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The following are people who were born, raised, or who gained significant prominence for living in the Mexican state of
Morelos Morelos, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Morelos, is a landlocked state located in south-central Mexico. It is one of the 32 states which comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Mun ...
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Actors, entertainers, and film-makers

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Lilia Aragón Lilia Aragón (born Lilia Isabel Aragón del Rivero, 22 September 1938 – 2 August 2021) was a Mexican film, television, and stage actress and politician. She was the Secretary of the National Association of Actors. She also served as Deputy ...
(1938–2021, born in Cuautla) was a Mexican film, television and stage actress. *
Socorro Avelar Socorro Avelar (1925 in Cuernavaca, Mexico – 11 February 2003) was a Mexican actress. Life Avelar studied at the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. In 1946, she debuted as a director for ...
(1925–2003) was a Mexican actress who was born in Cuernavaca. *
Martha Mariana Castro Martha Mariana Castro (born November 7, 1966) is a Mexican actress. She was married to actor Fernando Luján, with whom she has a son, Franco Paolo Ciangherotti. Early life Born in Cuautla, Morelos, she grew up in the city of Puebla and earned ...
(born in Cuautla in 1966) is a Mexican actress. She was married to actor
Fernando Luján Fernando Ciangherotti Díaz (August 23, 1939 – January 11, 2019), better known by the stage name Fernando Luján, was a Mexican actor. He was a star of the silver screen in classic mexican films during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. His fat ...
(1939–2019), with whom she has a son, Franco Paolo Ciangherotti. *
Ana Bertha Espín Ana Bertha Espín Ocampo (born 13 October 1958) is a Mexican actress. Filmography Awards and nominations References External links * 1956 births Living people Mexican telenovela actresses Mexican television actresses Mexican fi ...
(b. in Tehuixtla in 1956) is a Mexican actress. ''
Amor real ''Amor real'' (English: ''Real Love'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carla Estrada for Televisa, broadcast by Las Estrellas, Canal de las Estrellas (now known simply as Las Estrellas). It originally aired from June 9 to October 17, 2003. '' ...
'' (2004) and ''
La que no podía amar ''La que no podía amar'' (The Woman Who Couldn't Love) is a Mexican telenovela produced by José Alberto Castro for Televisa and aired on Canal de las Estrellas from August 1, 2011 to March 18, 2012. Ximena Suárez wrote the script based on t ...
'' (2012). * Abraham Enzástiga Menes is the director of the Jojutla
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, which he founded in 2016. *
Virginia Fábregas Virginia Fábregas García (17 December 1871 – 17 November 1950) was a Mexican stage and film actress active in the early 20th-Century. She appeared in films between 1931 and 1945. Personal life Virginia Fábregas García was born on 17 Dece ...
García (1871–1950) was a Mexican film and stage actress active in the early 20th-Century born in Yautepec. She appeared in films between 1931 and 1945. There is a street in Cuernavaca and a school in Yautepec named for her. *
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 ...
(1914–2002), was a Mexican actress who lived in Cuernavaca. She had an opulent, cobalt-blue and papaya-colored villa on Avenida Palmira, along with five other houses. It is known as the ''Casa de las Tortugas'' (House of the Turtles) and has Louis XV beds, is adorned with silk brocades, Venetian mosaics, Talavera urns, marble fireplaces, sixteenth-century Spanish armor, Italian gilded chairs, and portraits of her created by Antoine Tzapoff. *
Emilio Fernández Emilio "El Indio" Fernández Romo (; 26 March 1904 – 6 August 1986) was a Mexican film director, actor and screenwriter. He was one of the most prolific film directors of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. He is best know ...
(1904–1986) filmed ''Puebito'' (1962) in Olintepec, Ayala. *
Helen Hayes Helen Hayes MacArthur (; October 10, 1900 – March 17, 1993) was an American actress. Often referred to as the "First Lady of American Theatre", she was the second person and first woman to win EGOT, the EGOT (an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and ...
(1900–1993) was an American actress who had a home in Cuernavaca. *
Katy Jurado María Cristina Estela Marcela Jurado García (16 January 1924 – 5 July 2002), known professionally as Katy Jurado ( , ), was a Mexican actress. She acted in popular Western films of the 1950s and 1960s. Her talent for playing a variety of ...
(1924–2002), was a Mexican and Hollywood actress of film, television, and theater. * :es:León Larregui (b. 1973, Cuernavaca), singer for rock band Zoé best known for spreading fake news about
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s. *
Armando Manzanero Armando Manzanero Canché (7 December 1934 – 28 December 2020) was a Mexican musician, singer, composer, actor and music producer, widely considered the premier Mexican romantic composer of the postwar era and one of the most successful comp ...
(b. Mérida, 1935—d. 2020), Mexican musician and songwriter, had a home on Calle 16 de Septiembre, Acapantzingo, Cuernavaca. *
Charles Mingus Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz Double bass, upright bassist, composer, bandleader, pianist, and author. A major proponent of collective Musical improvisation, improvisation, he is considered one of ...
(1922–1979) was an American jazz musician who died in Cuernavaca on January 5, 1979. * Mariano Moreno ''
Cantinflas Mario Fortino Alfonso Moreno Reyes (12 August 1911 – 20 April 1993), known by the stage name Cantinflas (), was a Mexican comedian, actor, and filmmaker. He is considered to have been the most widely accomplished Mexican comedian and is well ...
'' (1911–1993) was a Mexican entertainer who had a home in Cuernavaca. *
Renata Notni Renata Martínez Notni (born January 2, 1995, in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico) is a Mexican actress and model. Early life Notni was born in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. As a child, she attended acting lessons at CEA Infantil, the children's ver ...
(b. 1995 in Cuernavaca) is a Mexican actress and model. *
Leticia Palma Zoyla Gloria Ruiz Moscoso (December 23, 1926 – December 4, 2009), better known by her stage name Leticia Palma, was an actress who worked in Mexican cinema. She was most famous for her role in Roberto Gavaldón's '' En la palma de tu mano'', w ...
(Zoyla Gloria Ruiz Moscoso),
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2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
actress (''En la palma de tu mano''), born in Tabasco, died in Cuernavaca. *
Salvador Quiroz Salvador Quiroz (1892–1956) was a Mexican film actor.Kohner, p. 355 Selected filmography * ''Huapango (film), Huapango'' (1938) * ''Horse for Horse'' (1939) * ''With Villa's Veterans'' (1939) * ''To the Sound of the Marimba'' (1941) * ''The 9 ...
(1892–1956) was a Mexican film actor born in Cuautla. He appeared in 22 movies, including ''
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'' (1944), ''
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'' (1951), and ''
Pablo and Carolina ''Pablo and Carolina'' (Spanish:''Pablo y Carolina'') is a 1957 Mexican romantic comedy film directed by Mauricio de la Serna and starring Pedro Infante, Irasema Dilián, Alejandro Ciangherotti, and premiered after Infante's death. The film's s ...
''. *Claudio Reyes Rubio (b. 1964 in Mexico City, d. 2017 in Cuernavaca), TV director (Televisa). *
Carlos Reygadas Carlos Reygadas Castillo (; born October 10, 1971) is a Mexicans, Mexican filmmaker. Influenced by existentialist art and philosophy, Reygadas' movies feature spiritual journeys into the inner worlds of his main characters, through which themes ...
(born 1971) is a Mexican filmmaker who has shot movies in Morelos. and lives in Tepoztlan. *
Sofía Sisniega Sofía Sisniega Aspe (born 7 June 1989) is a Mexican actress, best known for her role as Sofia López-Haro in the 2013 Mexican adaptation, '' Gossip Girl: Acapulco''. Early life Sisniega was born in Cuernavaca, Mexico. She began acting in local ...
(b. 1989 in Cuernavaca) is a Mexican actress, best known for her role as ''Sofia López-Haro'' in the 2013 Mexican adaptation, '' Gossip Girl: Acapulco''. *
Chavela Vargas Chavela Vargas (; born María Isabel Anita Carmen de Jesús Vargas Lizano; 17 April 1919 – 5 August 2012) was a Costa Rican-born Mexican singer. She gained widespread recognition for her distinctive interpretations of Mexican rancheras. Howev ...
(1919 – August 5, 2012) was a Costa Rican singer who lived in Cuernavaca. * Jack Wagner (1891–1963) was an American filmmaker. In 1945 Wagner and friend
John Steinbeck John Ernst Steinbeck ( ; February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American writer. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social percep ...
visited Cuernavaca, which inspired the latter to write both a book and a screenplay about
Emiliano Zapata Emiliano Zapata Salazar (; 8 August 1879 – 10 April 1919) was a Mexican revolutionary. He was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920, the main leader of the people's revolution in the Mexican state of Morelos, and the insp ...
. * Rosemarie Bowe Stack (1932 – 2019) was an American model, best known for her appearances in several films in the 1950s who lived in Villa del Sole, Cuernavaca.


