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- Manuel Álvarez BravoManuel Álvarez BravoManuel Álvarez Bravo was a Mexican photographer.Álvarez Bravo was born in Mexico City on February 4, 1902. He came from a family of artists and writers, and met several other prominent artists who encouraged his work when he was young, including Tina Modotti and Diego Rivera...
, Photographer, Hasselblad Award PrizeHasselblad AwardThe Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography is an award granted to "a photographer recognized for major achievements".The award – and the foundation – was set up from the estate of Erna and Victor Hasselblad...
in 1984 - Pita AmorPita AmorGuadalupe Teresa Amor Schmidtlein , who wrote as Pita Amor, was a Mexican poet. She was born in Mexico City, the youngest child of a family with seven children, of mixed French, German and Spanish ancestry, a member of the Mexican aristocracy...
, Poet - Alberto AraiAlberto AraiAlberto T. Arai was a Mexican architect, theorist and writer, of Japanese descent.Born in Mexico City, the son of a Japanese ambassador in Mexico, Dr. Kinta Arai, Alberto T. Arai studied also philosophy, espousing Neo-Kantianism and becoming politically a socialist artist...
, ArchitectArchitectAn architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
, theorist and writer - Luis BarragánLuis BarragánLuis Barragán Morfin was a Mexican architect. He was self-trained.-Early life:Educated as an engineer, he graduated from the Escuela Libre de Ingenieros in Guadalajara in 1923 and was self-trained as an architect.After graduation, he travelled through Spain, France , and...
, Architect - Federico Cantú, PainterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
- Leonora CarringtonLeonora CarringtonLeonora Carrington OBE was a British-born Mexican artist, a surrealist painter and a novelist. She lived most of her life in Mexico City.-Early life:...
, Painter - Max CettoMax CettoMax Ludwig Cetto was a German-Mexican architect, historian of architecture, and professor.Born in Koblenz, Germany, Max Cetto studied at the Darmstadt University of Technology, Munich and Berlin. At the latter he studied with Hans Poelzig, graduating as an engineer–architect in 1926...
, Architect, educator and historian - Joaquín ClausellJoaquín ClausellJoaquín Clausell was a Mexican impressionist painter. He was born in Campeche, studied law, and later became a journalist. He was opposed to Porfirio Díaz's regime and persecuted by the authorities; he left Mexico and went to New York City and then moved to Paris, where he met Émile Zola and the...
, Painter - Miguel CovarrubiasMiguel CovarrubiasJosé Miguel Covarrubias Duclaud was a Mexican painter and caricaturist, ethnologist and art historian among other interests. In 1924 at the age of 19 he moved to New York City armed with a grant from the Mexican government, tremendous talent, but very little English speaking skill. Luckily,...
, Painter - José Luis CuevasJose Luis CuevasJosé Luis Cuevas is a modernist painter and sculptor from Mexico. Born in 1934, Cuevas derived most of his training outside of the academies. He is considered to be one of the artists from the 1950s in the Rupture Generation that was departing from the politicized and stylized mural school of...
, Painter - Gelsen GasGelsen GasAngel Sanchez Gas also known as Gelsen Gas is a theater director, film director, film producer, actor, painter, poet, sculptor and inventor, based in Mexico City, Mexico. He is most commonly known for his paintings and geometrically constructed artworks...
, Theater director; film director and producer; actor; painter; poet; sculptor and inventor - Mathias GoeritzMathias GoeritzMathias Goeritz - August 4, 1990 in Mexico City) was a well-known Mexican painter and sculptor of German origin...
, Painter, sculptor and architect - Jorge González CamarenaJorge González CamarenaJorge González Camarena was a prominent Mexican painter, muralist and sculptor who received the Mexican National Prize for Arts and Sciences...
, Painter, muralist and sculptor - Francisco GuevaraFrancisco GuevaraFrancisco Jose Guevara is a Mexican visual artist and curator, descended from Zapotec and Jewish families from Puebla, Zacatecas and Oaxaca...
, Multidisciplinary artist - Saturnino HerránSaturnino HerránSaturnino Herrán Guinchard was a Mexican painter. His mother's name was Josefa Guinchard. In 1897 he took private drawing lessons in his native city and in 1901 entered the Aguascalientes Academy of Science. He took classes with José Inés Tovilla and Severo Amador, who taught him drawing and...
, Painter - Graciela IturbideGraciela Iturbide- Biography :Graciela Iturbide was born in Mexico in 1942, the eldest of thirteen children. She then married the architect Manuel Rocha Díaz in 1962 and had three children over the next eight years. Iturbide's six year old daughter died in 1970; after this death she turned to photography...
, Photographer, Hasselblad Award Prize in 2008 - María IzquierdoMaría IzquierdoMaría Izquierdo was a Mexican painter. She was born in San Juan de los Lagos in the state of Jalisco; her birth name was María Cenobia Izquierdo Gutiérrez. Her father died when she was five years old and she lived with grandparents afterward in small towns of Aguascalientes, Torreón, and Saltillo...
, Painter - Frida KahloFrida KahloFrida Kahlo de Rivera was a Mexican painter, born in Coyoacán, and perhaps best known for her self-portraits....
, Painter and wife of Diego Rivera - Gerardo Murillo, Painter
- Amado NervoAmado NervoAmado Nervo also known as Juan Crisóstomo Ruiz de Nervo was the Mexican Ambassador to Argentina and Uruguay, journalist, poet, and educator. His poetry was known for its use of metaphor and reference to mysticism, presenting both love and religion, as well as Christianity and Hinduism...
, Poet - Juan O'GormanJuan O'GormanJuan O'Gorman was a Mexican painter and architect.-Biography:O'Gorman was born in Coyoacán, then a village to the south of Mexico City and now a borough of the Federal District, to an Irish father, Cecil Crawford O'Gorman and a Mexican mother...
, Painter and architect - José Clemente OrozcoJosé Clemente OrozcoJosé Clemente Orozco was a Mexican social realist painter, who specialized in bold murals that established the Mexican Mural Renaissance together with murals by Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and others...
, Muralist - Antonio Rivas MercadoAntonio Rivas MercadoAntonio Rivas Mercado was a Mexican architect, engineer and restorer. His most notable project was the design of the Independence Column in downtown Mexico City. He was father of Antonieta Rivas Mercado....
, Architect and engineer - Arturo RiveraArturo RiveraArturo Rivera is a Mexican contemporary master painter. He was born in Mexico City and studied painting in Academy of San Carlos from 1963 to 1968. In 1969 he presented his first solo exhibition in homage to Ché Guevara in Molino de Santo Domingo. In 1973 he studied serigraphy and photoserigraphy...
, Painter - Diego RiveraDiego RiveraDiego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez was a prominent Mexican painter born in Guanajuato, Guanajuato, an active communist, and husband of Frida Kahlo . His large wall works in fresco helped establish the Mexican Mural Movement in...
, Muralist and husband of Frida Kahlo - Jesusa RodríguezJesusa RodriguezJesusa Rodríguez is a Mexican director, actress, playwright, performance artist, and social activist.Her "espectáculos" do not necessarily adhere to traditional genre classification: they can reflect elite styles or popular; draw on Greek tragedy, cabaret, pre-Columbian, operatic traditions; take...
, Director and performer - Michel RojkindMichel RojkindMichel Rojkind=Michel Rojkind is a Mexican architect and former musician of Russian-Mexican descent.-Early Years and Education:...
, Architect - Fernando RomeroFernando RomeroFernando Romero born 1971, is a Latin American architect. He has produced five books that have had worldwide distribution and has received more than 21 international awards including “Architect of the Year 2010” from Fashion Group. He is the son-in-law of Carlos Slim.-Life and career:Graduated in...
, Architect - Verónica Ruiz de VelascoVeronica Ruiz de VelascoVeronica Ruiz de Velasco is a neo-figurative painter of Mexican origin living in the United States. She was a disciple of Teodulo Romulo, Rufino Tamayo, Jean Dubuffet, and Gilberto Aceves Navarro.-Early life:...
, Figurative artist - SebastiánSebastianSaint Sebastian was a Christian saint and martyr, who is said to have been killed during the Roman emperor Diocletian's persecution of Christians. He is commonly depicted in art and literature tied to a post and shot with arrows...
, Sculptor - Javier SiciliaJavier SiciliaJavier Sicilia is a poet, essayist, novelist, and journalist in Mexico. He contributes to various print media such as the Mexico City daily La Jornada and Proceso magazine...
, Poet, activist - David Alfaro SiqueirosDavid Alfaro SiqueirosJosé David Alfaro Siqueiros was a social realist painter, known for his large murals in fresco that helped establish the Mexican Mural Renaissance, together with works by Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco, and also a member of the Mexican Communist Party who participated in an...
, Muralist - Rufino TamayoRufino TamayoRufino Tamayo was a Mexican painter of Zapotec heritage, born in Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico. Tamayo was active in the mid-20th century in Mexico and New York, painting figurative abstraction with surrealist influences....
, Painter - Mauricio ToussaintMauricio ToussaintMauricio Toussaint is a contemporary artist of French and Mexican descent. Toussaint entered the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara to obtain a degree in architecture . During this time, he was encouraged by a professor from the nearby Visual Arts Department to make art on his own...
, Painter - Remedios VaroRemedios VaroRemedios Varo Uranga was a Spanish-Mexican, para-surrealist painter and anarchist. She was born María de los Remedios Varo Uranga in Anglès, Girona, Spain in 1908. During the Spanish Civil War she fled to Paris where she was greatly influenced by the surrealist movement...
, Painter - José María VelascoJosé María Velasco GómezJosé María Velasco was a Mexican painter of the 19th century who made Mexican geography a symbol of national identity through of his paintings...
, Painter - Abraham ZabludovskyAbraham Zabludovsky (architect)Abraham Zabludovsky was a Mexican architect. He was the brother of the well-known journalist Jacobo Zabludovsky....
, Architect - Alejandro ZohnAlejandro ZohnAlejandro Zohn was a Mexican architect. He was a Holocaust survivor who grew up in Western Mexico....
, Architect
- Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Authors
- José AgustínJosé AgustínJosé Agustín Ramírez Gómez is a Mexican novelist.-Career:Agustin's first novel, La Tumba was the brief but provocative story of a Mexican upperclass teen, deemed indecent by the public but gathering praise from older writers...
- Ignacio Manuel AltamiranoIgnacio Manuel AltamiranoIgnacio Manuel Altamirano Basilio was a Mexican writer, journalist, teacher and politician.Altamirano was born in Tixtla, Guerrero, of pure indigenous Nahua heritage. His father was the mayor of Tixtla, this allowed Ignacio to attend school there...
- Pita AmorPita AmorGuadalupe Teresa Amor Schmidtlein , who wrote as Pita Amor, was a Mexican poet. She was born in Mexico City, the youngest child of a family with seven children, of mixed French, German and Spanish ancestry, a member of the Mexican aristocracy...
- Juan José ArreolaJuan José ArreolaJuan José Arreola Zúñiga was a Mexican writer and academic. He is considered Mexico's premier experimental short story writer of the twentieth century. Arreola is recognized as one of the first Latin American writers to abandon realism; he uses elements of fantasy to underscore existentialist and...
- Guillermo ArriagaGuillermo ArriagaGuillermo Arriaga Jordán is a Mexican author, screenwriter, director and producer. Self-defined as “a hunter who works as a writer,” he authored Amores Perros, received a BAFTA Best Screenplay nomination for 21 Grams, and received the 2005 Cannes Best Screenplay Award for The Three Burials of...
- Mariano AzuelaMariano AzuelaMariano Azuela González was a Mexican author and physician, best known for his fictional stories of the Mexican Revolution of 1910...
- Caridad Bravo AdamsCaridad Bravo AdamsCaridad Bravo Adams was a prolific Mexican writer and the most famous telenovela writer worldwide....
- Roberto BravoRoberto BravoRoberto Bravo is a novelist and a short story writer.-Bibliography:*Al sur de la frontera *No es como usted dice *Vida del Orate...
- Ignacio Burgoa OrihuelaIgnacio BurgoaIgnacio Burgoa Orihuela was a Mexican lawyer, professor and writer.He was a federal judge in Mexico City, and a respected lawyer in Mexico....
- Rosario CastellanosRosario CastellanosRosario Castellanos was a Mexican poet and author. Along with the other members of the Generation of 1950 , she was one of Mexico's most important literary voices in the last century...
- Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
- Salvador ElizondoSalvador ElizondoSalvador Elizondo Alcalde was a Mexican writer of the 60s Generation of Mexican literature.Regarded as one of the creators of the most influential cult noirè, experimental, intelligent style literature in Latin America, he wrote as a novelist, poet, critic, playwright, and journalist...
- José Joaquín Fernández de LizardiJosé Joaquín Fernández de LizardiJosé Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi , Mexican writer and political journalist, best known as the author of El Periquillo Sarniento , reputed to be the first novel written in Latin America....
- Carlos FuentesCarlos FuentesCarlos Fuentes Macías is a Mexican writer and one of the best-known living novelists and essayists in the Spanish-speaking world. He has influenced contemporary Latin American literature, and his works have been widely translated into English and other languages.-Biography:Fuentes was born in...
- Martín Luis GuzmánMartín Luis GuzmánMartín Luis Guzmán Franco was a Mexican novelist and journalist.-Life:Guzmán was born in Chihuahua, Chihuahua. Along with Mariano Azuela, he is considered a pioneer of the revolutionary novel, a genre inspired by the experiences of the Mexican Revolution of 1910...
- Guadalupe LoaezaGuadalupe LoaezaMaría Guadalupe Loaeza Tovar is a contemporary Mexican writer, author of many books including Las Niñas Bien, Las Reinas de Polanco, Debo, Luego Sufro and Compro, Luego Existo, in which she ironizes about the Mexican upper class...
- Gregorio López y Fuentes
- Ángeles MastrettaÁngeles MastrettaÁngeles Mastretta is a Mexican author and journalist. She is well known for creating inspirational female characters and fictional pieces that reflect the social and political realities of Mexico in her life.-Background:...
- Carlos MonsiváisCarlos MonsiváisCarlos Monsiváis Aceves was a Mexican writer, critic, political activist, and journalist. of French decent He also wrote political opinion columns in leading newspapers and was considered to be an opinion leader within the country's progressive sectors. His generation of writers includes Elena...
- NezahualcoyotlNezahualcoyotlNezahualcoyotl was a philosopher, warrior, architect, poet and ruler of the city-state of Texcoco in pre-Columbian Mexico...
- Salvador NovoSalvador NovoSalvador Novo López was a Mexican writer, poet, playwright, translator, television presenter, entrepreneur, and the official chronicler of Mexico City, his birthplace and home. As a noted intellectual, he influenced popular perceptions of politics, media, the arts, and Mexican society in general...
- Fernando del PasoFernando del PasoFernando del Paso Morante is a Mexican novelist, essayist and poet.Del Paso was born in Mexico City and took two years in economics at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México...
- José Emilio PachecoJosé Emilio PachecoJosé Emilio Pacheco Berny is a Mexican essayist, novelist and short story writer. He is regarded as one of the major Mexican poets of the second half of the 20th century....
- Elena PoniatowskaElena PoniatowskaElena Poniatowska is a Mexican journalist and author. Her generation of writers include Carlos Fuentes, José Emilio Pacheco and Carlos Monsiváis.-Life:Poniatowska was born in Paris to Prince Jean Joseph Evremont Sperry Poniatowski and Paula Amor Yturbe...
- Alfonso ReyesAlfonso ReyesAlfonso Reyes Ochoa was a Mexican writer, philosopher and diplomat.-Early life:Alfonso Reyes parents were Bernardo Reyes and Aurelia Ochoa...
- José RevueltasJosé RevueltasJosé Revueltas Sánchez was a Mexican writer, essayist, and political activist. He was part of an important artistic family that included his siblings Silvestre , Fermín and Rosaura .-Life:He was often imprisoned for his political activism, almost from the time he was a boy...
- Luis J. RodriguezLuis J. RodriguezLuis J. Rodriguez is an American poet, novelist, journalist, critic, and columnist. His work has won several awards, and he is recognized as a major figure of contemporary Chicano literature...
- Juan RulfoJuan RulfoJuan Rulfo was a Mexican author and photographer. One of Latin America's most esteemed authors, Rulfo's reputation rests on two slim books, the novel Pedro Páramo , and El Llano en llamas...
- Juan Ruiz de AlarcónJuan Ruiz de AlarcónJuan Ruiz de Alarcón y Mendoza , one of the greatest Novohispanic dramatists of the Golden Age, was born in New Spain .-Genealogy:...
- Jaime SabinesJaime SabinesJaime Sabines Gutiérrez was a Mexican contemporary poet. Known as “the sniper of Literature” as he formed part of a group that transformed literature into reality, he wrote ten volumes of poetry, and his work has been translated into more than twelve languages...
- Paco Ignacio Taibo IIPaco Ignacio Taibo IIPaco Ignacio Taibo II , is a Mexican writer and novelist....
- José VasconcelosJosé VasconcelosJosé Vasconcelos Calderón was a Mexican writer, philosopher and politician. He is one of the most influential and controversial personalities in the development of modern Mexico. His philosophy of "indigenismo" affected all aspects of Mexican sociocultural, political, and economic...
- Yolanda Vargas DulchéYolanda Vargas DulchéYolanda Vargas Dulché de la Parra was a Mexican writer of short stories and telenovelas. She was born in Mexico City and died at her house the Pedregal.-Telenovelas:* Rubí * Alondra...
- Agustín YáñezAgustín YáñezAgustín Yáñez Delgadillo was a notable Mexican writer and politician who served as Governor of Jalisco and Secretary of Public Education during Gustavo Díaz Ordaz's presidency...
Business people
- María Asunción AramburuzabalaMaría Asunción AramburuzabalaMaría Asunción Aramburuzabala Larregui de Garza is a businesswoman in Mexico and Latin America. She is Chairman of the Board of Tresalia Capital.-Personal:...
- Jerónimo Arango Arias
- Emilio Azcárraga JeanEmilio Azcárraga JeanEmilio Fernando Azcárraga Jean or Emilio Azcarraga III, is a Mexican businessman and the son of Emilio Azcárraga Milmo and his third wife, Nadine Jean a French citizen....
- Emilio Azcárraga MilmoEmilio Azcárraga MilmoEmilio Azcárraga Milmo or Emilio Azcárraga Jr. was a Mexican businessman and the son of Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta, Sr. He was educated at Culver Military Academy, he graduated in 1948. He was married three times, most recently to Paula Cussi...
- Emilio Azcárraga VidaurretaEmilio Azcárraga VidaurretaEmilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta or Emilio Azcárraga Sr. was a Mexican businessman son of Basque immigrants Mariano Azcárraga and Emilia Vidaurreta....
- Alberto BaillèresAlberto BaillèresAlberto Baillères is the son of Raúl Bailleres. He is today the second richest man in Mexico, and fourth in Latin America, according to Forbes Magazine.-Overview:...
- Raúl BaillèresRaúl BaillèresRaúl Baillères created a business empire in Mexico. He founded the "Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México" on March 29, 1946....
- Andrés ConesaAndrés Conesa LabastidaAndrés Conesa Labastida is Aeroméxico's CEO.After studying at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México and at MIT, he joined the Mexican administration, holding several positions in different ministries...
- Eugenio Garza LagüeraEugenio Garza LagüeraEugenio Garza Lagüera was a Mexican businessman and philanthropist who served as chairman of the board of the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Femsa; Latin America's largest beverage corporation...
- Eugenio Garza SadaEugenio Garza SadaEugenio Garza Sada was a Mexican businessman and philanthropist who founded the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education in 1943.-Early life:Garza Sada was born to Isaac Garza and Consuelo Sada...
, PhilanthropistPhilanthropistA philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable causes... - Bernardo Gómez MartínezBernardo Gómez MartínezBernardo Gómez Martinez is the executive vice president of Grupo Televisa and Emilio Azcárraga Jean’s closest and most important adviser. Overseeing the news department, he has full authority in overall content, newscasts, political satire, and anchors; vice president of news Leopoldo Gomez...
- Roberto González BarreraRoberto González BarreraRoberto González Barrera is a Mexican businessman. He is the chairman of Gruma, the largest producer of tortillas and corn flour in the world, and of Banorte, the largest Mexican-owned private bank in Mexico...
- Víctor González TorresVíctor González TorresVíctor González Torres , is a Mexican businessman, who ran as a write-in candidate in the 2006 Mexican presidential election. He is nicknamed "Dr. Simi" after the mascot of his national drugstore franchise, Farmacias Similares. Despite not being an official candidate, he made a massive marketing...
- Alfredo Harp HelúAlfredo Harp HelúAlfredo Harp Helú is a Mexican businessman of Lebanese origin, and as of 2011, with a net worth of $1.0 billion, is according to Forbes the 1140th richest person in the world...
- Roberto Hernández RamírezRoberto Hernández RamírezRoberto Hernández Ramírez is a Mexican businessman. He is a former CEO of Banco Nacional de México , Mexico's second largest bank, just after BBVA Bancomer, from Spain. He is currently a member of the administration board of Citigroup.Chairman of the Board, Banco Nacional de Mexico, S.A...
- Germán Larrea Mota-VelascoGermán Larrea Mota-VelascoGermán Larrea Mota-Velasco is a Mexican businessman. He is the CEO of Grupo México, the largest mining corporation in Mexico and the third largest copper producer in the world.-Biography:...
- Enrique Molina SobrinoEnrique Molina SobrinoEnrique Molina Sobrino became very wealthy by creating the biggest Pepsi bottling group in Mexico, named Gemex. He also created an empire in the production of sugar. In 2002 he sold Pepsi Group in Mexico to The Pepsi Bottling Group, the largest Pepsi bottler in the world partially owned by Pepsi,...
- Pedro Romero de TerrerosPedro Romero de TerrerosPedro Romero de Terreros , the first Count of Regla, was a mining magnate and philanthropist in 18th century Mexico.-Early life:...
- Alfonso RomoAlfonso RomoAlfonso Romo Garza , known as Alfonso Romo, is a Monterrey businessman and agro-industrialist, with interests in banking and Mexican politics. He founded the Opción Ciudadana party in 2005....
- Héctor RuizHéctor RuizHector de Jesus Ruiz is the chairman and CEO of Advanced Nanotechnology Solutions Inc. and former CEO & executive chairman of semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. .-Education:...
- Isaac Saba RaffoulIsaac Saba RaffoulIsaac Saba Raffoul was a Mexican businessman of Syrian-Lebanese Jewish origin; his father emigrated from Aleppo, Syria to Veracruz, Mexico where he started a rag business and was one of the wealthiest persons in the world according to Forbes Magazine...
- Ricardo Salinas PliegoRicardo Salinas PliegoRicardo Benjamín Salinas Pliego is a Mexican businessman and one of Forbes World's Richest People since 2000. He serves as President and CEO of Grupo Salinas and Grupo Elektra, two holdings with interests vested in telecommunications, media and retail stores, among those TV Azteca, Elektra,...
- Carlos Slim HelúCarlos Slim HelúCarlos Slim Helú is a Mexican business magnate and philanthropist who as of 2011 is the richest person in the world, for the second year in a row...
- Antonio SuárezAntonio SuarezAntonio Suárez Vázquez was a professional road racing cyclist from Spain between 1956 and 1965. He is most famous for winning the overall title and the climbers classification at the 1959 Vuelta a España...
- Jorge VergaraJorge VergaraJorge Vergara is a Mexican businessman and film producer. He's the founder of Grupo Omnilife, one of the top 200 corporations in Mexico. Grupo Omnilife owns the football clubs: Club Deportivo Guadalajara of Mexico, C.D...
- Lorenzo ZambranoLorenzo ZambranoLorenzo Hormisdas Zambrano Treviño is the Chairman and CEO of Cemex, one of the largest global building-materials companies in the world. CEMEX's stock is traded on the Mexican Stock Exchange and listed on the New York Stock Exchange .Zambrano was born in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico...
Cartoonists
- Paco CalderónPaco CalderónFrancisco "Paco" Calderón is a Mexican political cartoonist. He currently draws for the newspapers that belong to the Grupo Reforma....
- José G. Cruz
- Eduardo del Río, RiusRiusEduardo del Río is a famous Mexican intellectual, political cartoonist and writer born in Zamora, Michoacán....
- Alberto IsaacAlberto IsaacAlberto Isaac was a Mexican film director and screenwriter. In 1980, he was a member of the jury at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival.-External links:...
- Bill MeléndezBill MelendezJosé Cuauhtémoc "Bill" Meléndez was a Mexican-American character animator, film director, voice artist and producer, known for his cartoons for Warner Brothers, UPA and the Peanuts series...
- José Guadalupe PosadaJosé Guadalupe PosadaJose Guadalupe Posada: was a Mexican cartoonist illustrator and artist whose work has influenced many Latin American artists and cartoonists because of its satirical acuteness and political engagement....
Musicians, conductors and composers of concert music
- Francisco AraizaFrancisco AraizaFrancisco Araiza , is a Mexican operatic tenor. As one of the leading tenors of his generation he was named Kammersänger of the Wiener Staatsoper in 1988 and has been a permanent member of the Opernhaus Zürich since 1977....
- Enrique Bátiz, conductorConductingConducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...
- Miguel Bernal JiménezMiguel Bernal JiménezMiguel Bernal Jiménez was a Mexican composer, organist, pedagogist and musicologist.He is widely regarded as the best representative of 20th century Mexican religious music, in addition to his important contributions to the Mexican nationalist music movement...
