List of places in Mexico named after people

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There are a number of places in Mexico named after famous people.

Aguascalientes[]

  • Adolfo López Mateos (Aguascalientes) – Adolfo López Mateos
  • Calvillo – José Calvillo (founder)
  • Cosío – Felipe Cosío, Governor
  • Pabellón de Arteaga – José María Artega, 19th century national hero
  • Pabellón de Hidalgo (Aguascalientes) – Miguel Hidalgo
  • San Francisco de los Romo – Francis of Assisi
  • San José de Gracia, Aguascalientes – Joseph Villaseñor, son of Ferdinand VII of Spain
  • Villa Juárez (Aguascalientes) – Benito Juárez
  • Villa Jesús Terán (Aguascalientes) – Jesús Terán Peredo (governor)

Baja California[]

Baja California Sur[]

Campeche[]

  • Alfredo V. Bonfil (Campeche) – Alfredo Vladimir Bonfil, a Peasant leader
  • Bolonchén de Rejón – Manuel Crescencio García Rejón (1799–1849), jurist
  • Emiliano Zapata (Campeche) – Emiliano Zapata
  • Escárcega – Francisco Escarcega Marquez (1896–1938), a native from Tlaxcala who fought in a revolution
  • Ingeniero Eugenio Echeverría Castellot (Calakmul, Campeche) – Eugenio Echeverría Castellot (1918–1999), governor of Campeche
  • Iturbide (Campeche) – Agustín de Iturbide
  • Juárez (Campeche) – Benito Juárez
  • Villa Madero (Campeche) – Francisco I. Madero

Chiapas[]

Chihuahua[]

Coahuila[]

  • Abasolo, Coahuila – Mariano Abasolo
  • Adolfo López Mateos, Coahuila – Adolfo López Mateos, President
  • Allende, Coahuila – Ignacio Allende
  • Arteaga – José María Arteaga Magallanes, Governor of Querétaro (1858)
  • Ciudad Acuña – Manuel Acuña, poet
  • Cuatrocienegas de Carranza – President Venustiano Carranza, who was born in Cuatrocieneagas in 1859
  • Diana Laura Riojas (Coahuila) – Diana Laura Riojas de Colosio (1957–1994), Luis Donaldo Colosio's widow
  • Escobedo, Coahuila – General Mariano Escobedo
  • Francisco I. Madero, Coahuila – Francisco I. Madero, President
  • Flores Magon, Coahuila – Ricardo Flores Magón, Jesús Flores Magón and Enrique Flores Magón
  • General Cepeda – Victoriano Cepeda Camacho, (1826–1892), a general and a governor of Coahuila
  • Guerrero, Coahuila – Vicente Guerrero, President
  • Hidalgo, Coahuila – Miguel Hidalgo
  • Jiménez, Coahuila – José Mariano Jiménez
  • Juárez Municipality, Coahuila – Benito Juárez, President
  • Lamadrid Municipality, Coahuila – Francisco Lamadrid
  • Lázaro Cárdenas, Coahuila – Lázaro Cárdenas, President
  • Lucio Blanco, Coahuila – Lucio Blanco, revolutionary
  • Matamoros Municipality – Mariano Matamoros (1770–1814), priest and independence leader
  • Monclova – Melchor Portocarrero, 3rd Count of Monclova
  • Morelos Municipality – José María Morelos (1765–1815), priest and independence leader
  • Nava, Coahuila – Pedro de Nava, Commander general of New Spain
  • Ocampo, Coahuila – Melchor Ocampo
  • Ramos Arizpe – Miguel Ramos Arizpe, priest and politician
  • San Buenaventura Municipality, Coahuila – Giovanni di Fidanza (1221–1274), Franciscan scholastic theologian and philosopher
  • San Pedro Municipality, Coahuila – Saint Peter
  • Santa Rosa de Múzquiz – Saint Rose of Lima and Melchor Múzquiz, President
  • Viesca – José María y Viesca, Governor of Coahuila and Nuevo León
  • Zaragoza, Coahuila – Ignacio Zaragoza