Athletes


Football

* Sindey Balderas (born in Cuernavaca in 1976) was a footballer with the
Tigres UANL Club Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, abbreviated as Tigres UANL and simply known as Tigres or internationally as Tigres de México, is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in the Monterrey metropo ...
and
Indios de Ciudad Juárez Club de Fútbol Indios de Ciudad Juárez, commonly referred as Indios de Ciudad Juárez or simply Indios, was a Mexican football club. Founded in 2005 when CF Pachuca moved its Pachuca Juniors to Ciudad Juárez, it was promoted to the Primera Di ...
. *
Raúl Cárdenas Raúl Cárdenas de la Vega (30 October 1928 – 26 March 2016) was a Mexican professional footballer and manager. He represented Mexico at the 1948 Olympics. Playing career Club Born in Mexico City, Cárdenas began playing football with Real ...
(b. 1928 in Mexico City, d. 2016 in Cuernavaca), footballer (
Zacatepec Zacatepec Fútbol Club is a Mexican professional football club based in Zacatepec, Morelos, that competes in Liga Premier, the third level division of Mexican football. Founded in 1948 as Club Social y Deportivo Zacatepec by workers of the Me ...
) and coach (
Cruz Azul Club de Futbol Cruz Azul S.A. de C.V., commonly referred to as Cruz Azul, is a professional association football, football club based in Mexico City, Mexico. It competes in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football league system, Mexican footba ...
,
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). *
Lucero Cuevas Lucero Ximena Cuevas Flores (born 22 January 1996) is a Mexican footballer who last played as a striker for Liga MX Femenil club León. Club career Prior to turning professional, Cuevas played in the amateur Liga Mexicana de Fútbol Femenil w ...
Flores (born 1996 in Cuernavaca) is a footballer who plays for
Club América Club de Fútbol América S.A. de C.V., commonly known as Club América, is a professional association football, football club based in Mexico City. Nicknamed ''Las Águilas'' (The Eagles), it competes in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football ...
. * Rafael Cuevas Sánchez (born 1980 in Jiutepec) is a retired football goalkeeper. He is currently the goalkeeper coach for
Club America Club may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Club'' (magazine) * Club, a ''Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character * Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards * Club music * "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea'' Brands and enterprises * ...
. * Diana Fierro Delgado (born 1995 in Cuernavaca) is a professional football midfielder who currently plays for América of the
Liga MX Femenil Liga MX Femenil, also known as Liga BBVA MX Femenil for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league and the highest level of women's football in Mexico. Supervised by the Mexican Football Federation, Federación Mexicana d ...
. *
Gerardo Flores Zúñiga Gerardo Flores Zúñiga (born 5 February 1986) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Personal life He is married to Mexican singer, professional sports trainer, and model, Gaby Sanchez, who is a member of th ...
(born 1986 in Xochitepec) is a professional footballer who plays for
Cruz Azul Club de Futbol Cruz Azul S.A. de C.V., commonly referred to as Cruz Azul, is a professional association football, football club based in Mexico City, Mexico. It competes in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football league system, Mexican footba ...
. *
Gerardo Galindo Gerardo Gabriel Galindo Martínez (born 23 May 1978) is a Mexican former professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder. Playing career Club Gerardo debuted in a victory 1–0 over Atlante. ''El Jerry'' was a vital part in UNAM Pum ...
Martínez (born 1978 in Cuernavaca) is a former professional footballer (1997–2013). * Gienir García Figueroa (born 1989 in Zacatepec) is a former professional footballer (2008–2014). * Gustavo Enrique García Figueroa (born 1980 in Zacatepec) is a Mexican footballer, who plays as a defender for
San Luis F.C. San Luis Fútbol Club was a Mexican professional Association football, football club from the city of San Luis Potosí (city), San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí. The club was founded in 1957, when they were known as Santos (saints). The team's nic ...
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Carlos Alberto Hurtado Carlos Alberto Hurtado Arteaga (born January 22, 1984, in Zacatepec, Morelos) is a former Mexican professional footballer who last played for Correcaminos UAT. He retired after the 2017–2018 season. He played used to play midfield. See also *Li ...
Arteaga (born 1984 in Zacatepec) is a professional footballer who currently plays for
Correcaminos UAT Club de Fútbol Correcaminos de la Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, simply known as Correcaminos UAT, is a Mexican professional football club based in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas. It competes in Liga de Expansión MX, the second level divisi ...
on loan from Necaca. *
Pablo Larios Pablo Larios Iwasaki (, July 31, 1960 – January 31, 2019) was a Mexican professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was nicknamed "El Arquero de la Selva" (The Goalkeeper of the Jungle), both for being from Zacatepec, a town in the ...
Iwasaki (b. 1960 in Zacatepec d. January 31, 2019) was a football goalkeeper from 1980 to 1999. He played on the Mexico National Team from 1993 to 1991. * Manuel Mariaca (born 1986 in Cuernavaca) is a former Mexican footballer. He last played for
Cruz Azul Hidalgo Club Deportivo Cruz Azul Hidalgo, also known as Cruz Azul Hidalgo, was a professional football club in Mexico who last played in the Liga Premier league of Mexico. Their stadium was the Estadio 10 de Diciembre located in Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz A ...
as a defender in Mexico's Primera Division. *
Roberto Nurse Roberto Antonio Nurse Anguiano (born 16 December 1983) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born in Mexico, he played for the Panama national team. Club career Nurse is a three-year veteran of the Primera División ( ...
Anguiano (born 1983 in Zacatepec) is a Panamanian footballer who currently plays for
Mineros de Zacatecas Club Deportivo Mineros de Zacatecas, simply known as Mineros de Zacatecas, is a Mexican professional football club based in Zacatecas, that competes in Liga de Expansión MX, the second level division of Mexican football. Founded in 2014, after ...
on loan from
Dorados de Sinaloa Club Deportivo Dorados de Sinaloa, simply known as Dorados, is a Mexican professional football club based in Culiacán, Sinaloa. It plays in the Liga de Expansión MX, the second level division of Mexican football. History Dorados de Sinaloa ...
and the
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. *
Mónica Ocampo Mónica Ocampo Medina (born 4 January 1987) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a forward for CF Pachuca and the Mexico women's national team. She has also been a member of Mexico's U19 and U-20 teams. Club career From 2006 to ...
Medina (born 1987 in Jojutla) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a forward for
Pachuca Pachuca (; ), formally known as Pachuca de Soto, is the capital and largest city of the east-central Mexico, Mexican States of Mexico, state of Hidalgo (state), Hidalgo, located in the south-central part of the state. Pachuca Municipality, Pach ...
and the
Mexico women's national football team The Mexico women's national football team (Spanish: ''Selección Nacional de México Femenil'') represents Mexico in international Women's association football, women's football. The team is governed by the Mexican Football Federation and compe ...
. *
Sergio Orduña Sergio Orduña Carrillo (born 4 April 1954) is a Mexican football manager and was a former manager Altamira of Ascenso MX Ascenso MX, also known as Ascenso BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, was a professional association football league in Me ...
(born 1954, in Xochitepec) is a Mexican football manager and was a former manager Altamira F.C. (2014–2015) of Ascenso MX. * Jesús Ortega Benítez (born 1997 in Cuernavaca) is a professional Mexican footballer who currently plays for
Zacatepec Zacatepec Fútbol Club is a Mexican professional football club based in Zacatepec, Morelos, that competes in Liga Premier, the third level division of Mexican football. Founded in 1948 as Club Social y Deportivo Zacatepec by workers of the Me ...
. * José Eduardo Pavez (born 1969 in Tehuixtla) is a retired professional footballer from Mexico. He played as a midfielder during his career. He was a member of the Mexico national football team competing at the
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in Barcelona, Spain. * Jair Pereira Rodríguez (born 1986 in Cuautla) is a Mexican football defender who currently plays for Liga MX team C.D.
C.D. Guadalajara Club Deportivo Guadalajara S.A de C.V. (;), nicknamed ''"Chivas"'' () and simply known as Guadalajara or internationally as Chivas de Guadalajara, is a Mexican professional football club based in the Guadalajara metropolitan area, Jalisco. It ...
. * Ignacio Rodríguez Bahena (born 1956 in Zacatepec) is a former Mexican football goalkeeper who played for Mexico in the
1986 FIFA World Cup The 1986 FIFA World Cup was the 13th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June 1986. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-tea ...
. * Boris Romero (born in Cuernavaca in 1997) is a Mexican football defender who currently plays for
Deportivo Toluca Deportivo Toluca Fútbol Club S.A. de C.V. is a Mexican professional football club based in Toluca, State of Mexico. The club plays in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football, from which they have never been relegated. The club was f ...
of the
Liga MX Femenil Liga MX Femenil, also known as Liga BBVA MX Femenil for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league and the highest level of women's football in Mexico. Supervised by the Mexican Football Federation, Federación Mexicana d ...
. *
Moctezuma Serrato Moctezuma Serrato Salinas (born 14 September 1976) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a striker. Career Serrato was a product of the San Luis F.C. youth system. He joined the senior side and helped the club gain promotio ...
Salinas (born 1976, Cuernavaca) is a Mexican retired professional football striker (1999–2012). *
Pamela Tajonar Pamela Tajonar Alonso (born 2 December 1984) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga MX Femenil club Monterrey and the Mexico women's national team. Club career FC Indiana Tajonar signed for FC Indiana. Buffa ...
Alonso (born in Cuernavac in 1984) is a Mexican footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for
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(2018–). * Alan Vidal Solís (born 1993 in Zacualpan) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays for
Athletic Morelos Athletic may refer to: * An athlete, a sportsperson * Athletic director, a position at many American universities and schools * Athletic type, a physical/psychological type in the classification of Ernst Kretschmer * Athletic of Philadelphia, a ba ...
. The club was founded in 2007 and currently plays in Mexico's Third Division.


Other sports

* Luis Avilés Ferreiro is a sprinter who won 2nd place in the 2019 Mexican Olympics in Chihuahua, Chihuahua. * Juan Ramón Ayala (born in Cuernavaca in 1989) is a professional boxer in the Light Welterweight division of the WBC. *
Francisco García Moreno Francisco García Moreno (born 1 June 1947 in Mexico City, died 26 March 2016 in Cuernavaca) was a Mexican Olympic water polo player (Water polo at the 1968 Summer Olympics, 1968, Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1972, Water polo at the 1976 ...
(1947–2016) was born in Mexico City. He was on the Mexican water polo teams at the 1968, 1972, and 1976 Olympics. He ran a gym in Las Palmas, Cuernavaca, and was killed in 2016. * Juan Carlos Gonzales (born 1962 in Cuernavaca), better known under the ring name
El Hijo del Diablo Juan Carlos Gonzales (born November 4, 1962), better known under the ring name ''El Hijo del Diablo'' (Spanish for "The Son of the Devil"), is a Mexican ''luchador'', or professional wrestler, currently working on the Mexican Independent circuit ...
("The Son of the Devil"), is a Mexican professional wrestler. * Ismael Hernández (born in Cuautla in 1990) is a Mexican modern ''pentathlete''. He won a bronze medal at the
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. *
Idulio Islas Idulio Islas Gómez (born January 16, 1987, in Morelos) is a Mexican taekwondo practitioner. He won a silver medal for the 68 kg division at the 2009 World Taekwondo Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, and bronze at the 2011 Summer Univers ...
(born 1987 in Morelos) is a Mexican
Taekwondo Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In ad ...
practitioner. He won a silver medal for the 68 kg division at the
2009 World Taekwondo Championships The 2009 World Taekwondo Championships are the 19th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held at Ballerup Super Arena in Copenhagen, Denmark from October 14 to October 18, 2009.Ricardo Lopez (born in Cuernavaca in 1966) is a retired undefeated Mexican professional boxer. "El Finito" López Nava is one of just fifteen world boxing champions to retire without a loss. * Uri Martins (born in Cuernavaca, 1990) is a Mexican cyclist riding for Amore & Vita–Prodir. * Laura Lorenza Morfin Macouzet (born 1982 in Cuernavaca) is a road cyclist. She represented Mexico at the 2006, 2008, and
2009 UCI Road World Championships The 2009 UCI Road World Championships were held in Mendrisio, Switzerland, between September 23 and September 27, 2009. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women and men under 23. Qualification Schedule Individual time ...
. * Irving Adrián Pérez Pineda (born in
Jojutla Jojutla is a municipality in the state of Morelos, Mexico. Its municipal seat is the city of ''Jojutla de Juárez''. The name ''Jojutla'' comes from Nahuatl ''Xoxōuhtlān'' () and means, ''Place of abundant blue skies''. Another interpretation i ...
May 16, 1986) is a Mexican triathlete. He competed in the men's event at the
2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...
. *
Valeria Pulido Valeria Pulido Velasco (born 1 January 1990) is a former professional tennis player from Mexico. Biography Pulido, who comes from the Mexican state of Morelos, won two singles titles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She receiv ...
Velasco (born in Jojutla, 1990) is a former professional tennis player. * Marcel Sisniega Campbell (1959–2013) grew up in Cuernavaca. He was a Mexican chess Grandmaster and film director. Sisniega was born in Chicago but grew up in Cuernavaca. Sisniega earned the Grandmaster title in 1992.


Criminals

* Daniel Arizmendi López (born 1958) is a convicted Mexican kidnapper responsible for at least 18 kidnappings in Mexico. He was nicknamed ''El Mochaorejas'' ("The Ear Chopper"). *
Arturo Beltran Leyva Arturo is a Spanish and Italian variant of the name Arthur. People *Arturo Alessandri (1868–1950), Chilean politician and president *Arturo Álvarez (footballer, born 1985), American-born Salvadoran footballer * Arturo Álvarez (footballer, born ...
(1961—2009) was Number 3 on the Mexican government's Most Wanted List when he was killed by the Navy at his home in the "Altitude" apartments in Cuernavaca on December 16, 2009. *
Amado Carrillo Fuentes Amado Carrillo Fuentes (; December 17, 1954 – July 5, 1997) was a Mexican drug lord. He seized control of the Juárez Cartel after assassinating his boss Rafael Aguilar Guajardo. Amado Carrillo became known as "''El Señor de Los Cielos''" ( ...
(1956—1997) was a drug lord knows as ''El Señor de los Cielos'' (the Lord of the Skies). Born in
Sinaloa Sinaloa (), officially the (), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 18 municipalities, and its capital city is Culiacán Rosales. It is located in northwest Mexic ...
, Carrillo Fuentes owed a good deal of his infamy to alleged ties to Governor
Jorge Carrillo Olea Jorge Carrillo Olea (born in Jojutla, Morelos, on November 19, 1937) is a Mexican politician and general, and a member of Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI. He served as governor of Morelos from October 1, 1994, to May 15, 1998. Early mili ...
. *
Sam Giancana Salvatore "Mooney" Giancana ( ; born Gilormo Giangana, ; May 24, 1908 – June 19, 1975) was an American mobster who was boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1957 to 1966. Giancana was born in Chicago to Italian immigrant parents. He joined the 42 ...
(1908—1975) was a Chicago mobster who lived in Cuernavaca while he was on the lam from both the FBI and the mob, (1966–1974).


