List of Mexicans

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

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Arts[]

• Manuel Álvarez Bravo, photographer; recipient, 1984 Hasselblad Award
• Pita Amor, poet
• Alberto Arai, architect, theorist and painter
• Luis Barragán, architect
• Federico Cantú, writer
• Leonora Carrington, painter
• Max Cetto, architect, educator and historian
• Joaquín Clausell, painter
• Miguel Covarrubias, painter
• José Luis Cuevas, painter, printmaker
• Gelsen Gas, theater director; film director and producer; actor; painter; poet; sculptor and inventor
• Mathias Goeritz, painter, sculptor and architect
• Jorge González Camarena, painter, muralist and sculptor
• Saturnino Herrán, painter
• Graciela Iturbide, photographer; recipient, 2008 Hasselblad Award
• María Izquierdo, painter
• Frida Kahlo, painter
• Arturo Moyers Villena, painter
• Gerardo Murillo, painter
• Amado Nervo, poet
• Juan O'Gorman, painter and architect
• José Clemente Orozco, muralist, printmaker
• Eugenio Peschard, architect
• Beatriz Peschard, architect
• Guillermo Ríos Alcalá restoration expert and educator
• Antonio Rivas Mercado, architect and engineer
• Arturo Rivera, painter
• Diego Rivera, muralist, painter, printmaker
• Jesusa Rodríguez, director and performer
• Michel Rojkind, architect
• Verónica Ruiz de Velasco, figurative artist
• José Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza, painter
• Sebastián, sculptor
• Javier Sicilia, poet, activist
• David Alfaro Siqueiros, muralist, painter, printmaker
• Rufino Tamayo, painter, printmaker
• Mauricio Toussaint, painter
• Remedios Varo, painter
• José María Velasco, painter
• Abraham Zabludovsky, architect
• Alejandro Zohn, architect

Authors[]

• Ignacio Manuel Altamirano
• Pita Amor
• Juan José Arreola
• Guillermo Arriaga
• Mariano Azuela
• Caridad Bravo Adams
• Roberto Bravo
• Ignacio Burgoa Orihuela
• Rosario Castellanos
• Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
• Salvador Elizondo
• José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi
• Carlos Fuentes
• Martín Luis Guzmán
• Guadalupe Loaeza
• Gregorio López y Fuentes
• Ángeles Mastretta
• Carlos Monsiváis
• Nezahualcoyotl
• Salvador Novo
• Fernando del Paso
• José Emilio Pacheco
• Susana Palazuelos
• Elena Poniatowska
• Alfonso Reyes
• José Revueltas
• Luis J. Rodriguez
• Juan Rulfo
• Juan Ruiz de Alarcón
• Jaime Sabines
• Paco Ignacio Taibo II
• Lourdes Urrea
• José Vasconcelos
• Yolanda Vargas Dulché
• Agustín Yáñez
• Emilio Carballido

Businesspeople[]

• María Asunción Aramburuzabala
• Jerónimo Arango
• Emilio Azcárraga Jean
• Emilio Azcárraga Milmo
• Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta
• Alberto Baillères
• Raúl Baillères
• Daniel Chavez Moran
• Andrés Conesa
• Juan Domingo Beckmann
• Arturo Elías Ayub
• Juan Enríquez
• Eugenio Garza Lagüera
• Eugenio Garza Sada, Philanthropist
• Bernardo Gómez Martínez
• Roberto González Barrera
• Víctor González Torres
• Joaquín Guzmán
• Jorge Hank Rhon
• Alfredo Harp Helú
• Roberto Hernández Ramírez
• Fidel Kuri Grajales
• Germán Larrea Mota-Velasco
• Enrique Molina Sobrino
• Emilio Romano
• Pedro Romero de Terreros
• Alfonso Romo
• Hector Ruiz
• Isaac Saba Raffoul
• Ricardo Salinas Pliego
• Daniel Servitje Montull
• Carlos Slim
• Antonio Suárez
• Jorge Vergara
• Lorenzo Zambrano

Cartoonists[]

• Lalo Alcaraz
• Paco Calderón
• José G. Cruz
• Eduardo del Río, Rius
• Bill Melendez
• José Guadalupe Posada

Musicians, conductors and composers of concert music[]