Colima[]

  • Arturo Noriega Pizano – Prof. Arturo Noriega Pizano (1915–1994), governor of Colima
  • Cuauhtémoc, Colima – Cuauhtémoc
  • Madrid, Colima – the Madrid family who are owners on their place at a time
  • Venustiano Carranza – Venustiano Carranza, President
  • Villa de Álvarez – General Manuel Álvarez, first governor

Durango[]

  • Adolfo López Mateos (Aguinaldo) – Adolfo López Mateos
  • Arturo Martinez Adame, Durango – Arturo Martinez Adame (1896–1970), lawyer and politician
  • Canelas, Durango – Captain Mateo Canelas
  • Ciudad Guadalupe Victoria and Victoria de Durango – Guadalupe Victoria, First President
  • Ciudad Lerdo – Miguel Lerdo de Tejada
  • Coneto de Comonfort – Ignacio Comonfort
  • Domingo Arrieta – General Domingo Arrieta León, Mexican general and statesman
  • Dr. Francisco Castillo Nájera – Francisco Castillo Nájera, diplomat and politician
  • Francisco I. Madero, Durango – Francisco I. Madero, President of Mexico
  • General Simón Bolívar – Simón Bolívar, South American liberator
  • Gómez Palacio, Durango – Francisco Gómez Palacio, writer
  • José Ramón Valdés – Prof. José Ramón Valdés (1888–1975), politician
  • Ocampo Municipality – Melchor Ocampo
  • Pastor Rouaix – Pastor Rouaix (1874–1950), politician
  • Raul Madero – General Raul Madero (1888–1982), a former President's brother
  • San Bernardo Municipality, Durango – Bernard of Corleone (1605-1667)
  • San Juan de Guadalupe – Saint John the Baptist and Our Lady of Guadalupe
  • San Juan del Río del Centauro del Norte, Durango – Pancho Villa
  • San Luis del Cordero – Don Luis del Cordero (Founder)
  • San Pedro del Gallo Municipality – Saint Peter
  • Santa Clara Municipality, Durango – Clare of Assisi (1194-1253)
  • Santiago Papasquiaro Municipality – James the Great
  • Tlahualilo de Zaragoza – Ignacio Zaragoza
  • Vicente Guerrero, Durango – Vicente Guerrero
  • Villa Hidalgo, Durango – Miguel Hidalgo
  • Villa Ocampo, Durango – Melchor Ocampo

Guanajuato[]

  • Abasolo, Guanajuato – Mariano Abasolo
  • Álvaro Obregón – Álvaro Obregón
  • Ciudad Manuel Doblado – Manuel Doblado, liberal politician, governor (1854–1858 and 1860–1861), Minister of Foreign Affairs (1861)
  • Colonia Juan José Torres Landa – Juan José Torres Landa (1911 -1980), Governor of Guanajuato
  • Comonfort – Ignacio Comonfort, President of Mexico
  • Cortazar, Guanajuato – Luis Cortazar y Rabago
  • Doctor Mora – José María Luis Mora Lamadrid, father of the Mexican liberalism
  • Dolores Hidalgo – Miguel Hidalgo
  • Ocampo, Guanajuato – Melchor Ocampo
  • Purísima del Bustos – Hermenegildo Bustos, painter
  • San Diego de la Unión – James, brother of Jesus
  • San Felipe, Guanajuato – King Philip II of Spain
  • San Francisco del Rincón – Saint Francis
  • San José Iturbide – Saint Joseph and Agustín de Iturbide, Emperor of Mexico (1822-1823)
  • San Miguel de Allende – Ignacio Allende
  • Santa Catarina, Guanajuato – Catherine of Alexandria
  • Santa Cruz de Juventino Rosas – Juventino Rosas, musician
  • Santiago Maravatío – James the Great
  • Villagrán, Guanajuato – Julián Villagran

Guerrero[]

Hidalgo[]

