Famous People

Arts

Abraham Zabludovsky, architect
Alberto Arai, architect, theorist and writer
Alejandro Zohn, architect
Antonio Rivas Mercado, architect and engineer
David Alfaro Siqueiros, muralist
Diego Rivera, muralist and husband of Frida Kahlo
Fernando González Gortazar, architect and sculptor
Frida Kahlo, painter and wife of Diego Rivera
Gerardo Murillo "Dr. Atl", painter
Heberto Castillo, civil engineer
José Clemente Orozco, muralist
José María Velasco, painter
Juan O'Gorman, painter and architect
Luis Barragán, architect
Mathias Goeritz, painter, sculptor and architect
Max Cetto, architect, educator and historian
Miguel Covarrubias, painter
Rufino Tamayo, painter
Sebastián, sculptor
Veronica Ruiz de Velasco, figurative artist

Authors

Agustín Yáñez
Alfonso Reyes
Amado Nervo
Ángeles Mastretta
Caridad Bravo Adams
Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Monsiváis
David Toscana
Elena Poniatowska
Enrique Molina
Fernando del Paso
Gregorio López y Fuentes
Guadalupe Loaeza
Guillermo Arriaga
Ignacio Manuel Altamirano
Jaime Sabines
José Agustín
José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi
José Revueltas
José Vasconcelos
Jose_Sanchez_Zolliker
Juan José Arreola
Juan Ruiz de Alarcón
Juan Rulfo
Luis J. Rodriguez
Mariano Azuela
Martín Luis Guzmán
Nezahualcoyotl
Octavio Paz
Paco Ignacio Taibo II
Pita Amor
Roberto Bravo
Rosario Castellanos
Salvador Elizondo
Salvador Novo
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Yolanda Vargas Dulché

Business

Alberto Bailléres González
Alfredo Harp Helú
Antonio Handall Mcs.
Antonio Suarez
Bernardo Gomez Martinez
Carlos González Nova
Carlos Slim Helú
Emilio Azcárraga Jean
Enrique Molina Sobrino
Eugenio Garza Lagüera
Isaac Saba Raffoul
Jerónimo Arango Arias
Jorge Vergara
Lorenzo Zambrano
Maria Asunción Aramburuzabala
Raul Alfonso Saenz Meraz
Ricardo Salinas Pliego
Roberto González Barrera
Roberto Hernández Ramírez

Cartoonists

Bill Melendez
Eduardo del Rio "Rius"
José G. Cruz
José Guadalupe Posada
José Hernández
Lalo Alcaraz
Paco Calderón

Music Composers and Songwriters

Agustín Lara
Armando Manzanero
Carlos Chávez
Chalino Sanchez
Eduardo Hernández Moncada
Francisco Gabilondo Soler
Francisco Lopez Capillas
José Alfredo Jiménez
Jose Jose
José Pablo Moncayo
Juan Gabriel
Juan Garcia Esquivel
Juan García Esquivel
Julián Carrillo Trujillo
Juventino Rosas
Manuel M. Ponce
Miguel Bernal Jiménez
Rafael Calzada
Silvestre Revueltas