- Julián CarrilloJulián CarrilloJulián Carrillo Trujillo was a Mexican composer, conductor, violinist and music theorist, famous for developing a theory of microtonal music which he dubbed "The Thirteenth Sound" .-Biography:...
, conductor - Ricardo CastroRicardo CastroRicardo Castro Herrera was a Mexican concert pianist and composer, considered the last romantic of the time of Porfirio Díaz.- Life :Castro's father, Vicente Castro, was a deputy congressman; his mother was María de Jesús Herrera...
- Carlos ChávezCarlos ChávezCarlos Antonio de Padua Chávez y Ramírez was a Mexican composer, conductor, music theorist, educator, journalist, and founder and director of the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra. He was influenced by native Mexican cultures. Of his six Symphonies, his Symphony No...
- Manuel de ElíasManuel de ElíasManuel Jorge de Elías is a Mexican composer and conductor. He initially studied under his father, composer Alfonso de Elías, and then studied under Marie and Karlheinz Stockhausen. He was the founder of the Music Institute at the University of Veracruz, which was established in 1975. In 1988, he...
- Francisco de la MoraFernando de la Mora (tenor)Fernando de la Mora is a Mexican operatic tenor. He began his music education in the National Conservatory of Mexico and studied with Leticia Velázquez and Rosa Rimoch....
, tenorTenorThe tenor is a type of male singing voice and is the highest male voice within the modal register. The typical tenor voice lies between C3, the C one octave below middle C, to the A above middle C in choral music, and up to high C in solo work. The low extreme for tenors is roughly B2... - Alondra de la ParraAlondra de la ParraAlondra de la Parra is a Mexican American conductor. She is also the founder and artistic director of the New York-based Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas, an orchestra that promotes young soloists and composers from the Americas....
, conductor - Manuel de ZumayaManuel de ZumayaManuel de Zumaya or Manuel de Sumaya was perhaps the most famous Mexican composer of the colonial period of New Spain. His music was the culmination of the Baroque style in the New World; of Spanish, French, Dutch, British, and Portuguese colonial composers, none stand out as much as Zumaya did...
- Enrique DiemeckeEnrique DiemeckeEnrique Arturo Diemecke is a Mexican conductor, violinist and composer of German descent. He comes from a family of musicians of Leipzig. He began to play the violin at six and studied in the Catholic University in Washington D.C and in Pierre Monteaux School under Charles Bruck. Then he studied...
, conductor - Julio EstradaJulio EstradaJulio Estrada Velasco was born in Mexico City, April 10, 1943. His family was exiled from Spain in 1941. He is a composer, theoretician, historian, pedagogue, and interpreter.-Life:...
- Hernando FrancoHernando FrancoHernando Franco was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance, who was mainly active in Guatemala and Mexico.- Life :Franco was born in Galizuela in Extremadura, a source region for many people who came to the New World in the 16th century...
- Horacio FrancoHoracio Franco-Biography:He studied in the National Conservatory in Mexico City and later in the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam. Franco has repertoire for recorder from the traditional forms of medieval, Renaissance music and baroque - including Latin American colonial music - to contemporary, folkloric...
- Blas GalindoBlas Galindo-Biography:Born in San Gabriel, Jalisco, Galindo studied intermittently from 1931 to 1944 at the National Conservatory in Mexico City, under Carlos Chávez, Candelario Huizar, José Rolón, and Manuel Rodríguez Vizcarra...
- Rodolfo HalffterRodolfo HalffterRodolfo Halffter Escriche was a Spanish composer.-Life:Born in Madrid, Spain into a family of musicians, he was the brother of Ernesto Halffter and uncle of Cristóbal Halffter, also composers. His father Ernesto Halffter Hein came from Königsberg, Germany...
- Eduardo Hernández MoncadaEduardo Hernandez MoncadaEduardo Hernández Moncada was a Mexican composer, pianist, and conductor. He is one of the essential musicians representative of the Nationalist Movement of the Post Revolutonary years in Mexico....
- Luis Herrera de la FuenteLuis Herrera de la FuenteLuis Herrera de la Fuente is a Mexican conductor, pianist, violinist, composer and writer of the 20th century. De la Fuente has gained many recognitions and awards in Mexico and worldwide. He conducted the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional of Mexico for 18 years. He was also conductor of the Orquesta...
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- Mario LavistaMario LavistaMario Lavista is a Mexican composer and writer. He has had numerous pieces published, especially chamber music, but also incidental music for plays, film scores, orchestral pieces, and vocal music....
- Francisco López CapillasFrancisco Lopez CapillasFrancisco López Capillas was a Mexican composer born in Mexico City.He was chapelmaster of Mexico City Cathedral from 21 April 1654, until his death. He was the most prolific composer of Baroque masses in Mexico....
- Arturo MárquezArturo MárquezArturo Márquez is a renowned Mexican composer of orchestra music who is well known for using musical forms and styles of his native Mexico and incorporating them into his compositions.-Life:...
- Jorge MesterJorge MesterJorge Mester is a Mexican conductor of Hungarian ancestry.-Biography:He studied conducting with Jean Morel at the Juilliard School in New York, and worked with Leonard Bernstein at the Berkshire Music Center and with Albert Wolff...
- Conlon NancarrowConlon NancarrowConlon Nancarrow was a United States-born composer who lived and worked in Mexico for most of his life. He became a Mexican citizen in 1955.Nancarrow is best remembered for the pieces he wrote for the player piano...
- José Pablo MoncayoJosé Pablo MoncayoJosé Pablo Moncayo García was a Mexican pianist, percussionist, music teacher, composer and conductor. "As composer, José Pablo Moncayo represents one of the most important legacies of the Mexican nationalism in art music, after Silvestre Revueltas and Carlos Chávez." He produced some of the...
- Ángela PeraltaÁngela PeraltaÁngela Peralta was an operatic soprano of international fame and a leading figure in the operatic life of 19th century Mexico...
, sopranoSopranoA soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody... - Manuel M. Ponce
- Carlos Miguel PrietoCarlos Miguel PrietoCarlos Miguel Prieto is a Mexican conductor and violinist known for his dynamism and prolific career in conducting. Son of Mexican cellist Carlos Prieto, Carlos Miguel Prieto became a member of the Prieto quartet at a young age. He is a graduate of Princeton and Harvard Universities. Since 2002, he...
- Silvestre RevueltasSilvestre RevueltasSilvestre Revueltas Sánchez was a Mexican composer of classical music, a violinist and a conductor.-Life:...
, conductor - Juventino RosasJuventino RosasJosé Juventino Policarpo Rosas Cadenas was a Mexican composer and violinist.-Life and career:Rosas was born in Santa Cruz de Galeana, Guanajuato, now renamed Santa Cruz de Juventino Rosas. Rosas began his musical career as a street musician and playing with dance music bands in Mexico City...
- Chalino SánchezChalino SánchezRosalino "Chalino" Sánchez was a Mexican singer and songwriter.-Early life:Born and raised in a poor family on a ranch called "Las Flechas", Badiraguato, Sinaloa, Mexico. His father was Santos Sánchez and his mother Sannorina Felix. He had seven siblings: Armando, Lázaro, Régulo, Lucas,...
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- Alexander AchaAlexander AchaAlexander Acha Alemán is a Latin Grammy winning Mexican singer-songwriter.The son of Mexican pop singer Emmanuel, Alexander Acha is also a pianist and a Berklee College of Music alum. He was raised as a devout Roman Catholic and he still attends the Mass at the Church...
, singer - Rodolfo AcostaRodolfo AcostaRodolfo Acosta was a Mexican character actor, typically playing heavies in Hollywood westerns. Acosta was also a regular as Vaquero on The High Chaparral from 1967-69...
, actor - Antonio AguilarAntonio AguilarJosé Pascual Antonio Aguilar Barraza most commonly known as Antonio Aguilar, nicknamed "El Charro de México", was a Mexican film actor, singer, producer and screenwriter. During his career, he made over 150 albums, which sold 25 million copies, and made 167 movies...
, singer - Luis AguilarLuis AguilarLuis Aguilar is an American soccer player who until recently played defense for the Montreal Impact of the USL First Division.- Career :...
, singer - Pepe AguilarPepe AguilarJosé "Pepe" Aguilar Jiménez is a popular singer-songwriter of ranchera, mariachi and pop music. Pepe is the son of Mexican icon Antonio Aguilar and folkloric actress Flor Silvestre.-Career:...
, singer - Damián AlcázarDamián AlcázarDamián Alcázar is a Mexican actor.To an English-speaking audience, he is probably best known as Lord Sopespian in the 2008 film The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.- Filmography :...
, actor - Julio AlemánJulio Alemán- Biography :After studying to be an Engineer Agronomist, he turned to show business. His first movie was El Zarco in 1957. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, he was the MC of the Mexican version of the Italian children's puppet show Topo Gigio....
, actor - Daniela Aedo, actress
- Fernando AllendeFernando AllendeFernando Allende is a Mexican singer, actor, painter, film producer, and film director. Allende began singing in 1959, at the age of seven.-Private life:...
actor, film directorFilm directorA film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:... - Ana AliciaAna AliciaAna Alicia is an American actress. She is best known for her role as scheming heiress Melissa Agretti on the long-running primetime soap opera Falcon Crest.-Early life:...
, actress - Mario AlmadaMario Almada (actor)Mario Almada Otero is a Mexican actor. His career has run for over seventy years. He is mostly known for his roles in Mexican urban westerns and action cinema, often portraying the 'good guy'. The IMDB lists him appearing in about three hundred films...
, actor - Ilean AlmaguerIlean AlmaguerIlean Almaguer ís a Mexican actress best known for her roles in telenovelas and dozens of TV commercials. She played Patty Alarcon on the Telemundo series Marina. She is best known for her role in the Mexican soap opera "Atrévete a Soñar" playing Catalina part of the Populares group...
, Actress - César Amigó, film director
- Adolfo Angel singer
- Angélica MaríaAngélica MaríaAngélica María Hartman Ortiz is an Mexican-American actress and a Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter. She is a legendary entertainer and is known as La Novia de Mexico .-Early life:...
, singer - Alfonso ArauAlfonso Arau-Biography:Arau was born in Mexico City, the son of a doctor. He directed the films Zapata: The Dream of a Hero, Like Water for Chocolate , A Walk in the Clouds with Keanu Reeves and Anthony Quinn, and the Hallmark Hall of Fame production A Painted House, adapted from the John Grisham novel of the...
, actor and director - Guillermo ArriagaGuillermo ArriagaGuillermo Arriaga Jordán is a Mexican author, screenwriter, director and producer. Self-defined as “a hunter who works as a writer,” he authored Amores Perros, received a BAFTA Best Screenplay nomination for 21 Grams, and received the 2005 Cannes Best Screenplay Award for The Three Burials of...
, ScreenwriterScreenwriterScreenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
, director and producer - Ramón AyalaRamón AyalaRamón Ayala is a Mexican-American musician, composer, and songwriter of norteño and conjunto music. Known as the "King of the Accordion," Ayala has recorded over 105 albums for which he has received four Grammy Awards. Additionally, Ayala has been featured in thirteen movies...
, singer - AnahíAnahíAnahí Giovanna Puente Portilla, better known as Anahí , , is a Mexican singer-songwriter and actress. She gained international fame after being cast as Mia Colucci in the hit Mexican telenovela Rebelde, and as a member of the Latin Grammy-nominated pop group RBD..- Acting career :At the age of 2,...
, actress, singer - Angélica AragónAngélica AragónAngélica Aragón is a Mexican actress of telenovelas and such films as Dune, A Walk in the Clouds, Bella, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, Vivir un poco, Mirada de mujer, Novia que te vea, and the blockbuster film Sexo, pudor y lágrimas.-Early life:Aragón was born Angélica Espinoza Stransky in Mexico...
, actress - Aracely ArámbulaAracely ArámbulaAracely Arámbula Jacques is a Mexican actress, model and singer.- Biography :Arámbula was born March 6, 1975 in the city of Chihuahua in northern Mexico. She was noticed for the first time in 1993 when she was chosen for the "Rostro del Heraldo de México". Arámbula also writes songs and plays guitar...
, Actress - Esteban ArceEsteban ArceEsteban Arce is a Mexican television entertainer.-Early life:He was born in Mexico City and lived with 2 brothers and 2 sisters named José Luís, Eduardo, Alejandra, and Adriana in a little house in delegación Benito Juarez. He loved soccer and to his day he is a big fan of Atlante F.C...
, show host - Pedro ArmendárizPedro ArmendárizPedro Armendáriz was a Mexican actor of the cinema of Mexico and Hollywood.-Early life:Born Pedro Gregorio Armendáriz Hastings in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico to Pedro Armendáriz García-Conde and Adela Hastings . He was also the cousin of actress Gloria Marín...
, actor - Pedro Armendáriz, Jr., actor
- Adriana BarrazaAdriana BarrazaAdriana Barraza is a Mexican film and television actress and director. She has also been nominated for a Golden Globe, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Broadcast Film Critics Association and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She is also a veteran actress of Televisa telenovelas...
, actress - Ana BárbaraAna BárbaraAna Bárbara is a Mexican Latin Grammy Award winner, songwriter, producer, and Grammy-nominated recording artist.-Early life and early career:...
, singer - Katie BarberiKatie BarberiKatie Barberi is a Mexican actress best known for her work in telenovelas.-Early life:Barberi was born in Saltillo, Coahuila, to a Mexican father of Italian descent and an American mother. Because of the nature of the careers of both her parents, Katie Barberi attended many different schools...
, actress - Renato BartilottiRenato BartilottiMario Renato Bartilotti Rodríguez is a Mexican actor.After enrolling in Televisa's Centro de Educación Artística , Renato Bartilotti began his career as an actor in the telenovela Mi Pequeña Traviesa, produced by Pedro Damián, in which he played a character nicknamed "El Sopas".His first stellar...
, actor - Sergio BasañezSergio BasañezSergio Basañez is a telenovela actor. He started his acting career at an early age. Before he got leading roles in soap operas, he made special appearances in them, while he studied acting at the "Centro de Educación Artística" of Televisa in Mexico...
, actor - Kuno BeckerKuno BeckerEduardo Kuno Becker Paz is a Mexican actor who has worked in telenovelas, Mexican cinema and U.S. cinema, but is best known for his portrayal of Ruben Berrizabal in Soñadoras and Santiago Muñez in the football movie Goal! and following sequels.-Early years:Becker was born in Mexico City to Manuel...
, actor - Lola BeltránLola BeltránLola Beltrán was a Mexican film actress and one of the most acclaimed Mexican ranchera singers, nicknamed Lola la Grande .-Biography:...
, singer - BelindaBelinda PeregrínBelinda Peregrín Schüll , is a two-time Latin Grammy Award nominated Mexican singer, songwriter and actress.- Early life :...
, actress, singer - Elsa BenítezElsa BenítezElsa Benítez is a Mexican model perhaps best known for her appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, including appearing on the cover in 2001.-Career:...
, model - Agustín BernalAgustín BernalAgustín Bernal is a Mexican actor, director, writer, and producer, mostly known for his frequent appearances in Mexican urban westerns, action films, and crime thrillers...
, actor - Demián BichirDemián BichirDemián Bichir Nájera is a Mexican actor. Both of his parents, Alejandro Bichir and Maricruz Nájera, and brothers Odiseo and Bruno Bichir are actors. He was married to singer Lisset Gutiérrez.-Career:...
, actor - Marcela BovioMarcela BovioMarcela Alejandra Bovio García is a Mexican singer and violinist. She was one of the founding members of the Mexican band Elfonía, she responded to a "casting call" of sorts for relatively unknown singers to be featured on Arjen Lucassen's Ayreon album The Human Equation where she landed the part...
, singer - Angélique BoyerAngelique BoyerAngelique Boyer is a French-born Mexican actress, model, and singer. She started her career playing secondary roles in the telenovelas Rebelde, Muchachitas como tú, and Corazón Salvaje. In 2010, she was given her first protagonist role in Teresa, a remake of the 1959 telenovela of the same name...
, actress - Jacqueline BracamontesJacqueline BracamontesJacqueline Bracamontes van Hoorde is a Mexican actress, model and former winner of Nuestra Belleza México.-Biography:...
, actress, model - Andrés BustamanteAndrés BustamanteAndrés Bustamante is a Mexican comedian who works at TV Azteca and dubbed the voice of Mike Wazowski in the film Monsters, Inc.He has worked with TV Azteca...
, comedian - Jaime CamilJaime CamilJaime Federico Said Camil de Saldaña da Gama is a Mexican actor, singer and host.-Biography:Born in Mexico City, Mexico, Camil is the son of Jaime Camil Garza, a very successful Mexican businessman, and Cecilia Saldaña Da Gama, a Brazilian singer...
, singer, actor - Carmen CampuzanoCarmen CampuzanoCarmen Macho Campuzano is a Mexican actress and fashion model.Campuzano has been featured on the cover of Vogue magazine three times and won several modelling awards.-References:...
, actress, fashion model - Itatí CantoralItatí CantoralItatí Cantoral, is a Mexican actress.-Early life and education:Cantoral is the daughter of Mexican composer and songwriter, Roberto Cantoral, and Argentine actress of Italian descent, Itatí Zucchi.A child actress, at 13, Cantoral was accepted into the Televisa actors' academy, Centro de Educación...
, actress - Eduardo CapetilloEduardo CapetilloEduardo Capetillo is a Mexican actor and singer. He was born in Mexico City, Mexico. He belongs to the Capetillo family, who have a long tradition of being bullfighters....
, actor - Yadhira CarrilloYadhira CarrilloYadhira Carrillo Villalobos is an actress and former beauty queen.-Early career:Yadhira Carrillo was chosen Nuestra Belleza Aguascalientes in 1994...
, actress - Irán CastilloIrán CastilloIrán Castillo Pinzón is a Mexican actress, TV Host and singer. who reach the fame in the 1990s, after roles in successful telenovelas such as Agujetas de color de rosa, Confidente de Secundaria, Preciosa...
, actress - Cristian CastroCristian CastroCristian Castro is a Grammy Award-nominated Mexican pop singer. He is referred to as "Christian Castro" or "Cristian."- Biography :...
, singer - Verónica CastroVerónica CastroVerónica Castro is a Mexican actress, singer and television host. She is the mother of singer Cristian Castro and filmmaker Michelle Sáinz Castro and the sister of actress Beatriz Castro,and telenovela producer José Alberto Castro....
, actress, singer - David CavazosDavid CavazosDavid Cavazos is a Mexican singer-songwriter.David Cavazos began composing music at the age of eighteen and later signed with Warner Music Mexico, music label in which he found the support he needed to begin a solo career. He recorded his self-titled debut album in 2007 and released it on May 13,...
, singer - Lumi CavazosLumi CavazosLumi Cavazos is a Mexican actress who won the Best Actress awards at the Tokyo Film Festival, and Brazil’s Festival de Gramado for her portrayal of "Tita" in the 1993 adaptation of Laura Esquivel’s Mexican novel, Like Water for Chocolate...
, actress - Christian ChávezChristian ChávezFor the Argentine footballer, see Cristian Manuel Chávez.Christian Chávez is a singer and actor best known for his role as Giovanni Méndez López in the telenovela Rebelde and its spin off teen band RBD...
, actor, singer - Sharis CidSharis CidSharis Cid is a Mexican actress who has participated in several telenovelas, like DKDA, Salud, Dinero y Amor and La Intrusa. She was also a singer in Roll and DKDA....
, actress - Ninel CondeNinel CondeNinel Herrera Conde is a Mexican actress, model, and Latin Grammy Award nominated recording artist, best known for her performances in Rebelde and Fuego En La Sangre.-Career:...
, actress, model, singer - Karla CossíoKarla CossíoKarla Cossío is a Mexican actress.Born in Cuba and brought to Mexico when she was only three months old , Karla Cossío began performing very young...
, actress - Alfonso CuarónAlfonso CuarónAlfonso Cuarón Orozco is a Mexican film director, screenwriter and film producer, best known for his films Children of Men, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Y tu mamá también, and A Little Princess.- Early life :...
, film director - Luis de AlbaLuis de AlbaLuis de Alba is a Mexican comedian, famous for his character El Pirrurris . He also made other characters such as "El Raton Crispin" in which he dressed himself as a big fat rat from Veracruz. He had a saying that he always said...
, actor, comedian - Rebecca de AlbaRebecca de AlbaRebecca de Alba is a Mexican model and TV presenter. She dated Mexican actor Guillermo Capetillo and Mexican singer Leonardo de Lozanne...
, show host - Alfonso de AndaAlfonso de AndaAlfonso de Anda aka Poncho de Anda is a Mexican TV show host.One of the most popular faces of the us Spanish-language television, Alfonso de Anda has been recognized with awards such as “Sin Limite” for best Hispanic television host in the United States...
, show host - José María de TaviraJosé María de TaviraJosé María de Tavira Bianchi is a Mexican film and stage actor.The son of Mexican theatre director Luis de Tavira and Argentine-born actress Rosa María Bianchi, he began acting on stage with his parents; at age seven had his first participation in an adaptation of Clotilde en su casa of Jorge...
, actor - Ana de la RegueraAna de la RegueraAnabell Gardoqui "Ana" de la Reguera is a Mexican actress who has starred in telenovelas, films and the HBO television series Eastbound & Down.-Early life:...
, actress - Arath de la TorreArath de la TorreArath De La Torre Balmaceda is a Mexican actor and comedian, best known for his roles in the television series La Parodia and El Privilegio de Mandar.-Biography:...
, actor - María Antonieta de las NievesMaría Antonieta de las NievesMaría Antonieta de las Nieves is a Mexican actress of voice-over, film, and television; best known for her portrayal of "La Chilindrina" in the Televisa sitcom, El Chavo del Ocho...
, actress - Kate del CastilloKate del CastilloKate del Castillo is a leading Mexican film, theater, and television actress.- Early life :Kate Del Castillo is the daughter of Kate Trillo and Eric del Castillo, a legend of the Mexican cinema's golden era and a former soap opera actor himself...
, actress - Dolores del RíoDolores del RíoDolores del Río was a Mexican film actress. She was a star of Hollywood films during the silent era and in the Golden Age of Hollywood...
,actress - Yolanda del RíoYolanda del RioYolanda del Río is a Mexican film actress and ranchera singer. Some of her best-known films are Caminos de Michoacán and La India blanca ....
, singer - Guillermo del ToroGuillermo del ToroGuillermo del Toro is a Mexican director, producer, screenwriter, novelist and designer. He is mostly known for his acclaimed films, Blade II, Pan's Labyrinth and the Hellboy film franchise. He is a frequent collaborator with Ron Perlman, Federico Luppi and Doug Jones...
, film director - Gonzalo de la TorreGonzalo de la TorreGonzalo de la Torre , better known as Gonzalo, is a Mexican singer, songwriter, director and producer. Gonzalo received singer-songwriter of the year at the 2010 Los Angeles Music Awards and Billboard World Song Contest Honorable Mention.-Biography:From the young age of 6, Gonzalo began singing and...
, singer, producer - Eugenio DerbezEugenio DerbezEugenio González Derbez is a Mexican actor of film and comedy television. He created the television series of XHDRBZ, Vecinos, and La familia P. Luche. Derbez is also a Formula Three Auto racing driver.-Life and career:...
, actor, comedian, producer - Aarón DíazAarón DíazAarón Díaz Spencer is a Mexican actor, singer, and model.-Biography:Aarón Díaz was born in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico to a Mexican father and an American mother and lived for several years in Palo Alto, California...
, actor - Liliana DomínguezLiliana DomínguezLiliana Domínguez is a Mexican fashion model.Liliana began modeling at 15 after a British model agent spotted her at a party in Mexico City and sent Dominguez to London, England....
, supermodel - Susana DosamantesSusana DosamantesSusana Dosamantes , is a Mexican actress. She is the mother of Mexican pop diva Paulina Rubio, and has worked in around 50 movies and TV series, including a number of telenovelas...
, actress - Lila DownsLila DownsLila Downs is a Mexican singer-songwriter. She performs her own compositions as well as tapping into Mexican traditional and popular music...
, singer - Dulce MaríaDulce MaríaDulce María is a Mexican actress, singer, and songwriter. She is best known for playing Roberta in the telenovela Rebelde and being a bandmember of the Latin Grammy nominated band, RBD...
, actress, singer, composer - Nadine Dwek, actress
- Jean DuvergerJean DuvergerJean Duverger is a Mexican actor and entertainer. He is of French-Haitian ancestry. Since 2000 he has worked for TV Azteca. From 1981 to 1983 he studied in Centro de Educacion Artística. He appeared in many Telenovelas of Televisa from 1989 to 1999.he was a member of Timbiriche From...
, actor, show host - Elán, singer, songwriter
- Fernando EimbckeFernando EimbckeFernando Eimbcke is a Mexican film director and screenwriter.Fernando Eimbcke studied film direction at the Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos of the UNAM . He started his career directing music videoclips and short films...
, film director, screenwriter - Emilio EchevarríaEmilio EchevarríaEmilio Echevarría is a Mexican actor. Internationally he is perhaps best known for appearing in a trio of films: Amores Perros , Y tu mamá también, and Babel .Echevarría also had small parts in two American productions, first as Raoul, a Cuban agent in the James Bond...
, actor - Liza EcheverríaLiza EcheverríaLiza Echeverría is a Mexican actress and model.-As a host:* Galardón a los grandes * TVo * Bailando por un sueño * Cantando por un sueño -As a guest:* Hoy 14 July 2004...