  • Free and Sovereign State of Hidalgo – Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, (1753–1811), leader of the Mexican independence movement
  • Cuautepec de Hinojosa – Pedro de Hinojosa
  • Emiliano Zapata, Hidalgo – Emiliano Zapata
  • Francisco I. Madero Municipality, Hidalgo – Francisco I. Madero, President
  • Huasca de Ocampo, Tepeji del Río de Ocampo – Melchor Ocampo
  • Huejutla de Reyes – Antonio Reyes Cabrera (1831–1866)
  • Javier Rojo Gómez (Hidalgo) – Lic. Javier Rojo Gómez, Governor of Hidalgo
  • Manuel Ávila Camacho (Hidalgo) – Manuel Ávila Camacho, President
  • Nicolás Flores, Hidalgo – General Nicolás Flores Rubio (1873–1934)
  • Omitlán de Juárez, Juárez, Hidalgo, Zapotlán de Juárez – Benito Juárez, President
  • Pachuca de Soto – Manuel Fernando Soto, lawyer
  • Progreso de Obregón – Álvaro Obregón, President
  • San Agustín Tlaxiaca – Augustine of Hippo
  • San Bartolo Tutotepec – Bartholomew the Apostle
  • San Salvador, Hidalgo – Jesus
  • Santiago de Anaya and Santiago Tulantepec – James the Great
  • Tenango de Doria – Juan Cristodomo Doria, first governor
  • Tezontepec de Aldama – Juan Aldama
  • Tula de Allende – Ignacio Allende
  • Tulantepec de Lugo Guerrero – José Lugo Guerrero (1897–1980), Governor
  • Zacualtipan de Ángeles – General Felipe Ángeles
  • Zapotlán de Juárez – Benito Juárez

Jalisco[]

Mexico (state)[]

Mexico City[]

Álvaro Obregón[]

  • Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City – Álvaro Obregón, who was assassinated in that area in 1928
  • Abraham M. González – Abraham González, former governor of Chihuahua (1912–1913)[5]
  • Alfonso XIII – Alfonso XIII, king of Spain (1886–1931)
  • Francisco Villa – Pancho Villa, leader of División del Norte (1913–1920)
  • Galeana – Hermenegildo Galeana, (1762–1814), hero of the Mexican War of Independence
  • Hidalgo and Miguel Hidalgo – Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753–1811), Father of the Nation
  • José María Pino Suárez – José María Pino Suárez, (1869–1913), Vice President of Mexico (1911–1913)
  • Margarita Masa de Juárez – Margarita Maza (1826–1871), First Lady of Mexico (1858–1864 and 1867–1871)
  • Mártires de Tacubaya – The soldiers and civilians who were shot as a result of their defeat in the Battle of Tacubaya on April 11, 1859.
  • Merced Gómez – Merced Gomez, Sr., bullfighter (1884–1923)
  • Ponciano Arriaga – José Ponciano Arriaga Mejía (1811–1865), lawyer and radical liberal politician
  • Reacomodo Valentín Gómez Farías – Valentín Gómez Farías, five-time President of Mexico (1830s, 1846–1847)

Azcapotzalco[]

  • U. H. Francisco Villa – Pancho Villa
  • U. H. Lázaro Cárdenas – Lázaro Cárdenas, President of Mexico (1934–1940)
  • U. H. Lerdo de Tejada – Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, President of Mexico (1872–1876)
  • U. H. Miguel Hidalgo – Miguel Hidalgo
  • U. H. Rosendo Salazar – Rosendo Salazar Álamo (1888–1971), journalist and writer, promoter of organized labor

Benito Juárez[]

Coyoacán[]

  • Adolfo Ruiz Cortines – Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, President (1952–1958)
  • Emiliano Zapata – Emiliano Zapata Salazar (1879–1919), leader of the Liberation Army of the South
  • Espartaco – Spartacus (c. 111–71 BC), gladiator who led a slave rebellion against the Roman Republic (73–71 BC)
  • Nueva Díaz Ordaz – Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, President (1964–1970)

