List of Mexicans

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This is a list of famous Mexicans.

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[edit] Artists

  • Mariano Azuela (1873- 1952), writer
  • Dr. Atl (1875-1964), painter
  • Luis Barragán (1902-1988), architect
  • Carlos Chávez (1899-1978), composer
  • Carlos Fuentes (1928-), writer
  • Salma Hayek (1966-), actress
  • Sor Juana (1651-1695), writer
  • Ron Jeremy (1907-1954), pornstar
  • Nezahualcóyotl (1402-1472), poet
  • Octavio Paz (1914-198), writer
  • Diego Rivera (1886-1957), painter

[edit] Politicians and Military Commanders

  • Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas (1934-), politician
  • Lázaro Cárdenas (1895-1970), president
  • Cuauhtémoc (1502-1515), Aztec emperor
  • Porfirio Díaz (1830-1915), general and dictator
  • Vicente Fox (1942-), president
  • Miguel Hidalgo (1753-1811), priest and independece fighter
  • Agustín de Iturbide (1783-1823), emperor
  • Benito Juárez (1806-1872), president
  • Francisco I. Madero (1873-1913), president
  • Subcomandante Marcos (date of birth unknown), guerilla leader
  • Montezuma II (1466-1520), Aztec Emperor
  • José María Morelos (1765-1815), independence fighter
  • Pacal the Great (603-683), king of Palenque
  • Quetzalcoatl (10th century), Toltec Leader
  • Antonio López de Santa Anna (1796-1876), general and dictator
  • Pancho Villa (1878-1923), general in the Mexican Revolution
  • Emiliano Zapata (1879-1919), revolutionary

[edit] Scientists

  • Rodolfo Neri Vela (1952-), astronaut
  • Mario Molina (1943-), chemical engineer

[edit] Sportspeople

  • Jorge Arce, world champion boxer
  • Marco Antonio Barrera, world champion boxer
  • Cuauhtémoc Blanco soccer player
  • Jorge Campos soccer goalkeeper
  • Miguel Canto, world champion boxer
  • Chucho Castillo world champion boxer
  • Julio Cesar Chavez world champion boxer
  • Pipino Cuevas world champion boxer
  • Humberto Gonzalez world champion boxer
  • Ana Guevara track and field world champion
  • Fatima Leyva, women's soccer player
  • Ricardo Lopez world champion boxer
  • Erik Morales, world champion boxer
  • Eduardo Nájera basketball player
  • Ruben Olivares world champion boxer
  • Lupe Pintor, world champion boxer
  • Hugo Sanchez soccer player
  • Salvador Sanchez world champion boxer
  • El Santo wrestler
  • Laura Serrano world champion boxer
  • Fernando Valenzuela baseball player
  • Brenda Villa U.S. waterpolo player
  • Carlos Zarate world champion boxer

[edit] Other

  • Enrique Camarena (1948-1985), undercover agent
  • Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin (1474-1548), saint
  • Malinche (1505-1529), interpreter and girlfriend of Hernan Cortes
  • Keifer Wainright (1988-) interpreter dancer

See also: List of people by nationality