, model, show host - Erick ElíasErick EliasErick Elías is a Mexican actor, model and singer.Erick Elias began his studies in acting, music, dance, and modeling at a very young age. He moved to Mexico City, soon after graduating from high school...
, actor, model - Emmanuel, singer
- Lorena EnríquezLorena EnríquezLorena Enríquez is Mexican actress and hostess. She recently featured in the Mexican soap opera Un Gancho al Corazón.- Theater :*La Sirenita Role: Ariel.*Blanca Nieves y los 7 enanos Role: Blanca Nieves....
, actress - José Guadalupe EsparzaJosé Guadalupe EsparzaJosé Guadalupe Esparza is a Mexican musician. He was born in Hermenegildo Galeana in the state of Durango but grew up in the city of Apodaca, Nuevo León, where he attended elementary and high school....
, singer - María FélixMaría FélixMaría Félix was a Mexican film actress and one of the icons of the golden era of the Cinema of Mexico and also one of the myths of the Spanish language Cinema for her life style and personality...
, actress - Alejandro FernándezAlejandro FernándezAlejandro Fernández is a Mexican singer. Nicknamed as "El Potrillo" by the media and his fans, he has sold over 20 million albums worldwide. Alejandro is the son of the ranchera singer Vicente Fernández. He originally specialized in traditional, earthy forms of Mexican folk music, such as...
, singer - Vicente FernándezVicente FernándezVicente Fernández Gómez is a Mexican singer, producer and actor. Known as Chente or El rey de la canción ranchera throughout the Latin world, Vicente Fernández, who started his career singing for tips on the street, has become a cultural icon, recording more than 50 albums and contributing to...
, singer - Juan FerraraJuan FerraraJuan Ferrara is a famous Mexican telenovela and film actor,- Family :Juan is a son of the well known actress Ofelia Guilmáin and brother of Lucía Guilmáin y Esther Guilmáin. He was once married to the famous Mexican actress, Helena Rojo...
, actor - Fey, singer
- Laura FloresLaura FloresLaura Flores is a Mexican actress, hostess and singer, born in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico.- Biography:...
, actress - Adriana FonsecaAdriana FonsecaAdriana Fonseca Castellanos is a Mexican actress.- Biography :Adriana started her acting career performing in a local television show. At the age of 16 she was accepted in C.E.A. in Mexico...
, actress - Rubén FuentesRubén FuentesRubén Fuentes Gassón , is a Mexican classical violinist and composer, who is best known for his contributions to Mariachi music. In 1944, he joined Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán as a violinist and later as a music arranger. In 1955 Fuentes stopped performing in the group, but he maintains his...
, actor - Juan GabrielJuan GabrielAlberto Aguilera Valadez , better known by his stage name Juan Gabriel , is a Mexican singer and songwriter who is one of the most famous living representatives of the Mexican ranchera, ballad, mariachi, and pop music....
, singer, composer - Francisco Gabilondo Soler, "Cri-Cri"Francisco Gabilondo SolerFrancisco Gabilondo Soler was a Mexican composer and performer of children's songs. He recorded and performed those songs under the name of Cri-Cri: El Grillito Cantor .-Biography:Gabilondo was born in the city of Orizaba, Veracruz...
, songwriter - Gael García BernalGael García BernalGael García Bernal is a Mexican film actor and director.-Early life:García Bernal was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, the son of Patricia Bernal, an actress and former model, and José Ángel García, an actor and director. His stepfather is Sergio Yazbek, whom his mother married when García Bernal was...
, actor - Sara GarcíaSara GarcíaSara García was a Mexican actress who made her biggest mark during the "Golden Age of Mexican cinema". During the 1940s and 1950s, she often played the part of a no-nonsense but lovable grandmother in numerous Mexican films...
, actress - Eduardo GarzaEduardo GarzaJosé Eduardo Garza Escudero is a Mexican actor, voiceover talent, announcer, singer, translator and puppeteer.-Career:Born in Mexico City, he gained a B.A. in Advertising and Acting...
, voice actor - Bibi GaytánBibi GaytánBibí Gaytán was born January 27, 1972 in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. Three of her four brothers are in show business: musician Chacho Gaytán, actor Alejandro Gaytan, and singer Mano Gaytan...
, actress - Filippa GiordanoFilippa GiordanoFilippa Giordano is an Italian crossover singer.-Biography:Filippa was born in Palermo and she is the youngest of a whole generation of musicians. At the age of nine, she started ballet at the National Academy of Rome...
, crossover singerCrossover-Fiction and media:* Fictional crossover, a storyline combining characters or settings from separate fictional properties** Fictional crossovers in video games* Crossover , a 2002 documentary by Justin Lin... - Ernesto Gómez CruzErnesto Gómez CruzErnesto Gómez Cruz is a prolific Mexican actor with more than 154 films.He has been nominated several times for the Ariel Award...
, actor - Roberto Gómez Bolaños ChespiritoRoberto Gómez BolañosRoberto Gómez Bolaños is a Mexican writer, actor, director, comedian, humorist, songwriter, poet and philosopher. He is best known by his stage name Chespirito .-Life and work:...
, actor, director, songwriter and screenwriter - Alejandro González IñárrituAlejandro González IñárrituAlejandro González Iñárritu is a Mexican film director.González Iñárritu is the first Mexican director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and by the DGA of America for Best Director. He is also the first and only Mexican born director to have won the Prix de la mise en scene...
, film director - Edith GonzálezEdith GonzálezEdith González Fuentes is a Mexican actress and dancer.- Personal life :González has a daughter, Constanza , whose father is the Mexican politician Santiago Creel. Edith has worked for hispanic television networks, such as, Televisa, Telemundo, and TV Azteca...
, actress - Sherlyn González, actress
- Susana GonzálezSusana GonzálezSusana Alejandra González is a Mexican actress. This particular Mexican actress is known for her talent, beauty and docile character.- Biography :...
, actress - Ely GuerraEly GuerraEly Guerra is a Mexican singer-songwriter who was born in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.- Biography :...
, singer, musician, songwriter, composer - Denisse GuerreroDenisse GuerreroDenisse Guerrero Flores is a Mexican musician and singer-songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the Mexican electropop band Belanova. She was born in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, on August 8, 1980. Despite her fashion designer professional degree, she had always wanted to perform in a band...
, singer - Ofelia GuilmainOfelia GuilmainOfelia Guilmain was an actress of telenovelas, stage and the cinema of Mexico.She is also the mother of actors Juan Ferrara and Lucía Guilmain...
, actress - Emilia GuiúEmilia GuiúEmilia Guiú was a Spanish-Mexican actress who appeared mainly in Mexican films, particularly in the 1940s and 1950s in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She made over 60 film appearances between 1943 and 2000 and typically played villain roles and "femme fatale"...
, actress - Elizabeth GutiérrezElizabeth GutierrezElizabeth Gutiérrez is a Mexican-American actress and model. She is best known for playing the leading roles in the telenovelas El Rostro de Analía and El Fantasma de Elena.-Background:...
, actress - Alejandra GuzmánAlejandra GuzmánAlejandra Gabriela Guzmán Pinal , better known as Alejandra Guzmán, is a Latin Grammy Award–winning Mexican rock singer and actress. She has had a dedicated fanbase throughout Latin America since the late 1980s, and is known as the "Queen of Rock" in the Hispanic world...
, singer - Enrique GuzmánEnrique GuzmánEnrique Guzmán is a Mexican singer. He is the father of Mexican singer Alejandra Guzmán by his former wife, actress and politician Silvia Pinal....
, singer - Vanessa GuzmánVanessa Guzmán-External links:...
, actress, model - Laura HarringLaura HarringLaura Harring is a Mexican-American actress and former Miss USA . She is known for her role as Rita in Mulholland Drive.-Early life:...
, actress - Salma HayekSalma HayekSalma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez de Pinault is a Mexican film actress, director and producer. She received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress for her role as Frida Kahlo in the film Frida.-Early life:...
, actress - Plutarco HazaPlutarco HazaPlutarco Haza is a Mexican actor raised in Mazatlán, Sinaloa.Haza produced and hosted the children's news show, Bizbirije on Canal 11. During the show's final year broadcast in 1998, he married the Polish-born Mexican actress Ludwika Paleta; they have one son...
, actor - Jorge HernándezJorge HernándezJorge Hernández is a retired boxer from Cuba, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There he won the gold medal in the light flyweight division by defeating North Korea's Li Byong-Uk in the final...
, singer - Saul HernándezSaúl HernándezSaúl Alfonso Hernández Estrada , is the former lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of Caifanes, a famous Mexican rock en español group formed in 1986.In 1996, Saúl Hernández sang a duet with Algerian raï singer Khaled...
, singer - Carlos Hernández VázquezCarlos Hernández VázquezCarlos Hernández Vázquez is a Mexican film director, writer and producer who lived in Mexico City during most of the last decade of his career...
, film director - Alfonso HerreraAlfonso HerreraAlfonso "Poncho" Herrera is a Mexican actor and ex-member of the music group RBD.-Biography:...
, actor, singer - Lorena HerreraLorena HerreraLorena Herrera is a Mexican actress.- Biography :Lorena moved with her family to Mexico City, where she began a career as a fashion model. She became highly successful in Mexico, and gained an international reputation, posing for advertiments in Mexico and South America...
, actress - Pedro InfantePedro InfanteJosé Pedro Infante Cruz , better known as Pedro Infante, is the most famous actor and singer of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema and is an idol of the Latinamerican people, together with Jorge Negrete and Javier Solís, who were styled the Tres Gallos Mexicanos . He was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa,...
, singer, actor - Mauricio IslasMauricio IslasMauricio Islas is a Mexican television and film actor. He is best known for his work in telenovelas.-Early life:...
, actor - Frankie JFrankie JFrancisco Javier Bautista, Jr. , better known by his stage name Frankie J, is a Mexican singer and former member of the musical group Kumbia Kings....
, singer - Altair JaraboAltair JaraboAltair Jarabo García is a Mexican actress, best known for portraying roles in Mexican telenovelas Subete a Mi Moto , Inocente de Ti , Código Postal and Al Diablo con los Guapos and En Nombre del Amor ...
, actress - Rodolfo JiménezRodolfo JiménezRodolfo Jiménez is a Mexican film and television actor. He is also a television host.-Early life:Jiménez was born Rodolfo Jiménez Munoz in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico....
, actor - José Alfredo JiménezJosé Alfredo JiménezJosé Alfredo Jiménez was a Mexican singer-songwriter in the ranchera style whose songs are considered an integral part of Mexico's musical heritage....
, singer, songwriter, musician, composer - José JoséJosé JoséJosé Rómulo Sosa Ortiz , known by his artistic name José José, is a Mexican singer.Referred in the entertainment world as "El Príncipe de la Canción" , José José is best known for his romantic ballads and renowned for his vocals...
, singer - Lupita JonesLupita JonesMaría Guadalupe "Lupita" Jones Garay became the first Mexican woman to win the title of Miss Universe in 1991.-Miss Universe 1991:...
, Miss Universe 1991Miss Universe 1991Miss Universe 1991 was held at the Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts on the Las Vegas Strip, USA on May 17, 1991.Lupita Jones of Mexico was crowned as Miss Universe 1991... - Judith Grace, show host
- Ines Gomez MontInes Gomez MontInes Gomez Mont is a Mexican television host, reporter and actress. She was the host of TV Azteca's Los 25+ and co-host of Ventaneando.-Career:...
, TV host - KalimbaKalimba MarichalKalimba Kadjaly Marichal Ibar is a Mexican singer and voice actor.- Career :Born in Mexico City, Kalimba began his career at the age of three. He and his sister M'balia Marichal began performing in theater and on television. Kalimba appeared on shows such as Chiquilladas and Chocolate Chip...
, singer - Natalia LafourcadeNatalia LafourcadeNatalia Lafourcade is a Mexican pop-rock singer and songwriter. Her band's name is Natalia y La Forquetina.-Biography:...
, singer - Imanol LandetaImanol LandetaImanol Landeta , more commonly known simply as Imanol, is a Mexican singer and actor. His acting career started with the film Última llamada in 1996, and he has appeared in almost a dozen films and television series since...
, actor, singer - Valentino LanúsValentino LanúsValentino Lanús is a Mexican actor.- Biography :Valentino's parents are Margarita and Luis Alberto. Valentino is the second of four siblings, and is also the only male. He began his career as a model, and later enrolled in Televisa's CEA...
, actor - Ana LayevskaAna LayevskaAnna Laevski Rastsvetaeva , better known as Ana Layevska, is a Russian-Mexican actress.-Early life:Born in Kiev, Ukraine, Ana is the only child of Russian parents, Sergei Laevski and Inna Rastsvetaeva. Ana and her family moved to Mexico when she was nine years old...
, actress - Mariana LevyMariana LevyMariana Levy Fernández was a Mexican telenovela actress, singer and television show host. She was the daughter of actress Talina Fernández.-Biography:Mariana Levy was born in Mexico City...
, actress - Iyari LimónIyari LimonIyari Pérez Limón is an actress best known for her supporting role as Potential Slayer Kennedy on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.-Career:Limón has appeared in numerous TV commercials, both in Spanish and English...
, actress - Claudia LizaldiClaudia LizaldiClaudia Lizaldi is a Mexican anchor, actress and model. Her surname Lizaldi is basqueShe started her career by hosting a contest and games program at Once TV from, National Polytechnic Institute, a low audience channel because its content is cultural, in which she stays for 3 years...
, model - Patricia LlacaPatricia LlacaPatricia Llaca is a Mexican actress who has participated both in films, soap operas and TV shows. She is also sometimes credited as Patricia De Llaca.She is best known for her role as Andrea in the film La Habitación Azul....
, actress
- Xavier López, ChabeloChabeloXavier López , better known as "Chabelo," is a Mexican actor and a TV host. He has been working on television for about 45 years. "Chabelo" has participated in more than thirty motion pictures and recorded more than thirty musical albums. He also has produced many shows like La Cuchufleta and La...
, actor - Renato LópezRenato LópezRenato López is a Mexican television show host and musician.He was a guitarist for the rock band The Prom Kings and previously hosted music shows on Mun2, such as El show and Vivo....
, musician, show host - Seidy LópezSeidy LópezSeidy López is a Mexican-American actress and director.López is best known for her starring debut in the critically acclaimed film Mi Vida Loca. She appeared in Solo, the hit film Selena, in Quentin Tarantino's ER episode, and as a recurring character on Showtime's Resurrection Boulevard...
, actress - Alex LoraAlex LoraJosé Alejandro Lora Serna , better known by his stage name Alex Lora, is a Mexican musician and composer. He has been the frontman of the Spanish rock band El Tri for over 40 years...
, musician, singer, songwriter - Adriana LouvierAdriana LouvierAdriana Louvier Vargas , is a Mexican actress and TV presenter. Studied acting in Centro de Formacion Actoral de TV Azteca.- Filmography :* Emperatriz - Esther Mendoza del Real...
, actress - Allisson Lozz, actress
- Lucero, actress, singer
- Luis MiguelLuis MiguelLuis Miguel Gallego Basteri is a Mexican singer. He is widely known only by the name Luis Miguel and is often referred to as "El Sol de México"...
, singer - Daniela LujánDaniela LujánDaniela Luján is a Mexican pop singer and actress.-Biography:Born on April 5, 1988 to Miguel Barrios Luján and Amalia Rodríguez Gómez, she is the youngest of three daughters....
, actress, singer - Diego LunaDiego LunaDiego Luna is a Mexican actor known for his childhood telenovela work, a starring role in the film Y tu mamá también, and supporting roles in American films. He is also known for his roles in Rudo y Cursi and Milk. Luna also had minor roles in Frida and Before Night Falls...
, actor, director - Tony MacFarlandTony MacFarlandTony MacFarland is a Mexican actor and show host, who made his first appearance in television in the Mexican edition of the reality show Big Brother....
, actor - Sara MaldonadoSara MaldonadoSara Maldonado is a Mexican actress.-Biography:Sara Maldonado Fuentes was born in Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico to Mario Maldonado and Sara Fuentes. She has two older brothers, Mario and Jesús and one sister, Fabiola....
, actress, comedian - Julio ManninoJulio ManninoJulio Giovanni Mannino Pichardo is a Mexican actor, born in Toluca, Mexico.His parents are Giulio Mannino Bruno and Alicia Pichardo Martinez, his father is Italian...
, actor - Patricia ManterolaPatricia ManterolaPatricia Manterola is a Mexican singer, actress, model, and fashion designer born in Mexico City.-Background:...
, singer - Erik MariñelarenaErik MariñelarenaErik Mariñelarena Herrera is a Mexican film director, screenwriter and producer.He is the founder of E Corp Studio, a production company he established in 2001, alongside his wife Liz Ortiz, later joining his producing partner Carlos Hernández Vázquez.-Personal life:Mariñelarena was born in Mexico...
, film director - Karla MartínezKarla MartínezKarla Martínez is a Mexican TV Show Host. She is best known for hosting the show Control from 2000 to 2006 where she took over the show after Lesley Ann Machado's departure. She is currently a co-host on the popular morning show Despierta América on the Univision Network.Martínez was born in...
, show host - Ingrid MartzIngrid MartzIngrid Martz de la Vega is a Mexican actress.She studied acting in El Centro de Capacitación Artística de Televisa ....
, actress - Ofelia MedinaOfelia MedinaOfelia Medina is a Mexican actress, singer and screenwriter of Mexican films. She was married to film director Alex Philips Jr. and actor Pedro Armendáriz Jr..-Biography:...
, actress - Bill MeléndezBill MelendezJosé Cuauhtémoc "Bill" Meléndez was a Mexican-American character animator, film director, voice artist and producer, known for his cartoons for Warner Brothers, UPA and the Peanuts series...
, animator - Lucía MéndezLucía MéndezLucía Leticia Méndez Pérez is a Mexican telenovela and film actress, top model and singer that has sold over 10 million records world wide.- Early success :...
, actress, singer - Florinda MezaFlorinda MezaFlorinda Meza García de Gómez is a Mexican actress of film and television; she is also a writer, director, and producer. She started her career when Roberto Gómez Bolaños cast her in El Chavo as "Doña Florinda"...
, actress - Jaydy MichelJaydy MichelJaydy Michel Brixon is a Mexican fashion model.Born to a Mexican father and an US American mother, Jaydy Michel grew up in Puerto Vallarta, although she was born in Guadalajara, the capital of the state of Jalisco. She began her modeling career in Mexico, first in beauty pageants such as Miss...
, fashion model - Miroslava, actress
- Maya MishalskaMaya MishalskaMaya Mishalska is a Polish-Mexican actress.- Biography :She began playing the violin at the age of six. Through ten years of studies at the Music Conservatory, she looked for an opportunity to experiment in theatre. Her passion for acting surged after participating in a play by Federico Garcia Lorca...
, actress - Nicky MondelliniNicky MondelliniNicoletta Edna Mondellini Hammond is a Mexican actress.Nicky Mondellini was born to a British mother, Joan, and an Italian father, Mario. She moved to Mexico City with her family when her father was transferred by his employer...
, actress - Ricardo MontalbánRicardo MontalbánRicardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino, KSG was a Mexican radio, television, theatre and film actor. He had a career spanning six decades and many notable roles...
, actor - Pilar MontenegroPilar MontenegroPilar Montenegro is a Mexican Latin pop singer and actress.-Biography:When Montenegro was 10 years old she landed her first acting part in the TV series Juguemos A Cantar, her career moved along with her becoming a member of Fresas Con Crema for a short time...
, actress, singer - Pablo MonteroPablo MonteroPablo Montero is a popular Mexican singer and actor.- Personal life :Montero was born Oscar Daniel Hernández Rodríguez in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico.From about 2000 to 2003, Montero had a relationship with Aracely Arámbula....
, singer, actor - Ivonne MonteroIvonne MonteroIvonne Montero is a Mexican actress and model best known for her leading role in ¡Anita, no te rajes! in 2004. She has portrayed various other roles in telenovelas, and has appeared in several serials, including Rosalinda, Las vías del amor, Decisiones, and El Juego de la Vida...
, actress - Andrés MontielAndrés MontielAndrés Montiel is a Mexican actor born in Guadalajara, Jalisco.He started acting professionally on stage at age twenty, developing solid theatre work. Since year 2001, he has also begun to star in films...
, actor - Galilea MontijoGalilea MontijoGalilea Montijo Torres is a Mexican actress, show host, and comedian. She currently hosts Hoy, a morning show of Televisa, and El gran show de los Peques...
, actress - Bárbara MoriBárbara MoriBárbara Mori Ochoa is a Mexican actress and model. She became famous for being the female lead in the Bollywood film, Kites....
, actress, model - Sabine MoussierSabine MoussierDiana Sabine Moussier is a German-Mexican actress who is best known for her work, frequently as a villainess, in numerous Mexican telenovelas such as El privilegio de amar, Entre el amor y el odio, and La madrastra.-Early life:...
, actress - Marco Antonio MuñizMarco Antonio MuñizMarco Antonio Muñiz is a singer from Jalisco, Mexico. Known all over Latin America, Muñiz actually has declared publicly and in most countries he has visited, that Puerto Rico is his second country, and many Puerto Ricans consider him to be an "honorary Puerto Rican"...
, singer - Evita Muñoz "Chachita", actress, comedian, singer
- Patricia MuñozPatricia MuñozPatricia Muñoz is a Mexican actress, model and singer.-References:...
, actress, singer - René MuñozRené MuñozRené Muñoz was a Cuban actor and screenwriter of telenovelas and the cinema of Mexico.He is most remembered for his role in the Spanish film Fray Escoba.-Biography:...
, actor - Ximena NavarreteXimena NavarreteJimena "Ximena" Navarrete Rosete is a Mexican model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe 2010. She was previously named as Nuestra Belleza México 2009.-Personal life:...
, model, Miss Universe 2010Miss Universe 2010Miss Universe 2010, the 59th edition of the pageant, was held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. on August 23, 2010. It was hosted by Bret Michaels and Natalie Morales... - Guillermo NavarroGuillermo NavarroGuillermo Navarro, ASC, A.M.C. is a Mexican cinematographer. He has worked in Hollywood since 1993 and is a frequent collaborator of Guillermo del Toro and Robert Rodriguez. In 2006 he won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for the film, Pan's Labyrinth...
, actor - Patricia NavidadPatricia NavidadAna Patricia Navidad Lara is a Mexican actress and singer.- Biography :Patricia developed an interest in music before acting, mainly influenced by her father, Jesus, and is quoted as saying that his voice has been her inspiration since she was born...
, actress - Jorge NegreteJorge NegreteJorge Alberto Negrete Moreno is considered one of the most popular Mexican singers and actors of all time....
, singer, actor - Mónica NogueraMónica NogueraMónica Noguera Flores is a Mexican television personality.-Biography:Noguera started her television career in the Mexican TV network TeleHit hosting Top 25, which presented the channel's best videos...
, TV host, model - Adela NoriegaAdela NoriegaAdela Amalia Noriega Méndez , better known as Adela Noriega , is a Mexican actress. Noriega is best known for her starring roles in telenovelas. She came to prominence as a teenager, starring in teen-oriented coming-of-age telenovelas in the late 1980s...
, actress - Manuel "Manolo" Noriega, stage and film actor
- Nailea NorvindNailea NorvindNailea Norvind is a Mexican television actress who also appeared in the critically acclaimed film Gaby: A True Story...
, actress - Ramón NovarroRamón NovarroRamón Novarro was a Mexican leading man actor in Hollywood in the early 20th century. He was the next male "Sex Symbol" after the death of Rudolph Valentino...
, actor - Manuel OjedaManuel OjedaManuel Salvador Ojeda Armenta is one of the most active actors of television and cinema in Mexico. He played the villain, Zolo, in the Hollywood film Romancing the Stone.-Career:...
, actor - Fher OlveraFernando OlveraJosé Fernando Emilio "Fher" Olvera, in Puebla, Puebla, Mexico as José Fernando Emilio Olvera Sierra, is the secondary guitarist, composer, and lead singer for the Mexican rock band Maná. Olvera studied communications in the Universidad Iberoamericana...
, singer - Mauricio OchmannMauricio OchmannMauricio Ochmann Siordia is a Mexican actor best known for his roles in telenovelas. He also appeared in Kevin Costner's film Message in a Bottle, the TV series That's life and Latino Green. He appeared as Fabián Duque in Telemundo's Dame Chocolate...
, actor - Jesús Ochoa, actor
- Yahir OthonYahir OthonYahir Othón Parra, commonly known as Yahir, is a Mexican singer and actor from Hermosillo, Sonora. He began his career as one of the participants in the music reality show La Academia in 2002 and in addition to Yuridia, also from Hermosillo, is one of the most popular stars to come from the...
, actor, singer - Haley PaigeHaley PaigeMaryam Irene Haley , better known by her stage name Haley Paige, was a Mexican-born American pornographic actress.- Career:...
, pornographic actress - Dominika PaletaDominika PaletaDominika Paleta Paciorek de Ibarra is a Polish-Mexican actress.She is the daughter of musician Zbigniew Paleta and Barbara Paciorek Paleta, and the sister of actress Ludwika Paleta.-Life:...
, actress - Ludwika PaletaLudwika PaletaLudwika Paleta is a Polish-Mexican actress. She is the daughter of musician Zbigniew Paleta and Barbara Paciorek Paleta, and the sister of actress Dominika Paleta.-Early Life and Career:...