Farmers, landowners, entrepreneurs, investors

After the Spanish conquest and until the early 20th century, land ownership was centered largely on haciendas. Based on the Constitution of 1915, General Alvaro Obregon established the Ley de Ejidos in 1920 which essentially established communal ownership of rural lands. *Eugenio J. Cañas (?-1923), brought running water and electricity to Cuernavaca; surveyed the border between Morelos and Puebla * José de la Borda (c. 1699–1778) was a Spanish miner who made a fortune in
Taxco Taxco de Alarcón (; usually referred to as simply Taxco) is a small city and administrative center of Taxco de Alarcón Municipality located in the Mexico, Mexican state of Guerrero. Taxco is located in the north-central part of the state, from ...
, Guerrero. In 1760 he built a large mansion in Cuernavaca. * Manuel de la Borda (baptized 1727–1791) was the son of José de la Borda. Born in Taxco, he became a priest and was in Cuernavaca in 1777, when he built the chapel of Guadalupe next to his father's mansion. In 1778 he initiated the transformation of the mansion into a botanical garden. Today the Borda Garden is a public park and museum. * Alberto Gómez was born in Tepecoacuilco, Guerrero. He was a rice farmer in
Jojutla Jojutla is a municipality in the state of Morelos, Mexico. Its municipal seat is the city of ''Jojutla de Juárez''. The name ''Jojutla'' comes from Nahuatl ''Xoxōuhtlān'' () and means, ''Place of abundant blue skies''. Another interpretation i ...
who won a medal at the 1900 Paris exhibition for the "Best rice in the world." *
Dwight Morrow Dwight Whitney Morrow (January 11, 1873October 5, 1931) was an American businessman, diplomat, and politician, best known as the U.S. ambassador who improved U.S.–Mexico relations, mediating the religious conflict in Mexico known as the Crister ...
(1873–1931) was an American businessman and diplomat. He had a home called ''Casa de Manaña'' in Cuernavaca and hired
Diego Rivera Diego Rivera (; December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957) was a Mexican painter. His large frescoes helped establish the Mexican muralism, mural movement in Mexican art, Mexican and international art. Between 1922 and 1953, Rivera painted mural ...
to paint the murals on the
Palace of Cortes A palace is a large residence, often serving as a royal residence or the home for a head of state or another high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop. The word is derived from the Latin name palātium, for Palatine Hill in Rome whi ...
. * Pedro Cortes Ramirez de Arellano (died 1629) was the grandson of
Hernán Cortés Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca (December 1485 – December 2, 1547) was a Spanish ''conquistador'' who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions o ...
. He owned the Hacienda of San Nicolás in Pantitlán,
Tlayacapan Tlayacapan () is the name of a town and a municipality located in the northeast part of Morelos state in central Mexico. It is located 60 km east from the state capital of Cuernavaca and about 1.5 hours south of Mexico City. It is a rural ar ...
. * Rosalia Del Socorro Castillon was born in Cuernavaca. Castillon has built her family's business, ''De Antaño Azucarillos'' into the most famous sweet shop in Morelos. It is a franchise operation that has recently opened in Guatemala. They sell fruit/based salad dressing, jellies, and jam. * Martín Cortés, 2nd Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca (1532–1589) was born in Cuernavaca. He was the legitimate son of Hernán Cortés and ''Doña Juana de Zúñiga''. He founded and owned several haciendas. * Rose Eleanor King (b. in India, 1865) and Norman Robson King (d. 1907 in Mexico City) were British subjects who first arrived in Cuernavaca in 1905. They established their residence in Mexico City, but after her husband's death, Ms. King returned to Cuernavaca to live. In 1910 she purchased the ''Hotel Bella Vista,'' which hosted
Francisco I. Madero Francisco Ignacio Madero González (; 30 October 1873 – 22 February 1913) was a Mexican businessman, revolutionary, writer and statesman, who served as the 37th president of Mexico from 1911 until he was deposed in a coup d'état in Februa ...
,
Felipe Ángeles Felipe Ángeles Ramírez (1868–1919) was a Mexican military officer and revolutionary during the era of the Mexican Revolution. Having risen to the rank of colonel of artillery in the Federal Army of the Porfiriato, Ángeles was promoted to g ...
, Huerta, the
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, and others, only to abandon it in 1914. She returned to Cuernavaca in 1916 where she later died. She was the author of ''Tempest Over Mexico: A Personal Chronicle''. * Claudia Ríos is the administrative manager of ''La Walfaria'' franchise. Founded in 2003, there are nine franchises in Mexico, one in Ecuador, one in Guatemala, and one in Honduras. * Ricardo Sánchez (b. 1798) from
Guadalajara Guadalajara ( ; ) is the capital and the most populous city in the western Mexican List of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco, as well as the most densely populated municipality in Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population ...
, Jalisco, moved to
Jojutla Jojutla is a municipality in the state of Morelos, Mexico. Its municipal seat is the city of ''Jojutla de Juárez''. The name ''Jojutla'' comes from Nahuatl ''Xoxōuhtlān'' () and means, ''Place of abundant blue skies''. Another interpretation i ...
on March 15, 1830, and in 1836 he introduced the cultivation of brown rice. He later became the first municipal president.