Entertainment

Aarón Díaz, actor
Adal Ramones, comedian, show host
Adela Noriega, actress
Adolfo Angel, singer
Adriana Fonseca, actress
Adriana Louvier, actress
Adriana Sage, Playboy model, actress
Alejandra Guzmán, singer
Alejandro Fernández, singer
Alejandro González Iñárritu, film director
Alessandra Rosaldo, actress, singer
Alex Lora, musician, lead member of El Tri
Alfonso Arau,
Alfonso Cuarón, film director, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Alfonso de Anda, show host
Alfonso Herrera, actor, singer
Alicia Villarreal, singer
Ana Alicia, actress
Ana Bárbara, singer
Ana Claudia Talancón, actress
Ana de la Reguera, actress
Ana Layevska, actress
Ana Serradilla
Anahí, actress, singer
Andres Montiel, actor
Angélica Aragón, actress
Angélica María, singer
Angélica Vale, actress
Angelique Boyer, actress
Anthony Quinn, actor
Antonio Aguilar, singer
Antonio Serrano, film director
Arath de la Torre, actor
Arleth Terán, actress
Arturo Peniche, actor
Aurora Robles, supermodel
Bárbara Mori, actress, model
Belinda, actress, singer
Bibi Gaytán, actress
Bill Melendez, animator
Blanca Soto, fashion model
Camila Sodi, actress
Carlos Santana, musician
Carlos Villagrán, actor
Carmen Campuzano, actress, fashion model
Christian Castro, singer
Christopher Uckerman, actor, singer
Cornelio Reyna, singer
Daniela Luján, actress, singer
Daniela Romo, actress, singer
David Villalpando, actor
Demian Bichir, actor
Diego Luna, actor
Dominika Paleta, actress
Dulce María, actress, singer
Dulce María, actress, singer
Edgar Vivar, actor
Edith González, actress
Eduardo Capetillo, actor
Eduardo Verástegui, actor, model
Elsa Benitez, supermodel
Ely Guerra, singer
Emilio Echevarría, actor
Enrique Guzmán, singer
Erick Elias, actor, model
Ernesto Gómez Cruz, actor
Eugenio Derbez, actor, comedian
Fernando Allende, actor, film director
Fernando Eimbcke, film director,screenwriter
Fey, singer
Fher (Fernando Olvera), lead singer of Maná
Florinda Meza actress
Frankie J, singer
Gabriel Soto, actor, model
Gael García Bernal, actor
Galilea Montijo, actress
Gloria Trevi, singer
Guillermo del Toro, film director (Hellboy, Blade II)
Guillermo Navarro, actor
Helena Rojo, actress
Hugo Stiglitz, actor
Humberto Zurita, actor
Imanol Landeta, actor, singer
Ingrid Martz, actress
Irán Castillo, actress
Isabel Madow, actress, model
Itati Cantoral, actress
Iyari Limon, actress
Jacqueline Bracamontes, actress, model
Jaime Camil, singer, actor
Jaime Villarreal, musician
Javier Solis, singer
Jaydy Michel, fashion model
Jean Duverger, actor and show host.
Jesús Ochoa, actor
Jesus Zavala, actor, singer
Joan Sebastian, singer
Jorge Hernández, member of Los Tigres del Norte
Jorge Negrete, singer, actor
Jorge Rivero, actor
Jorge Salinas, actor
José Alfredo Jiménez, singer
José Guadalupe Esparza, singer
José José, singer
Juan Ferrara, actor
Juan Gabriel, singer
Judith Grace, show host
Julieta Venegas, singer
Julio Alemán, actor
Julio Mannino, actor
Kalimba, singer
Karla Cossío, actress
Karla Martinez, show host
Katalina Verdin, Playboy model
Kate del Castillo, actress
Katie Barberi, actress
Kristin Holt, actress
Kuno Becker, actor (Goal!)
Laisha Wilkins, actress
Laura Flores, actress
Laura Harring, actress
Laura Zapata, actress
Lila Downs, singer
Liliana Domínguez, supermodel
Liza Echevarría, model, show host
Lorena Herrera, actress
Lucero, actress, singer
Lucía Méndez, actress, singer
Ludwika Paleta, actress
Luis de Alba, actor, comedian
Luis Miguel, singer
Luis Miguel, singer
Lumi Cavazos, actress
Lupillo Rivera, singer
Maite Perroni, actress, singer
Manuel "Manolo" Noriega, stage and film actor
Manuel Ojeda, actor
Marcela Bovio, singer
Marcelo Treviño, singer
Marco Antonio Muñiz, singer
Marco Antonio Regil, TV host
Marco Antonio Solís, singer
María Antonieta de las Nieves "La Chilindrina", actress
María Elena Velasco ("La India María"), actress, comedian
Maria Félix, actress
Mariana Levy, actress
Mariana Seoane, singer
Martika Ibarra, Playboy model, actress
Mauricio Ochmann, actor
Maya Mishalska, actress
Nadine Dwek, actress, "Chiquititas"
Nailea Norvind, actress
Natalia Lafourcade, singer
Nicky Mondellini, actress
Ninel Conde, actress, model, singer
Niurka Marcos, actress
Ofelia Guilmain, actress
Ofelia Medina, actress
Pablo Montero, singer
Pablo Santos, actor
Patricia Manterola, singer
Patricia Muñoz, actress, singer
Patricia Navidad, actress
Paul Rodriguez, comedian, actor
Paulina Rubio, singer
Pedro Armendáriz Jr., actor
Pedro Armendáriz, actor
Pedro Infante, singer, actor,
Pepe Aguilar, singer
Pilar Montenegro, actress, singer
Planktonman, musician
Plutarco Haza, actor
Polo Polo, comedian
Polo Urias, singer
Ramón Ayala, singer
Ramón Valdés, actor
Raúl Velasco, entertainer and TV Producer
Renato Bartilotti, actor
René Muñoz, actor
Ricardo Montalbán, actor
Rigo Tovar, singer/songwriter/composer/actor
Roberto Gómez Bolaños, actor
Roberto Gómez Bolaños, comedian (El Chavo)
Rocio Cardenas, actress, hostess
Rodolfo Acosta, actor
Ruben Aguirre Fuentes, actor
Sabine Moussier, actress
Salma Hayek actress,
Salvador Pineda, actor
Sara Maldonado, actress, comedian
Saul Hernández, lead singer of Caifanes/Jaguares
Saul Lisazo, Argentine born actor
Sebastián Rulli, actor, model
Seidy Lopez, actress
Sharis Cid, actress
Sherlyn González, actress
Silvia Pinal, actress, show host
Susana Dosamantes, actress
Tatiana, singer
Thalía, actress, singer
Tony MacFarland Actor
Valentino Lanús, actor
Vanessa Guzmán, actress, model
Verónica Castro, actress, singer
Vicente Fernández, singer
Víctor Trujillo, actor, comedian
Victoria Ruffo, actress
Yadhira Carrillo, actress
Yahir Othon, actor