, actress - Joaquín PardavéJoaquín PardavéJoaquín Pardavé Arce was a Mexican film actor, director, songwriter and screenwriter of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. He was best known for starring and directing various comedy films during the 1940s...
actor, director, songwriter and screenwriter - Plankton ManPlankton ManPlankton Man is a Mexican musician and former founding member of the Nortec Collective. His music is inspired by traditional Mexican music such as the brass banda and the accordion accents of norteño music, as well as jazz and electronic music elements.-Biography:Planktonman began his career in...
, musician - Arturo PenicheArturo PenicheArturo Peniche is a famous Mexican telenovela actor who became popular in Latin America during the 1990s. He is the brother of actor Flavio Peniche, who appears in the telenovela La Traicion.-Biography:...
, actor - Maite PerroniMaite PerroniMaite Perroni Beorlegui is a Mexican actress and singer/songwriter, who is best known for starring in Rebelde, Cuidado con el Ángel, Mi Pecado and Triunfo del Amor. She gained international fame as a member of the Latin Grammy nominated pop group RBD...
, actress, singer - Silvia PinalSilvia PinalSilvia Pinal is a Mexican actress, who had roles in several of Luis Buñuel's movies such as El ángel exterminador and Viridiana...
, actress, show host - Salvador PinedaSalvador PinedaSalvador Pineda Popoca is a Mexican actor. He has participated in several telenovelas and Mexican movies, as well as two Hollywood low budget movies....
, actor - Polo PoloPolo PoloPolo Polo is a mexican comedian. His real name is Leopoldo García Benítez Peláez, known internationally for his practical jokes for adults, and its use as part of the gamble of his jokes, adorned with a light humorous misogyny in his repertoire...
, comedian - Anthony QuinnAnthony QuinnAntonio Rodolfo Quinn-Oaxaca , more commonly known as Anthony Quinn, was a Mexican American actor, as well as a painter and writer...
, actor - Adal RamonesAdal RamonesAdalberto Javier Ramones Martínez is a Mexican television show host and comedian who is known for his comments on Mexican and international social life...
, comedian, show host - Marco Antonio RegilMarco Antonio RegilMarco Antonio Regil is a Mexican television personality and game show host, born in Tijuana, Mexico. He began his career as a Radio D.J. when he was 15 years old...
, TV host - Diana ReyesDiana ReyesDiana Reyes is a Mexican singer of duranguense music.Reyes was born in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. She has released three gold records since 2004: La Reina del Pasito Duranguense, Las No. 1 de la Reina, and Te Voy a Mostrar...
, singer - Miguel Alejandro ReinaMiguel A. ReinaMiguel Alejandro Reina Gómez Maganda is an award-nominated Mexican filmmaker, screenwriter and film producer. Some of his works include Un aliado en el tiempo, Mi vida en frenesí, Trazos mágicos de Oaxaca and El hombre que detuvo el tiempo....
, film director - Cornelio ReynaCornelio ReynaCornelio Reyna was a Mexican norteño singer.Cornelio Reyna formed a partnership with the legendary Ramón Ayala to create the famous duet called Los Relampagos del Norte in 1963. The band stayed together for eight years and then in 1971, Reyna decided to pursue a solo career as a mariachi singer...
, singer - Angélica RiveraAngélica RiveraAngélica Rivera Hurtado is a Mexican telenovela actress, wife of Enrique Peña Nieto.-Early life:Rivera was born to a family of six brothers. One day she found out that actress Verónica Castro was filming a video in the street and she decided to snoop around...
, actress - Lupillo RiveraLupillo RiveraGuadalupe Rivera in La Barca, Jalisco, Mexico, is a Mexican regional singer.As a youngster, Lupillo, his sister Jenni Rivera and the rest of the Rivera family moved to Long Beach California, where Lupillo graduated from Long Beach Polytechnic High School in 1990.Rivera wanted to be a restaurant...
, singer - Jorge RiveroJorge RiveroJorge Pous Rosas is a matinee idol, with a career spanning three continents , primarily in Spanish language media...
, actor - Aurora RoblesAurora RoblesAurora Robles is a Mexican fashion model.Robles has appeared in many top quality fashion shows in Mexico and Europe...
, supermodel - Paul RodriguezPaul RodríguezPaul Rodriguez is a Mexican-American stand-up comedian and actor.-Personal life:Rodriguez was born in Culiacán, Sinaloa, México to Mexican agriculture ranchers.. His family migrated to East Los Angeles, where he enlisted in the military; he was stationed in Iceland and Duluth, Minnesota...
, comedian, actor - Helena RojoHelena RojoHelena Rojo is a leading Mexican film, theater and television actress.-Biography:She began her career as a model in the early-1960s. Toward the end of the decade, she studied drama with renown Mexican directors Carlos Ancira and José Luis Ibáñez, making her film debut in 1968 in the film El club...
, actress - María RojoMaría RojoMaría de Lourdes Rojo e Incháustegui commonly known as María Rojo — — is a Mexican actress and politician. She is currently Senator of the Republic in the upper house of Mexican Congress....
, actress - Daniela RomoDaniela RomoDaniela Romo is a Mexican singer, actress and TV host. Daniela Romo was born Teresita Presmanes Corona in Mexico City to Teresa Corona. Her parents never married, and Daniela and her sister Patricia were raised by their grandmother...
, actress, singer - Alessandra RosaldoAlessandra RosaldoAlessandra Rosaldo is an actress, singer and dancer from Mexico. In 2006, she was the winner of the first prize in Televisa Network's, later broadcasted in Univision “Bailando por un Sueño”....
, actress, singer - Paulina RubioPaulina RubioPaulina Susana Rubio Rue is a Mexican singer and actress. Rubio achieved international stardom with her fifth studio album, Paulina...
, singer - Ximena RubioXimena RubioXimena Rubio is a film and television actress. She was born in Mexico City on December 2, 1978, granddaughter of famous Mexican film director Servando González, the first Mexican to direct a film in Hollywood.- Training:...
, actress - Victoria RuffoVictoria RuffoVictoria Ruffo is a Mexican actress. Ruffo, the surname she uses professionally, is actually her maternal grandfather's surname.- Biography :...
, actress - Sebastián RulliSebastián Rulli-Biography:Before becoming the successful actor that he is today, Sebastián Rulli began his career modeling in many different countries in Europe, namely Spain, Italy and France as well as in Mexico and the United States...
, actor, model - Adriana SageAdriana SageAdriana Sage is a Mexican-American pornographic actress and model.- Early life :Sage was born in Mexico, but was raised in San Diego, California...
, PlayboyPlayboyPlayboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...
model, actress - Carmen Salinas, actress, producer
- Jorge SalinasJorge SalinasJorge Salinas Pérez is a Mexican television and film actor, best known for his leading roles in telenovelas.-Career:His first participation on screen was in the movie Viva El Chubasco, next to Antonio Aguilar and Eulalio Gonzalez...
, actor - Carlos SantanaCarlos SantanaCarlos Augusto Alves Santana is a Mexican rock guitarist. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, salsa and jazz fusion...
, musician - Pablo Santos, actor
- Joan SebastianJoan SebastianJoan Sebastian is a popular Mexican singer and songwriter. He has composed hundreds of songs and been a regular staple on the top-40 charts in Mexico since his career began in 1977. His music is a mixture of Latin pop, ranchera and grupera music...
, singer - Mariana SeoaneMariana SeoaneMariana Seoane García is a Mexican actress, model and singer. She is a native of the city of Parácuaro, in the state of Michoacán.-Biography:...
, singer - Ana SerradillaAna SerradillaAna Isabel Serradilla García is a Mexican actress. She studied acting at the Centro de Formación Actoral.-Filmography:MUSIC VIDEOS* Appeared in a music video by Camila called Solo para ti...
, actress - Antonio SerranoAntonio SerranoJosé Antonio Serrano Argüelles is a Mexican film director, actor, playwright and screenwriter.He graduated with a degree in Communications from the Universidad Iberoamericana. He also attended the Royal Weber Academy of Dramatic Art in England and the Odin Teatre of Denmark...
, director - Camila SodiCamila SodiCamila González Sodi is a Mexican actress and model. She is the niece of actress and singer Thalía and part of the Sodi family.- Biography :...
, actress - Sasha SokolSasha SokolSasha Sökol is a Mexican singer, composer, actress, and TV host. She has sold more than 5 million albums worldwide.-Biography:...
, singer - Fernando SolerFernando SolerFernando Soler was a prolific Mexican film actor and film director.He appeared in over 100 films between 1915 and his death in 1979.- External links :...
, actor - Javier SolísJavier SolísJavier Solís was a popular Mexican singer of boleros and rancheras, and a film actor.-Early history:...
, singer - Marco Antonio SolísMarco Antonio SolísMarco Antonio Solís is a Mexican musician, composer, and record producer. Throughout his career, he has sold over 80 million records and written over 300 songs, arguably making him one of the most successful singer-songwriters in Latin America.-Early life and career:Marco Antonio Solís started his...
- Blanca SotoBlanca SotoBlanca Delfina Soto Benavides is a Mexican actress, model and former beauty queen. She competed in the national beauty pageant Nuestra Belleza Mexico in 1997. Representing the state of Morelos, in which she was raised, Soto became Miss Mexico World. She represented her country in the Miss World...
, fashion model - Gabriel SotoGabriel SotoGabriel Soto Borja-Diaz is a Mexican actor, model. He is known for winning the national male pageant El Modelo Mexico, placing first runner-up in Mister World 1996, being a member of the former Mexican boy band Kairo, and for acting in telenovelas.- Biography :His mother Elisa Diaz committed...
, actor, model - Hugo StiglitzHugo StiglitzHugo Stiglitz is a Mexican actor. He was mostly famous in the 1970s and 1980s in Mexico after filming such film horror classics as Tintorera and La Noche de los mil gatos. He also filmed several movies in Hollywood and Italy...
, actor - Devin Tailes, singer
- Ana Claudia TalancónAna Claudia TalancónAna Claudia Talancón is a Mexican actress and model. She first started acting in her home town, Cancún, Quintana Roo.- Early life :...
, actress - TatianaTatiana (singer)Tatiana Palacios Chapa , better known as simply "Tatiana", is a Mexican singer and actress.-Birth and childhood:Tatiana's parents, Dr...
, singer - Arleth TeránArleth TeránArleth Rocìo Terán Sotelo , is a Mexican actress appearing on TV soap operas.- Early life :Arleth studied acting at "Centro de Educacion Televisa" and went on to television...
, actress - ThalíaThalíaAriadna Thalía Sodi Miranda , known simply by the mononym Thalía , is a Mexican singer and actress. She has sold over 40 million albums worldwide...
, actress, singer - José Antonio TorresJosé Antonio TorresJosé Antonio Torres is a Mexican film director, producer, and musician based at Inukshuk Films Studios. His film work includes writing and directing Octavio and Astral; both films were breakthroughs in digital cinema in Mexico....
, film director - Rigo TovarRigo TovarRigoberto Tovar García was a Mexican singer best known as Rigo Tovar. Famous for his cumbia songs, Tovar is considered a musical pioneer by fusing electric guitar, synthesizer, and rock melodies with traditional Mexican music.Tovar was born and raised in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico...
, singer, songwriter, composer, actor - Gloria TreviGloria TreviGloria Trevi is a Mexican pop-rock singer-songwriter. She was described as the "Supreme Diva of the Mexican Pop" by the music channel VH1 and sold over 20 million records.-Biography:...
, singer - Víctor Trujillo / BrozoVíctor TrujilloVíctor Trujillo , is a Mexican host, comedian and political commentator. He is best known for his character Brozo el Payaso Tenebroso , a green-haired, unkempt, obscene and aggressive clown ....
, actor, comedian - Emilio TueroEmilio TueroEmilio Tuero Cubillas was a Mexican actor, producer and singer of Spanish origin.He was known as "Barítono de Argel" and worked for the XEW radio station during "La hora azul" , performing popular music, bolero and tango.- Filmography :* Cri Cri el grillito cantor * Viva el amor * Historia de un...
, actor, singer - Christopher Uckerman, actor, singer
- Polo UríasPolo UríasPolo Urías is a norteño singer and played bajo sexto from Ojinaga, Chihuahua Mexico. Polo Urías was formerly the lead singer of Los Rieleros del Norte, but in the 1990s, he went on to form his own band, Polo Urías y su Maquina Norteña...
, singer - Germán Valdés, Tin TánGermán ValdésGermán Genaro Cipriano Gomez Valdés Castillo , better known as Tin-Tan, was an actor, singer and comedian who was born in Mexico City but was raised and began his career in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua. He often displayed the pachuco dress and employed pachuco slang in many of his movies, some with his...
, actor - Ramón Valdés, don RamónRamón ValdésRamón Gómez Valdés de Castillo often credited as Ramón Valdéz, was a Mexican actor. He was born in Mexico City...
, actor - Angélica ValeAngélica ValeAngélica Vale is a Mexican actress, singer and comedienne, known also as the daughter of Angélica María, "La Novia de Mexico" , and as the daughter of comedian Raul Vale...
,actress, singer, comedian - Sergio VallínSergio VallínSergio Vallín Loera is the lead guitarist of the Mexican band Maná. Vallín was born in Mexico City, where he lived for the first ten years of his life until he moved with his family to Aguascalientes, capital of the state of the same name...
, guitarist - Pedro VargasPedro VargasPedro Vargas Mata was a Mexican singer and actor, from the golden age of Mexican cinema. He was known as the "Nightingale of the Americas".-Biography:...
, singer - María Elena VelascoMaría Elena VelascoMaría Elena Velasco is a Mexican actress, film director, award-winning screenwriter, producer, and singer. She is also one of Mexico's few major female film directors...
, actress, comedian - Raúl VelascoRaúl VelascoRaúl Velasco was born in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico. For 30 years, he was the Mexican host/producer of the TV show Siempre en Domingo which is his hallmark contribution to the Latin American world and eventually to other parts of the world where Spanish entertainment programs are broadcast.Raúl...
, entertainer and TV producer - Lupe VélezLupe VélezLupe Vélez was a Mexican film actress. Vélez began her career in Mexico as a dancer, before moving to the U.S. where she worked in vaudeville. She was seen by Fanny Brice who promoted her, and Vélez soon entered films, making her first appearance in 1924. By the end of the decade she had...
, actress - Julieta VenegasJulieta VenegasJulieta Venegas Percevault , known professionally as Julieta Venegas, is a Mexican singer, songwriter, instrumentalist and producer, who sings pop-rock in Spanish. She speaks English, Portuguese, and Spanish fluently. She has a twin sister, Yvonne, who is a photographer...
, singer, songwriter, composer, musician - Eduardo VerásteguiEduardo VerásteguiEduardo Verástegui is a Mexican model, singer, and actor.- Biography :Verástegui was born in Mante, Tamaulipas, México and was raised as a devout Roman Catholic. He moved to Mexico City to pursue modeling, landing work with Calvin Klein among others...
, actor, model - Carlos VillagránCarlos VillagránCarlos Villagrán Eslava is a Mexican comedy actor and former journalist. Villagrán combined both acting and writing at first; he became known for a character named Quico.-Life and work:...
, actor - David VillalpandoDavid VillalpandoDavid Villalpando is a Mexican actor. His break out role was in the film El Norte ....
, actor - Mayrín VillanuevaMayrín VillanuevaMayrín Villanueva is a Mexican soap opera actress, born on October 8, 1970 in Mexico City, Mexico. She has appeared in ten soaps and six other programs since 1997. It was also in 1997 that she married actor Jorge Poza. They divorced in 2008. They have two children, daughter Romina and son...
, actress - Alicia VillarrealAlicia VillarrealAlicia Villarreal is a Mexican Latin Grammy award-winning singer.-Biography:...
, singer - Edgar VivarEdgar VivarEdgar Vivar is a Mexican actor. He is best remembered as "Señor Barriga" and his son "Ñoño" from the El Chavo del Ocho television series, and as "El Botija" from the El Chapulín Colorado and Chespirito television series...
, actor - Laisha WilkinsLaisha WilkinsLaisha Wilkins Pérez is a Mexican actress and talk show hostess, born in Mexico City, Mexico.- Biography :She is the daughter of Televisa producer Federico Wilkins and Susana Perez...
, actress - Laura ZapataLaura ZapataLaura Zapata is a Mexican telenovela actress. She has acted in Televisa productions most of her life.- Family :...
, actress - Jesús ZavalaJesús ZavalaJesús Zavala is a Mexican actor of telenovelas.- Biography :He first appeared on the reality TV show Código F.A.M.A. that launched his career as a singer and an actor. He has since appeared on telenovelas such as Alegrijes y Rebujos, Mision S.O.S, and Pablo y Andrea...
, actor, singer - Humberto ZuritaHumberto ZuritaHumberto Zurita is a Mexican actor, director and producer.Zurita, one of 10 siblings, is best known as actor, director and producer of telenovelas. He is married to Argentine-born actress Christian Bach and the family have two children, Sebastian and Emiliano...
, actor - Fernando ColungaFernando ColungaFernando Colunga is a Mexican actor known for his work in Mexican telenovelas....
, actor
Historians, economists and social scientists
- Lucas AlamánLucas AlamánLucas Ignacio Alamán y Escalada was a Mexican scientist, politician, historian and writer. He studied at the Real Colegio de Minas de la Nueva España. He frequently traveled on his credentials as a scientist and diplomat, becoming one of the most educated men in Mexico...
- Ramón AlcarazRamón AlcarazRamón Alcaraz was an officer in the Mexican Army who wrote many books about the Mexican-American War, including 1848's Apuntes para la historia de la guerra entre México y los Estados Unidos ....
- Francisco Javier ClavijeroFrancisco Javier ClavijeroFrancisco Javier Clavijero Echegaray , was a Novohispano Jesuit teacher, scholar and historian...
- Francisco del Paso y TroncosoFrancisco del Paso y TroncosoFrancisco de Borja del Paso y Troncoso was an important Mexican historian, archivist, and Nahuatl language scholar....
- Everardo ElizondoEverardo ElizondoEverardo Elizondo Almaguer is a noted Mexican economist who has worked for private, public, and academic institutions.He was born in Linares, Nuevo León. After earning a bachelor's degree with honors in economics from the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, he studied a master's degree and a PhD,...
- Miguel León-PortillaMiguel León-PortillaMiguel León-Portilla is a Mexican anthropologist and historian, and a prime authority on Nahuatl thought and literature.He wrote a doctoral thesis on Nahua philosophy under the tutelage of Fr...
- Jean MeyerJean MeyerDoctor Jean Meyer Barth is a Mexican historian and author of French origin.Meyer obtained bachelor's and master's degrees at the Sorbonne University. He has taught at Sorbonne, Perpignan, the University of Paris, the Colegio de México, the Colegio de Michoacán, and the Centro de Investigación y...
- Edmundo O'GormanEdmundo O'GormanEdmundo O'Gorman O'Gorman was an Irish-Mexican writer, historian and philosopher....
- Pedro Thomas Ruiz de VelascoPedro Thomas Ruiz de VelascoPedro Thomas Ruiz de Velasco was a Mexican businessman and the family holder of several historical documents from Mexico including the original 1821 Act of Independence of Mexico....
- Silvio ZavalaSilvio ZavalaSilvio Arturo Zavala Vallado is a pioneer in law history studies and Mexico’s institutions. Born in Mérida, Yucatán, he studied at the National University of Mexico and at the University of Madrid, obtaining a Ph.D. in law from the latter...
Intellectuals and writers
- Héctor Aguilar CamínHéctor Aguilar CamínHéctor Aguilar Camín is a Mexican writer, journalist and historian.Aguilar Camín graduated from the Ibero-American University with a bachelor's degree in information sciences and techniques and received a doctorate's degree in history from El Colegio de México...
- Mariano AzuelaMariano AzuelaMariano Azuela González was a Mexican author and physician, best known for his fictional stories of the Mexican Revolution of 1910...
- Daniel Cosío VillegasDaniel Cosío VillegasDaniel Cosío Villegas was a prominent Mexican economist, essayist, historian and diplomat.Cosío Villegas was born in Mexico City. After studying one year in engineering and two years of philosophy, he received a B.A. in Law from the National University and took several courses in economics at...
- Fernando del PasoFernando del PasoFernando del Paso Morante is a Mexican novelist, essayist and poet.Del Paso was born in Mexico City and took two years in economics at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México...
- Germán DehesaGermán DehesaGermán Dehesa was a Mexican journalist, academic and writer.Dehesa was born in Mexico City on July 1, 1944. He studied both Hispanic literature and chemical engineering at the National Autonomous University of Mexico....
- Salvador ElizondoSalvador ElizondoSalvador Elizondo Alcalde was a Mexican writer of the 60s Generation of Mexican literature.Regarded as one of the creators of the most influential cult noirè, experimental, intelligent style literature in Latin America, he wrote as a novelist, poet, critic, playwright, and journalist...
- Carlos FuentesCarlos FuentesCarlos Fuentes Macías is a Mexican writer and one of the best-known living novelists and essayists in the Spanish-speaking world. He has influenced contemporary Latin American literature, and his works have been widely translated into English and other languages.-Biography:Fuentes was born in...
- Jorge IbargüengoitiaJorge IbargüengoitiaJorge Ibargüengoitia Antillón , was a Mexican novelist and playwright who achieved great popular success with his satires, three of which have appeared in English: Las Muertas , Dos Crimenes , and Los Relámpagos de Agosto Jorge Ibargüengoitia Antillón (Guanajuato, Mexico, January 22, 1928 -...
- Alfonso García RoblesAlfonso García RoblesAlfonso García Robles was a Mexican diplomat and politician who, in conjunction with Sweden's Alva Myrdal, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982....
, winner of the Nobel Peace PrizeNobel Peace PrizeThe Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel.-Background:According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize shall be awarded to the person who...
in 1982 - Enrique KrauzeEnrique KrauzeEnrique Krauze Kleinbort is a Mexican historian, essayist and publisher. He is president of the publisher Editorial Clío and director of the cultural magazine ....
- Mario Ojeda GómezMario Ojeda GómezMario Ojeda Gómez is a Mexican scholar and internationalist. Professor Emeritus at El Colegio de México . Investigador Nacional Emérito of the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores...
- Octavio PazOctavio PazOctavio Paz Lozano was a Mexican writer, poet, and diplomat, and the winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature.-Early life and writings:...
, winner of the 1990 Nobel PrizeNobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
for Literature - Alfonso ReyesAlfonso ReyesAlfonso Reyes Ochoa was a Mexican writer, philosopher and diplomat.-Early life:Alfonso Reyes parents were Bernardo Reyes and Aurelia Ochoa...
- Juan RulfoJuan RulfoJuan Rulfo was a Mexican author and photographer. One of Latin America's most esteemed authors, Rulfo's reputation rests on two slim books, the novel Pedro Páramo , and El Llano en llamas...
- José VasconcelosJosé VasconcelosJosé Vasconcelos Calderón was a Mexican writer, philosopher and politician. He is one of the most influential and controversial personalities in the development of modern Mexico. His philosophy of "indigenismo" affected all aspects of Mexican sociocultural, political, and economic...
- Gabriel ZaidGabriel ZaidGabriel Zaid is a Mexican writer, poet and intellectual.He was born in the city of Monterrey, Nuevo León, in 1934. He studied Engineering at the Tecnológico de Monterrey....
Journalism
- Javier AlatorreJavier AlatorreJavier Alatorre is a Mexican journalist. He is the anchorman of Hechos the headline news program of TV Azteca.-External links:* http://www.123exp-biographies.com/t/00034276189/...
- Carmen AristeguiCarmen AristeguiCarmen Aristegui is a Mexican journalist born in Mexico City. She graduated from Mexico's Universidad Nacional Autónoma with a degree in communication sciences...
- Jesús BlancornelasJesús BlancornelasJesús Blancornelas was a Mexican journalist.-Biography:Born Juan Jesús Blanco Ornelas in San Luis Potosí, he held his first job as a reporter in that city...
- Manuel BuendíaManuel BuendíaManuel Buendía Tellezgirón was an influential political columnist from Mexico who, according to the official investigation, was murdered by crooked security officials of Mexico's former secret police...
- Lydia CachoLydia CachoLydia Cacho Ribeiro is a Mexican journalist and feminist and human rights activist. She is a member of the Red Internacional de Periodistas con Visión de Género.-Biography:...
- María Antonieta CollinsMaría Antonieta CollinsMaría Antonieta Collins Flores is a Mexican journalist, TV host and best seller author of seven books , and winner of four Emmy Awards, , and the Edward Murrow Award.- Biography :Collins became known to viewers in her native Mexico as a reporter of "Televisa 24 horas" ,...
- Denise DresserDenise DresserDenise Eugenia Dresser Guerra is a Mexican political analyst, writer, and university professor. She is currently a faculty member of the Department of Political Science at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México , where she teaches courses such as Comparative Politics, Political Economy,...
- Isidro FabelaIsidro FabelaIsidro Fabela Alfaro was a Mexican judge, politician, professor, writer, publisher, governor of the State of Mexico, and delegate to the now defunct League of Nations...
- Giselle FernándezGiselle Fernández-External links:...
- Pedro Ferriz de ConPedro Ferríz de ConPedro Ferriz de Con is a Mexican radio and TV news anchor. During the 1990s, he worked for the Multivision Network. In January 2000 he switched to Imagen Informativa radio network, in which he has partial ownership...