Cuajimalpa[]

Cuauhtémoc[]

Gustavo A. Madero[]

  • Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City – Gustavo Adolfo Madero González (1875–1913), Francisco I. Madero's brother

Miguel Hidalgo[]

  • Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City – Miguel Hidalgo

Venustiano Carranza[]

  • Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City – Venustiano Carranza, leader of the Constitutional Army during the Revolution, Head of State (1914–1916) and President of Mexico (1916–1920)
  • Colonia Valle Gómez – Modesto del Valle and Rafael B. Gomez, real estate developers (1890s)

Michoacán[]

Morelos[]

State
Municipalities and municipal seats
  • Ciudad Ayala – Francisco Ayala (1760–1812), independence leader
  • Emiliano Zapata, Morelos (previously called San Francisco Zacualpan and San Vicente Zacualpan) – Emiliano Zapata (1879–1919), revolutionary general (Francis of Assisi (1182–1226) and Saint Vincent)
  • Santo Domingo Hueyapan – Saint Dominic
  • Jantetelco de Matamoros – Mariano Matamoros (1770–1814), priest and independence leader
  • Jojutla de Juárez – Benito Juárez (1806–1872), president (1858–1872)
  • Jonacatepec de Leondro Valle – Leandro Valle Martínez (1833–1861), general and liberal politician
  • Tlaltizapán de Zapata – Emiliano Zapata
  • Totolapan de Montes de Oca – Fernando de Montes de Oca (c. 1830–1847), one of the Niños Héroes
  • Yautepec de Zaragoza – Ignacio Zaragoza (1829–1862), led the defense in the Battle of Puebla (1862)
  • Zacatepec of Hidalgo – Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753–1811), priest and Father of the Nation
Colonies, neighborhoods, and towns
  • Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, Cuernavaca – Adolfo Ruiz Cortines (1889–1973), president (1952–1958) PRI Party (Mexico).svg PRI
  • Amatlán de Quetzalcóatl, Tepoztlán – Quetzalcoatl, prehispanic god
  • Antonio Barona, Cuernavaca – es:Antonio Barona Rojas (1886–1915), revolutionary general
  • Ángel Bocanegra, Tepoztlán – José María Bocanegra, third president (December 1829)[11]
  • Alfredo V. Bonfil, Tlaquiltenango; and Alfredo V. Bonfil, Yautepec – es:Alfredo V. Bonfil (1936–1973), politician and peasant leader
  • Benito Juárez, Cuernavaca – Benito Juárez
  • Diego Ruiz, Zapata – General Diego Ruiz, who was killed in a battle in 1915
  • Dr. José G. Parres, Jiutepec – José G. Parres (1888–1949), politician
  • Emiliano Zapata, Zacualpan – Emiliano Zapata
  • Felipe Neri, Tlalnepantla – Felipe Neri (1884–1914), revolutionary general
  • Gloria Almada de Bejarano, Cuernavaca – es:Gloria Bejarano Almada (b. 1952), Costa Rican politician and First Lady of Costa Rica (1990–1994)
  • Guadalupe Victoria, Zacualpan – Guadalupe Victoria (1786–1843), first president (1824–1829)
  • López Mateos, Cuautla and Adolfo López Mateos, Cuernavaca – Adolfo López Mateos (1909–1969), president (1958–1964) PRI Party (Mexico).svg PRI
  • José López Portillo, Cuernavaca – José López Portillo (1920–2004), president (1976–1982) PRI Party (Mexico).svg PRI
  • Juan Morales, Yecapixtla – Juan Esteban Morales, general who led the defense during the Battle of Veracruz in 1914[12]
  • Margarita Maza de Juárez, Cuernavaca – Margarita Maza (1826–1871), First Lady of Mexico (1858–1864 and 1867–1871)[13]
  • Mariano Escobedo, Zacualpan – Mariano Escobedo (1826–1902), liberal general