Military figures

*Pedro Ascencio Alquisiras (?-1820), ''Insurgente'' who died in
Tetecala Tetecala is a city in the Mexican state of Morelos. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality, with which it shares a name. The toponym Tetecala comes from a Nahuatl name and means "place of stone houses". The full na ...
, December 28,
1820 Events January–March *January 1 – A constitutionalist military insurrection at Cádiz leads to the summoning of the Spanish Parliament to meet on March 7, becoming the nominal beginning of the "Trienio Liberal" in History of Spain (1 ...
* Colonel Francisco Ayala (d. 1812) was the first Insurgent leader in Morelos state. His hometown,
Ciudad Ayala Ciudad Ayala is a city in the east-central part of the Mexican state of Morelos. It is named for Coronel :es:Francisco_Ayala_(insurgente), Francisco Ayala who fought with José María Morelos during the 1812 Siege of Cuautla. The town's previous n ...
, is named for him. * General
Vicente Aranda Vicente Aranda Ezquerra (; 9 November 1926 – 26 May 2015) was a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer. Due to his refined and personal style, he was one of the most renowned Spanish filmmakers. He started as a founding member ...
(died 1926) was born in the hacienda of Cuauchichinola and joined the ''Zapatista'' forces in March 1911 under the orders of General Lorenzo Vásquez. He participated in the capture of
Jojutla Jojutla is a municipality in the state of Morelos, Mexico. Its municipal seat is the city of ''Jojutla de Juárez''. The name ''Jojutla'' comes from Nahuatl ''Xoxōuhtlān'' () and means, ''Place of abundant blue skies''. Another interpretation i ...
and
Tlaquiltenango Tlaquiltenango is a city in the Mexican state of Morelos. It is south of Mexico city and southeast of Cuernavaca, the state capital via Mexican Federal Highway 95D. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality, with ...
, on March 24, 1911. In 1921 he was elected Federal Deputy for the first district of the State of Morelos. Later he was municipal president of
Jojutla Jojutla is a municipality in the state of Morelos, Mexico. Its municipal seat is the city of ''Jojutla de Juárez''. The name ''Jojutla'' comes from Nahuatl ''Xoxōuhtlān'' () and means, ''Place of abundant blue skies''. Another interpretation i ...
and died there on July 22, 1926. There is a town named for him in the municipality of Jojutla. *
Leonardo Bravo (general officer) Leonardo Bravo (1764 – September 13, 1812) was a Mexican liberal, landowner, and general. He was the brother of Máximo Bravo and father of Nicolás Bravo. Bravo participated with the insurgent faction during the development of the armed movem ...
(1764–1812) was an Insurgent who fought at the
Siege of Cuautla The siege of Cuautla was a battle of the War of Mexican Independence that occurred from 19 February through 2 May 1812 at Cuautla de Morelos, Cuautla, Morelos. The Spanish Royalist (Spanish American Revolution), royalist forces loyal to the ...
with brothers Miguel and Victor, as well as his son, Nicolas Bravo. *
Nicolás Bravo Nicolás Bravo Rueda (10 September 1786 – 22 April 1854) was a Mexican soldier and politician who served as interim President of Mexico three times, in 1839, 1842, and 1846. Previously, he fought in the Mexican War of Independence, and ser ...
(1786–1854), Insurgent, fought at Siege of Cuautla, president of Mexico three times between 1839 and 1846. * Félix María Calleja del Rey (1755–1828). Born in Medina de Campo, Spain, Calleja arrive in New Spain in 1789. He became an able fighter for the Royalist cause, defeating
Miguel Hidalgo Don Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla Gallaga Mandarte y Villaseñor (8 May 1753 – 30 July 1811), commonly known as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or simply Miguel Hidalgo (), was a Catholic priest, leader of the Mexican Wa ...
in San Jerónimo Aculco in 1811 and stopping
Jose Maria Morelos Jose is the English transliteration of the Hebrew and Aramaic name ''Yose'', which is etymologically linked to ''Yosef'' or Joseph. Given name Mishnaic and Talmudic periods *Jose ben Abin *Jose ben Akabya *Jose the Galilean *Jose ben Halafta *J ...
's offensive in 1812. He was Viceroy from 1813 to 1816. *
Sidronio Camacho Sidronio Camacho was one of the soldiers of Emiliano Zapata during the Mexican Revolution and the killer of Emiliano's brother, Eufemio. On June 18, 1917, Camacho killed Emiliano's brother, Eufemio Zapata, who had beaten up Camacho's father, at th ...
was a ''Zapatista'' general who killed
Eufemio Zapata Eufemio Zapata Salazar (1873 in Ciudad Ayala – June 18, 1917, in Cuautla, Morelos) was a participant in the Mexican Revolution and the brother of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata. He was known as a womanizer, a macho man, and a very h ...
in Cuautla in 1917 and then joined
Venustiano Carranza José Venustiano Carranza de la Garza (; 29 December 1859 – 21 May 1920), known as Venustiano Carranza, was a Mexican land owner and politician who served as President of Mexico from 1917 until his assassination in 1920, during the Mexican Re ...
. *
Hernán Cortés Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca (December 1485 – December 2, 1547) was a Spanish ''conquistador'' who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions o ...
(1485–1547) was a Spanish ''
Conquistador Conquistadors (, ) or conquistadores (; ; ) were Spanish Empire, Spanish and Portuguese Empire, Portuguese colonizers who explored, traded with and colonized parts of the Americas, Africa, Oceania and Asia during the Age of Discovery. Sailing ...
'' (1519–1521) who lived in Cuernavaca from 1530 to 1540 and built the Palace of Cortés, Cuernavaca. He was named ''Marqués del Valle de Oaxaca'' in 1529. * María Estrada (c. 1475 or 1486 – between 1537 and 1548) was a Spanish woman who participated in the expedition of Hernán Cortés to Mexico in 1519–24. The Dominican historian
Diego Durán Diego Durán (c. 1537 – 1588) was a Dominican friar best known for his authorship of one of the earliest Western books on the history and culture of the Aztecs, ''The History of the Indies of New Spain'', a book that was much criticised in ...
claims that she led a force of conquistadors into the area around Popocatépetl, where she defeated the Nahua Indians of
Hueyapan San Andrés Hueyapan is a small town in the rural northeastern part of the Mexican state of Morelos, formerly in the municipality of Tetela del Volcán. It lies at an elevation of ca 2000–2500 metres above sea level on the southern slopes of ...
, charging head first and screaming "Santiago!" *
Genovevo de la O Genovevo de la O (January 3, 1876 – June 12, 1952) was an important figure in the Mexican Revolution in Morelos. He was born in Santa María Ahuacatitlán, Morelos,Genovevo de la O accessed Dec 28, 2018 to sharecropper parents. He was ...
(1876–1952) was born in Santa María Ahuacatitlán, Cuernavaca. He joined the
Mexican Revolution The Mexican Revolution () was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from 20 November 1910 to 1 December 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It saw the destruction of the Federal Army, its ...
in 1910 and joined Zapata in 1911. He won the ''Siege of Cuernavaca'' (1914) and was elected
Governor of Morelos The governor of Morelos was created with the state of Mexico in 1869. (:es:Territorio de Morelos, Morelos was a Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Territory from June 17, 1914, to February 5, 1917.) See also * List of Mexican state g ...
. *
Maria Fermina Rivera María Fermina Rivera was an insurgent in the Mexican War of Independence where she was a part of Vicente Guerrero's small force. Rivera was born in Tlaltizapán, in what today is the state of Morelos. In 1821, Rivera accompanied her husband into c ...
(died 1821) was born in
Tlaltizapán Tlaltizapán de Zapata is a city in the Mexican state of Morelos. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality, with which it shares a name. The toponym ''Tlaltizapán'' comes from a Nahuatl name and means ''tlal-tli'' ( ...
. Guerrilla of the troops of
Vicente Guerrero Vicente Ramón Guerrero Saldaña (; baptized 10 August 1782 – 14 February 1831) was a Mexican military officer from 1810–1821 and a statesman who became the nation's second president in 1829. He was one of the leading generals who fought ag ...
, died on the battlefield. *
Hermenegildo Galeana Hermenegildo Galeana (13 April 1762 – 27 June 1814) was a hero of the Mexican War of Independence, one of six brothers who fought in the insurgency. Galeana was considered the right-hand man of secular priest and leader of independence, José M ...
(1782–1814) was an Insurgent who fought at the Siege of Cuautla. * General
Julián González Guadarrama Julián is the Spanish equivalent of the name Julian. Notable people with the name include: * Julián, Julián Cuesta, Spanish footballer * Julián Orbón (1925–1991) Cuban composer * Julián Carrón (1950) Spanish Catholic theologian * Julián ...
(1890–?) was born in the town of
Mazatepec Mazatepec is a city in the Mexican state of Morelos. . The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. The name Mazatepec means ''hill of deer''. To the north and northeast is Miacatlán, to the northwest ...
on November 30, 1890. He joined the
Mexican Revolution The Mexican Revolution () was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from 20 November 1910 to 1 December 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It saw the destruction of the Federal Army, its ...
in Chontalcoatlán in March 1911 under the command of General Joaquín Miranda of the forces of General
Ambrosio Figueroa Ambrosio may refer to: People *Alessandra Ambrosio (born 1981), a Brazilian model *Arturo Ambrosio (1870–1960), an Italian film producer *Fabrisia Ambrosio, Brazilian-born physical therapist and academic *Franco Ambrosio (1932–2009), an ...
. Julián González died in Cuernavaca after dedicating himself to agriculture in the same municipality. * Rubén Jaramillo (1900–1962) was a military and peasant leader born in
Tlaquiltenango Tlaquiltenango is a city in the Mexican state of Morelos. It is south of Mexico city and southeast of Cuernavaca, the state capital via Mexican Federal Highway 95D. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality, with ...
who was gunned down by federal police in
Xochicalco Xochicalco () is a pre-Columbian archaeological site in Miacatlán in the western part of the Mexican state of Morelos. The name ''Xochicalco'' may be translated from Nahuatl as "in the house of Flowers". The site is located 38 km southwest ...
. * Gildardo Magaña Cerda (1891– 1939 in Mexico) was born in
Zamora, Michoacán Zamora de Hidalgo () is a city in the States of Mexico, Mexican state of Michoacán. The 2010 census population was 141,627. making it the third largest city in the state. The city is the municipal seat of Zamora Municipality, Michoacán, Zamora M ...
. In 1911 he moved to Morelos and in 1916 he became chief of staff to
Emiliano Zapata Emiliano Zapata Salazar (; 8 August 1879 – 10 April 1919) was a Mexican revolutionary. He was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920, the main leader of the people's revolution in the Mexican state of Morelos, and the insp ...
. On September 4, 1919, in
Huautla, Morelos Huautla is a small town in the Mexican state of Morelos, in the municipality of Tlaquiltenango. Revolutionary General Gildardo Magaña Cerda (1891-1939) was proclaimed successor of Emiliano Zapata to the leadership of the Liberation Army of the ...
, Magaña was proclaimed the leader of the
Liberation Army of the South The Liberation Army of the South (, ELS) was a guerrilla force led for most of its existence by Emiliano Zapata that took part in the Mexican Revolution from 1911 to 1920. During that time, the Zapatistas fought against the national government ...
. *
Mariano Matamoros Mariano Matamoros y Guridi (August 14, 1770 – February 3, 1814) was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary rebel soldier of the Mexican War of Independence, who fought for independence against Spain in the early 19th century. ...
(1770–1814) was the priest of
Jantetelco Jantetelco, officially Jantetelco de Matamoros, is a city in the Mexican state of Morelos. . The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. The municipality reported 17,238 inhabitants in the year 2015 ce ...
who fought at the Siege of Cuautla. The
Cuernavaca Airport Cuernavaca International Airport (); officially ''Aeropuerto Internacional General Mariano Matamoros'' (General Mariano Matamoros International Airport) is an airport located in Temixco, Morelos, Mexico. It manages air traffic for the Cuernavaca ...
is named for him. * Narciso Mendoza (1800–1888) or the''Niño artillero'' (Child Gunner). During the
Siege of Cuautla The siege of Cuautla was a battle of the War of Mexican Independence that occurred from 19 February through 2 May 1812 at Cuautla de Morelos, Cuautla, Morelos. The Spanish Royalist (Spanish American Revolution), royalist forces loyal to the ...
in 1812, 12-year-old Mendoza lit and fired a cannon at Spanish troops to protect the barrio of San Diego, Cuautla. *
Mixcoatl Mixcoatl (, from mixtli "cloud" and cōātl "serpent"), or Camaxtle or Camaxtli, was the god of the hunt and identified with the Milky Way, the stars, and the heavens in several Mesoamerican cultures. He was the patron deity of the Otomi peopl ...
Camaxtl was a warrior and the father of Quetzalcóatl in Amatlán. *
Otilio Montaño Sánchez Otilio Edmundo Montaño Sánchez (December 13, 1877 in Villa de Ayala, Morelos – May 18, 1917 in Buenavista de Cuéllar, Guerrero) was a Zapatista general during the Mexican Revolution. Otilio Montaño was born in Morelos to Esteban Montaño ...
(1887–1917) was a ''Zapatista'' general born in Villa Ayala. He was a co-author of the Plan de Ayala. He was executed as a traitor to Zapata. *
José María Morelos y Pavón José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , ...
(1765–1815) was a priest who led the Siege of Cuautla (September–May 1812). He was held prisoner in the Palacio de Cortes (November 1815). The state was named after him in 1869. * Felipe Neri Jiménez (1884–1914) was a soldier and general in the Mexican Revolution. He was born in the neighborhood of Gualupita, in Cuernavaca. He became part of Zapata's ruling Revolutionary Junta in May 1913. He was killed in January 1914, by the ''Zapatista'' forces of Antonio Barona Rojas while returning from a campaign in Tepoztlan. * Amador Salazar Jimenez (1868–1916) was a cousin of Emiliano Zapata who became a revolutionary general. He was born in Cuernavaca and is buried in
Tlaltizapán Tlaltizapán de Zapata is a city in the Mexican state of Morelos. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality, with which it shares a name. The toponym ''Tlaltizapán'' comes from a Nahuatl name and means ''tlal-tli'' ( ...
. *Tezcapotzin, warrior from Cuauhnáhuac who caught Cuautzinten, ''tlatoani'' of Xiutepec. *
Pablo Torres Burgos Pablo is a masculine given name, the Spanish form of the name Paul. People * Pablo Acha (born 1996), Spanish archer * Pablo Alarcón (born 1946), Argentine actor * Pablo Alborán (born 1989), Spanish singer * Pablo Aimar (born 1979), Argentine ...
(1877–1911) was born in Ciudad Ayala. Torres Burgos founded the liberation club called Melchor Ocampo in 1909 and became a general in 1911. He is remembered for the phrase, "Down with the haciendas! Long live the people!" *Tzontecomatl, leader of Tlahuica groups of the Chicomostoc tribe who first arrived in Cuauhnáhuac * Leondro Valle (1833–1861) was born on February 27, 1833, in Mexico City and grew up in
Jonacatepec Jonacatepec de Leondro Valle is a city in the Mexican state of Morelos. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. The municipality reported 15,690 inhabitants in the year 2015 census. The name ''J ...
. He fought at the Battle of Calpulalpan. He was executed on June 23, 1861. *
Emiliano Zapata Emiliano Zapata Salazar (; 8 August 1879 – 10 April 1919) was a Mexican revolutionary. He was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920, the main leader of the people's revolution in the Mexican state of Morelos, and the insp ...
(1879–1919) was the leader of the southern army during the Mexican Revolution He was born in
Anenecuilco Anenecuilco (Nahuatl: "Place where the water twists back and forth") is a town in the municipality of Ayala, Morelos, Mexico. As of 2021, it has a population of 11,227. Anenecuilco is known as the birthplace of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapa ...
and assassinated in Chinameca, both in Ayala. He is buried in Cuautla. *
Eufemio Zapata Eufemio Zapata Salazar (1873 in Ciudad Ayala – June 18, 1917, in Cuautla, Morelos) was a participant in the Mexican Revolution and the brother of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata. He was known as a womanizer, a macho man, and a very h ...
(1873–1917) was Emiliano Zapata's brother and a participant in the Mexican Revolution. He was killed by
Sidronio Camacho Sidronio Camacho was one of the soldiers of Emiliano Zapata during the Mexican Revolution and the killer of Emiliano's brother, Eufemio. On June 18, 1917, Camacho killed Emiliano's brother, Eufemio Zapata, who had beaten up Camacho's father, at th ...
in Cuautla.