- Ricardo Flores MagónRicardo Flores MagónCipriano Ricardo Flores Magón was a noted Mexican anarchist and social reform activist. His brothers Enrique and Jesús were also active in politics. Followers of the Magón brothers were known as Magonistas....
- Joaquín López-DórigaJoaquín López-DórigaJoaquín López-Dóriga Velandia is a Spanish Mexican journalist.At the age of 18 he started working as a journalist for the daily El Heraldo de México and two years later he joined Jacobo Zabludovsky in the television news program 24 Horas.In 1988 he was appointed news director of the Instituto...
- Carlos Loret de MolaCarlos Loret de MolaCarlos Loret de Mola Álvarez is a Mexican journalist. He is a popular news anchor in Mexico, hosting a show called Primero Noticias on Televisa channel 2, as well as a news radio show "Back" on Radio Formula....
- Adela MichaAdela MichaAdela Micha Zaga is a Mexican journalist notable for conducting several radio and TV newscasts and pioneering the Big Brother reality show in Mexico.- Past work :...
- Margarita MichelenaMargarita MichelenaMargarita Michelena was a Mexican poet, literary critic, translator and journalist.-Biography:...
- Jorge Ramos
- Paola RojasPaola RojasPaola Rojas is a Mexico City television news anchor. Born in Mexico City, Federal District, Rojas's education was started in the fine arts at a very young age by her father Jorge Rojas.- Biography :...
- María Elena SalinasMaría Elena SalinasMaría Elena Salinas is the co-anchor of Noticiero Univision with Jorge Ramos, the most watched newscast by American Hispanics. She is considered one of the most recognized and influential female Hispanic journalists in the United States.Her parents immigrated to the United States from Mexico in...
- Javier SolórzanoJavier SolorzanoJavier Solórzano Zinser is a journalist in México. He is an alumnus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and has graduate studies from Universidad Iberoamericana. He was a founding faculty of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Xochimilco where he was the coordinator of the Social...
- Lilly TéllezLilly TéllezLilly Téllez is a Mexican journalist for TV Azteca, the second most important TV broadcast company in Mexico.She was born in Hermosillo, Sonora, where she worked in a local TV channel until 1994, when she was hired as main host of Azteca's main news program, Hechos...
- Jacobo ZabludovskyJacobo ZabludovskyJacobo Zabludovsky Kraveski is a Mexican journalist. He was the first anchorman in Mexican television and his TV news program, 24 Horas was for decades the most important in the country.-Biography:...
Sports Journalism
- José Roberto Pepe EspinosaJosé Roberto EspinosaJosé Roberto "Pepe" Espinosa was a Mexican commentator for American football at Fox Sports Latin America....
- David FaitelsonDavid FaitelsonDavide Moshé Faitelson Pulido is a Mexican sports journalist currently working for ESPN Deportes. He is married, and has three daughters. He lives in Los Angeles, CA.-TV debut:...
- Álvaro MoralesÁlvaro MoralesÁlvaro Morales is a SportsCenter anchor for ESPN Deportes and ESPN2 since June 2006....
- Inés SainzInes SainzInés Sainz Gallo de Pérez is a journalist for CNN en Español also for Azteca Deportes, hosting the Spanish-language sports interview program DxTips . Sainz and her husband, who reside in Mexico, own the production company that created the show...
- Pedro El Mago SeptiénPedro SeptiénPedro Septién is a Mexican sports broadcaster. He is nicknamed El Mago . He is famous in México due to his vast knowledge about Major League Baseball...
Militars, revolutionaries and guerrilla (fighters)
- Juan AldamaJuan AldamaJuan Aldama was a Mexican revolutionary rebel soldier during the Mexican War of Independence in 1810. He was also the brother of Ignacio Aldama....
- Ignacio AllendeIgnacio AllendeIgnacio José de Allende y Unzaga , born Ignacio Allende y Unzaga, was a captain of the Spanish Army in Mexico who came to sympathize with the Mexican independence movement. He attended the secret meetings organized by Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, where the possibility of an independent New Spain was...
- Felipe ÁngelesFelipe ÁngelesFelipe Ángeles Ramirez was a Mexican military officer, noteworthy for his participation in the Mexican Revolution of 1910 to 1920.-Early life:...
- José AzuetaJosé AzuetaLt. José Azueta Abad , usually known as José Azueta, was a Mexican Navy cadet who became famous for his role in the United States occupation of Veracruz, where he was killed....
- Lucio CabañasLucío CabañasLucio Cabañas Barrientos was a Mexican schoolteacher who became a revolutionary, albeit not a Marxist one. Cabañas regarded Emiliano Zapata as his role model and he never abandoned his Christian faith, as can be seen in Gerardo Tort's film documentary on him.He was born in El Porvenir, of Atoyac...
- Agustín de IturbideAgustín de IturbideAgustín Cosme Damián de Iturbide y Aramburu , also known as Augustine I of Mexico, was a Mexican army general who built a successful political and military coalition that was able to march into Mexico City on 27 September 1821, decisively ending the Mexican War of Independence...
- Juan de la BarreraNiños HéroesThe Niños Héroes , also known as the Heroic Cadets or Boy Soldiers, were six Mexican teenage military cadets. These cadets died defending Mexico at Mexico City's Chapultepec Castle from invading U.S. forces in the 13 September 1847 Battle of Chapultepec, during the Mexican–American War...
- Porfirio DíazPorfirio DíazJosé de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori was a Mexican-American War volunteer and French intervention hero, an accomplished general and the President of Mexico continuously from 1876 to 1911, with the exception of a brief term in 1876 when he left Juan N...
- Mariano EscobedoMariano EscobedoMariano Escobedo was a Mexican Army general and former Governor of Nuevo León.He was born on January 16, 1826 in Galeana, Nuevo León. He fought during the Mexican American War in the army with the rank of lieutenant...
- Juan EscutiaNiños HéroesThe Niños Héroes , also known as the Heroic Cadets or Boy Soldiers, were six Mexican teenage military cadets. These cadets died defending Mexico at Mexico City's Chapultepec Castle from invading U.S. forces in the 13 September 1847 Battle of Chapultepec, during the Mexican–American War...
- Vicente GuerreroVicente GuerreroVicente Ramón Guerrero Saldaña was one of the leading revolutionary generals of the Mexican War of Independence, who fought against Spain for independence in the early 19th century, and served briefly as President of Mexico...
- Rafael Sebastián Guillén, Subcomandante MarcosSubcomandante MarcosSubcomandante Marcos is the spokesperson for the Zapatista Army of National Liberation , a Mexican rebel movement. In January 1994, he led an army of Mayan farmers into the eastern parts of the Mexican state of Chiapas protesting against the Mexican government's treatment of indigenous...
- Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
- Victoriano HuertaVictoriano HuertaJosé Victoriano Huerta Márquez was a Mexican military officer and president of Mexico. Huerta's supporters were known as Huertistas during the Mexican Revolution...
- José Mariano JiménezJosé Mariano JiménezJosé Mariano Jiménez was a Mexican engineer and rebel officer active at the beginning of the Mexican War of Independence....
- Emilio KosterlitzkyEmilio KosterlitzkyEmilio Kosterlitzky, also known as Emil Kosterlitzky, was a Russian-born polyglot linguist and soldier of fortune who eventually became a spy for the United States....
- Antonio López de Santa AnnaAntonio López de Santa AnnaAntonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón , often known as Santa Anna or López de Santa Anna, known as "the Napoleon of the West," was a Mexican political leader, general, and president who greatly influenced early Mexican and Spanish politics and government...
- Ignacio López RayónIgnacio López RayónIgnacio López Rayón led the revolutionary government of his country after Miguel Hidalgo's death, during the first years of the Mexican War of Independence....
- Francisco MárquezNiños HéroesThe Niños Héroes , also known as the Heroic Cadets or Boy Soldiers, were six Mexican teenage military cadets. These cadets died defending Mexico at Mexico City's Chapultepec Castle from invading U.S. forces in the 13 September 1847 Battle of Chapultepec, during the Mexican–American War...
- Mariano MatamorosMariano MatamorosMariano Matamoros y Guridi 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....
- Agustín MelgarNiños HéroesThe Niños Héroes , also known as the Heroic Cadets or Boy Soldiers, were six Mexican teenage military cadets. These cadets died defending Mexico at Mexico City's Chapultepec Castle from invading U.S. forces in the 13 September 1847 Battle of Chapultepec, during the Mexican–American War...
- Fernando Montes de OcaNiños HéroesThe Niños Héroes , also known as the Heroic Cadets or Boy Soldiers, were six Mexican teenage military cadets. These cadets died defending Mexico at Mexico City's Chapultepec Castle from invading U.S. forces in the 13 September 1847 Battle of Chapultepec, during the Mexican–American War...
- José María Morelos y Pavón
- Vicente SuárezNiños HéroesThe Niños Héroes , also known as the Heroic Cadets or Boy Soldiers, were six Mexican teenage military cadets. These cadets died defending Mexico at Mexico City's Chapultepec Castle from invading U.S. forces in the 13 September 1847 Battle of Chapultepec, during the Mexican–American War...
- Leona VicarioLeona VicarioLeona Vicario, also less commonly known as Leona Vicario de Quintana Roo was a supporter of the Mexican War of Independence. From her residence in Mexico City, she was able to provide intelligence and money to the rebel movement.She married fellow insurgent Andrés Quintana Roo...
- Pancho Villa
- Emiliano ZapataEmiliano ZapataEmiliano Zapata Salazar was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution, which broke out in 1910, and which was initially directed against the president Porfirio Díaz. He formed and commanded an important revolutionary force, the Liberation Army of the South, during the Mexican Revolution...
- Andrea K. Castro
Politicians
- Miguel Alemán ValdésMiguel Alemán ValdésMiguel Alemán Valdés served as the President of Mexico from 1946 to 1952.-Life:Alemán was born in Sayula in the state of Veracruz as the son of General Miguel Alemán González and Tomasa Valdés Ledezma...
- Miguel Alemán VelascoMiguel Alemán VelascoMiguel Alemán Velasco is a Mexican politician, businessman and philanthropist. He is a former senator and governor of Veracruz....
- Luis H. ÁlvarezLuis H. ÁlvarezLuis Héctor Álvarez is a Mexican industrialist and politician. Álvarez is a member of the National Action Party. In 1958 he was a candidate for the Presidency of Mexico...
- Eduardo BoursEduardo BoursJosé Eduardo Robinson Bours Castelo is a Mexican businessman who served as Governor of Sonora under the Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI. He is a member of the illustrious Robinson Bours family which immigrated from the United States in the 19th century...
- Felipe Calderón Hinojosa
- Heberto CastilloHeberto CastilloHeberto Castillo Martínez was a Mexican civil engineer and political activist.Castillo was born in Ixhuatlán de Madero, Veracruz, and received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the National Autonomous University...
- Manuel J. ClouthierManuel ClouthierManuel de Jesús Clouthier del Rincón, also known as Maquío was a Mexican businessman and politician affiliated to the conservative National Action Party...
- CuauhtémocCuauhtémocCuauhtémoc was the Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan from 1520 to 1521...
- Cuauhtémoc CárdenasCuauhtémoc CárdenasCuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano is a prominent Mexican politician. He was a former Head of Government of the Federal District and a founder of the Party of the Democratic Revolution .-Biography:...
- Lázaro Cárdenas BatelLázaro Cárdenas BatelLázaro Cárdenas Batel is a Mexican politician. He served as governor of Michoacán from 2002 to 2008), representing the Party of the Democratic Revolution...
- Lázaro Cárdenas del Río
- Luis Donaldo ColosioLuis Donaldo ColosioLuis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta was a Mexican politician, and PRI presidential candidate, who was assassinated at a campaign rally in Tijuana during the Mexican Presidential campaign of 1994.-Political history:...
- Porfirio DíazPorfirio DíazJosé de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori was a Mexican-American War volunteer and French intervention hero, an accomplished general and the President of Mexico continuously from 1876 to 1911, with the exception of a brief term in 1876 when he left Juan N...
- Marcelo EbrardMarcelo EbrardMarcelo Luis Ebrard Casaubón is the current Head of Government of the Federal District since December 5, 2006. He is a Mexican politician affiliated to the Party of the Democratic Revolution who served as Secretary-General of the former Mexican Federal District Department, minister of public...
- Diego Fernández de CevallosDiego Fernández de CevallosDiego Fernández de Cevallos Ramos is a Mexican politician affiliated to the conservative National Action Party . He was a presidential candidate in the 1994 election and President of the Mexican Senate.-Life and career:...
- Vicente FoxVicente FoxVicente Fox Quesada is a Mexican former politician who served as President of Mexico from 1 December 2000 to 30 November 2006 and currently serves as co-President of the Centrist Democrat International, an international organization of Christian democratic political parties.Fox was elected...
- José Eleuterio González, GonzalitosJosé Eleuterio GonzálezJose Eleuterio Gonzalez Mendoza was born on the 20th of February 1813 in the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. His father was Matías Gonzalez, an officer of the Royalist Army and his mother was Josefa Mendoza de Gonzalez When Gonzalez Mendoza was 5 years old his father was killed in the...
- Manuel Gómez MorínManuel Gómez MorínManuel Gómez Morín was a Mexican politician. He was a founding member of the National Action Party, and one of its theoreticians...
- Elba Esther GordilloElba Esther GordilloElba Esther Gordillo Morales is a Mexican politician, formerly affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party until 2006...
- Carlos Hank GonzálezCarlos Hank GonzálezCarlos Hank González , nicknamed El Profesor , was a Mexican politician and influential businessman. Originally a teacher, he was an entrepreneur who built political contacts along with a business empire, leading to various government and political positions at the state and national level...
- Jorge Hank RhonJorge Hank RhonJorge Hank Rhon is a Mexican politician, businessman and owner of Mexico's largest sports betting company, Caliente. An eccentric and controversial personality, he served from December 2004 to February 2007 as the president of the municipality of Tijuana. He is the son of former Mexico City mayor...
- Enrique JacksonEnrique JacksonJesús Enrique Jackson Ramírez is a Mexican politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party .Jackson was born in Los Mochis, Sinaloa...
- Benito JuárezBenito JuárezBenito Juárez born Benito Pablo Juárez García, was a Mexican lawyer and politician of Zapotec origin from Oaxaca who served five terms as president of Mexico: 1858–1861 as interim, 1861–1865, 1865–1867, 1867–1871 and 1871–1872...
- Vicente Lombardo ToledanoVicente Lombardo ToledanoVicente Lombardo Toledano was one of the foremost Mexican labor leaders of the 20th century. He founded the Confederation of Mexican Workers , the national labor federation most closely associated with the ruling party, the Institutional Revolutionary Party , for most of the last sixty-five years...
- Andrés Manuel López ObradorAndrés Manuel López ObradorAndrés Manuel López Obrador , also known as AMLO or El Peje, is a Mexican politician who held the position of Head of Government of the Federal District from 2000 to 2005, before resigning in July 2005 to contend the 2006 presidential election, representing the unsuccessful Coalition for the Good...
- Francisco I. MaderoFrancisco I. MaderoFrancisco Ignacio Madero González was a politician, writer and revolutionary who served as President of Mexico from 1911 to 1913. As a respectable upper-class politician, he supplied a center around which opposition to the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz could coalesce...
- Carlos A. MadrazoCarlos A. MadrazoCarlos Alberto Madrazo Becerra was a reformist Mexican politician.Madrazo was born on the ranchería of Parrilla, in the state of Tabasco, to Píoquinto Madrazo López, a businessman, and Concepción Becerra, a schoolteacher. His childhood was marked by poverty, but his mother taught him the will to...
- Roberto MadrazoRoberto MadrazoRoberto Madrazo Pintado is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party . He was the candidate of the alliance between his party and the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico in the 2006 Mexican presidential election.Madrazo was born in Villahermosa, Tabasco to Carlos A....
- Arnoldo Martínez VerdugoArnoldo Martínez VerdugoArnoldo Martínez Verdugo is a Mexican socialist politician and democracy activist. A long-standing leader of the Mexican Communist Party and the Unified Socialist Party of Mexico , Martínez promoted political self-criticism, refused to support regional guerrilla movements, condemned the Soviet...
- Moctezuma Ilhuicamina
- Moctezuma Xocoyotzin
- Antonio Ortiz MenaAntonio Ortiz MenaAntonio Ortiz Mena was a Mexican economist who served as President of the Inter-American Development Bank and as Mexico's Secretary of Finance during the administrations of Adolfo López Mateos and Gustavo Díaz Ordaz .According to Pedro Aspe —who served as Secretary of Finance almost two decades...
- Enrique Peña NietoEnrique Peña NietoEnrique Peña Nieto is a Mexican politician. A member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party , he served as governor of the State of Mexico from 2005 to 2011. On September 19, 2011, he announced his candidacy in the 2012 Mexican presidential election to succeed Felipe Calderón...
- Rosario RoblesRosario RoblesRosario Robles Berlanga was a left-wing Mexican politician who was appointed substitute Head of Government of the Federal District when Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas resigned from the post to run for the presidency in 2000...
- Carlos Salinas de Gortari
- Jesús Silva-Herzog
- Fidel VelázquezFidel Velázquez SánchezFidel Velázquez Sánchez was the preeminent Mexican union leader of the 20th century. In 1936 he was one of the original founders, along with Vicente Lombardo Toledano, of the Confederation of Mexican Workers , the national labor federation most closely associated with the ruling party, the...
- Ernesto Zedillo
Religion
- Juan Castillo Morales, Juan SoldadoJuan SoldadoJuan Castillo Morales, known by many as Juan Soldado , was a convicted rapist and murderer who later became a folk saint to many in northwestern Mexico and in the southwestern United States...
- Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, CardinalCardinal (Catholicism)A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...
- Felipe de JesúsPhilip of JesusSaint Philip of Jesus was a Mexican Catholic missionary who became one of the Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan, the first Mexican saint and patron saint of Mexico City....
, SaintSaintA saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...
(MartyrMartyrA martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
) - Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, Saint
- Rafael Guízar Valencia, BishopBishopA bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
, Saint - Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
- Javier Lozano Barragán, Cardinal
- Cristóbal Magallanes JaraCristóbal Magallanes JaraSaint Cristóbal Magallanes Jara, also known as Christopher Magallanes is a martyr and saint venerated in the Catholic Church who was killed without trial on the way to say Mass during the Cristero War after the trumped up charge of inciting rebellion. He was born in Totatiche, Jalisco, Mexico on...
, Saint - Miguel Agustín Pro, BeatoBeatificationBeatification is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a dead person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in his or her name . Beatification is the third of the four steps in the canonization process...
, (Martyr) - Norberto Rivera, Cardinal
- José Sánchez del RíoJosé Sánchez del RíoBlessed José Luis Sánchez del Río was a young Mexican Cristero who was put to death by government officials because he refused to renounce his Catholic faith. He has been declared a martyr and was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI on November 20, 2005.-Life:José Luis Sánchez del Río was born on March...
, Saint (Martyr)
Science and technology
- José ÁdemJosé ÁdemJosé Ádem Chaín was a Mexican mathematician who worked inalgebraic topology, and proved the Ádem relations between Steenrod squares....
, mathematician - Miguel AlcubierreMiguel AlcubierreMiguel Alcubierre Moya is a Mexican theoretical physicist. Born in Mexico City, he obtained a degree in physics, and a Master of Science in theoretical physics at the School of Science of Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México ....
, theoretical and computational physicist, see Alcubierre metric - Fernando AltamiranoFernando AltamiranoFernando Altamirano was a Mexican physician, botanist and naturalist. He was born in Aculco, studied in Querétaro, and died in Mexico City...
, physician, botanist and naturalist - Miguel Alvarez del ToroMiguel Alvarez del ToroMiguel Carlos Francisco Alvarez del Toro was a Mexican Biologist who worked in the state of Chiapas as head of the Institute of Natural History. He married Clementina Pérez.He was the first Mexican conservationist....
, biologist - Carlos Arias OrtizCarlos Arias OrtizCarlos Federico Arias Ortiz is a prominent Mexican biochemist specialized in rotaviri. He was a co-recipient of the Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology along his wife, Susana López Charreton....
, biochemist - León Ávalos y VezLeón Ávalos y VezLeón Ávalos y Vez was a Mexican mechanical engineer who served as the founding director-general of the Monterrey Institute of Technology and as director-general of the National School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering of the National Polytechnic Institute .Ávalos y Vez was born in Atlixco,...
, mechanical engineer - Juan Francisco AzcárateJuan Francisco AzcárateThis article is about a 20th Century military officer and diplomat. For the Mexican independence leader, see Juan Francisco Azcárate y Ledesma....
, military, aircraft designer and engineer - Albert BaezAlbert BaezAlbert Vinicio Baez, Ph.D. was a prominent Mexican-American physicist, and the father of singers Joan Baez and Mimi Fariña. He was born in Puebla, Mexico, and his family moved to the United States when he was two years old because his father was a Methodist minister...
, physicist - Alexander BalankinAlexander BalankinAlexander Balankin is a Mexican scientist of Russian origin whose work in the field of and its engineering applications won him the UNESCO Science Prize in 2005....
, physicist - Isidro Baldenegro LópezIsidro Baldenegro LópezIsidro Baldenegro López is a subsistence farmer and community leader of Mexico's indigenous Tarahumara people in the country's Sierra Madre mountain region.He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2005 for his efforts on defending old...
, awarded the 2005 Goldman Environmental PrizeGoldman Environmental PrizeThe Goldman Environmental Prize is a prize awarded annually to grassroots environmental activists, one from each of the world's six geographic regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Islands and Island Nations, North America, and South and Central America. The prize includes a no-strings-attached award of... - Alicia Bárcena IbarraAlicia Bárcena IbarraAlicia Isabel Adriana Bárcena Ibarra is a Mexican biologist who currently serves as the United Nations Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean .-Education:...
, biologist - Francisco Barnés de CastroFrancisco Barnés de CastroFrancisco José Barnés de Castro is a Mexican academic and consultant. From 6 January 1997 to 12 November 1999 he served as rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico , the largest university in the Spanish-speaking world.Barnés de Castro graduated with a bachelor's degree in Chemical...
, engineer - Marcos E. BecerraMarcos E. BecerraMarcos E. Becerra was a prolific Mexican writer, poet, and politician. He produced pioneering historical, linguistic, philological, and ethnographic studies relating to his country's pre-Columbian and early colonial past. He held important posts in the Mexican Federal Government as well as in the...
, anthropologist and botanist - Jacob BekensteinJacob BekensteinJacob David Bekenstein is an Israeli theoretical physicist who has contributed to the foundation of black hole thermodynamics and to other aspects of the connections between information and gravitation.-Biography:...
, physicist, contributed to the foundation of black hole thermodynamics; see the Bekenstein boundBekenstein boundIn physics, the Bekenstein bound is an upper limit on the entropy S, or information I, that can be contained within a given finite region of space which has a finite amount of energy—or conversely, the maximum amount of information required to perfectly describe a given physical system down to the... - Francisco Bolívar ZapataFrancisco Bolívar ZapataFrancisco Gonzalo Bolívar Zapata is a Mexican biochemist and professor.After getting his PhD in biochemistry by the National Autonomous University of Mexico , he joined the Research Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology in the same university, undertaking studies on Molecular Biology and...
, biochemist and professor - Alberto Bustani Adem, engineer
- Edwin BustillosEdwin BustillosEdwin Bustillos was an agricultural engineer from Mexico. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1996, for his efforts on preservation of land in the Sierra Madre Occidental.-References:...
, awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1996 - Juan Ismael CalzadaJuan Ismael CalzadaJuan Ismael Calzada is a Mexican botanist and collector. Dr Calzada is credited with the discovery of the elm Ulmus ismaelis, named in his honour.- Partial works :...
, botanist who credited with the discovery of the elm Ulmus ismaelis - Carlos Canseco González, physician and philanthropist
- Nabor Carrillo FloresNabor Carrillo FloresNabor Carrillo Flores is the third son of Mexican composer Julián Carrillo Trujillo. He did his first studies in Mexico City and he continued them in New York. On his return to Mexico, he made his studies of preparatory and those of civil engineering at the National University , where he graduated...
, nuclear physicist, scientific advisor and former president of UNAMUnamUNAM or UNaM may refer to:* National University of Misiones, a National University in Posadas, Argentina*National Autonomous University of Mexico , the large public autonomous university based in Mexico City... - Heberto CastilloHeberto CastilloHeberto Castillo Martínez was a Mexican civil engineer and political activist.Castillo was born in Ixhuatlán de Madero, Veracruz, and received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the National Autonomous University...
, civil engineer and political activist. - Ana María CettoAna María CettoAna Maria Cetto is a Mexican physicist.-Education:She has a bachelor's degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico and postgraduate studies from the USA's Harvard University. She is an investigator from the Physics Institute of the UNAM, and teacher from the Science Faculty at the...
, physicist - Ignacio ChapelaIgnacio ChapelaIgnacio Chapela is an microbial ecologist and mycologist at the University of California, Berkeley. He is best known for a controversial 2001 paper in Nature on the flow of transgenes into wild maize populations, as an outspoken critic of the University of California's ties to the biotechnology...
, microbial ecologist and mycologist, notable for his work with natural resources and indigenous rights - Ignacio Chávez SánchezIgnacio Chávez SánchezDr. Ignacio Chávez Sánchez was a prominent Mexican physician.-Education and professional career:...
