez, Gilberto ''Zurdo de Oro'' Ramírez * José Luis Ramírez * Yori Boy Campas, Luis Ramón "Yori Boy" Campas Medina * Joaquín Rocha * Francisco Rodríguez Jr. * Mario Rodriguez (boxer), Mario ''Dragoncito'' Rodriguez * Tomás Rojas (boxer), Tomás ''Gusano'' Rojas * Antonio Roldán * Gilberto Román * Omar Niño Romero, Omar ''Giant Killer'' Romero * Hugo Ruiz (boxer), Hugo ''Cuatito'' Ruiz * Lauro Salas * Vicente Saldivar * Juan Carlos Salgado, Juan ''Matador'' Salgado * Orlando Salido, Orlando ''Siri Salido * Clemente Sánchez, Clemente ''Xicotencatl Sanchez * Rubén Sánchez León, Rubén ''Yiyo'' Sánchez * Salvador Sánchez, Salvador ''Sal'' Sánchez * Léo Santa Cruz, Léo ''El Terremoto'' Santa Cruz * Giovani Segura, Giovani ''El Guerrero Azteca'' Segura * Laura Serrano * Ulises Solís * Édgar Sosa (boxer), Édgar Sosa * Elwin Soto, Elwin ''La Pulga'' Soto * Humberto Soto, Humberto ''La Zorrita'' Soto * Victor Terrazas, Victor ''Vikingo'' Terrazas * Efren Torres * Ana María Torres * Óscar Valdez * Francisco Vargas (Mexican boxer), Francisco ''El Bandido'' Vargas * Rey Vargas * Israel Vázquez, Israel ''Magnifico'' Vázquez * Miguel Vázquez, Miguel ''El Títere'' Vázquez * Kid Azteca, Luis ''Kid Azteca'' Villanueva * Alfredo Xeque * Alfonso Zamora * Daniel Zaragoza * Carlos Zárate Serna * Juan Zurita

Bullfighters

* Alejandro Amaya * Carlos Arruza * Jaime Bravo * Guillermo Capetillo * Eloy Cavazos * Michelito Lagravere * Rafita Mirabal * Silverio Pérez (bullfighter), Silverio Pérez * Carmelo Torres

Football

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Motorsports

* Carlos Contreras (racing driver), Carlos Contreras, NASCAR * Luis Díaz (racing driver), Luis Díaz, Champ Car, CART, American Le Mans Series * Mario Domínguez, CART * Adrián Fernández, CART, American Le Mans Series * Josele Garza, CART * Jorge Goeters, NASCAR * Ricardo González (racing driver), Ricardo González, CART, FIA World Endurance Championship, FIA WEC * Benito Guerra, rallying * Carlos Guerrero, CART * Esteban Gutiérrez, Formula One * Israel Jaitovich, NASCAR, road racing, road racer * Michel Jourdain Jr., CART, NASCAR and rallying * Sergio Pérez, Sergio ''Checo'' Pérez, Formula One * Jo Ramírez, team coordinator Formula One * José Luis Ramírez (NASCAR), José Luis Ramírez, NASCAR * Héctor Rebaque, Héctor Alonso Rebaque, Formula One, CART * Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver), Pedro Rodríguez, Formula One * Ricardo Rodríguez (Formula One), Ricardo Rodríguez, Formula One * Memo Rojas, Rolex Sports Car Series * Moisés Solana, Formula One * Daniel Suárez, NASCAR * Ricardo Triviño, rallying