• Alfonso Mejia-Arias, musician, writer, social activist, politician
• Alejandra Ávalos, singer-songwriter, actress, composer
• Antonio Aguilar, singer, composer
• Cesar Rosas, singer, vocalist
• Juan Arvizu, lyric tenor
• Felix Carrasco, conductor
• Nestor Mesta Chayres, lyric tenor
• Rey Alejandro Conde, conductor
• Manuel Esperón, composer, musician, conductor
• Elvira Ríos, singer-songwriter, actress, composer
• Pedro Fernández, singer-songwriter, actor, composer
• Vicente Fernández, singer, composer
• Horacio Franco, recorder player
• Mike Fuentes, drummer
• Pedro Infante singer, composer
• Agustin Lara, singer, composer
• Armando Manzanero, singer, composer
• Jaime Preciado, bassist
• Carlos Miguel Prieto
• Silvestre Revueltas, composer, conductor
• Manuel M. Ponce, musician, composer
• Jesús Adrián Romero, Christian singer-songwriter
• Juventino Rosas
• Chalino Sánchez
• Joan Sebastian, singer, composer
• Marco Antonio Solís, singer, composer
• Ariel Camacho
• Natanael Cano
• Saúl Hernández
• Rubén Albarrán
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Entertainers[]

A–C[]

• Alejandro Camacho, actor and producer
• Arturo Peniche, actor
• Ari Telch, actor
• Amalia Aguilar, actress
• Mauricio Aspe, actor
• Alejandro Felipe, actor
• Antonio Aguilar, singer
• Luis Aguilar, singer
• Pepe Aguilar, singer
• Elsa Aguirre, actress
• Rubén Aguirre, comedian, actor
• Damián Alcázar, actor
• Julio Alemán, actor
• Fernando Allende, actor, film director
• Ana Alicia, actress
• Mario Almada, actor
• Ilean Almaguer, actress
• Rafael Amaya, actor
• César Amigó, film director
• Adolfo Angel, singer
• Angélica María, singer
• Alfonso Aráu, actor and director
• Guillermo Arriaga, screenwriter, director and producer
• Ramón Ayala, singer
• Anahí, actress, singer
• Angélica Aragón, actress
• Abraham Ramos, actor
• Aracely Arámbula, actress
• Esteban Arce, show host
• Pedro Armendáriz, actor
• Pedro Armendáriz, Jr., actor
• Adriana Barraza, actress
• Meche Barba, actress
• Ana Bárbara, singer
• Katie Barberi, actress
• Alejandra Barros, actress
• Renato Bartilotti, actor
• Sergio Basañez, actor
• Kuno Becker, actor
• Lola Beltrán, singer
• Belinda, actress, singer
• Elsa Benítez, model
• Agustín Bernal, actor
• Demián Bichir, actor
• Jorge Blanco, actor, singer
• Marcela Bovio, singer
• Angelique Boyer, actress
• Jacqueline Bracamontes, actress, model
• Olga Breeskin, vedette
• Claudio Brook, actor
• Andrés Bustamante, comedian
• Itali Cantoral, actress
• Jaime Camil, singer, actor
• Marco Antonio Campos Viruta, comedian, actor
• Carmen Campuzano, actress, fashion model
• Itatí Cantoral, actress
• Paty Cantú, singer
• Eduardo Capetillo, actor
• Elpidia Carrillo, actress
• Yadhira Carrillo, actress
• Irán Castillo, actress
• Cristian Castro, singer
• Verónica Castro, actress, singer
• David Cavazos, singer
• Lumi Cavazos, actress
• Christian Chávez, actor, singer
• Sharis Cid, actress
• Fernando Colunga, actor
• Ninel Conde, actress, model, singer
• Karla Cossío, actress
• Alfonso Cuarón, film director
• Luis de Alba, actor, comedian
• Rebecca de Alba, show host
• Alfonso de Anda, show host
• José María de Tavira, actor
• Ana de la Reguera, actress
• Arath de la Torre, actor
• María Antonieta de las Nieves, actress
• Kate del Castillo, actress

D–G[]