, physician and cardiologist - Alejandro CorichiAlejandro CorichiAlejandro Corichi is a theoretical physicist working at the Quantum Gravity group of the National Autonomous University of Mexico . He obtained his bachelor degree at UNAM and his PhD at Pennsylvania State University ....
, theoretical physics, contributed to the understanding of classical aspects of black holes - Héctor Melesio Cuén OjedaHéctor Melesio Cuén OjedaHéctor Melesio Cuén Ojeda is a Mexican chemist, pharmacist, and biologist. He was a rector of the Autonomous University of Sinaloa....
, chemist, pharmacist, and biologist - Jorge CuestaJorge CuestaJorge Mateo Cuesta Porte-Petit was a Mexican chemist, writer and editor.- Biography :...
, chemist - José Antonio de Alzate y RamírezJosé Antonio de Alzate y RamírezJosé Antonio de Alzate y Ramírez was a Mexican priest, scientist, historian, cartographer, and journalist. He was born in Ozumba in 1737. He studied in the Colegio de San Ildefonso in Mexico City, graduating as a bachelor in theology in 1756...
, scientist - Miguel de IcazaMiguel de IcazaMiguel de Icaza is a Mexican free software programmer, best known for starting the GNOME and Mono projects.-Early years:Miguel de Icaza was born in Mexico City and studied at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México but never received a degree. He came from a family of scientists in which his...
, free software programmer, started GNOMEGNOMEGNOME is a desktop environment and graphical user interface that runs on top of a computer operating system. It is composed entirely of free and open source software... - Pablo de la LlavePablo de la LlaveDr. Pablo de La Llave was a Mexican Catholic priest, politician, and naturalist.He was born to a wealthy family and grew up in Córdoba, Veracruz. After a brilliant university career, he became a teacher in the national college of St. John Lateran and doctor of theology at what was then the...
, biolologist - Antonio de León y GamaAntonio de León y GamaAntonio de León y Gama was a Mexican astronomer, anthropologist and writer. When in 1790 the Aztec calendar stone was discovered, he published an essay about it, Descripción histórica y cronológica de las dos piedras que con ocasión del nuevo empedrado que se está formando en la plaza principal...
, astronomer, anthropologist and writer - Andrés Manuel del RíoAndrés Manuel del RíoAndrés Manuel del Río Fernández was a Spanish–Mexican scientist and naturalist who discovered the chemical element vanadium.-Education:...
, chemist who discovered vanadiumVanadiumVanadium is a chemical element with the symbol V and atomic number 23. It is a hard, silvery gray, ductile and malleable transition metal. The formation of an oxide layer stabilizes the metal against oxidation. The element is found only in chemically combined form in nature... - Alfredo DugèsAlfredo DugèsAlfredo Dugès ; was a French-born, Mexican physician and naturalist who was born in Montpellier. He was the son of zoologist Antoine Louis Dugès...
, biologist - Luis Enrique ErroLuis Enrique ErroLuis Enrique Erro was a Mexican astronomer, politician, and educational reformer.Born in Mexico City, Erro studied civil engineering and accounting, among other subjects. He occupied the post of head of the Department of Technical Education until 1934...
, astronomer - Henry EyringHenry EyringHenry Eyring was a Mexican-born American theoretical chemist whose primary contribution was in the study of chemical reaction rates and intermediates....
, chemist - Julieta Fierro, astronomer
- Carlos FrenkCarlos FrenkProfessor Carlos Silvestre Frenk is a Mexican-British cosmologist. His main interests lie in the field of cosmology, galaxy formation and computer simulations of cosmic structure formation....
, astronomer, pioneer in simulations of large scale structure - Ángel María Garibay K, linguist
- Felicitas GoodmanFelicitas GoodmanFelicitas D. Goodman was a Hungarian-born linguist and anthropologist.She was a highly regarded expert in linguistics and anthropology and researched and explored ritual body postures for many years. She studied the phenomenon of "speaking in tongues" in Pentecostal congregations in Mexico...
, linguist and anthropologist - Francisco Javier González-AcuñaFrancisco Javier González-AcuñaFrancisco Javier González-Acuña is a mathematician in the UNAM's institute of mathematics and CIMAT, specializing in low-dimensional topology.He did his graduate studies at Princeton University, obtaining his Ph.D. in 1970...
, mathematician - Guillermo González CamarenaGuillermo González CamarenaGuillermo González Camarena , was a Mexican engineer who was the inventor of a color-wheel type of color television, and who also introduced color television to Mexico....
, inventor of the first color television system - Rosario María Gutiérrez EskildsenRosario María Gutiérrez EskildsenMaría del Rosario Gutiérrez Eskildsen was a Mexican lexicographer, linguist, educator, and poet who is remembered for her studies on the regional peculiarities of speech in her home state of Tabasco as well as for her pioneering work as a teacher and pedagogue in Tabasco and Mexico in general...
, lexicographer, linguist, educator, and poet - Julio César Gutiérrez VegaJulio Cesar Gutierrez VegaJulio César Gutiérrez Vega is a Mexican physicist who has done pioneering work on wave propagation of optical fields; particularly, he introduced the Mathieu family of non-diffracting optical beams and the Helmholtz-Gauss beams —a parabolic family of non-diffracting optical beams— with Miguel A...
, physicist - Gastón GuzmánGastón GuzmánGastón Guzmán is a Mexican mycologist and anthropologist. He is considered the world's foremost authority on the genus Psilocybe.He was born in Xalapa, Veracruz, in 1932....
, mycologist and anthropologist - Guillermo HaroGuillermo HaroProfessor Guillermo Haro was born in Mexico City where he grew during the time of the Mexican Revolution. He studied philosophy at the National Autonomous University of Mexico...
, astrophysicist and astronomer, co-discoverer of Herbig-Haro objects - Alfonso L. HerreraAlfonso L. HerreraAlfonso Luis Herrera was a Mexican biologist, author, educator and founder of several institutions in Mexico City. He conducted research into the origin of life in an attempt to develop a new, experimental science which he called Plasmogeny....
, biologist
- Jaime Lagunez, cancer and HIV/AIDS researcher
- José María LanzJosé María LanzJosé María Lanz y Zaldívar was a Spanish-Mexican mathematician and engineer. Together with Agustín de Betancourt, he developed the classification of mechanisms begun by Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, and counts as one of the founders of industrial kinematics .His name is sometimes written as...
, mathematician and engineer - Yolanda LastraYolanda LastraYolanda Lastra de Suárez is a Mexican linguist specializing in the descriptive linguistics of the indigenous languages of Mexico. She obtained her PhD degree in 1963 from Cornell University, her dissertation written under the guidance of Charles F...
, linguist - Antonio LazcanoAntonio LazcanoAntonio Lazcano is a Mexican biology researcher and professor of the School of Sciences at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City. He has studied the origin and early evolution of life for more than 35 years....
, biologist - Jesús León SantosJesús León SantosJesús León Santos is a Mexican environmentalist. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2008, for his efforts on a sustainable development of agriculture in the Mixtec region of the state of Oaxaca.- References :...
, awarded the 2008 Goldman Environmental Prize - José Luis LezamaJosé Luis LezamaDoctor José Luis Lezama.-Career:José Luis Lezama earned his PhD in Social Sciences with specialization in Environmental Policy at the Faculty of Environmental Studies, University College London in the United Kingdom. Dr...
, scientist - Susana López CharretonSusana López CharretonSusana López Charreton is a prominent Mexican virologist specialized in rotaviruses. She was a co-recipient of the Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology along her husband, Carlos Arias Ortiz....
, biochemist - Ana María López ColoméAna María López ColoméAna María López Colomé is a distinguished Mexican biochemist who won the 2002 L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science – Latin America for her studies on the human retina and the prevention of retinitis pigmentosa and several retinopathies....
, biochemist - German Martinez HidalgoGerman Martinez HidalgoGerman Martinez Hidalgo was a scientific, physicist, mathematician, chemist, astronomer who popularized science by writing weekly articles in the Mexican newspaper, El Sol de Puebla...
, physicist, mathematician, chemist, and astronomer - Daniel MastrettaDaniel MastrettaJuan Daniel Mastretta Guzmán is an Mexican engineer and designer. In 1987 he founded Mastretta Design, a design and automotive company...
, engineer and car designerAutomotive designAutomotive design is the profession involved in the development of the appearance, and to some extent the ergonomics, of motor vehicles or more specifically road vehicles. This most commonly refers to automobiles but also refers to motorcycles, trucks, buses, coaches, and vans... - Eduardo Matos MoctezumaEduardo Matos MoctezumaEduardo Matos Moctezuma is a prominent Mexican archaeologist. Since 1978 he has directed excavations at the Templo Mayor, the remains of a major Aztec pyramid in central Mexico City....
, chemical bacteriologist - Héctor Mayagoitia DomínguezHéctor Mayagoitia DomínguezHéctor Mayagoitia Domínguez is a chemical bacteriologist and Mexican politician, member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, Governor of Durango between 1974 and 1979, and Director of the National Polytechnic Institute.In 1974, he was nominated by PRI as a candidate for Governor of Durango...
, chemist - Federico Mena Quintero, computer programmer
- Rafael Mendoza, designer of Mendoza RM2 machine gunMendoza RM2The Mendoza RM2 was a light machine gun similar to the M1918 BAR manufactured in Mexico by Productos Mendoza, S.A. It was chambered in .30-06 Calibre and had a 20 round magazine fed from the top....
- Luis E. MiramontesLuis E. MiramontesLuis Ernesto Miramontes Cárdenas , was a Mexican chemist known as the co-inventor of the progestin used in one of the first two oral contraceptives....
, co-inventor of the contraceptive pill - Ricardo MilediRicardo MilediRicardo Miledi is a Mexican neuroscientist who won the Royal Medal in 1998.In 1999 was awarded with the . In 2010 won the outstanding contributions to the field.He is a professor at the University of California, Irvine....
, neuroscientist who won the Royal Medal in 1998 - Cristina MittermeierCristina Mittermeier-Biography:Born as Cristina Sofía Goettsch Cabello in Mexico City, Mexico. Is a Mexican marine biologist, photographer and biochemical engineer. She has coauthored several books for both popular and scientific audiences, and has coauthored several scientific papers as well as numerous magazine...
, photographer and biochemical engineer - José Mariano MociñoJosé Mariano MociñoJosé Mariano Mociño Suárez Lozano , or simply José Mariano Mociño, was a naturalist from New Spain.After having studied philosophy and medicine, he conducted early research on the ecology , geology, and anthropology of his country and other parts of North America.- Biography :He was born in...
, botanist - Mario J. MolinaMario J. MolinaMario José Molina-Pasquel Henríquez is a Mexican chemist and one of the most prominent precursors to the discovering of the Antarctic ozone hole. He was a co-recipient Mario José Molina-Pasquel Henríquez (born March 19, 1943 in Mexico City) is a Mexican chemist and one of the most prominent...
, Nobel PrizeNobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
winner in 1995 - General Manuel MondragónManuel MondragónManuel Mondragón was a Mexican military officer who played a prominent role in the Mexican Revolution. He was born in Ixtlahuaca, State of Mexico in 1859 and died in exile in Spain in 1952. He graduated from the Mexican Military Academy as an artillery officer in 1880. He designed the first...
, firearmFirearmA firearm is a weapon that launches one, or many, projectile at high velocity through confined burning of a propellant. This subsonic burning process is technically known as deflagration, as opposed to supersonic combustion known as a detonation. In older firearms, the propellant was typically...
designer - Rodolfo Montiel FloresRodolfo Montiel FloresRodolfo Montiel Flores is a campesino, a subsistence farmer, from the Guerrero village El Mameyal, Mexico.He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2000 for organizing campesinos to protest against rampant logging in their district.-References:...
, awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2000 - Marcos MoshinskyMarcos MoshinskyMarcos Moshinsky was a Mexican physicist of Ukrainian origin whose work in the field of elementary particles won him the Prince of Asturias Prize for Scientific and Technical Investigation in 1988 and the UNESCO Science Prize in 1997....
, theoretical physicist - Rodolfo Neri VelaRodolfo Neri VelaRodolfo Neri Vela is a Mexican scientist and astronaut who flow aboard a NASA Space Shuttle mission in 1985. He is the first and only Mexican, and then the second Latin-American, to have traveled to space.-Personal :...
, astronaut and scientist - Víctor Neumann-LaraVíctor Neumann-LaraVíctor Neumann-Lara was a Mexican mathematician, pioneer in the field of graph theory in Mexico. His work also covers general topology, game theory and combinatorics...
, mathematician - Alejandro Obregón, mechanical engineer; see Obregon (pistol)Obregon (pistol)The Obregón is a Mexican designed semi-automatic pistol designed in the mid-1930s by a mechanical engineer, Alejandro Obregón. It uses the same .45 caliber ammunition as the Colt 1911 and resembles it in overall appearance, frame size and weight...
- Melchor OcampoMelchor OcampoMelchor Ocampo was a Mexican lawyer, scientist, and liberal politician.His home state was renamed Michoacán de Ocampo in his honour.-Studies:...
, biologist, politician - Esther OrozcoEsther OrozcoMaría Esther Orozco Orozco is a Mexican biologist, researcher and politician. She has received the UNESCO/Institut Pasteur Medal , the L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science and has run for governor of Chihuahua representing the Party of the Democratic Revolution .Orozco received a bachelor's...
, biologist - Federico Ortiz QuezadaFederico Ortiz QuezadaFederico Ortiz Quezada is a Mexican urologist.He received his M.D. from the National University of México in 1959. He finished his training in urology at the General Hospital of Mexico City and Cornell University in New York, from 1959 to 1963...
, urologist - Antonio Peña DíazAntonio Peña DíazAntonio Peña Díaz is a Mexican biochemist who received the Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology and chaired both the Mexican Academy of Sciences and the Mexican Society of Biochemistry ....
, biochemist - Arcadio PovedaArcadio PovedaArcadio Poveda Ricalde is a prominent Mexican astronomer who developed a method to calculate the mass of elliptical galaxies. He received Mexico's National Prize for Arts and Sciences in 1975, chaired its National Astronomical Observatory from 1968 to 1980 and was elected to The National College...
, astronomer who developed a method to calculate the mass of elliptical galaxies - Marco Rito-PalomaresMarco Rito-PalomaresMarco Antonio Rito Palomares PhD, born April 1966 in Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico. graduated in 1987 with a BSc in Food-Biochemical Engineering at Instituto Tecnológico de La Paz, B.C.S. In 1989, he also earned a MSc in Chemical Engineering at Tecnológico de Monterrey.Earned his PhD in Chemical...
, biologist - Diego RodríguezDiego RodríguezDiego Rodríguez was a mathematician, astronomer, educator, and technological innovator in New Spain. He was one of the most important figures in the scientific field in the colony in the second half of the seventeenth century....
, mathematician, astronomer, educator, and technological innovator - Raúl RojasRaúl RojasRaúl Rojas González is a professor of Computer Science and Mathematics at the Free University of Berlin and a renowned specialist in artificial neural networks. The FU-Fighters, football-playing robots he helped build, were world champions in 2004 and 2005...
, Computer Scientist and mathematician - Arturo RosenbluethArturo RosenbluethArturo Rosenblueth Stearns was a Mexican researcher, physician and physiologist, who is known as one of the pioneers of cybernetics.- Biography:...
, physician and physiologist - George RosenkranzGeorge RosenkranzGeorge Rosenkranz is a Mexican scientist in steroid research and a professional bridge player. He was born in Hungary, educated in Switzerland and lived in Mexico for 66 years...
, biochemist - Pablo Rudomín Zevnovaty, neuroscientist
- Jerzy RzedowskiJerzy RzedowskiJerzy Rzedowski Rotter is a Mexican botanist. He was born in Lwów, Poland .While he was young he was made prisoner by the Germans. He remained in a concentration camp until World War II finished and he was liberated by the Allies...
, botanist - Reyes Tamez Guerra, immunochemist
- Ted Taylor, physicist, nuclear weapons designer
- Gabriel Trejo, blacksmithBlacksmithA blacksmith is a person who creates objects from wrought iron or steel by forging the metal; that is, by using tools to hammer, bend, and cut...
; see Trejo pistolTrejo pistolThe Trejo Pistol is the smallest full-auto weapon ever made and was the first machine pistol designed and manufactured. Even though not well known in the United States it was quite successful in Mexico, with over 16.000 pieces manufactured by Armas Trejo S.A., between 1952 and 1972... - Fernando VallejoFernando VallejoFernando Vallejo Rendón is a novelist, filmmaker and essayist, born in Colombia. He obtained Mexican nationality in 2007.Vallejo was born and raised in Medellín, though he left his hometown early in life...
, biologist, filmmaker and writer - Evangelina VillegasEvangelina VillegasEvangelina Villegas is a Mexican cereal biochemist whose work with maize led to the development of high-quality protein maize . She and her colleague, Dr. Surinder Vasal, shared the 2000 World Food Prize for this achievement....
, biochemist
Baseball
- Bobby ÁvilaBobby AvilaRoberto Francisco Ávila González to Maria Gonzalez and Jorge Avila, was a Major League Baseball second baseman and right-handed batter who played for the Cleveland Indians , Baltimore Orioles , Boston Red Sox , Milwaukee Braves and Tigres del México...
, MLB, Second basemanSecond basemanSecond base, or 2B, is the second of four stations on a baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a base runner in order to score a run for that player's team. A second baseman is the baseball player guarding second base... - Nelson BarreraNelson BarreraNelson Barrera Romellón was a Mexican League baseball player, who at the time of his death in 2002 led the league in career home runs and RBIs .A right-hander and a native of the Mexican state of Campeche, Barrera entered...
, LMB, InfielderInfielderAn infielder is a baseball player stationed at one of four defensive "infield" positions on the baseball field.-Standard arrangement of positions:In a game of baseball, two teams of nine players take turns playing offensive and defensive roles...
/ Designated hitterDesignated hitterIn baseball, the designated hitter rule is the common name for Major League Baseball Rule 6.10, an official position adopted by the American League in 1973 that allows teams to designate a player, known as the designated hitter , to bat in place of the pitcher each time he would otherwise come to... - Vinny CastillaVinny CastillaVinicio "Vinny" Castilla Soria is a former Major League Baseball third baseman who played his best years with the Colorado Rockies and Atlanta Braves...
, MLB, Third basemanThird basemanA third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in baseball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run...
, Manager - Humberto CotaHumberto CotaHumberto Cota is a Mexican professional baseball catcher who is currently a free agent...
, MLB, CatcherCatcherCatcher is a position for a baseball or softball player. When a batter takes his turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the umpire, and receives the ball from the pitcher. This is a catcher's primary duty, but he is also called upon to master many other skills in order to... - Jorge CantúJorge CantúJorge Luís Cantú Guzmán is an American professional baseball first baseman.Cantú bats and throws right-handed. He was born in McAllen, Texas, went to Sharyland High School, but was raised and makes his home in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico.-Tampa Bay Devil Rays:Cantú was spotted by a scout while...
MLB, Third Baseman / First BasemanFirst basemanFirst base, or 1B, is the first of four stations on a baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a baserunner in order to score a run for that player's team... - Elmer DessensElmer DessensElmer Dessens Jusaino [deh-SENZ] is a Mexican professional baseball player who is currently a free agent.-Personal life:...
, MLB, PitcherPitcherIn baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the... - Erubiel DurazoErubiel DurazoErubiel Durazo Cárdenas is a Mexican baseball player. Durazo played for the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Oakland Athletics in Major League Baseball.-Major league career:...
, MLB, First baseman - Héctor EspinoHéctor EspinoHector Espino was a Mexican professional outfielder, first baseman and manager.Born in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Espino has being considered the greatest player in Mexican League history...
, LMB & MPL, First baseman, Manager - Francisco Paquín EstradaFrancisco EstradaFrancisco "Paquín" Estrada Soto is a former Major League Baseball player for the New York Mets. Estrada, a catcher, appeared in one game for the Mets in . Estrada is the current manager of the Chihuahua Dorados in the Mexican League , Hermosillo Naranjeros in the Mexican Pacific League...
, LMB, Catcher, Manager - Yovani GallardoYovani GallardoYovani Gallardo is a Mexican-American right-handed starting pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers. He was selected in the second round of the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft out of Trimble Technical High School in Fort Worth, Texas....
,MLB, PitcherPitcherIn baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the... - Jaime GarcíaJaime Garcia (baseball)Jaime Omar García is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals.-Early life:Jaime García was born on July 8, 1986 in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico as the second of three children to civil engineer Jaime García, Sr. and Gloria Rodríguez Flores. García was raised between the border of...
, MLB, Pitcher - Adrian GonzalezAdrián GonzálezAdrian Gonzalez is an American professional baseball first baseman with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball.Gonzalez was the first overall pick in the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft by the Florida Marlins. He was traded to the Texas Rangers, and later to the San Diego Padres, where he...
, MLB, First Baseman - Teddy HigueraTeddy HigueraTeodoro Higuera Valenzuela is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for nine years for the Milwaukee Brewers of the American League.-Early career:...
, MLB, Pitcher - Esteban LoaizaEsteban LoaizaEsteban Antonio Loaiza Veyna [lo-EYE-sa] is a former Major League Baseball pitcher...
, MLB, Pitcher - Aurelio LópezAurelio LópezAurelio Alejandro López was a Mexican relief pitcher. Over the course of an eleven year Major League career , he acquired the nickname "Señor Smoke" in Detroit due to his Mexican heritage and his overpowering fastball, which had been measured as high as 93 mph.-Early career:Born in Tecamachalco,...
, MLB, Relief pitcherRelief pitcherA relief pitcher or reliever is a baseball or softball pitcher who enters the game after the starting pitcher is removed due to injury, ineffectiveness, fatigue, ejection, or for other strategic reasons, such as being substituted by a pinch hitter... - Jorge OrtaJorge OrtaJorge Orta Núñez is a retired professional baseball player.He made his debut with the Chicago White Sox on April 15, 1972. Through the 1970s, he played usually second baseman but also third baseman and also some outfield...
, MLB, Second baseman / Designated hitter / OutfielderOutfielderOutfielder is a generic term applied to each of the people playing in the three defensive positions in baseball farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder... - Dennys ReyesDennys ReyesDennys Reyes is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher. He has played for ten teams since his major league career began in . Reyes throws left-handed and is considered a lefty specialist. He stands 6'3" and weighs 250 pounds. His nickname is "The Big Sweat."...
, MLB, Pitcher - Oscar RoblesOscar RoblesOscar Manuel Robles Arenas is a Major League Baseball infielder. He currently plays for the Diablos Rojos del México of the Mexican League....
, MLB, Infielder - Aurelio RodríguezAurelio RodríguezAurelio Rodríguez Ituarte, Jr. , was a third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the California Angels , Washington Senators , Detroit Tigers , San Diego Padres , New York Yankees , Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles...
, MLB, Third baseman - Joakim SoriaJoakim SoriaJoakim Agustín Soria Ramos is a Mexican right-handed baseball relief pitcher for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball...
, MLB, Relief pitcherRelief pitcherA relief pitcher or reliever is a baseball or softball pitcher who enters the game after the starting pitcher is removed due to injury, ineffectiveness, fatigue, ejection, or for other strategic reasons, such as being substituted by a pinch hitter... - Fernando ValenzuelaFernando ValenzuelaFernando Valenzuela Anguamea is a Mexican former left-handed pitcher, most notably with the Los Angeles Dodgers.In 1981, the 20-year-old Valenzuela took Los Angeles by storm, winning his first 8 decisions and leading the Dodgers to the World Championship...
, MLB, Pitcher
Boxing
- Saúl Canelo ÁlvarezSaul AlvarezSantos Saúl Álvarez Barragán is an undefeated Mexican boxer in the Light Middleweight division. He is the current WBC Light Middleweight champion...
- Jorge Travieso ArceJorge ArceJorge Armando Arce Armenta is a Mexican professional boxer. Arce is the former WBO World Light Flyweight, WBC World Light Flyweight, Interim WBC World Flyweight, Interim WBA World Super Flyweight, WBO World Super Flyweight, WBO World Super Bantamweight, and is the current WBO World Bantamweight...
- Marco Antonio BarreraMarco Antonio BarreraMarco Antonio Barrera Tapia is a Mexicanprofessional boxer. He has won numerous world titles in three different weight classes; he is a former two-time WBO super bantamweight , WBC, Lineal, & The Ring featherweight , and WBC & IBF super featherweight champion...
- Luis Ramón Yori Boy CampasYori Boy CampasLuis Ramón Campas is a Mexican boxer who was the IBF light middleweight champion. He is better known as Yory Boy Campas.-Background:...
- Miguel CantoMiguel CantoMiguel Angel Canto Solis is a former world boxing champion from Mexico.- Boxing Life :Contrary to many Mexican boxers, Canto was not a "slam-bang" type of boxer...
- Julio César ChávezJulio César ChávezJulio César Chávez is a retired Mexican professional boxer.He is a six-time world champion in three weight divisions, and for several years he was considered the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world...
- Julio César Chávez, Jr.Julio César Chávez, Jr.Julio César Chávez Carrasco , is an undefeated Mexican boxer and the current WBC Middleweight Champion. His younger brother Omar Chávez is also an undefeated prospect who fights at Welterweight....
- Pipino Cuevas
- Ricardo DelgadoRicardo Delgado (boxer)Ricardo Delgado Nogales is a former boxer from Mexico, who was a gold medalist at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City during his career as an amateur in the flyweight division ....