Historians

Hector Aguilar Camin
Lucas Alamán
Max Cetto
Ramon Alcaraz
Silvio Zavala

Intellectuals and Writers

Alfonso Reyes
Carlos Fuentes
Daniel Cosío Villegas
Enrique Krauze
Fernando del Paso
Gabriel Zaid
Héctor Aguilar Camín
Jorge Ibarguengoitia
Juan Rulfo
Mariano Azuela
Mario Ojeda Gómez
Octavio Paz
Salvador Elizondo)

Journalism

Carlos Loret de Mola
Gil Sanchez
Giselle Fernandez
Jacobo Zabludovsky, journalist
Javier Alatorre
Joaquín López-Dóriga
Jorge Ramos
Lilly Téllez
Lydia Cacho
Maria Antonieta Collins
Maria Elena Salinas
Maria Hinojosa, CNN, NPR journalist
Ricardo Flores Magón
Roberto Hernandez Junior, sportscaster
Ruben Salazar

Military

Agustín de Iturbide
Antonio López de Santa Anna
Emiliano Zapata
Emilio Kosterlitzky
Francisco Villa
Ignacio Zaragoza
José María Morelos y Pavón
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
Porfirio Díaz
Victoriano Huerta

Politics

Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Antonio Ortiz Mena
Benito Juárez
Carlos Castañeda
Carlos Hank González
Carlos Salinas de Gortari
Cuauhtémoc
Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas
Eduardo Bours
Emiliano Zapata
Enrique Jackson
Ernesto Zedillo
Felipe Calderón
Francisco I. Madero
Jorge Hank Rhon
Lázaro Cárdenas Batel
Lázaro Cárdenas del Río
Luis Donaldo Colosio
Miguel Alemán Valdés
Miguel Alemán Velasco
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
Moctezuma Xocoyotzin
Porfirio Díaz
Roberto Madrazo
Rosario Robles
Subcomandante Marcos
Vicente Fox

Religion

Don Miguel Ruiz
Javier Lozano Barragán
Juan Soldado
Saint Cristóbal Magallanes Jara
Saint Juan Diego

Science

Albert Baez, physicist
Alejandro Corichi, theoretical physics, contributed to the understanding of classical aspects of black holes
Andrés Manuel del Río, chemist who discovered vanadium
Antonio Lazcano, biologist
Arturo Rosenblueth, physician and physiologist
Carlos Canseco González, physician and philanthropist
Carlos Frenk, astronomer
Dr. Guillermo Haro, astrophysicist and astronomer, co-discoverer of Herbig-Haro objects
Esther Orozco, biologist
Eugenio Garza Sada, philanthropist
Evangelina Villegas, biochemist
Federico Mena Quintero, computer programmer
George Rosenkranz, biochemist
Guillermo González Camarena, inventor of one of the first colour television systems
Ignacio Chapela, microbial ecologist and mycologist
Ignacio Chávez Sánchez, physician
Jacob Bekenstein, physicist, contributed to the foundation of black hole thermodynamics
José Ádem, mathematician
José Antonio de Alzate y Ramírez, scientist
José Luis Lezama, scientist
Julio Cesar Gutierrez Vega, physicist
Leandro Melendez, mathematician
Luis E. Miramontes, co-inventor of the contraceptive pill
Luis Enrique Erro, astronomer
Luis Herrera Estrella, molecular biologist
Marco Rito-Palomares, biologist
Marcos Moshinsky, theoretical physicist
Mario J. Molina, Nobel Prize winner, 1995
Miguel Alcubierre, theoretical and computational physicist
Miguel de Icaza, software programmer, started GNOME
Miguel Jose Yacaman, physicist
Miguel León-Portilla, anthropologist and historian
Nabor Carrillo Flores, nuclear physicist
Nabor Carrillo Flores, soil mechanics expert, nuclear energy advisor and former President of UNAM
Pablo de la Llave
Pablo Rudomin, biologist
Reyes Taméz Guerra, immunochemist
Rodolfo Neri Vela, astronaut
Ted Taylor, physicist, nuclear weapons designer
Victor Celorio, inventor
Víctor Neumann-Lara, mathematician