• Ana Díaz, singer
• Dolores del Río, actress
• Yolanda del Río, singer
• Guillermo del Toro, film director
• Gonzalo de la Torre, singer, producer
• Eugenio Derbez, actor, comedian, producer
• Aarón Díaz, actor
• Columba Domínguez, actress
• Liliana Domínguez, supermodel
• Susana Dosamantes, actress
• Lila Downs, singer
• Dulce María, actress, singer, composer
• Jean Duverger, actor, show host
• Elán, singer-songwriter
• Fernando Eimbcke, film director, screenwriter
• Emilio Echevarría, actor
• Liza Echeverría, model, show host
• Alfredo Gatica, actor
• Luis Gatica, actor
• Erika Buenfil, actress
• Erick Elías, actor, model
• Evangelina Elizondo, actress
• Emmanuel, singer
• Luis Ernesto Franco, actor
• Lorena Enríquez, actress
• José Guadalupe Esparza, singer
• María Félix, actress
• Alejandro Fernández, singer
• Pedro Fernández, singer-songwriter, actor, composer, producer
• Vicente Fernández, singer
• Juan Ferrara, actor
• Laura Flores, actress
• Adriana Fonseca, actress
• Rubén Fuentes, actor
• Juan Gabriel, singer, composer
• Francisco Gabilondo Soler, "Cri-Cri", songwriter
• Gael García Bernal, actor
• Sara García, actress
• Eduardo Garza, voice actor
• Bibi Gaytán, actress
• Alfredo Gil, singer, guitarist, founding member of Trio los Panchos
• Filippa Giordano, crossover singer
• Ernesto Gómez Cruz, actor
• Roberto Gómez Bolaños Chespirito, actor, director, songwriter and screenwriter
• Alejandro González Iñárritu, film director
• Edith González, actress
• Sherlyn González, actress
• Susana González, actress
• Amador Granados, film actor, producer
• Ely Guerra, singer-songwriter, musician, composer
• Denisse Guerrero, singer
• Emilia Guiú, actress
• Elizabeth Gutiérrez, actress
• Alejandra Guzmán, singer
• Enrique Guzmán, singer
• Vanessa Guzmán, actress, model

H–M[]

• Laura Harring, actress
• Hector Soberon, actor
• Salma Hayek, actress
• Plutarco Haza, actor
• Gaspar Henaine Capulina, actor and comedian
• Saul Hernández, singer
• Carlos Hernández Vázquez, film director
• Alfonso Herrera, actor, singer
• Lorena Herrera, actress
• Pedro Infante, singer, actor
• Mauricio Islas, actor
• Frankie J, singer
• Altair Jarabo, actress
• Rodolfo Jiménez, actor
• José Alfredo Jiménez, singer-songwriter, musician, composer
• José José, singer
• Lupita Jones, Miss Universe 1991
• Judith Grace, show host
• Katy Jurado, actress
• Ines Gomez Mont, television host
• Kalimba, singer
• Natalia Lafourcade, singer
• Imanol Landeta, actor, singer
• Valentino Lanús, actor
• Norma Lazareno, actress
• Ana Layevska, actress
• Mariana Levy, actress
• Iyari Limon, actress
• Issa Lish, model
• Claudia Lizaldi, model
• Patricia Llaca, actress
• Xavier López, Chabelo, actor
• Renato López, musician, show host
• Seidy López, actress
• Alex Lora, musician, singer-songwriter
• Ana Lorena Sánchez, actress
• Adriana Louvier, actress
• Karyme Lozano, actress
• Lucero, actress, singer
• Luis Miguel, singer
• Daniela Luján, actress, singer
• Ernesto Laguardia, actor
• Fernando Luján, actor
• Diego Luna, actor, director
• Tony MacFarland, actor
• Sara Maldonado, actress, comedian
• Julio Mannino, actor
• Patricia Manterola, singer
• Erik Mariñelarena, film director
• María Elena Marqués, actress
• Adalberto Martínez Resortes, comedian and actor
• Karla Martínez, show host
• Ingrid Martz, actress
• Ofelia Medina, actress
• Bill Melendez, animator
• Lucía Méndez, actress, singer
• Florinda Meza, actress
• Jaydy Michel, fashion model
• Miroslava, actress
• Maya Mishalska, actress
• Nicky Mondellini, actress
• Ricardo Montalbán, actor
• Pilar Montenegro, actress, singer
• Pablo Montero, singer, actor
• Ivonne Montero, actress
• Andrés Montiel, actor
• Galilea Montijo, actress
• Mario Moreno Cantinflas, actor and comedian
• Bárbara Mori, actress, model
• Sabine Moussier, actress
• Marco Antonio Muñiz, singer
• Evita Muñoz, actress, comedian, singer
• Eduardo Manzano, actor
• René Muñoz, actor
• Úrsula Murayama, actress

N–R[]