, Olympic boxing - Juan de la RosaJuan de la RosaJuan Pedro de La Rosa is a professional Mexican boxer and is Brother to Top Welterweight boxer, Mexican James de La Rosa.-Early life:...
- Oscar De La HoyaOscar de la HoyaOscar De La Hoya is a retired American boxer of Mexican descent. Nicknamed "The Golden Boy", De La Hoya won a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games shortly after graduating from Garfield High School. De La Hoya comes from a boxing family. His grandfather Vicente, father Joel Sr., and brother...
, Boxing promoter - Raúl GonzálezRaúl González (Mexican boxer)Raul Gonzalez , where he grew up. Raul Gonzalez is a retired Mexican professional boxer and currently lives in Pasadena, California, USA, where he began boxing around at age of 18.-Professional career:...
- Óscar LariosOscar LariosÓscar Larios is a professional boxer from Mexico and former WBC Super Bantamweight and Featherweight champion. He is trained by Jose "Chepo" Reynoso.-Boxing career:...
- Rafael Bazooka LimónRafael LimonRafael Limón is a Mexican former boxer who was a world champion in the Super Featherweight /Jr. Lightweight division twice.He is better known as Bazooka Limón. Limón shares his nickname, Bazooka, with at least two other known world boxing champions: Puerto Rico's Wilfredo "Bazooka" Gómez and...
- Ricardo Finito López
- Juan Manuel MárquezJuan Manuel MárquezJuan Manuel Márquez Méndez , is a Mexican professional boxer. He is the fourth Mexican-born boxer to become a three-division world champion, where he won eight world titles in three different boxing weight classes.Currently, Marquez is the WBA Super, WBO and The Ring lightweight champion...
- Abner MaresAbner MaresAbner Mares Martínez is an undefeated Mexican professional boxer in the Bantamweight division. Abner medaled repeatedly in international amateur tournaments for Mexico. Mares grew up in the city of Hawaiian Gardens, California.-Amateur career:As an amateur, Mares compiled a record of 112-8 with 84...
- Manuel MedinaManuel Medina (boxer)Juan Manuel Rubio Medina is a boxer, who is better known as Manuel Medina. He is a five-time world featherweight champion...
- Juan MezaJuan MezaJuan Meza , also known for his nickname Kid Meza, is a former boxer who was world Super Bantamweight champion. Meza was born in Mexicali, Mexico.-Short biography:Mesa was born Jesus Fernández...
- Erik Terrible MoralesErik MoralesÉrik Isaac Morales Elvira is a Mexican professional boxer. He is the first Mexican born boxer in history to win a world title in four weight classes and is the current WBC Light Welterweight Champion...
- Rubén Púas OlivaresRubén OlivaresRubén Olivares is a former Mexican boxer and current member of the Boxing Hall of Fame. A native of Mexico City, Olivares was a world champion multiple times, and considered by many as the greatest bantamweight champion of all time. He was very popular among Mexicans, many of whom considered him...
- Jorge Maromero PáezJorge PaezJorge Adolfo Febles Páez is a Mexican boxer, actor and circus performer. Páez is the former WBO and IBF Featherweight champion. Paez is nicknamed " El Maromero", in honor of the acts he performs at the circus. Paez has been a circus performer in his northwest Mexico hometown since he was very young...
- Carlos PalominoCarlos PalominoCarlos Palomino a retired Mexican professional boxer. Palomino is a former WBC Welterweight Champion and member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Palomino is also an actor who has been featured in several television shows and films...
- José Luis RamírezJosé Luis RamírezJosé Luis Ramírez is a retired Mexican boxer. He was a two-time World Lightweight Champion.-Career:A native of Huatabampo, Sonora and a resident of Culiacán, Ramírez made his professional debut on March 25, 1973 at the age of 15. He climbed slowly but steadily on boxing's rankings...
- Antonio RoldánAntonio RoldánAntonio Roldán Reyna was a boxer from Mexico. He competed in the featherweight division during his career as an amateur.-Amateur career:...
, Olympic boxing - Joaquín RochaJoaquín RochaJoaquín Rocha Herrera is a former Olympic heavyweight boxer.-References:* *...
, Olympic boxing - Salvador Sal SánchezSalvador SánchezSalvador Sánchez Narváez was a Mexican boxer born in the town of Santiago Tianguistenco, Estado de México. Many of his contemporaries as well as boxing writers believe that, had it not been for his premature death, Sanchez could have gone on to become the greatest Featherweight boxer of all time...
- Laura SerranoLaura SerranoLaura Serrano Garcia is a Mexican boxer.Serrano began boxing at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma Nacional in Mexico City, where she was studying to become a lawyer. She wanted to lose weight and stay in shape. She applied for a professional boxer's license in Mexico...
- Ana María TorresAna María TorresAna María Torres is a Mexican boxer, currently rated as the world champion in the super flyweight weight class by the World Boxing Council.-References:* at the Women's Boxing Archive Network...
- Alfonso ZamoraAlfonso ZamoraAlfonso Zamora Quiroz is a former Mexican boxer who fought from 1973 to 1980. Zamora was the silver medalist at the 1972 Munich Olympics. He enjoyed a meteoric rise in his professional career...
, Olympic boxing - Carlos Zárate
Basketball
- Romel BeckRomel BeckRomel Roberto Beck-Castro is a Mexican professional basketball player who also plays for the Mexico national basketball team....
, NBA Development LeagueNBA Development LeagueThe NBA Development League, or NBA D-League, is the National Basketball Association's official minor league basketball organization. Known until summer 2005 as the National Basketball Development League , the NBA D-League started with eight teams in the fall of 2001...
, Point guardPoint guardPoint guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that... - Horacio LlamasHoracio LlamasHoracio Llamas Grey , known in non-Spanish-speaking countries as Horacio Llamas, is a Mexican professional basketball player. He is a 7'0" and 250 lb center....
, NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
, CenterCenter (basketball)The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well... - Eduardo NájeraEduardo NájeraEduardo Alonso Nájera Pérez is a Mexican professional basketball player in the NBA, currently playing for the Charlotte Bobcats.-Personal information:...
, NBA, Forward
Bullfighters / Matadores
- Alejandro AmayaAlejandro AmayaAlejandro Amaya is one of Mexico's celebrity Matadors.Amaya resides in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México, at the ranch of Matador Eloy Cavazos.His real name is Alejandro de la Vega Amaya....
- Carlos ArruzaCarlos ArruzaCarlos Arruza , born Carlos Ruiz Camino, was one of the most prominent bullfighters of the 20th century. He was known as "El Ciclón" ....
- Jaime BravoJaime BravoJaime Bravo was a Mexican matador during the 1950s and 1960s. Bravo was known for death defying style and numerous relationships with women and Hollywood starlets.-Early life:...
- Guillermo CapetilloGuillermo CapetilloGuillermo Capetillo is a Mexican actor, singer and matador and bullfighter. He is a member of the Capetillo family. His father and his brother, actor Manuel Capetillo, Jr. are also matadors, his half-brother Eduardo Capetillo is a singer and actor...
- Eloy CavazosEloy Cavazosalso known as "The Little Giant"Born: August 25, 1949, Ciudad Guadalupe, Nuevo León, México.Resides in Guadalupe, Nuevo León, a suburb of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon México...
- Michelito LagravereMichelito LagravereMichel Lagravere Peniche , better known as Michelito, is a French Mexican child bullfighter.The son of French-born former matador Michel Lagravere and Mexican Diana Peniche Marenco, Michelito claims to have started bullfighting at the age of five, and credits his love for the sport to being...
- Rafita MirabalRafita MirabalRafita Mirabal from the Mexican state of Aguascalientes is believed to be the world's youngest bullfighter. He was discovered in a bullfighting school in his home state and has performed at least 24 fights from 2005 to April 2006 and several more since then. He enters the arena with only a red...
- Silverio PérezSilverio Pérez (bullfighter)Silverio Pérez was a Mexican matador whose nickname was "The Pharaoh."Pérez began his career in 1931, after his brother, Carmelo Pérez, had been killed by a bull during a bullfight in Spain....
- Carmelo TorresCarmelo TorresBernardo del Carmen Fregoso Cázares, who worked and lived under the name Carmelo Torres Fregoso was a matador, businessman, journalist, author and TV producer. He lived in Venezuela from 1952...
- Matt, The Rugs
Football (soccer)
- Javier Vasco AguirreJavier AguirreJavier Aguirre Onaindía , popularly nicknamed El Vasco , is a Mexican football manager and former midfielder. He was also a member of the Mexico national team and later became manager in two different occasions, but resigned after the 2010 FIFA World Cup...
, attacking midfielder, retired, head coachHead coachA head coach, senior coach or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches... - Luis Roberto Alves, ZagueLuis Roberto AlvesLuís Roberto Alves dos Santos Gavranic also known as Zague or Zaguinho is a former Mexican footballer. He is the son of José Alves "Zague".-Career:...
, winger, retired - Jesús Cabrito ArellanoJesús ArellanoJosé de Jesús Arellano Alcócer , is a retired Mexican football player. He last played for CF Monterrey in the Primera División de México, with whom he has played most of his career.-Biography:...
, midfielderMidfielderA midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
, retired - Pablo BarreraPablo BarreraPablo Edson Barrera Acosta is a Mexican footballer who plays as a winger or outside forward for La Liga side Real Zaragoza, on loan from West Ham United...
, Winger - Juan Ignacio BasagurenJuan Ignacio BasagurenJuan Ignacio Basaguren García is a former Mexican football player.Basaguren competed for Mexico at the 1968 Summer Olympics and at the 1970 FIFA World Cup. In 1970 he became the first ever substitute player to score in a World Cup match, against El Salvador.-External links:*...
, attacking midfielder, retired - Adolfo Bofo BautistaAdolfo BautistaAdolfo "El Bofo" Bautista Herrera is an Attacking Midfielder/Forward who currently plays for Querétaro F.C. of Mexico.-Beginnings:...
, attacking midfielder - Christian Hobbit BermúdezChristian BermúdezChristian de Jesús Linnane Bermúdez Gutiérrez , commonly known as "El Hobbit", is a Mexican footballer who plays as a midfielder for América he made his debut with the national team on April 16, 2008 vs China PR national football team in Seattle,Washington playing only 3 minutes-Club...
, attacking midfielder - Cuauhtémoc BlancoCuauhtémoc BlancoCuauhtémoc Blanco Bravo is a Mexican professional footballer currently signed for Irapuato in the Mexican Liga de Ascenso.Known for his aggressive yet charismatic personality on the field, playing most of his career as a deep-lying forward and his last years as an attacking midfielder...
, attacking midfielder - Jared BorgettiJared BorgettiJared Francisco Borgetti Echavarría is a retired Mexican footballer. Borgetti is the all-time leading goal scorer for the Mexican national team, with 46 goals. A prolific goal scorer at both club and national level, Borgetti was renowned for his heading ability...
, strikerStrikerForwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...
, retired - Enrique BorjaEnrique BorjaEnrique David Borja García is a Mexican football striker who played 65 games for the Mexico national team between 1966 and 1975, scoring 31 goals.Borja played in two World Cups in 1966 and 1970....
, striker, retired - Omar BravoOmar BravoOmar Bravo Tordecillas is a Mexican footballer who currently plays for Sporting Kansas City in Major League Soccer.-Club Deportivo Guadalajara:...
, striker - Jorge Campos, goalkeeper, striker, retired
- Antonio La Tota CarbajalAntonio CarbajalAntonio Félix "Tota" Carbajal Rodríguez is a Mexican former football goalkeeper. He was also called "El Cinco Copas", in reference to his record of five World Cups played.-Pro career:...
, goalkeeper, retired, head coach - Nery CastilloNery CastilloNery Alberto Castillo Confalonieri , is a Mexican international footballer who currently plays for Aris.He began his career at Uruguayan club Danubio, moving to Greece at the age of 16 to play for Olympiacos....
, attacking midfielder, forward - Leonardo CuéllarLeonardo CuéllarLeonardo Cuéllar Rivera is a retired Mexican football player. He is currently the Head Coach of the Mexico national women's team. As a player, Cuéllar played for Pumas and Atletas Campesinos in Mexico. He also played in the NASL between 1979 and 1984 for the San Diego Sockers, San Jose Earthquakes...
, midfielder, retired, Mexico women's national coachMexico women's national football teamThe Mexico women's national football team represents Mexico in international women's football competition and is controlled by the Mexican Football Federation. In the 1970s, the team gained popularity, with Mexico finishing 3rd in a unofficial Women's World Cup held in Italy... - José Manuel Chepo de la TorreJosé Manuel de la TorreJosé Manuel "Chepo" de la Torre Menchaca in Guadalajara, Jalisco popularly nicknamed Chepo, is a Mexican football manager and former attacking midfielder. He is currently the manager of Mexico national football team.-Biography:...
, midfielder, retired, head coach - Maribel Domínguez, MarigolMaribel DomínguezMaribel Guadalupe Domínguez Castelán is a Mexican footballer.-Career:In the 2004 Athens Olympics, Domínguez led the Mexican women's Olympic soccer team to the quarter-finals. Later in 2004, she accepted a two year contract from a second division Mexican men's football club Atlético Celaya. This...
, striker, women's football - Giovanni dos Santos, attacking midfielder
- Jonathan dos SantosJonathan dos SantosJonathan dos Santos Ramírez is a Mexican football who plays as a central or defensive midfielder for FC Barcelona B. He has also been called up to the Mexican national team.-Early life:...
, midfielder - Carlos FierroCarlos FierroCarlos Eduardo Fierro Guerrero is a Mexican footballer. He currently plays as a striker for Club Deportivo Guadalajara of Mexico...
, striker - Luis Pirata FuenteLuis de la FuenteLuis de la Fuente y Quesada is one of the most successful Mexican footballers of all time. Born in the state of Veracruz on January 17, 1914, he was one of the most successful players to represent Aztec soccer in the world arena....
, midfielder, retired - Benjamín GalindoBenjamín GalindoBenjamín Galindo Marentes was a Mexican footballer. He participated with the national team in the 1994 FIFA World Cup.-Coaching career:...
, attacking midfielder, retired, head coach - Alberto García AspeAlberto García AspeAlberto García Aspe Mena is a retired Mexican football midfielder. He is one of the all-time appearance leaders for the Mexican national team. He has also participated in 109 matches, scoring a total 21 goals...
, attacking midfielder, retired - Luis García, striker, retired
- Julio GómezJulio Gómez GonzálezJulio Enrique Gómez González is a Mexican footballer who plays for CF Pachuca, on the Primera División Mexicana...
, winger - Andrés GuardadoAndrés GuardadoJosé Andrés Guardado Hernández is a Mexican footballer who plays for Deportivo de La Coruña in Spain and the Mexican national football team, as a left winger.-Atlas:...
, left wingerMidfielderA midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role... - Raúl Gutiérrez, defender, retired, head coach
- Javier Chicharito Hernández, striker
- Luis Hernández, MatadorLuis Hernández (footballer)Luis Arturo "El Matador" Hernández Carreón is a Mexican football striker, the fourth highest goalscorer of all-time for the Mexican national football team, and their highest goalscorer in World Cups...
, striker, retired - Efrain JuarezEfrain JuárezEfraín Juárez Valdez is a Mexican footballer who currently plays as a right back for La Liga club Real Zaragoza on loan from Celtic, and the Mexico national team.-Club Universidad Nacional:...
, defender - Manuel LapuenteManuel LapuenteManuel Lapuente Díaz is a Mexican football coach and former player. He was recently working as head coach for Club América.-Playing career:He played 13 matches for the Mexico national team, scoring 5 goals.-Career as manager:...
, forward, retired, head coach - Fatima LeyvaFátima LeyvaFátima Leyva Morán is a Mexican footballer. She plays as a midfielder for the Mexico women's national football team.-Career:...
, midfielder, women's football - Braulio LunaBraulio LunaBraulio Luna Guzmán is a Mexican footballer. He currently plays as a midfielder for Tecos in the Primera División de México....
, forward
- Jonny Magallón, defender
- Rafael MárquezRafael MárquezRafael Márquez Álvarez is a Mexican footballer who plays for New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer and the Mexico national team. He plays as a centre back or defensive midfielder....
, defender, defensive midfielder - Alberto Venado Medina, forward
- Ramón MoralesRamón MoralesRamón Morales Higuera is a retired Mexican international footballer who last played for Estudiantes Tecos as a midfielder.Biography=...
, midfielder, retired - Héctor Moreno, defender
- Antônio Naelson, SinhaÂntonio NaelsonAntônio Naelson Matias , also known simply as Sinha is a Mexican football midfielder, who plays for Club Toluca in the Mexican First Division.-Biography:...
, midfielder - Manuel NegreteManuel Negrete AriasManuel "Manolo" Negrete Arias is Mexican coach and former football midfielder, who became famous for scoring one of the most spectacular goals of the 1986 World Cup...
, attacking midfielder, retired - Guillermo Memo OchoaGuillermo OchoaFrancisco Guillermo Ochoa Magaña is a Mexican goalkeeper who currently plays for French Ligue 1 club Ajaccio. He also plays for the Mexican national football team.-América:...
, goalkeeper - Francisco PalenciaFrancisco PalenciaJuan Francisco Palencia Hernández is a former Mexican football striker, his last team was Pumas UNAM.- Biography :...
, forward - Pável PardoPavel PardoPável Pardo Segura , is a Mexican international footballer, who currently plays for the Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer.- Biography :...
, midfielder - Luis Ernesto PerezLuis Ernesto PérezLuis Ernesto Pérez Gómez is a Mexican international footballer. He currently plays as a midfielder for CF Monterrey in the Primera División de México...
, forward - Gonzalo PinedaGonzalo PinedaGonzalo Pineda Reyes is a Mexican international footballer. He currently plays as a Defensive Midfielder for Puebla F.C. on loan from Guadalajara, in the Primera División de México.- Biography :...
, defender - Ramón RamírezRamón RamírezJesús Ramón Ramírez Ceceña is a retiredMexican footballer. He is one of the all-time most capped players for the Mexican national football team, and last played as a midfielder for Chivas USA in the Major League Soccer .Ramirez was meant to be one of the best Mexican players since Hugo Sánchez,...
, midfielder, defender, retired - Salvador Chava Reyes, striker, retired
- Ángel ReynaÁngel ReynaAngel Eduardo Reyna Martínez is a Mexican football midfielder. He currently plays for Club América in the Primera División de México and the Mexico national football team.-Early career:...
, attacking midfielder - Alberto Rodríguez,defender
- Francisco Javier Maza RodríguezFrancisco Javier RodríguezFrancisco Javier Rodríguez Pinedo known as Maza is a Mexican football defender. He currently plays for Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart.-Guadalajara:...
, defender - Carlos SalcidoCarlos SalcidoCarlos Arnoldo Salcido Flores is a Mexican international football defender who currently plays for Mexican Primera División club UANL on loan from Fulham...
, defender - Hugo SánchezHugo SánchezHugo Sánchez Márquez , popularly nicknamed Pentapichichi, or Hugol, is a Mexican football coach and former striker. He played for four European clubs, including Real Madrid. Sanchez is considered the first highly talented Mexican player. He was also a member of the Mexico national team, and...
, striker, retired, head coach - Oswaldo SánchezOswaldo SánchezOswaldo Javier Sánchez Ibarra is a Mexican footballer. He plays as a goalkeeper for Santos Laguna in the Mexican Primera Division, where he is also the team captain. He has 99 caps for Mexico.-Early career:...
, goalkeeper - Richard Sanchez, goalkeeper
- Claudio SuárezClaudio SuárezLuis Claudio Suárez Sánchez is a retired Mexican footballer. He last played for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer....
, defender, retired - Gerardo Borrego TorradoGerardo TorradoGerardo Torrado Diez de Bonilla is an international Mexican football player, currently playing as a midfielder for Cruz Azul and is captain of the team. He is known as "El Borrego" for his bushy-like hair...
, defensive midfielder - Carlos VelaCarlos VelaCarlos Alberto Vela Garrido is a Mexican association football player, currently playing as a striker for La Liga club Real Sociedad on loan from Arsenal. He also plays for the Mexico national football team. He started his career at Mexican club C.D...
, striker - Cesáreo VictorinoCesáreo VictorinoCesáreo Victorino Mungaray is a Mexican footballer currently playing for Puebla FC on loan from Lobos BUAP. He is one of the Mexican footballers to have played in Europe and was a part of the Mexico national football team between 1998 and 2001...
, attacking midfielder - Ignacio Trelles, don NachoIgnacio TrellesIgnacio "Nacho" Trelles is a Mexican former football player and coach. He had five tenures as coach of the Mexican national team, managing it in 106 international matches, and was in charge of the Mexican squads at the World Cups of 1962 and 1966.With professional clubs, he coached 1083 matches,...
, head coach
Motorsports
- Carlos ContrerasCarlos ContrerasCarlos Contreras is the first Mexican-born driver in any NASCAR national series. He has competed in the Craftsman Truck Series and Busch Series .-Busch Series:...
, NASCARNASCARThe National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is a family-owned and -operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto racing sports events. It was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947–48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is Brian France, grandson of the late Bill France Sr... - Luis Díaz, CARTChamp CarChamp Car was the name for a class and specification of open wheel cars used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades, primarily for use in the Indianapolis 500 auto race...
, American Le Mans SeriesAmerican Le Mans SeriesThe American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón is a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada. It consists of a series of endurance and sprint races, and was created in the spirit of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Teams compete in one of five classes: LMP1, LMP2 and LMPC... - Mario DomínguezMario DomínguezMario Domínguez is a Mexican racing driver. He has competed in the CART and CCWS Champ Car series and later the IndyCar Series.-Early career:Domínguez first began racing in 1987 driving go-karts...
, CART - Adrián FernándezAdrian FernándezJosé Adrián Fernández Mier is a Mexican racing driver and co-owner of the Fernandez Racing team.-Early career:...
, CART, American Le Mans Series - Josele GarzaJosele GarzaJosele Garza is a Mexican professional race car driver. He started seven Indianapolis 500 races. Garza was the 1981 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year after rolling off sixth and finishing 23rd at the age of 19...
, CART - Jorge Goeters, NASCAR
- Benito GuerraBenito GuerraBenito Iván Guerra Latapí, Jr., is a Mexican rally driver. By finishing ninth on the 2011 Rally Australia he scored two World Rally Championship points.-Career:...
, RallyingRallyingRallying, also known as rally racing, is a form of auto racing that takes place on public or private roads with modified production or specially built road-legal cars... - Carlos GuerreroCarlos GuerreroCarlos Guerrero , is a former driver in the CART Championship Car series who was a multiple Formula 3 and Formula 2 champion in his native Mexico. He raced in the 1995-1996 CART seasons with 17 career starts, including the 1995 Indianapolis 500...
, CART - Esteban GutiérrezEsteban GutiérrezEsteban Manuel Gutiérrez Gutiérrez is a Mexican race car driver. He is the reigning GP3 Champion, having won the title in the series' inaugural 2010 season...
, GP2GP2GP2 may refer to:* GP2 Series, an open-wheeler motor racing series** GP2 Asia Series, a similar series run in Asia* GP2 , a human gene* Grand Prix 2, a racing simulator game...
and Formula OneFormula OneFormula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1 and referred to officially as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" designation in the name refers to a set of rules with which...
tester - Israel JaitovichIsrael JaitovichIsrael Jaitovich is a Premios TVyNovelas award-winning Mexican actor, producer, writer and racing car driver...
, NASCAR, Road racerRoad racingRoad racing is a general term for most forms of motor racing held on paved, purpose-built race tracks , as opposed to oval tracks and off-road racing... - Michel Jourdain, Jr.Michel Jourdain, Jr.Michel Jourdain Jr. is an IndyCar driver. Jourdain Jr. started racing cars in the Mexican Formula Junior series at the age of 12. He then moved to the Mexican Formula K and Formula 2 series.-Champ Car:...
, CART, NASCAR & rallying - Sergio Checo PérezSergio PérezSergio Pérez Mendoza , also known as "Checo" Pérez, is a Mexican racing driver of Spanish descent, currently racing for Sauber in the 2011 Formula One season...
, Formula One - Jo RamírezJo RamirezJoaquín "Jo" Ramírez is an author and retired employee of several motor racing teams. From 1984 to 2001 Ramirez was coordinator of the McLaren Formula One team, including during the infamous Prost / Senna clash of the late-1980s.The third of eight children, Ramírez was born in Mexico City and...
, Team coordinator Formula One - José Luis RamírezJose Luis Ramirez (NASCAR)José Luis Ramírez is a NASCAR driver. He has attempted to become the fourth Mexican driver to run a NEXTEL Cup race after Pedro Rodríguez, Al Loquasto, and Jorge Goeters. He attempted a NEXTEL race in 2005 at Infineon Raceway, but he failed to qualify. He did qualify for two NASCAR Craftsman Truck...
, NASCAR - Héctor Alonso RebaqueHéctor RebaqueHéctor Alonso Rebaque is a former racing driver from Mexico. He participated in 58 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 5 June 1977. He scored a total of 13 championship points...
, Formula One, CART - Pedro RodríguezPedro Rodriguez (racing driver)Pedro Rodríguez was a Mexican Grand Prix motor racing driver. He was born in Mexico City and was the older brother of Ricardo Rodríguez.-Career:...
, Formula One - Ricardo RodríguezRicardo Rodríguez (Formula One)Ricardo Rodríguez was a Mexican racing driver who competed in the 1961 and 1962 Formula One seasons. His elder brother, Pedro, was also a noted racing driver who had much success in sports car racing and Formula One....