Political figures

* Juan Pablo Adame Alemán (born in Cuernavaca, 1985) was a federal deputy ( PAN, 2012–2015). He is the son of Governor Marco Adame. *
Marco Antonio Adame Marco Antonio Adame Castillo (born 6 December 1960) is a Mexican politician, medical doctor, and member of the National Action Party (PAN). He served as governor of Morelos for the term of 2006—2012. Adame studied medicine and surgery at ...
Castillo (born in Cuernavaca, 1960) is a doctor and politician who was
Governor of Morelos The governor of Morelos was created with the state of Mexico in 1869. (:es:Territorio de Morelos, Morelos was a Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Territory from June 17, 1914, to February 5, 1917.) See also * List of Mexican state g ...
( PAN, 2006–2012). * Juan N. Álvarez (1790–1867) supported the
Plan of Ayutla The Plan of Ayutla was the 1854 written plan aimed at removing conservative, centralist President Antonio López de Santa Anna from control of Mexico during the Second Federal Republic of Mexico period. Initially, it seemed little different from ...
and was President of Mexico for two months while Cuernavaca was the capital (1855). *
Sergio Álvarez Mata Sergio Álvarez Mata (born 19 July 1962) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the PAN. As of 2013 he served as Senator of the LX and LXI Legislatures of the Mexican Congress representing Morelos. He also served as Deputy during the LIX Legi ...
(born in Cuernavaca, 1962) was a federal senator ( PAN, 2006–2012). * Cuauhtemoc Blanco (born 1973) is a former professional soccer player turned politician. He was the ''Presidente Municipal'' (mayor) of Cuernavaca from January 2016 to April 2018, and he became
Governor of Morelos The governor of Morelos was created with the state of Mexico in 1869. (:es:Territorio de Morelos, Morelos was a Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Territory from June 17, 1914, to February 5, 1917.) See also * List of Mexican state g ...
( PES) on October 1, 2018. *
Plutarco Elías Calles Plutarco Elías Calles (born Francisco Plutarco Elías Campuzano; 25 September 1877 – 19 October 1945) was a Mexican politician and military officer who served as the 47th President of Mexico from 1924 to 1928. After the assassination of Ál ...
(1877-1945), president (1924-1928) and ''Jefe Máximo'' (Maximum Chief) of the Revolution (1928-1934) ruled Mexico with an iron fist from his home in Colonia Reforma, Cuernavaca. *
Lázaro Cárdenas Lázaro Cárdenas del Río (; 21 May 1895 – 19 October 1970) was a Mexican army officer and politician who served as president of Mexico from 1934 to 1940. Previously, he served as a general in the Constitutional Army during the Mexican Revo ...
(1895–1970) was a Mexican president (1934–1980) who owned a home in Palmira, Cuernavaca. He donated land to construct a boarding school, ''Internado de Palmira'' for young women. *
Jorge Carrillo Olea Jorge Carrillo Olea (born in Jojutla, Morelos, on November 19, 1937) is a Mexican politician and general, and a member of Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI. He served as governor of Morelos from October 1, 1994, to May 15, 1998. Early mili ...
(born 1937) is a general, politician, and journalist from Jojutla. He was governor from 1994 to 1998 ( PRI). *Francisco de Contreras (¿?-1610), governor of Xochimilco de Cuauhnáhuac *
Cuauhtototzin Cuauhtototzin () was a king of Cuauhnahuac. Family Cuauhtototzin was a son and successor of King Tezcacohuatzin. His sister was Empress Miahuaxihuitl. He was a father of Empress Chichimecacihuatzin I and uncle of her husband Moctezuma I. Cuauh ...
, ''tlatoani'' of Cuauhnahuac in 1400, father of
Chichimecacihuatzin I Chichimecacihuatzin I () was a queen consort of Tenochtitlan and an Aztec empress.''Factional Competition and Political Development in the New World'' by Elizabeth M. Brumfiel and John W. Fox Family Chichimecacihuatzin was a daughter of King Cua ...
* Fidel Demédicis Hidalgo (born 1956) is a politician from Temixco. He was a federal senator from 2012 to 2018. * Domingo Diez (b. in Cuernavaca December 3, 1881 d. April 16, 1934) was a politician during and after the
Mexican Revolution The Mexican Revolution () was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from 20 November 1910 to 1 December 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It saw the destruction of the Federal Army, its ...
. There is a street in Cuernavaca named after him. *
Luis Echeverría Luis Echeverría Álvarez (; 17 January 1922 – 8 July 2022) was a Mexican lawyer, academic, and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as the 57th president of Mexico from 1970 to 1976. Previously, ...
(1922–2022), former President of Mexico ( PRI 1970–1976) lives in Cuernavaca. As ''Secretario de Gobernacion'' (Secretary of the Interior) under President
Gustavo Díaz Ordaz Gustavo Díaz Ordaz Bolaños (; 12 March 1911 – 15 July 1979) was a Mexican politician and member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served as the President of Mexico from 1964 to 1970. Previously, he served as a member of t ...
, Echeverria is considered responsible for the October 2, 1968 Tlatelolco massacre. *
Sergio Estrada Cajigal Sergio Alberto Estrada Cajigal Ramírez (August 23, 1961 in Cuernavaca, Morelos) is a Mexican politician, who was Governor of the state of Morelos for the National Action Party from 2000 - 2006, and who served two periods as mayor of Cuernavaca ...
(born 1961 in Cuernavaca) is a politician and former
Governor of Morelos The governor of Morelos was created with the state of Mexico in 1869. (:es:Territorio de Morelos, Morelos was a Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Territory from June 17, 1914, to February 5, 1917.) See also * List of Mexican state g ...
( PAN, 2000–2006). His grandfather, Vicente Estada Cajigal, was governor from 1930 to 1934. *
Jorge Arturo García Rubí Jorge Arturo García Rubí (21 November 1948 – 31 October 2023) was a Mexican lawyer, politician, and member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). García held prominent legal and political offices in the Mexican state of Morelos, in ...
, (b. Cuernavaca, November 21, 1952) is a lawyer and politician, member of the
Institutional Revolutionary Party The Institutional Revolutionary Party (, , PRI) is a List of political parties in Mexico, political party in Mexico that was founded in 1929 as the National Revolutionary Party (, PNR), then as the Party of the Mexican Revolution (, PRM) and fin ...
who was
Governor of Morelos The governor of Morelos was created with the state of Mexico in 1869. (:es:Territorio de Morelos, Morelos was a Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Territory from June 17, 1914, to February 5, 1917.) See also * List of Mexican state g ...
from May 18 to September 30, 2000. *
Ángel García Yáñez Ángel García Yáñez (born 14 December 1967) is a Mexican politician affiliated at different times to the New Alliance Party (Nueva Alianza) and to the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served as a senator in the 64th and 65th leg ...
(born 1967) is a Mexican politician affiliated to the
New Alliance Party The New Alliance Party (NAP) was an American political party formed in New York City in 1979. Its immediate precursor was an umbrella organization known as the Labor Community Alliance for Change, whose member groups included the Coalition of Gr ...
(''Nueva Alianza''). He serves as a senator in the
LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress 64 (sixty-four) is the natural number following 63 and preceding 65. Mathematics Sixty-four is the square of 8, the cube of 4, and the sixth power of 2. It is the seventeenth interprime, since it lies midway between the eighteenth and n ...
(2018–2021) from the state of Morelos. From 2015 to 2018, he represented the Fifth Federal Electoral District of Morelos, centered on Yautepec. * Flora Guerrero, environmentalist and activist *Huitzilihuitl (?-1425), ''
tlatoani ''Tlahtoāni'' ( , "ruler, sovereign"; plural ' ) is a historical title used by the dynastic rulers of (singular ''āltepētl'', often translated into English as "city-state"), autonomous political entities formed by many pre-Columbian Nahuatl- ...
'' (ruler) of Cuauhnáhuac (1403-1425) *Itzcoatzin de Cuauhnáhuac,
Tlahuica Matlatzinca is a name used to refer to different Indigenous peoples in Mexico, Indigenous ethnic groups in the Toluca Valley in the México (state), state of México, located in the central highlands of Mexico. The term is applied to the ethnic gro ...
''tlatoani'' of Cuauhnahuac in 1519. * Armando León Bejarano (1916–2016) was born in Cuautla and served as
Governor of Morelos The governor of Morelos was created with the state of Mexico in 1869. (:es:Territorio de Morelos, Morelos was a Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Territory from June 17, 1914, to February 5, 1917.) See also * List of Mexican state g ...
( PRI, 1976–1982). *
Maximilian I of Mexico Maximilian I (; ; 6 July 1832 – 19 June 1867) was an Austrian Empire, Austrian archduke who became Emperor of Mexico, emperor of the Second Mexican Empire from 10 April 1864 until his execution by the Restored Republic (Mexico), Mexican Republ ...
(1832–1867) was the Second Emperor of Mexico (1866–1867). He had two homes in Cuernavaca, the ''Borda Garden'' and ''El Olvido'' in Acapantzingo. *
Lucía Meza Guzmán Lucía Virginia Meza Guzmán (born 13 December 1975) is a Mexican politician and senator to the LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress from the state of Morelos. She had previously served as a Chamber of Deputies (Mexico), federal deputy in th ...
(born in Cuautla, 1975) is a politician and senator to the
LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress 64 (sixty-four) is the natural number following 63 and preceding 65. Mathematics Sixty-four is the square of 8, the cube of 4, and the sixth power of 2. It is the seventeenth interprime, since it lies midway between the eighteenth and n ...
from the state of Morelos. Meza Guzmán is affiliated with the
National Regeneration Movement The National Regeneration Movement (), commonly referred to by its syllabic abbreviation Morena (), is a major left-wing political party in Mexico, often described as oscillating between social democracy and populism. As of 2023, it is the la ...
(Morena). * Gisela Mota Ocampo (1982 –
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) was a Mexican politician affiliated with the PRD. As of 2013, she served as a plurinominal deputy in the
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, representing Morelos. After winning the elections in June 2015, Mota Ocampo became mayor of
Temixco Temixco is the fourth-largest city in the Mexican state of Morelos. It is in the west-northwest part of the state, from Cuernavaca and from Mexico City.García, Jerry. '' Looking Like the Enemy: Japanese Mexicans, the Mexican State, and US Hege ...
on January 1, 2016, serving until her assassination the following day, on January 2, 2016. * Claudia Ochoa Carrillo from
Xochitepec Xochitepec is a ''municipio (Mexico), municipio'' (Municipalities of Mexico, municipality) of the Mexican state, state of Morelos, in central Mexico. Xochitepec is also the name of its principal township and seat of the municipal government. It is ...
was the first female municipal president in Morelos (1967–1969). *
Lauro Ortega Martínez Lauro Ortega Martínez (June 8, 1910 – July 22, 1999) was a Mexican politician and veterinarian. Ortega served as the national president of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), Mexico's longtime ruling party, during the 1960s. In ...
(1910–1999) was a veterinarian and a politician who served as
Governor of Morelos The governor of Morelos was created with the state of Mexico in 1869. (:es:Territorio de Morelos, Morelos was a Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Territory from June 17, 1914, to February 5, 1917.) See also * List of Mexican state g ...
(1982–1988) who lived in
Xochitepec Xochitepec is a ''municipio (Mexico), municipio'' (Municipalities of Mexico, municipality) of the Mexican state, state of Morelos, in central Mexico. Xochitepec is also the name of its principal township and seat of the municipal government. It is ...
. *Epigmenio de la Piedra (1792-1873), Deputy from Cuernavaca who signed the
1824 Constitution of Mexico The Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States of 1824 () was the first constitution of Mexico, enacted on October 4 of 1824, inaugurating the First Mexican Republic. Background During the Mexican War of Independence, the liberal domin ...
* Graco Ramirez (born June 26, 1949) is a politician who was
Governor of Morelos The governor of Morelos was created with the state of Mexico in 1869. (:es:Territorio de Morelos, Morelos was a Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Territory from June 17, 1914, to February 5, 1917.) See also * List of Mexican state g ...
(PRD, 2012–2018). * Antonio Riva Palacio (1926–2014) was a politician and
Governor of Morelos The governor of Morelos was created with the state of Mexico in 1869. (:es:Territorio de Morelos, Morelos was a Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Territory from June 17, 1914, to February 5, 1917.) See also * List of Mexican state g ...
(PRI, 1988–1994). He was Ambassador to Ecuador (1994–1998). *Tehuehuetzin (¿?-1504), lord, king of Cuauhnáhuac in 1491. *
Tezcacohuatzin Tezcacohuatzin () (also called Ozomatzin () was a king of Cuauhnahuac. He ruled in the late fourteenth century and was a grandfather of Aztec Emperor Moctezuma I and his wife, Chichimecacihuatzin I. Biography Tezcacohuatzin was described as on ...
(b. 1359) was Lord of Cuauhnáhuac and grandfather of
Moctezuma I Moctezuma I (–1469), also known as Montezuma I, Moteuczomatzin Ilhuicamina ( ) or Huehuemoteuczoma ( ), was the second Tlatoani, Aztec emperor and fifth king of Tenochtitlan. During his reign, the Aztec Empire was consolidated, major expansion ...
. His daughter
Miahuaxihuitl Miahuaxihuitl () of Cuauhnahuac was a Queen of Tenochtitlan. Her name is also spelled as Miyahuaxihuitl. She was mother of the Princess Matlalcihuatzin and the Aztec Emperor Moctezuma I. She was also an aunt of the Queen Chichimecacihuatzin I an ...
(b. 1385) married
Huitzilihuitl Huitzilihuitl () or Huitzilihuitzin (Nahuatl language; English: ''Hummingbird Feather'') (1370s – ''ca.'' 1417) was the second ''Tlatoani'' or king of Tenochtitlan. According to the Codex Chimalpahin, he reigned from 1390 to 1415, according to ...
(b. 1379),
Aztec The Aztecs ( ) were a Mesoamerican civilization that flourished in central Mexico in the Post-Classic stage, post-classic period from 1300 to 1521. The Aztec people included different Indigenous peoples of Mexico, ethnic groups of central ...
emperor. * Juan Antonio Tlaxcoapan (d. 1813) was an Indigeous and citizen of Spain native of
Jojutla Jojutla is a municipality in the state of Morelos, Mexico. Its municipal seat is the city of ''Jojutla de Juárez''. The name ''Jojutla'' comes from Nahuatl ''Xoxōuhtlān'' () and means, ''Place of abundant blue skies''. Another interpretation i ...
who served as alderman in
Tlaquiltenango Tlaquiltenango is a city in the Mexican state of Morelos. It is south of Mexico city and southeast of Cuernavaca, the state capital via Mexican Federal Highway 95D. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality, with ...
during the
Mexican War of Independence The Mexican War of Independence (, 16 September 1810 – 27 September 1821) was an armed conflict and political process resulting in Mexico's independence from the Spanish Empire. It was not a single, coherent event, but local and regional ...
. He had talks with
Vicente Guerrero Vicente Ramón Guerrero Saldaña (; baptized 10 August 1782 – 14 February 1831) was a Mexican military officer from 1810–1821 and a statesman who became the nation's second president in 1829. He was one of the leading generals who fought ag ...
and
Nicolas Bravo Nicolas or Nicolás may refer to: People Given name * Nicolas (given name) Mononym * Nicolas (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer * Nicolas (footballer, born 2000), Brazilian footballer Surname Nicolas * Dafydd Nicolas (c.1705–1774), ...
prior to the
Congress of Chilpancingo A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of ...
. He was executed by firing squad in the atrium of the church of Santo Domingo in Tlaquiltenango in late 1813. *Yoatzin, last ''tlatoani'' of Cuauhnahuac. Surrendered to Hernán Cortés on April 3, 1521. His baptismal name was Hernando Cuauhnáhuac Cortés y Sandoval.