• Ximena Navarrete, model, Miss Universe 2010
• Chucho Navarro, singer, guitarist, founding member of Trio Los Panchos
• Guillermo Navarro, cinematographer
• Sylvia Navarro, actress
• Patricia Navidad, actress
• Jorge Negrete, singer, actor
• Mónica Noguera, television host, model
• Adela Noriega, actress
• Manuel "Manolo" Noriega, stage and film actor
• Nailea Norvind, actress
• Ramón Novarro, actor
• Lupita Nyong'o, actress
• Ona Grauer, actress
• Manuel Ojeda, actor
• Fher Olvera, singer
• Mauricio Ochmann, actor
• Yahir Othon, actor, singer
• Dominika Paleta, actress
• Ludwika Paleta, actress
• Andrea Palma, actress
• Joaquín Pardavé, actor, director, songwriter and screenwriter
• Plankton Man, musician
• Sylvia Pasquel, actress
• Christina Pastor, actress
• Arturo Peniche, actor
• Maite Perroni, actress, singer
• Silvia Pinal, actress, show host
• Salvador Pineda, actor
• Polo Polo, comedian
• María Antonieta Pons, actress
• Enrique Rambal, actor
• Adal Ramones, comedian
• Marco Antonio Regil, television host
• Miguel Alejandro Reina, film director
• Diana Reyes, singer
• Carlos Reygadas, film director, winner of the Best Director Award in Cannes^[1]
• Cornelio Reyna, singer
• Lalo Ríos, Mexican-born American actor
• Angélica Rivera, actress
• Jorge Rivero, actor
• Aurora Robles, supermodel
• Enrique Rocha, actor
• Paul Rodriguez, comedian, actor
• Helena Rojo, actress
• María Rojo, actress
• Gilbert Roland, actor
• Daniela Romo, actress, singer
• Rosa Carmina. actress
• Alessandra Rosaldo, actress, singer
• Paulina Rubio, singer
• Ximena Rubio, actress
• Victoria Ruffo, actress

S–Z[]

• Jorge Salinas, actor
• Nora Salinas, actress
• Juan Soler, actor
• Carlos Santana, musician
• Pablo Santos, actor
• Eugenio Siller, actor
• Joan Sebastian, singer
• Mariana Seoane, singer
• Ana Serradilla, actress
• Antonio Serrano, director
• Karol Sevilla, actress, singer
• Camila Sodi, actress
• Sasha Sokol, singer
• Fernando Soler, actor
• Javier Solís, singer
• Marco Antonio Solís, singer
• Blanca Soto, fashion model
• Gabriel Soto, actor, model
• Karla Souza, actress
• Hugo Stiglitz, actor
• Devin Tailes, singer
• Ana Claudia Talancón, actress
• Mario Talavera, songwriter
• Amado Tame Shear, Mexican politician
• Tatiana, singer
• Arleth Terán, actress
• Thalía, actress, singer
• Lynda Thomas, musician, singer-songwriter
• Thelma Tixou, vedette
• José Antonio Torres, film director
• Lupita Tovar, actress
• Rigo Tovar, singer-songwriter, composer, actor
• Gloria Trevi, singer
• Víctor Trujillo / Brozo, actor, comedian
• Emilio Tuero, actor, singer
• Elyfer Torres, actress
• Christopher Uckermann, actor, singer
• Polo Urías, singer
• Germán Valdés, Tin Tán, actor
• Ramón Valdés, don Ramón, actor
• Victor Noriega, actor, singer, model
• Angélica Vale, actress, singer, comedian
• Verónica Valerio, singer, harpist and composer
• Sergio Vallín, guitarist
• Pedro Vargas, singer
• María Elena Velasco La India María, actress, comedian
• Lorena Velázquez, actress
• Raúl Velasco, entertainer and television producer
• Lupe Vélez, actress
• Julieta Venegas, singer-songwriter, composer, musician
• Eduardo Verástegui, actor, model
• Carlos Villagrán, actor
• David Villalpando, actor
• Mayrín Villanueva, actress
• Alicia Villarreal, singer
• Edgar Vivar, actor
• Kat Von D, model, musician, tattoo artist
• Eduardo Victoria, actor
• Gonzalo Garcia Vivanco, actor
• Nena von Schlebrügge, fashion model
• Laisha Wilkins, actress
• Laura Zapata, actress
• Jesús Zavala, actor, singer
• Humberto Zurita, actor

Historians, economists and social scientists[]