Olympic and Paralympian athletes

* Raúl Alcalá, bicycle road racing * Daniel Bautista, racewalking * Perla Bustamante, Paralympian, track and field * Ernesto Canto, racewalking * Joaquín Capilla, diving (sport), diving * Alejandro Cárdenas, track and field * Everardo Cristóbal, Everardo Cristóbal Quirino, canoe racing * Nancy Contreras, track cycling * Paola Espinosa, diving * María Espinoza, María del Rosario Espinoza, taekwondo * Víctor Estrada, taekwondo * Adriana Fernández, marathon runner * Álvaro Gaxiola, diving * Carlos Girón, diving * Rodolfo Gómez, marathon runner * Raúl González (racewalker), Raúl González, racewalking * Belem Guerrero, track cycling * Ana Gabriela Guevara, track and field * Salvador Hernandez, Paralympian, track and field * Soraya Jiménez Mendivil, Soraya Jiménez, weightlifter * Brenda Magaña, gymnast * Saúl Mendoza, Paralympian, wheelchair racer * Humberto Mariles, equestrianism, equestrian * Carlos Mercenario, racewalking * Felipe Muñoz, Felipe ''Tibio'' Muñoz, swimming * Rommel Pacheco, diving * José Pedraza (racewalker), José ''Sargento'' Pedraza, racewalker * Guillermo Pérez (taekwondo), Guillermo Pérez Sandoval, taekwondo * Fernando Platas, diving * Maria Teresa Ramírez, swimming * Romary Rifka, high jump * Pilar Roldán, fencing * Iridia Salazar, taekwondo * Oscar Salazar (taekwondo), Oscar Salazar, taekwondo * Mario Santillan, Paralympian, marathon * Juan René Serrano, archery *Roberto Strauss, Olympic swimmer * Rubén Uriza, equestrian * Alberto Valdés, equestrian * Jeny Velazco, Paralympian, track and field * Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Hubertus von Hohenlohe, Alpine skiing, alpine skier * José Youshimatz, José Manuel Youshimatz, track cycling * Vanessa Zambotti, judo * Luis Alberto Zepeda Félix, Paralympian, track and field

Wrestling

* Alfonso Dantés, Alfonso Dantés, ''El Tanque'' * Apolo Dantés * Américo Rocca * Atlantis (wrestler), Atlantis * Black Shadow (wrestler), Black Shadow * Blue Demon * Blue Panther * Brazo de Plata, Brazo de Plata / Super Porky * Cavernario Galindo * Cien Caras * Charly Manson * Alberto Del Rio, Alberto Del Rio / Dos Caras Jr. * Dos Caras * Dr. Wagner Jr. * El Brazo * Canek (wrestler), El Canek * El Dandy * El Hijo del Santo * El Santo * Emilio Charles Jr. * Enrique Llanes * Faby Apache * Heavy Metal (wrestler), Heavy Metal * Héctor Garza * Ayako Hamada * Jerry Estrada * L. A. Park * La Parka (wrestler), La Parka * Lady Apache * Latin Lover (wrestler), Latin Lover * Lizmark * Lizmark Jr. * Mari Apache * Máscara Año 2000 * Máscara Sagrada * Mascarita Sagrada * Mil Máscaras * Miss Janeth * Místico, Místico / Sin Cara * Negro Casas * Octagón * Octagóncito (AAA), Octagoncito * Perro Aguayo * Perro Aguayo Jr. * Pierroth Jr. * Pirata Morgan * Rayo de Jalisco Jr. * Rayo de Jalisco Sr. * Ringo Mendoza * Cien Caras, Carmelo Reyes, ''Cien Caras'' * Rito Romero * El Satánico, Satánico * Sexy Star * Shocker (wrestler), Shocker * Scorpio Jr. * Tarzán López * Villano III * Volador Jr. * Zuleyma

Golf

* Ernesto Pérez Acosta (golfer), Ernesto Acosta * Rafael Alarcón (golfer), Rafael Alarcón * Rodolfo Cazaubón * Roberto Díaz (golfer), Roberto Díaz * María Fassi * Óscar Fraustro * Alejandra Llaneza * Gaby López * Lorena Ochoa * Carlos Ortiz (golfer), Carlos Ortiz * Victor Regalado * Violeta Retamoza * José de Jesús Rodríguez * Cesar Sanudo * Esteban Toledo * Sebastián Vázquez (golfer), Sebastián Vázquez

Other sports

* Álvaro Beltrán, racquetball * Carlos Carsolio, mountaineering * Jesús Castañón, horse racing * Victor Espinoza, horse racing * Jose L. Espinoza, horse racing * David R. Flores, horse racing * Martin Garcia (jockey), Martin García, horse racing * Carlos Gracida, polo * Memo Gracida, polo * Mario Gutierrez (jockey), Mario Gutierrez, horse racing * Alberto Harari, horse racing * Paola Longoria, racquetball * Paco Lopez (jockey), Paco Lopez, horse racing * Roberto Mangas, mountaineering * Álvaro Pineda, horse racing * Roberto Pineda, horse racing * Eusebio Razo Jr., horse racing * Samantha Salas, racquetball * Marcel Sisniega Campbell, chess * Carlos Torre Repetto, chess * Sergio Perez,Formula 1

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