  • Narciso Mendoza and Niño Artillero, Cuautla – es:Narciso Mendoza (1800–1888), eleven-year-old soldier during the Siege of Cuautla
  • Otilio Montaño, Cuautla, and Otilio Montaño, Jiutepec – Otilio Montaño Sánchez (1887–1917), revolutionary general[14]
  • Paraíso Montessori, Cuernavaca – Maria Montessori (1870–1952), Italian educator
  • Rancho Cortes – Hernán Cortés (1485–1547), Spanish conquistador and 1st Marquess of the Valley of Oaxaca
  • Ricardo Flores Magón, Cuernavaca – Ricardo Flores Magón (1874–1922), anarchist and social reformer
  • Rodolfo López de Nava, Cuernavaca – Rodolfo López de Nava, Governor of Morelos (1952–1958)
  • Rubén Jaramillo, Temixco – Rubén Jaramillo (1900–1962), peasant leader
  • San Antón Analco, Cuernavaca – Anthony of Padua (1195–1231), Franciscan priest and friar
  • San Lorenzo Chamilpa, Cuernavaca – Saint Lawrence (AD 225-258)
  • San Nicolás Galeana, Zacatepec – Hermenegildo Galeana (1762–1814), independence leader
  • Santa María Ahuacatitlán – Mary
  • Shaya Michan, Xoxocotla – Shaya Michan, naturalist doctor[15]
  • Tres Marias, Huitzilac – The Three Marys present at the Crucifixion
  • Valle de Vázquez and Lorenzo Vázquez, Tlalnepantla – es:Lorenzo Vázquez Herrera (1879–1917), revolutionary general
  • Vicente Estrada Cajigal, Cuernavaca – Vicente Estrada Cajigal, first modern governor (1930–1932)
  • Vicente Guerrero, Cuernavaca – Vicente Guerrero (1782–1831), independence leader and second president (1829)
  • Villa Nicolás Zapata, Totolapan – es:Nicolás Zapata Aguilar (1906–1979), politician PRI Party (Mexico).svg PRI
Other
  • Benito Juárez, Xochitepec – Benito Juárez
  • Cliserio Alanís, San Gaspar, Jiutepec – Cliserio Alanís, revolutionary general; Caspar, one of the Three Kings
  • Estadio Agustín "Coruco" Díaz – Agustín "Coruco" Díaz (1935–1960), soccer player[16]
  • Estadio Isidro Gil Tapia – Isidro Gil Tapia, soccer player[17]
  • Estadio Mariano Matamoros – Mariano Matamoros
  • Francisco Villa, Xochitepec – Pancho Villa (1878–1923), general, leader of División del Norte
  • General Mariano Matamoros Airport – Mariano Matamoros
  • , Cuernavaca – José de la Borda (c. 1699–1778), a miner in Taxco, New Spain
  • La Hacienda de San Gabriel Las Palmas, Amacuzac – Archangel Gabriel
  • La hacienda de Santa Lucía, Temoac – Saint Lucy
  • Melchor Ocampo park, Cuernavaca – Melchor Ocampo (1814–1861), liberal politician[18]
  • Miguel Hidalgo, Xochitepec – Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
  • Nueva Morelos, Xochitepec – José María Morelos
  • San José Vista Hermosa (ex-hacienda), Jojutla – Saint Joseph
  • Siqueiros park, Cuernavaca – David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896–1974), muralist[18]
  • Unidad Deportiva Fidel Velázquez, Cuernavaca – Fidel Velázquez Sánchez (1900–1997), union leader

Nayarit[]

  • El Nayar – Tribal chief, Nayar
  • Ruiz, Nayarit – Mariano Ruiz Montanez (1846–1932), soldier
  • Salvador Allende (Nayarit) – Dr. Salvador Allende, Chilean president who visited in Mexico in 1972
  • San Blas, Nayarit – Saint Blaise
  • San Pedro Lagunillas – Saint Peter
  • Santa María del Oro, Nayarit – Mary
  • Santiago Ixcuintla – James the Great (died AD 44)
  • Villa Hidalgo (Nayarit) – Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753-1811), Father of the Nation
  • Villa Juárez, Nayarit – Benito Juárez, liberal president (1858-1872)