• Lucas Alamán
• Ramón Alcaraz
• Francisco Javier Clavijero
• Francisco del Paso y Troncoso
• Everardo Elizondo
• Clara Jusidman
• Ricardo Lancaster-Jones y Verea
• Miguel León-Portilla
• Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, archaeologist
• Jean Meyer
• Edmundo O'Gorman
• Alejandro Peschard Fernández
• Armand Peschard-Sverdrup
• Jacqueline Peschard
• Pedro Thomas Ruiz de Velasco
• Fernando Escalante Gonzalbo, sociologist

Intellectuals and writers[]

• Héctor Aguilar Camín
• Mariano Azuela
• Edmundo Cetina Velázquez, philosopher
• Daniel Cosío Villegas
• Fernando del Paso, Cervantes Prize winner^[2]
• Germán Dehesa
• Salvador Elizondo
• Juan Escoto
• Carlos Fuentes, Cervantes Prize winner^[2]
• Jorge Ibargüengoitia
• Alfonso García Robles, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982
• Enrique Krauze
• Mario Ojeda Gómez
• Octavio Paz, winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature^[3]
• Alfonso Reyes
• Juan Rulfo
• Moises Saenz
• José Vasconcelos
• Gabriel Zaid

Journalists[]

• Carmen Aristegui
• Jesús Blancornelas
• Manuel Buendía
• Lydia Cacho
• María Antonieta Collins
• Denise Dresser
• Isidro Fabela
• Giselle Fernández
• Pedro Ferriz de Con
• Pedro Ferriz Santacruz
• Ricardo Flores Magón
• Joaquín López-Dóriga
• Carlos Loret de Mola
• Adela Micha
• Margarita Michelena
• Jorge Ramos
• Paola Rojas
• Javier Solórzano
• Lilly Téllez
• Jacobo Zabludovsky

Sports journalists[]

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

Military, revolutionaries and guerrilla (fighters)[]

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

Monarchs[]

• Emperor Agustin I
• Emperor Maximiliano I

Politicians[]

• Ignacio Gregorio Comonfort de los Ríos
• Miguel Alemán Valdés
• Miguel Alemán Velasco
• Gilberto Bosques Saldívar
• Luis H. Álvarez
• Eduardo Bours
• Felipe Calderón
• Heberto Castillo
• Manuel J. Clouthier
• Cuauhtémoc
• Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas
• Lázaro Cárdenas Batel
• Lázaro Cárdenas del Río
• Venustiano Carranza
• Luis Donaldo Colosio
• Porfirio Díaz
• Marcelo Ebrard
• Diego Fernández de Cevallos
• Marti Batres
• Vicente Fox
• Rosa Albina Garavito
• José Eleuterio González, Gonzalitos
• Manuel Gómez Morín
• Plutarco Elías Calles
• Elba Esther Gordillo
• Carlos Hank González
• Jorge Hank Rhon
• Enrique Jackson
• Benito Juárez
• Vicente Lombardo Toledano
• Andrés Manuel López Obrador
• José López Portillo
• Francisco I. Madero
• Carlos A. Madrazo
• Roberto Madrazo
• Arnoldo Martínez Verdugo
• Moctezuma Ilhuicamina
• Moctezuma Xocoyotzin
• Antonio Ortiz Mena
• Enrique Peña Nieto
• Armando Ríos Piter
• Rosario Robles
• Carlos Salinas de Gortari
• Claudia Sheinbaum
• Jesús Silva-Herzog
• Fidel Velázquez
• Ernesto Zedillo
• Demetrio Sodi
• Alfonso Mejia-Arias

Religious people[]

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

Science and technology[]

A–L[]

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

M–Z[]

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

Sports[]

American football[]

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

Baseball[]

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

Basketball[]

• Gustavo Ayón, NBA, center
• Romel Beck, NBA Development League, point guard
• Jorge Gutiérrez, NBA, point guard
• Horacio Llamas, NBA, center
• Eduardo Nájera, NBA, forward

Martial arts[]

• Jessica Aguilar, UFC, mixed martial artist
• Brandon Moreno, UFC, mixed martial artist
• Yair Rodríguez, UFC, mixed martial arts

Tennis[]

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

Boxing[]

Bullfighters[]

• Alejandro Amaya
• Carlos Arruza
• Jaime Bravo
• Guillermo Capetillo
• Eloy Cavazos
• Michelito Lagravere
• Rafita Mirabal
• Silverio Pérez
• Carmelo Torres

Football[]

A–M[]

N–Z[]

Motorsports[]

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

Olympic and Paralympian athletes[]

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

Wrestling[]

Golf[]

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

Other sports[]

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

See also[]

• List of Mexican Americans
• List of Mexican British people

References[]