, Formula One - Memo Rojas, Jr.Memo RojasGuillermo "Memo" Rojas, Jr. is a Mexican professional race car driver. Successful in American sports car racing, Rojas is a two-time series champion in the Rolex Sports Car Series and a two-time winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona...
, Daytona PrototypeDaytona PrototypeA Daytona Prototype is a type of sports prototype racing car developed specifically for the Grand American Road Racing Association's Rolex Sports Car Series as their top class of car, replacing contemporary open cockpit sports cars, specifically Sports Racing Prototypes... - Moisés SolanaMoises SolanaMoisés Solana Arciniega was a racing driver from Mexico. He participated in eight Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on October 27, 1963, and scoring no championship points. He also participated in one non-Championship Formula One race...
, Formula One
Olympic and Paralympian athletes
- Raúl AlcaláRaul AlcalaRaúl Alcalá is a professional road racing cyclist, who competed between 1985 and 1999 and again in 2008. In 1986, Alcalá became the first Mexican cyclist to compete in the Tour de France. In the 1987 Tour de France, he received the Maillot blanc, awarded to the best rider under 25...
, Bicycle road racing - Daniel BautistaDaniel BautistaDaniel Bautista Rocha is a former Mexican track and field athlete and Olympic champion. He was born in El Salado, San Luis Potosí....
, Racewalking - Perla BustamantePerla BustamantePerla Bustamante is a Paralympic athlete from Mexico competing mainly in category T42 sprint events.She competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There she won a silver medal in the women's Shot putt - F42-46 event and a bronze medal in the women's Long jump - F42 event. She also...
, ParalympianParalympianA Paralympian is an athlete who has participated in the Paralympic Games.A Paralympic athlete has a physical disability. The disability can be amputation, spinal cord injuries, visual impairment or cerebral palsy. An exception is the sighted guides for athletes with a visual impairment...
, Track and fieldTrack and fieldTrack and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area... - Ernesto CantoErnesto CantoErnesto Canto Gudiño is a former Mexican race walker who mainly competed in the 20 kilometre walk.He competed for Mexico at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States where he won the gold medal in the men's 20 kilometre walk event.-Achievements:-External links:*...
, Racewalking - Joaquín CapillaJoaquín CapillaJoaquín Capilla Pérez born in Mexico City was a Mexican diver. He won the bronze medal in the platform diving event at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, England, the silver medal in the platform diving event again at the 1952 Olympic games in Helsinki, and the gold in the platform and the bronze...
, DivingDivingDiving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one... - Alejandro CárdenasAlejandro CárdenasAlejandro Manuel Cárdenas Robles is a retired track & field athlete from Mexico. He is married to high jumper athlete Romary Rifka....
, Track & field - Everardo Cristóbal QuirinoEverardo CristóbalJosé Everardo Cristóbal Quirino is a Mexican sprint canoer who has been competing since 2005....
, Canoe racingCanoe racingThis article discusses canoe sprint and canoe marathon, competitive forms of canoeing and kayaking on more or less flat water. Both sports are governed by the International Canoe Federation .... - Nancy ContrerasNancy ContrerasNancy Llarely Contreras Reyes is a female track cyclist from Mexico, who twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2004. She won a bronze medal in the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina.-References:*...
, Track cyclingTrack cyclingTrack cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using track bicycles.... - Paola EspinosaPaola EspinosaPaola Milagros Espinosa Sánchez is an athlete from Mexico. She competes in diving and represented Mexico at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and again at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, being her national team's flagbearer in the latter...
, Diving - María del Rosario EspinozaMaría del Rosario EspinozaMaría del Rosario Espinoza, is a Mexican taekwondo practitioner. Espinoza stands at 173 cm and weighs 69 kg....
, TaekwondoTaekwondoTaekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"... - Víctor EstradaVictor EstradaVictor Manuel Estrada Garibay is a Mexican taekwondo practitioner and Olympic medalist. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where he received a bronze medal in the 80 kg division...
, Taekwondo - Adriana FernándezAdriana FernándezAdriana Fernández Miranda is a long-distance runner from México.Fernández was 2nd in 1998, and in 1999, she became the first Mexican woman to win the New York City Marathon in a time of 2:25:06 in a dominant performance by taking charge on a windy day and kept building her lead.In 2003, Fernández...
, Marathon runner - Álvaro GaxiolaAlvaro GaxiolaJuan Álvaro José Gaxiola Robles is a former Mexican diver. He competed for Mexico at the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico where he won the silver medal in the men's platform event.Alvaro Gaxiola lived for some years in Ann Arbor where he was a varsity diver for Ann Arbor High...
, Diving - Carlos GirónCarlos GirónCarlos Armando Girón Gutiérrez is a Mexican diver. He competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics, winning one medal....
, Diving - Rodolfo GómezRodolfo GómezRodolfo Gómez Orozco is a retired long-distance runner, who was one of the leading runners represented from Mexico in the 1970s and 1980s...
, Marathon runner - Raúl González, Racewalking
- Belem GuerreroBelem GuerreroBelem Guerrero Méndez is a Mexican track cyclist who represented Mexico at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens where she won a silver medal in the Women's Points Race.-Palmarès:19971998199920012002...
, Track cycling - Ana Gabriela Guevara, Track & field
- Salvador HernandezSalvador HernandezSalvador Hernandez is an athlete and Paralympian from Mexico competing mainly in category T51/T52 wheelchair racing events.He competed in the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United States...
. Paralympian, Track & field - Soraya JiménezSoraya Jiménez MendívilSoraya Jiménez Mendivil is a Mexican weightlifter and Olympic champion. She participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where she won a gold medal.-References:...
, Weightlifter - Brenda MagañaBrenda MagañaBrenda Magaña Almaral is a Mexican artistic gymnast. Magana is best known for being the first woman to successfully complete a triple back somersalt from the bars! which she did at the 2002 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Debrecen. This move is unusual even amongst male gymnasts, and in...
, GymnastGymnastGymnasts are people who participate in the sports of either artistic gymnastics, trampolining, or rhythmic gymnastics.See gymnasium for the origin of the word gymnast from gymnastikos.-Female artistic:Australia... - Mauro Máximo de Jesús, Paralympian, Track & field
- Saúl MendozaSaúl MendozaSaúl Mendoza is a former wheelchair racer, who competed at the Olympic and Paralympic levels.He acquired polio when he was 6 months old, and he grew up playing different sports....
, Paralympian, Wheelchair racer - Humberto MarilesHumberto MarilesHumberto Mariles Cortés was a Mexican show jumping champion, two times Olympic champion. He participated in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London where he won gold medals both in Individual Jumping and in Team Jumping, as a member of the Mexican winning team aboard his Mexican-bred horse, Arete...
, EquestrianEquestrianismEquestrianism more often known as riding, horseback riding or horse riding refers to the skill of riding, driving, or vaulting with horses... - Carlos MercenarioCarlos MercenarioCarlos Mercenario Carbajal is a retired Mexican race walker. He was born in Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal.-Achievements:-References:*...
, Racewalking - Felipe Tibio MuñozFelipe MuñozFelipe Muñoz Kapamas is an Olympic champion breaststroke swimmer from Mexico, and as of 2008, is the President of the Mexican Olympic Committee...
, Swimming
- Rommel PachecoRommel PachecoRommel Pacheco is a Mexican diver. He was the gold medalist in the 10-meter platform at the 2003 Pan American Games. In the 2004 Summer Olympics he finished in 10th place in the 10-meter platform and 3-meter springboard. In the 2008 Summer Olympics he finished in 8th place in the 10-meter...
, Diving - José Sargento Pedraza, Racewalker
- Guillermo Pérez SandovalGuillermo PérezGuillermo Pérez Sandoval is a Olympic gold medal-winning Mexican taekwondo practitioner. Pérez stands at 171 cm and weighs 58 kg....
, Taekwondo - Fernando PlatasFernando PlatasFernando Platas is a Mexican diver. He began diving since he was a young boy. In 1990 he won in Germany two tests of 2 and 10 metres, and in that same year he won three gold medals in the Central American Games which took place in Mexico City.In 1992, he represented Mexico in the 1992 Summer...
, Diving - Maria Teresa RamírezMaria Teresa RamírezMaría Teresa Ramírez Gómez is a retired female freestyle and backstroke swimmer from Mexico. She represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in Mexico City . She won the bronze medal in the Women's 800m Freestyle event at the 1968 Summer Olympics.-References:*...
, Swimming - Romary RifkaRomary RifkaMaría Romary Rifka González is a female Mexican high jumper. She is married to track & field athlete, Alejandro Cárdenas. Her personal best jump is 1.97 metres, achieved in April 2004 in Xalapa. This is the current Mexican record.-Achievements:-References:...
, High jumpHigh jumpThe high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years.... - Pilar RoldánPilar RoldanMaría del Pilar Roldán Tapia is a former Mexican fencer.She competed for Mexico at the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico where she won the silver medal in the women's foil event.-References:...
, FencingFencingFencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games... - Iridia SalazarIridia SalazarIridia Salazar Blanco is a Mexican taekwondo practitioner and Olympic medalist. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she received a bronze medal in the 57 kg class....
, Taekwondo - Oscar SalazarOscar Salazar (taekwondo)Óscar Salazar Blanco is a Mexican taekwondo practitioner and Olympic medalist. He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he received a silver medal in the 58 kg class...
, Taekwondo - Mario SantillanMario SantillanMario Santillan is a Paralympian, an athlete from Mexico competing mainly in category T46 long distance events.He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won a gold medal in the men's Marathon - T46 event and a bronze medal in the men's 5000 metres - T46 event-External...
, Paralympian, Marathon - Juan René SerranoJuan Rene SerranoJuan René Serrano Gutiérrez is an athlete from Mexico. He competes in archery.Serrano competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. He won his first match, advancing to the round of 32. In the second round of elimination, he was defeated...
, ArcheryArcheryArchery is the art, practice, or skill of propelling arrows with the use of a bow, from Latin arcus. Archery has historically been used for hunting and combat; in modern times, however, its main use is that of a recreational activity... - Rubén UrizaRubén UrizaRubén Uriza was a Mexican show jumping champion, and Olympic champion. He participated at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London where he won a gold medal in Team Jumping as a member of the Mexican winning team. He also received a silver medal in Individual Jumping.-References:...
, Equestrian - Alberto ValdésAlberto ValdésAlberto Valdés was an equestrian from Mexico and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in show jumping with the Mexican team at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London....
, Equestrian - Jeny VelazcoJeny VelazcoJeny Velazco is a Paralympian athlete from Mexico competing mainly in category F57/58 javelin events.She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There, she won a bronze medal in the women's Javelin throw F57/F58 event....
, Paralympian, Track & field - Hubertus von Hohenlohe, Alpine skierAlpine skiingAlpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with skiing using free-heel bindings: Ski mountaineering and nordic skiing – such as cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark. In competitive alpine skiing races four...
- José Manuel YoushimatzJosé YoushimatzJosé Manuel Youshimatz is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Mexico, who represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There he won the bronze medal in the men's points race behind Belgium's Roger Ilegems and West Germany's Uwe Messerschmidt...
, Track cycling - Luis Zapien (Basilio Navarro guide racer), Paralympian, Track & field
- Vanessa ZambottiVanessa ZambottiVanessa Zambotti-Barreto is a judoka from Mexico.-Biography:Vanessa was born in Parral, Chihuahua what is region of very good wine. She lives in Mexico City and trains judo in CONADE....
, JudoJudois a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an... - Felix ZepedaFelix ZepedaFelix Zepeda is a Paralympian athlete from Mexico competing mainly in category F53/F54 javelin events.He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won a bronze medal in the men's Javelin throw F53/F54 event-External links:...
, Paralympian, Track and field
Wrestling
- Alfonso Dantés, El TanqueAlfonso DantésJosé Luis Amezcua Díaz was a Mexican professional wrestler who wrestled during the 1960s and 1970s under the ring name Alfonso Dantés . He would later receive the nickname El Tanque for his short but thick build...
- Apolo DantésApolo DantésJosé Luis Amezcua Muñoz , best known by his ring name Apolo Dantés, is a Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler, who has been a longtime mainstay of Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre throughout the 1990s and now owns and operates "Dantés Wrestling Factory" in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico...
- Américo RoccaAmérico RoccaJavier Hernández Padilla is a semi-retired Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler best known under the ring name Américo Rocca. Hernández also worked as the enmascarado Ponzoña from 1990 until 1994, and as Ninja Samurai for a brief time in 1994...
- AtlantisAtlantis (wrestler)Atlantis is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre where he performs as a Technico . Atlantis has held a large number of professional wrestling championships over the years, both in Mexico and in Japan...
- Black Shadow
- Blue DemonBlue DemonAlejandro Muñoz Moreno , better known as Blue Demon , was a Mexican luchador Enmascarado who was widely considered to be one of the greatest Mexican wrestlers of his time...
- Blue PantherBlue PantherGenaro Vazquez Nevarez is a Mexican professional wrestler currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, better known by his ring name Blue Panther...
- Brazo de Oro
- Brazo de Plata / Super PorkyJosé Alvarado NievesJosé Alvarado Nieves is a Mexican Luchador best known under the ring name Brazo de Plata that he has been using since his debut in 1977 and also for his appearences for WWE as "Super Porky"...
- Cavernario GalindoCavernario GalindoRodolfo Galindo Ramirez was a Mexican luchador and film actor, best known by his ring name Cavernario Galindo , who was active in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre from the 1930s to the 1990s...
- Cien CarasCien CarasCarmelo Reyes González is a Mexican professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Cien Caras...
- Charly MansonCharly MansonNot to be confused with Charles Manson.Jesús Luna Pozos is a Mexican luchador who is best known in under the ring name Charly Manson . In 2001 Manson suffered a career-threatening, near-fatal injury that required surgical steel to be inserted into his body...
- Alberto del Río, Dos Caras, Jr.
- Dos CarasDos CarasJosé Luis Rodríguez is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado who wrestles under the ring name Dos Caras . Dos Caras' most active years were in the 1970s and 80s, and achieved his greatest success in Mexico's Universal Wrestling Alliance winning the UWA World Heavyweight Championship three times...
- Dr. Wagner, Jr.Dr. Wagner, Jr.Juan Manuel González Barrón is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado who is best known under the ring name Dr. Wagner, Jr.. As Dr. Wagner, Jr...
- El BrazoEl BrazoJuan Alvarado Nieves is a Mexican Luchador currently working for the Mexican based Asistencia, Asesoría y Administración wrestling promotion. He is best known under the ring name El Brazo that he has been using since his debut in 1980...
- El CanekEl CanekFelipe Estrada , known as Canek and El Canek, is a masked Mexican professional wrestler and former Mixed Martial Arts fighter currently performing part time for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. In 1972, he debuted as "El Universitario" at the age of 18. In 1973, he would change his name to Canek, a...
- El DandyEl DandyRoberto Gutiérrez Frías is a Mexican professional wrestler who has had most of his success in Lucha libre as El Dandy throughout the 1990s.-Professional wrestling career:...
- El Hijo del SantoEl Hijo del SantoJorge Guzmán Rodríguez , better known as El Hijo del Santo , is a Mexican professional wrestler, political activist and one of the most successful stars in Lucha Libre...
- El Santo
- Emilio Charles, Jr.Emilio Charles, Jr.Sergio Emilio Charles Garduño is a semi-retired Mexican Luchador or professional wrestler who is best known under his Ring name Emilio Charles, Jr. He is the son of professional wrestler Emilio Charles. Over the years Emilio Charles, Jr...
- Enrique LlanesEnrique LlanesEnrique Juan Yañez González , best known under the ring name Enrique Llanes, was one of the premier Hispanic professional wrestlers in the early days of Lucha Libre when most wrestlers were imported from outside of Mexico...
- Faby ApacheFaby ApacheFabiola Balbuena Torres is a Mexican Luchadora, or female professional wrestler best known under the ring name Faby Apache...
- Heavy Metal
- Héctor GarzaHéctor GarzaHéctor Solano Segura is a Mexican professional wrestler, known by his ring name Héctor Garza, who is currently working for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración and Perros del Mal Producciones...
- Jerry EstradaJerry EstradaJerry Estrada , is a Mexican professional wrestler. Estrada was a major star for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre during the 1980s but was one of the first stars to jump to Antonio Peña's AAA promotion during the 1990s...
- La Parka
- Lady ApacheLady ApacheSandra González Calderón is a Mexican professional wrestler or Luchadora, best known under the ring name Lady Apache. González's ring name comes from the "family name" of Mario Balbuena González who wrestles under the name Gran Apache; whom she was married to when she made her wrestling debut in...
- Latin Lover
- LizmarkLizmarkLizmark is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler. His ring name is taken from the German battleship Bismarck. He is a multiple-time champion, having held singles and tag team championships in both Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre / Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and...
- Lizmark, Jr.Lizmark, Jr.Juan Carlos Baños , is a Mexican professional wrestler or "Luchador" known as Lizmark, Jr. or El Hijo del Lizmark . Baños currently works for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración and Lucha Libre USA. Lizmark, Jr...
- Mari ApacheMari ApacheMariella Balbuena Torres is a Mexican Luchadora, or female professional wrestler best known under the ring name Mari Apache . She is the daughter of Luchador Gran Apache and the sister of luchadora Faby Apache...
- Máscara Año 2000Máscara Año 2000Jesús Reyes González is a Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Máscara Año 2000 or Máscara Año Dos Mil. His ring name is Spanish for "Mask of the year 2000", originally referring to the mask González wore while wrestling...
- Máscara SagradaMáscara SagradaMáscara Sagrada is a Mexican Luchador enMáscarado who has worked for every major Mexican wrestling promotion over the last 20 years. His ring name is Spanish for "Sacred Mask" and is inspired by the "sanctity" of masks in lucha libre...
- Mascarita SagradaMascarita SagradaMascarita Sagrada is a Mexican Mini Luchador enmascarado and one of the most well known Mexican Minis of the modern era. He is the original Mascarita Sagrada although there have been several wrestlers who have used the same gimmick through the years...
- Mil MáscarasMil MáscarasAaron Rodríguez , best known as Mil Máscaras , is a semi-retired Mexican professional wrestler and actor, who has starred in several films with fellow luchadores...
- Miss JanethMiss JanethJanet Fragoso Alonso is a Mexican professional wrestler, known by her ringname Miss Janeth, who is a longtime ruda for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración. She has also competed in the Universal Wrestling Association and won the UWA World Women's Championship following its revival in 2001...
- Místico / Sin CaraMísticoLuis Ignascio Urive Alvirde is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, currently signed to WWE, working on its SmackDown brand under the name Sin Cara...
- Negro CasasNegro CasasJosé Casas Ruiz is a Mexican professional wrestler and trainer currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre under the ring name Negro Casas. He is the son of former wrestler, turned referee Pepe Casas and brother of professeional wrestlers El Felino and Heavy Metal...
- OctagónOctagónJuan Escalera is a Mexican luchador enmascarado better known as Octagón. He is currently with Asistencia Asesoría y Administración , having worked for the company since it was founded in 1992. In 2011 he was inducted into the promotion's Hall of Fame...
- OctagoncitoOctagóncito (AAA)Octagóncito is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler who works for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración's Mini-Estrella division...
- Perro AguayoPerro AguayoPedro Aguayo better known as "Perro Aguayo" and El Can de Nochistlan , was a famous Mexican wrestler through 1970s to 1990s. His son also wrestles as Perro Aguayo, Jr. or El Hijo del Perro Aguayo . He is one of the biggest box office attractions in lucha libre history and was the last major rival...
- Perro Aguayo, Jr.Perro Aguayo, Jr.Pedro Aguayo Ramírez is a Mexican professional wrestler and promoter who achieved fame in lucha libre as Perro Aguayo, Jr. or El Hijo del Perro Aguayo . He is legitimately the son of lucha libre legend Perro Aguayo and not a storyline "Junior"...
- Pierroth, Jr.Pierroth, Jr.Norberto Salgado Salcedo is a retired Mexican luchador , best known under the ring name Pierroth, Jr.. Salgado made his professional wrestling debut on July 1, 1984 working as an Luchador Enmascarado, or masked wrestler, using the name Pierroth, Jr...
- Pirata MorganPirata MorganPedro Ortiz Villanueva is a Mexican professional wrestler, or luchador, and wrestling trainer who is best known under the ring name Pirata Morgan...
- Rayo de Jalisco, Jr.Rayo de Jalisco, Jr.Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. is the ring name of a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado whose real name has not been revealed, per Lucha Libre traditions. Rayo de Jalisco, Jr...
- Rayo de Jalisco, Sr.Rayo de Jalisco, Sr.Máximino "Max" Linares Moreno , better known as Rayo de Jalisco is a Mexican luchador who is considered to be one of the best wrestlers of his generation....
- Ringo MendozaRingo MendozaGenaro Jacobo Contreras is a semi-retired Mexican professional wrestler, or Luchador in Spanish and currently a professional wrestling trainer for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre . Contreras is best known under the ring name Ringo Mendoza, which he has used since his debut in 1968...
- Carmelo Reyes, Cien CarasCien CarasCarmelo Reyes González is a Mexican professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Cien Caras...
- Rito RomeroRito RomeroRito Romero Loza was a successful luchador who wrestled in Mexico and in the NWA territories of Texas and Los Angeles. He appeared in several films in his native country along with a number of other luchadors...
- SatánicoEl SatánicoDaniel López López is a Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler best known under the ring name Satánico . López is currently working as a wrestling trainer for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre , the company he's worked for most of his career...
- Sexy StarSexy StarDulce Maria García Rivas is a Mexican Luchadora enmascarada, or masked female professional wrestler. She currently works for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, where she performs under the ring name Sexy Star. She is the only female Mexican member of the group La Legión Extranjera at the moment...
- Scorpio, Jr.Scorpio, Jr.Rafael Núñez Juan is a Mexican Luchador or professional wrestler who is best known under his Ring name Scorpio, Jr. Núñez is the son of professional wrestler "Scorpio" and was trained by his father and Rafael Salamanca before making his debut on August 30, 1985...
- Tarzán López
- Villaño IIIVillano IIIArturo Díaz Mendoza is a Mexican professional wrestler best known for performing under the stage name Villano III and unmasking a very large number of wrestlers , he is most famous for teaming with one or more of his brothers: Villano I, Villano II, Villano IV, Villano V, Villano VI and Villano VII...
- Volador Jr.Volador Jr.Volador Jr. is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, best known for his work with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in his native Mexico, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in the United States...
- ZuleymaZuleymaElvia Fragoso Alonso is a retired Mexican professional wrestler, known by her ringname Zuleyma, who competed in the Universal Wrestling Association and the World Wrestling Association as one of the most dominant luchadoras in Mexico during the 1980s and early 1990s...
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, NFLNational Football LeagueThe National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
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, NFL, Offensive guard - Eduardo CastañedaEduardo CastañedaEduardo Castañeda is a Mexican linebacker in American football, who is currently a member of the Green Bay Blizzard. He was assigned to the Rhein Fire of NFL Europa in 2007. He played college football at Monterrey Tech.Castañeda has also been a member for the Houston Texans and Arizona...
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, PoloPoloPolo is a team sport played on horseback in which the objective is to score goals against an opposing team. Sometimes called, "The Sport of Kings", it was highly popularized by the British. Players score by driving a small white plastic or wooden ball into the opposing team's goal using a... - Memo GracidaMemo GracidaGuillermo "Memo" Gracida Jr. is a Mexican polo player whose international career includes several record-setting achievements, including the most U.S. Open victories and the most consecutive years as an American 10-goaler...
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, NFL, Placekicker - Leonardo LavalleLeonardo LavalleLeonardo Lavalle Moreno is a former tennis player from Mexico, who turned professional in 1985. He represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the quarterfinals by Spain's eventual runner up Jordi Arrese. The left-hander won one career title in...
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, NFL, Offensive guard - Paola LongoriaPaola LongoriaPaola Michelle Longoria López is a Mexican racquetball player. She is the first Mexican woman to attain the #1 ranking on the Women's Professional Racquetball Organization tour, doing so at the end of the 2008-09 season and at the end of 2009-2010 season as well...
, Racquetball - Jorge LozanoJorge LozanoJorge Lozano is a retired professional tennis player from Mexico. On August 22, 1988, he reached his highest doubles ranking of World Number 4. His highest singles ranking was World Number 51. During his career, he won two mixed doubles titles at the French Open: in 1990 with Arantxa Sánchez, and...
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, Golf - Carlos Torre RepettoCarlos Torre RepettoCarlos Torre Repetto was a chess grandmaster from Mexico.Torre won the Louisiana championship at New Orleans 1923. He was first at Detroit 1924, followed by Samuel Factor, Herman H. Hahlbohm, Norman Whitaker, Samuel Reshevsky, etc., and at Rochester 1924...
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, NFL, Placekicker - Max ZendejasMax ZendejasMaximmillian Javier Zendejas is a Mexican former placekicker in the National Football League.Zendejas played college football for the University of Arizona from 1982 to 1985...
, NFL, Placekicker - Tony ZendejasTony ZendejasTony Zendejas is a retired Mexican professional athlete. He was a placekicker in American football, playing for the Los Angeles Express, Houston Oilers, the Los Angeles Rams, the Atlanta Falcons and the San Francisco 49ers.-Early life:...
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