Religious figures

*Bernardino Álvarez de San Hipólito, founder of the Hospital de la Santa Cruz in Oaxtepec *Agustina Andrade (1695-?), discovered the Virgen de Tlaltenango on August 30, 1720 *Domingo de la Anunciación (16th century), evangelizer of
Tepoztlán Tepoztlán () is a town in the central Mexican state of Morelos. It is located at in the heart of the Tepoztlán Valley. The town serves as the seat of government for the municipality of the same name. The town had a population of 14,130 inhabit ...
who destroyed the ídol of Ometochtli de Tepoztlán * Fray Jorge de Avila (ordained 1526, died 1547) was an Augistinian monk who founded monasteries in Atlathucan, Tlayacapan, Ocuituco, Yecapixtla, and Totolapan. All these monasteries are part of the
UNESCO World Heritage Sites World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection under an international treaty administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance. The sites are judged to contain "cultural and natural heritag ...
. *
Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos (March 21, 1816, Zamora, Michoacán — February 4, 1891, Oacalco, Morelos) was a Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, lawyer and doctor of canon law, and politician. He was a member of the imperial regency ...
(b. 1816 in
Zamora, Michoacán Zamora de Hidalgo () is a city in the States of Mexico, Mexican state of Michoacán. The 2010 census population was 141,627. making it the third largest city in the state. The city is the municipal seat of Zamora Municipality, Michoacán, Zamora M ...
), Roman Catholic
archbishop In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdi ...
and Mexican politician who served as
regent In a monarchy, a regent () is a person appointed to govern a state because the actual monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge their powers and duties, or the throne is vacant and a new monarch has not yet been dete ...
during the
Second Mexican Empire The Second Mexican Empire (; ), officially known as the Mexican Empire (), was a constitutional monarchy established in Mexico by Mexican monarchists with the support of the Second French Empire. This period is often referred to as the Second ...
(1863–1864) (d. 1891 in Oacalco, Yautepec) *
Diego Durán Diego Durán (c. 1537 – 1588) was a Dominican friar best known for his authorship of one of the earliest Western books on the history and culture of the Aztecs, ''The History of the Indies of New Spain'', a book that was much criticised in ...
(c. 1537 – 1588) was a Dominican friar best known for his authorship of one of the earliest Western books on the history and culture of the Aztecs, ''The History of the Indies of New Spain.'' Durán became vicar at the convent in
Hueyapan San Andrés Hueyapan is a small town in the rural northeastern part of the Mexican state of Morelos, formerly in the municipality of Tetela del Volcán. It lies at an elevation of ca 2000–2500 metres above sea level on the southern slopes of ...
(1581). *
Jacobo Grinberg Jacobo Grinberg-Zylberbaum (born Mexico City, 1946), known as Jacobo Grinberg was a Mexican neurophysiologist and psychologist. He studied Mexican shamanism, Eastern disciplines, meditation, astrology and telepathy through the scientific method. ...
(born 1946; disappeared December 8, 1994) is/was a ''shaman'' who frequently studied in Tepoztlan and mysteriously disappeared in Cuernavaca. *
Ivan Illich Ivan Dominic Illich ( ; ; 4 September 1926 – 2 December 2002) was an Austrian Catholic priest, Theology, theologian, philosopher, and social critic. His 1971 book ''Deschooling Society'' criticises modern society's institutional approach to ...
(1926–2002) was a Catholic priest & philosopher who co-founded the
Centro Intercultural de Documentación The Centro Intercultural de Documentación (CIDOC) was founded by Ivan Illich in 1965 as a higher education campus for development workers and missionaries. It was located in Cuernavaca (Mexico), at the Rancho Tetela. Early history In Celebration o ...
in Rancho Tetela in 1965. *Gregorio Lemercier (1912-1987), founder of the monastery of ''Santa María de la Resurrección'' in Santa María Ahucatitlán * Baltasar López Bucio (born 1938) is a Catholic priest. He was a promoter of Liberation Theology and a follower of bishop Sergio Mendez. As the pastor of the church in Tlatenango, Cuernavaca, he commissioned Roberto Martínez García to paint a mural that reflected that tradition of veneration of the Virgin Mary at the old church (said to be the oldest church in continental America). The mural includes Emiliano Zapata, Diego Rivera, Hernán Cortés, and Baltasar on pilgrimage to the church. Later he served as pastor of the parish in Acapantzingo, Cuernavaca. * Manuel Pío López Estrada (1891–1971). Priest born in
Jojutla Jojutla is a municipality in the state of Morelos, Mexico. Its municipal seat is the city of ''Jojutla de Juárez''. The name ''Jojutla'' comes from Nahuatl ''Xoxōuhtlān'' () and means, ''Place of abundant blue skies''. Another interpretation i ...
, 6th bishop of
Veracruz Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entit ...
, and first archbishop of
Xalapa Xalapa or Jalapa (, ), officially Xalapa-Enríquez (), is the capital city of the Mexico, Mexican List of states of Mexico, state of Veracruz and the name of the surrounding municipality. In 2020 census the city reported a population of 443,063 ...
(1939–1968). * José Agapito Mateo Minos Campuzano (1852–1938), priest and historian from
Jojutla Jojutla is a municipality in the state of Morelos, Mexico. Its municipal seat is the city of ''Jojutla de Juárez''. The name ''Jojutla'' comes from Nahuatl ''Xoxōuhtlān'' () and means, ''Place of abundant blue skies''. Another interpretation i ...
. *
Sergio Méndez Arceo Sergio Méndez Arceo (28 October 1907 in Tlalpan – 5 February 1992 in Morelos) was a Mexican Roman Catholic bishop and activist. A product of a wealthy family, Méndez Arceo's father was a successful lawyer and his uncle was a prominent arch ...
(1907-1991) was a bishop of Cuernavaca, 1953–1982. He was a leading proponent of Liberation Theology. * Florencio Olvera Ochoa, (1933–2020), Bishop of
Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuernavaca The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuernavaca () (erected 23 June 1891) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Toluca. Its seat is in the Cuernavaca Cathedral. S.E.R. Mons. Ramón Castro Castro was named 12th Bishop of Cuernavaca by Pope Franc ...
(2002–2009). *Ozomatzintentli, lord of Cuauhnáhuac,
shaman Shamanism is a spiritual practice that involves a practitioner (shaman) interacting with the spirit world through altered states of consciousness, such as trance. The goal of this is usually to direct spirits or spiritual energies into ...
*
Francisco Plancarte y Navarrete Francisco Plancarte y Navarrete (October 21, 1856 – June 2, 1920) was born in Zamora, Michoacán, Mexico, the son of Jesus Plancarte Labastida and Maria de los Angeles Navarrete. He had two younger sisters, Maria Gertrudis and Maria Benita Vir ...
(1856–1920) was a Roman Catholic Bishop of Cuernavaca (1898–1911) and an Archbishop of Monterrey. He is best known for his work as an archaeologist. *
Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo (11 November 1926 – 24 May 1993) was an archbishop of the Catholic Church in Mexico who served as the eighth archbishop of the see of Guadalajara and as a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Posadas Ocampo was ...
(1926–1993) was a Roman Catholic bishop of Cuernavaca (1983–1987) and an archbishop and cardinal of
Guadalajara Guadalajara ( ; ) is the capital and the most populous city in the western Mexican List of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco, as well as the most densely populated municipality in Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population ...
(1987–1993). *Antonio de Roa (1491-?), Augustinian monk who lived in
Totolapan Totolapan is a municipality in the north of the Mexican state of Morelos, surrounded by the State of Mexico to the north; to the south with Tlayacapan and Atlatlahucan; to the east and southeast with Atlatlahucan; and to the west with Tlalnepan ...
. He walked on coals and left the Christ of Totolapan. *Angelo de San Alberto, Dominican friar who built the aqueduct of Santo Domingo
Tlaquiltenango Tlaquiltenango is a city in the Mexican state of Morelos. It is south of Mexico city and southeast of Cuernavaca, the state capital via Mexican Federal Highway 95D. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality, with ...
in 1760


Royalty

*
Barbara Hutton Barbara Woolworth Hutton (November 14, 1912 – May 11, 1979) was an American debutante, socialite, heiress and philanthropist. She was dubbed the "Poor Little Rich Girl"—first when she was given a lavish and expensive debutante ball in 1930 ...
(1912–1979) the ''Poor Little Rich Girl'' was an American heiress who had a home in
Jiutepec Jiutepec is a city and its surrounding municipality in the Mexican state of Morelos. The name ''Jiutepec'' comes from the Nahuatl name ''Xiutepetl'', which means "the precious stones hill". The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrou ...
. *
Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy (born 2 February 1943) is the youngest daughter of Italy's last King, Umberto II, and his wife, Queen Marie-José. Life Born Principessa Maria Beatrice Elena Margherita Ludovica Caterina Romana di Savoia, she ...
(b. 1943) was the youngest daughter of
Umberto II of Italy Umberto II (; 15 September 190418 March 1983) was the last King of Italy. Umberto's reign lasted for 34 days, from 9 May 1946 until his formal deposition on 12 June 1946, although he had been the ''de facto'' head of state since 1944. Due to hi ...
. She lived in Acapantzingo, Cuernavaca, from 1971 until her husband's murder in 1999. *
Frances Erskine Inglis Frances "Fanny" Erskine Inglis, later the Marquesa of Calderón de la Barca and best known as Fanny Calderón de la Barca, (Edinburgh, Scotland, 1804 – Madrid, Spain, 1882), was a 19th-century travel writer best known for her 1843 memoir ...
, (1806–1882), Marquesa Calderón de la Barca, was a Scottish woman who married Ángel Calderón de la Barca. Calderon de la Barca was the first plenipotentiary prime minister of Spain in independent Mexico. Francis Erskine Ingles arrived in Cuernavaca in 1841 and went to Atlacumolco,
Jiutepec Jiutepec is a city and its surrounding municipality in the Mexican state of Morelos. The name ''Jiutepec'' comes from the Nahuatl name ''Xiutepetl'', which means "the precious stones hill". The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrou ...
. She wrote ''Life in Mexico'' in 1843, with a preface by the historian William H. Prescott. *
Moctezuma I Moctezuma I (–1469), also known as Montezuma I, Moteuczomatzin Ilhuicamina ( ) or Huehuemoteuczoma ( ), was the second Tlatoani, Aztec emperor and fifth king of Tenochtitlan. During his reign, the Aztec Empire was consolidated, major expansion ...
(1390–1469) was the 5th
Tlatoani ''Tlahtoāni'' ( , "ruler, sovereign"; plural ' ) is a historical title used by the dynastic rulers of (singular ''āltepētl'', often translated into English as "city-state"), autonomous political entities formed by many pre-Columbian Nahuatl- ...
of
Tenochtitlan , also known as Mexico-Tenochtitlan, was a large Mexican in what is now the historic center of Mexico City. The exact date of the founding of the city is unclear, but the date 13 March 1325 was chosen in 1925 to celebrate the 600th annivers ...
and 2nd
Aztec The Aztecs ( ) were a Mesoamerican civilization that flourished in central Mexico in the Post-Classic stage, post-classic period from 1300 to 1521. The Aztec people included different Indigenous peoples of Mexico, ethnic groups of central ...
emperor (1440–1469). He established a palace in ''Pozo Azul'',
Huaxtepec Oaxtepec is a town within the municipality of Yautepec and the Cuautla metropolitan area in the eastern part of the Mexican state of Morelos. Its main industry is tourism, mostly aimed at the inhabitants of nearby Mexico City, and the town possess ...
. Grandson of
Tezcacohuatzin Tezcacohuatzin () (also called Ozomatzin () was a king of Cuauhnahuac. He ruled in the late fourteenth century and was a grandfather of Aztec Emperor Moctezuma I and his wife, Chichimecacihuatzin I. Biography Tezcacohuatzin was described as on ...
, Lord of Cuauhnáhuac. *
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (26 October 1919 – 27 July 1980) was the last List of monarchs of Iran, Shah of Iran, ruling from 1941 to 1979. He succeeded his father Reza Shah and ruled the Imperial State of Iran until he was overthrown by the ...
(1919–1980) was the ''Shah of Iran'' (1941–1979). He lived in exile in Cuernavaca in 1979. He fell ill and was taken to New York City for treatment on October 22, 1979—two weeks before the
Iran hostage crisis The Iran hostage crisis () began on November 4, 1979, when 66 Americans, including diplomats and other civilian personnel, were taken hostage at the Embassy of the United States in Tehran, with 52 of them being held until January 20, 1981. Th ...
.


Scientists and inventors

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Carlos Arias Ortiz Carlos Federico Arias Ortiz is a Mexican biochemist specialized in rotaviruses. Along his wife, Susana López Charretón, he has been a co-recipient of both the 2001 Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology and the 2008 TWAS Prize in Biology. ...
is a biochemist who lives in Cuernavaca and works at the
UNAM The National Autonomous University of Mexico (, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It has several campuses in Mexico City, and many others in various locations across Mexico, as well as a presence in nine countries. It also has 34 ...
. *Ricardo Alberto Castañeda, traditional healer and author from Xoxocotla, Morelos * Ce Acatl Topiltzin (c. 895–947) was born in Amatlan and is often associated with Quetzalcoatl, who invented
pulque Pulque (; ), occasionally known as octli or agave wine, is an alcoholic beverage made from the fermented sap of the maguey (agave) plant. It is traditional in central Mexico, where it has been produced for millennia. It has the color of milk, ...
. He was a
Toltec The Toltec culture () was a Pre-Columbian era, pre-Columbian Mesoamerican culture that ruled a state centered in Tula (Mesoamerican site), Tula, Hidalgo (state), Hidalgo, Mexico, during the Epiclassic and the early Post-Classic period of Mesoam ...
king (977–999). *
Alejandra Bravo María Alejandra Bravo de la Parra (born 29 April 1961) is a Mexican biochemist who was laureated with the 2010 L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science – Latin America for her work on a bacterial toxin that acts as a powerful insecticide. B ...
de la Parra (born 1961 in Mexico City) is a biochemist who lives in Cuernavaca and works at the UNAM. * Hector Lamadrid-Figueroa (born in Cuernavaca in 1976) is head of the Department of Perinatal Health at the National Institute of Public Health of Mexico (INSP). He was a consultant with ''MEASURE Evaluation'' from 2011 to 2015, in Mexico, South Africa, India, and Nepal. He has been a collaborator of the ''Global Burden of Disease'' study since 2015. *
Timothy Leary Timothy Francis Leary (October 22, 1920 – May 31, 1996) was an American psychologist and author known for his strong advocacy of psychedelic drugs. Evaluations of Leary are polarized, ranging from "bold oracle" to "publicity hound". Accordin ...
(1920–1996). American psychologist and counterculture figure conducted early experiments into the effects of psychedelic drugs in Cuernavaca from 1960 to 1964. * Susana López Charretón (born 1957 in Mexico City) is a Mexican virologist who lives in Cuernavaca and works at the UNAM. She is married to Carlos Arias Ortiz. * Andrés Eloy Martínez Rojas (born 1963) was born in Cuernavaca and lives in Jojutla. In 2006 he discovered and named the Jojutla crater on Mars. From 2012 to 2015 he represented the 4th district (Jojutla) in the state legislature as a member of
Morena Morena or MORENA may refer to: Places * Morena, Madhya Pradesh, a town in central India * Morena (Lok Sabha constituency), Madhya Pradesh * Morena (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Madhya Pradesh * Morena, San Diego, California, a neighborhood * Mo ...
. * Alfredo Quinto is a physicalchemical researcher at the
National Technological Institute of Mexico The National Technological Institute of Mexico (in , ''TNM'') is a Mexican public university system created on 23 July 2014 by Decree, presidential decree. At the time of its foundation, the Institute incorporated the 263 former Institutes of Tech ...
, assigned to the Tec de Zacatepec. In 2016 he became the first Mexican scientist to win the
Newton International Fellowship The Newton International Fellowship, named after Sir Isaac Newton, is an international postdoctoral award for selected foreign academics to carry out research at institutions in the United Kingdom. Award description Established by the Royal So ...
for studies at the
University of Oxford The University of Oxford is a collegiate university, collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the List of oldest un ...
. *
Alexander von Humboldt Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 1769 – 6 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, natural history, naturalist, List of explorers, explorer, and proponent of Romanticism, Romantic philosophy and Romanticism ...
(1769–1859) was a Prussian naturalist who visited Cuernavaca in 1803 and nicknamed it the ''City of Eternal Spring''.


Visual artists

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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 ...
(1896–1974) was a Mexican muralist who lived and worked in Cuernavaca. His former studio is now a museum located in a public park named for him. * Lizette Arditti was born in Mexico City in 1947 and has lived in Tepoztlan since 1977. * Robert Brady (1928–1986) was an American art collector and heir to the Mayflower Movers fortune. He bought and restored the former bishop's residence in Cuernavaca, which today houses the Robert Brady Museum. * Enrique Cattaneo y Cramer (born February 9, 1946) was born in Mexico City and lives in Cuernavaca. He teaches at the UAEM. *Cristina Cassy, Mexican painter who won the 3rd place medal in the ''Salon de Oro'' in Madrid, Spain, in 1960, lives in Acapantzingo, Cuernavaca. * Jorge Cázares Campos (b. Cuernavaca November 20, 1937, d. Cuernavaca January 11, 2020) landscape painter, studied at the Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Morelos where he taught since 1976 *
Rafael Coronel Rafael Coronel (24 October 1931 – 7 May 2019) was a Mexicans, Mexican painter. He was the son-in-law of Diego Rivera. His representational paintings have a melancholic sobriety, and include faces from the past great masters, often floating in ...
, 87, painter (b. 1931 in Zacatecas, d. 2019 in Cuernavaca) * Vicente Gandia Sanz (1935–2009) was born in Barcelona, Spain, and died in Cuernavaca. *
Alfredo Guati Rojo Alfredo Guati Rojo Cárdenas (December 1, 1918 – June 10, 2003) was a 20th-century list of Mexican artists, Mexican artist who worked to restore the reputation of watercolor painting as a true art form. His preference for the technique came from ...
(1918–2003) was a Mexican painter who lived in Cuernavaca as a child. * Paula Lazos (1940–2010) was a Mexican painter who was born in Cuernavaca and who studied at the
UAEM The Autonomous University of Mexico State () (UAEM) is a public university in the State of Mexico, Mexico. It is the largest university institution in the state with over 84,500 students, with its central campus located in the state capital of ...
. *
Joy Laville Joy Laville (September 8, 1923 – April 13, 2018) was an English/Mexican artist whose art career began and mostly developed in Mexico when she came to the country to take art classes in San Miguel de Allende. While there she met Mexican writer J ...
, (b.
1923 In Greece, this year contained only 352 days as 13 days was skipped to achieve the calendrical switch from Julian to Gregorian Calendar. It happened there that Wednesday, 15 February ''(Julian Calendar)'' was followed by Thursday, 1 March ' ...
in U.K., died
2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
; nationalized Mexican painter and sculptor who lived in Jiutepec. * Liliana Mercenario Pomeroy was born in Mexico city in 1955 and has lived in Cuernavaca since 1994. She teaches at the UAEM. *
Wolfgang Paalen Wolfgang Robert Paalen (July 22, 1905 in Vienna, Austria – September 24, 1959 in Taxco, Mexico) was an Austrian-Mexican painter, sculptor, and Aesthetics, art philosopher. A member of the Abstraction-Création group from 1934 to 1935, he joine ...
(1907-1959), Austrian-Mexican surrealist painter who lived and worked in Tepoztlàn during his last Mexican period (1954–59). *Sebastián Ortega (1628-?), religious painter Cuernavaca. "Notario de la Inquisición" in 1643 * Yolanda Quijano is a Mexican painter and sculptor who lives in Cuernavaca. * María Luisa Reid (born in 1943 in Zacatepec) is a Mexican sculptor. * Eduardo del Río "Ruis" (1934–2017) was a cartoonist and writer born in Zamora, Michoacan and who lived in Las Palmas, Cuernavaca and in Tepoztlán. *
Diego Rivera Diego Rivera (; December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957) was a Mexican painter. His large frescoes helped establish the Mexican muralism, mural movement in Mexican art, Mexican and international art. Between 1922 and 1953, Rivera painted mural ...
(1886–1957) was a Mexican muralist. He lived in Acapantzingo, Cuernavaca from 1951 to 1957. *John King Edward Spencer (b. U.K. 1928 - d. Cuernavaca 2005), best known for designing the stone/iron fence of the church of the ''Reyes Magos'' in Tetela del Monte, Cuernavaca. Upon his death he donated his home to the city of Cuernavaca as the
Casona Spencer
' cultural center. *
Rufino Tamayo Rufino del Carmen Arellanes Tamayo (August 25, 1899 – June 24, 1991) was a Mexican painter of Zapotec peoples, Zapotec heritage, born in Oaxaca City, Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico.Sullivan, 170-171Ades, 357 Tamayo was active in the mid-20th cen ...
(1899–1991) was a Mexican painter. ''Calle 5 de Mayo'', where he lived in Cuernavaca, was renamed in his honor after his death. *
Roger von Gunten Roger von Gunten (born 29 March 1933) is a Swiss-born Mexican artist and sculptor. He was the subject of a 1978 essay by Jomí García Ascot and was part of the '' Breakaway Generation'' which emerged after World War II ending the Mexican Murali ...
(born 1933) was born in Zurich, Switzerland in 1933. In 1957 he traveled to Cuernavaca and became a Mexican citizen in 1980. He lives in Tepoztlan.


Writers, educators, and journalists

*
José Agustín José Agustín Ramírez Gómez (19 August 1944 – 16 January 2024) was a Mexican novelist, short story writer, essayist and screenwriter. Publishing under the pen name José Agustín, he was considered one of the most influential and prolific Me ...
(born 1944) is a Mexican writer who lives in Cuautla. *
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 ...
(1834–1893). Author of ''El Zarco'', set in
Yautepec de Zaragoza Yautepec is a municipality located in the north-central part of the Mexican state of Morelos. The municipal seat is the city of Yautepec de Zaragoza. It stands at . The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of Yaute ...
between 1861 and 1863. * Agustín Aragón León (1870–1954) was an educator who founded the ''Revista Positiva''. He was born in
Jonacatepec Jonacatepec de Leondro Valle is a city in the Mexican state of Morelos. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. The municipality reported 15,690 inhabitants in the year 2015 census. The name ''J ...
. *Pedro Castera, 20th century novelist (''Carmen''), which takes place in Cuernavaca. *María Isabel Cacalpotitla (?-1560), woman who taught
Nahuatl Nahuatl ( ; ), Aztec, or Mexicano is a language or, by some definitions, a group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Varieties of Nahuatl are spoken by about Nahuas, most of whom live mainly in Central Mexico and have smaller popul ...
to the
Augustinians Augustinians are members of several religious orders that follow the Rule of Saint Augustine, written about 400 A.D. by Augustine of Hippo. There are two distinct types of Augustinians in Catholic religious orders dating back to the 12th–13 ...
of
Ocuituco Ocuituco is a town in the Mexican state of Morelos and the municipal head for the Municipality of Ocuituco which includes the towns of Ocuituco, Huejotengo, Huecahuaxco, Huepalcalco, Metepec, and Ocoxaltepec, as well as a number of settlements with ...
. *Lucio Carpanta, Nahutl teacher and author from Xoxocotla, Morelos *
Antonio Díaz Soto y Gama Antonio Diaz Soto y Gama (23 January 1880 – 14 March 1967) was a Mexican politician and revolutionary during the Mexican Revolution. Biography He was born in San Luis Potosí to Conrado Díaz Soto y Gama and Concepción Cruz. He studied in ...
(1880–1967) was born in San Luis Potosí. He was an agrarian leader during the
Mexican Revolution The Mexican Revolution () was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from 20 November 1910 to 1 December 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It saw the destruction of the Federal Army, its ...
who supported the Plan de Ayala. He encouraged the establishment of schools in
Jantetelco Jantetelco, officially Jantetelco de Matamoros, is a city in the Mexican state of Morelos. . The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. The municipality reported 17,238 inhabitants in the year 2015 ce ...
and
Zacualpan de Amilpas Zacualpan de Amilpas is a town in the Mexican state of Morelos. The town serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality, with which it shares a name. To the north is the municipality of Tetela del Volcán, to the south is the mu ...
. *
Isidro Fabela José Isidro Fabela Alfaro (28 June 1882 – 12 August 1964) was a Mexican judge, politician, professor, writer, publisher, governor of the State of Mexico, diplomat, and delegate to the now defunct League of Nations. Fabela was born in Atla ...
(1882–1964) was a writer, journalist, and diplomat who was born and died in Cuernavaca. *
Erich Fromm Erich Seligmann Fromm (; ; March 23, 1900 – March 18, 1980) was a German-American social psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, humanistic philosopher, and democratic socialist. He was a German Jew who fled the Nazi regime and set ...
(1900–1980). Psychoanalyst and humanist who lived in Cuernavaca from 1956 to 1976. *
Joaquín García Icazbalceta Joaquín García Icazbalceta (August 21, 1824 – November 26, 1894) was a Mexican philologist and historian. He edited writings by Mexican writers who preceded him, wrote a biography of Juan de Zumárraga, and translated William H. Prescott's ...
(1824–1894) was a Mexican philologist and historian who published the newspaper ''La Voz de Morelos'' in defense of the state in 1873. *Juan Antonio Lobato (18th century) writer from Tetecala, provincial leader of the Mercedarians. *Miguel López de Nava (b. in
Jonacatepec Jonacatepec de Leondro Valle is a city in the Mexican state of Morelos. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. The municipality reported 15,690 inhabitants in the year 2015 census. The name ''J ...
1858-1942), poet and musician *Sergio Jimenez Bénitez, novelist from Xoxocotla, Morelos *
Malcolm Lowry Clarence Malcolm Lowry (; 28 July 1909 – 26 June 1957) was an English poet and novelist who is best known for his 1947 novel ''Under the Volcano'', which was voted No. 11 in the Modern Library's 100 Best Novels list.
(1909–1957) was an English writer who lived in the ''Casa de la Bola'' in
Cuernavaca Cuernavaca (; , "near the woods" , Otomi language, Otomi: ) is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state, state of Morelos in Mexico. Along with Chalcatzingo, it is likely one of the origins of the Mesoamerica, Mesoamerican civilizatio ...
. He wrote ''
Under the Volcano ''Under the Volcano'' is a novel by the English writer Malcolm Lowry (1909–1957) published in 1947. It tells the story of Geoffrey Firmin, an alcoholic British Consulate general, consul in the Mexican city of Cuernavaca, Quauhnahuac on the D ...
'', a novel set in ''Quauhnahuac'' on the
Day of the Dead The Day of the Dead () is a holiday traditionally celebrated on November 1 and 2, though other days, such as October 31 or November 6, may be included depending on the locality. The multi-day holiday involves family and friends gathering to pa ...
in 1938. *Juan Francisco Miranda (1720-1759),
Jesuit The Society of Jesus (; abbreviation: S.J. or SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits ( ; ), is a religious order (Catholic), religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rom ...
writer born in
Atlacomulco Atlacomulco is one of 125 municipalities of Mexico, municipalities in the State of Mexico located in the northwest of the State of Mexico in central Mexico, from the state capital of Toluca. The municipal seat is the city of Atlacomulco de Fabela ...
, died in Rome *Celia Muñoz Escobar (b. in Cuernavaca 1912-1976), educator, poet, and writer. There is a street in Cuernavaca named after her. * (1939–2014), poet who was born in Mexico City, lived most of her life in Switzerland because of her participation in the student movement in 1968, and who died in Cuernavaca. * Manuel Mazari Puerto (1891–1935) was born in
Jojutla Jojutla is a municipality in the state of Morelos, Mexico. Its municipal seat is the city of ''Jojutla de Juárez''. The name ''Jojutla'' comes from Nahuatl ''Xoxōuhtlān'' () and means, ''Place of abundant blue skies''. Another interpretation i ...
. He was a homeopathic doctor, writer, and historian (''Bosquejo Histórico del Estado de Morelos''). * Gerardo Horacio Porcayo Villalobos (born 1966 in Cuernavaca), is a Mexican science fiction and fantasy writer. Porcayo's novel, ''La primera calle de la soledad'' (Solitude's ''First Road'') is an example of the cyberpunk subgenre of science fiction. *Musito Primo (b. in
Jantetelco Jantetelco, officially Jantetelco de Matamoros, is a city in the Mexican state of Morelos. . The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. The municipality reported 17,238 inhabitants in the year 2015 ce ...
, 1839-?), Indigenous writer famous for a comedy. *
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 the ...
(1889–1959) was a humanist and writer who lived in Cuernavaca, 1947–1959. He was nominated for the
Nobel Prize in Literature The Nobel Prize in Literature, here meaning ''for'' Literature (), is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, "in ...
five times. * Armando Salgado, (1938-2018), photojournalist who captured the
Corpus Christi massacre ''El Halconazo'' (Spanish: The Falcon Strike) was a massacre of student demonstrators by members of the '' Halcones'', a state-sponsored paramilitary group, on 10 June 1971 in Mexico City. Occurring during the Mexican Dirty War, the massacre res ...
of 120 students in 1971. * René Orta Salgado (ca. 1969 – May 13, 2012) was former Mexican journalist, lawyer, and political activist for the
Institutional Revolutionary Party The Institutional Revolutionary Party (, , PRI) is a List of political parties in Mexico, political party in Mexico that was founded in 1929 as the National Revolutionary Party (, PNR), then as the Party of the Mexican Revolution (, PRM) and fin ...
(PRI). He was killed in Cuernavaca during the election season of 2012; the murder could have been linked to his past in journalism and the
Mexican Drug War The Mexican drug war is an List of ongoing armed conflicts, ongoing Asymmetric warfare, asymmetric armed conflict between the Federal government of Mexico, Mexican government and various Drug cartel#Mexico, drug trafficking syndicates. When the ...
. * Alma Karla Sandoval (born 1975) is a poet born in
Zacatepec Zacatepec Fútbol Club is a Mexican professional football club based in Zacatepec, Morelos, that competes in Liga Premier, the third level division of Mexican football. Founded in 1948 as Club Social y Deportivo Zacatepec by workers of the Me ...
. She writes for ''La Jornada Morelos'' and works as a professor at the Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey Morelos Campus. *Arnulfo Soriano, an indigenous poet from Xoxocotla *
John Steinbeck John Ernst Steinbeck ( ; February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American writer. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social percep ...
(1902–1968) was an American writer. He visited Cuernavaca in 1945, where he was inspired to co-write the screenplay for ''
Viva Zapata ''Viva Zapata!'' is a 1952 American biographical Western film directed by Elia Kazan, dramatizing the life of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata from his peasant upbringing through his rise to power in the early 1900s and his death in 1919. I ...
'' with Jack Wagner * Gutierre Tibon (1905-1999) was an Italian-Mexican author who lived in Acapantzingo, Cuernavaca, from 1959 until his death at 93 in 1999. *José Urbán Aguirre (b. Cuautla, January 13, 1888), elementary school teacher in eastern Morelos (1906-1930) and politician (1930-1958) *
Jules Verne Jules Gabriel Verne (;''Longman Pronunciation Dictionary''. ; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the ''Voyages extraor ...
(1828–1905) was a French writer who described Cuernavaca in his short story '' A Drama in Mexico'' (1851).


Other

* Daniela Álvarez (born in Cuernavaca in 1993) is a Mexican beauty pageant titleholder who won the title at the "Nuestra Belleza Mexico" pageant in 2013. She represented Mexico at the
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beauty pageant held on December 14, 2014 in London. *Chicomoyollotzin Pilliciuatzin, wife of Tlaltecatzin, ''tlatoani'' of Cuauhnáhuac. *
Chichimecacihuatzin I Chichimecacihuatzin I () was a queen consort of Tenochtitlan and an Aztec empress.''Factional Competition and Political Development in the New World'' by Elizabeth M. Brumfiel and John W. Fox Family Chichimecacihuatzin was a daughter of King Cua ...
, wife of
Moctezuma I Moctezuma I (–1469), also known as Montezuma I, Moteuczomatzin Ilhuicamina ( ) or Huehuemoteuczoma ( ), was the second Tlatoani, Aztec emperor and fifth king of Tenochtitlan. During his reign, the Aztec Empire was consolidated, major expansion ...
, daughter of
Cuauhtototzin Cuauhtototzin () was a king of Cuauhnahuac. Family Cuauhtototzin was a son and successor of King Tezcacohuatzin. His sister was Empress Miahuaxihuitl. He was a father of Empress Chichimecacihuatzin I and uncle of her husband Moctezuma I. Cuauh ...
* Samir Flores Soberanes (1989 – February 19, 2019) was born in Amanalco,
Temoac Temoac is a town in the Mexican state of Morelos. The town serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality, with which it shares a name. Temoac comes from Nauhtl and means ''Temog-a'' (descend), ''Atl'' (water), ''Ko'' (adverb of ...
. He was a radio announcer and activist murdered in his hometown during the leadup to the referendum on construction of the thermoelectric plant in Huexca,
Yecapixtla Yecapixtla ( ) is a town and municipality located in the northeast of the state of Morelos in central Mexico. Yecapixtla means, ''Land of men and women with sharp noses''. The town is home to one of the monastery complexes associated with the Mona ...
. * The Jojutla crater was discovered on
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in 2006 by astronomer Andres Eloy Martínez Rojas. * Modesta Lavana Pérez (1929–2010) was an indigenous
Nahua The Nahuas ( ) are a Uto-Nahuan ethnicity and one of the Indigenous people of Mexico, with Nahua minorities also in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. They comprise the largest Indigenous group in Mexico, as well as ...
healer and activist from the town of Hueyapan. She was recognized as an important activist for indigenous rights and women's rights in Morelos, where she worked as a healer and as a legal translator of the Nahuatl language for the state of Morelos. * Roberto Francisco Miranda Moreno (born 1955 in Morelos) is a Mexican General officer who served as the last chief of the
Estado Mayor Presidencial The Estado Mayor Presidencial — EMP () was the institution charged with protecting and safeguarding the President of Mexico, the First Lady of Mexico and their immediate families. It is described in its regulations as a military technical body ...
(EMP), the institution charged with protecting and safeguarding the President of Mexico and the First Lady of Mexico. The institution was disbanded on December 1, 2018 by President
Andrés Manuel López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador (; born 13 November 1953), also known by his initials AMLO, is a Mexican former politician, political scientist, public administrator and writer who served as the 65th president of Mexico from 2018 to 2024. He se ...
. * Graciela Soto Cámara (born in Cuernavaca) is a model who represented Mexico in
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in Tokyo.


See also

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Municipalities of Morelos Morelos is a state in South Central Mexico that is currently divided into 36 municipalities. According to the 2020 Mexican census, it is the twenty-third most populated state with inhabitants and the third smallest by land area spanning . ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuernavaca The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuernavaca () (erected 23 June 1891) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Toluca. Its seat is in the Cuernavaca Cathedral. S.E.R. Mons. Ramón Castro Castro was named 12th Bishop of Cuernavaca by Pope Franc ...
*
Anglican Church of Mexico Anglicanism, also known as Episcopalianism in some countries, is a Western Christianity, Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the ...
* Battle of Cuautla (1911) *
Plan of Cuernavaca A plan is typically any diagram or list of steps with details of timing and resources, used to achieve an objective to do something. It is commonly understood as a temporal set of intended actions through which one expects to achieve a goal. ...
*
Plan of Ayala The Plan of Ayala (Spanish: ''Plan de Ayala'') was a document drafted by revolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata during the Mexican Revolution. In it, Zapata denounced President Francisco Madero for his perceived betrayal of the revolutionary ideal ...
*
Casino de la Selva The Hotel Casino de la Selva (Jungle Casino Hotel) was a hotel and casino located in the city of Cuernavaca, Mexico. The main building was opened in 1931 as a hotel and casino, but from 1934 it was used only as a hotel. Additions in the late 1950 ...


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Artists born in Cuernavaca (Spanish)



People representative of Cuernavaca (slide show, Spanish)
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