Nuevo León[]

Oaxaca[]

Acatlán to Rojas de Cuauhtémoc[]

San Agustín to San Simón[]

  • San Agustín Amatengo and seven other municipalities named San Agustín – Augustine of Hippo (354–430), bishop, theologian and father of the Latin Catholic Church.
  • San Andrés Cabecera Nueva and 14 other municipalities named San Andrés – Andrew the Apostle
  • San Antonino Castillo Velasco – Anthony of Padua and José María Castillo Velasco, who was born here in 1820 and who played important roles in the Reform War and French intervention in Mexico
  • San Antonino El Alto and seven other municipalities named San Antonino – Saint Anthony of Padua
  • San Baltazar Chichicapam and two other municipalities named San Baltazar – Balthazar, one of the biblical Magi (Three Wise Men)
  • San Bartolo Coyotepec and two other municipalities named San Bartolo – Bartholomew the Apostle
  • San Bartolomé Ayautla and four other municipalities named San Bartolomé – Bartholomew the Apostle
  • San Blas Atempa – Saint Blaise
  • San Carlos Yautepec – Saint Charles
  • San Cristóbal Amatlán and three other municipalities named San Cristóbal – Saint Christopher
  • San Dionisio del Mar and three other municipalities named San Dionisio – Pope Dionysius (AD 259–268)
  • San Esteban Atatlahuca – Saint Stephen (AD 5–34), first Christian martyr
  • San Felipe Jalapa de Díaz – Philip the Apostle and Porfirio Díaz, president seven times (1877–1880 and 1884–1911)
  • San Felipe Tejalapam and San Felipe Usila – Philip the Apostle
  • San Francisco Cahuacúa and 15 other municipalities named San Francisco – Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan Order
  • San Ildefonso Amatlán, San Ildefonso Sola, and San Ildefonso Villa Alta – Saint Ildefonsus (AD 607–667), archbishop of Toledo, Spain
  • San Jacinto Amilpas and San Jacinto Tlacotepec – Saint Hyacinth, a Roman martyr
  • San Jerónimo Coatlán and five other municipalities named San Jerónimo – Saint Jerome (c. 345–420), priest who translated the Bible into Latin
  • San Jorge Nuchita – Saint George (d. AD 303), soldier immortalized in the legend of Saint George and the Dragon
  • San José Ayuquila and eight other municipalities named San José – Saint Joseph
  • San Juan Achiutla and 40 other municipalities named San Juan – Saint John
  • San Juan Bautista Atatlahuca and ten other municipalities named San Juan Bautista – John the Baptist
  • San Lorenzo, Oaxaca and nine other municipalities named San Lorenzo – Saint Lawrence (AD 225–258), deacon of Rome
  • San Lucas Camotlán, San Lucas Ojitlán, San Lucas Zoquiapam – Luke the Evangelist
  • San Luis Amatlán – Saint Louis IX of France
  • San Marcial Ozolotepec – es:Marcial de Limoges (d. AD 273), bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Limoges
  • San Marcos Arteaga – Mark the Evangelist
  • San Martín de los Cansecos and seven other municipalities named San Martín – Saint Martin of Braga (c. 520–580), archbishop of Bracara Augusta in Gallaecia
  • San Mateo Cajonos and seven other municipalities named San Mateo – Matthew the Apostle
  • San Melchor Betaza – Melchor, one of the Biblical Magi
  • San Nicolás, Oaxaca and San Nicolás Hidalgo – Saint Nicholas and Miguel Hidalgo
  • San Pablo Coatlán and eight other municipalities named San Pablo – Paul the Apostle
  • San Pedro Amuzgos and 36 other municipalities named San Pedro – Saint Peter, apostle and first pope
  • San Pedro y San Pablo Ayutla, San Pedro y San Pablo Teposcolula, San Pedro y San Pablo Tequixtepec – Saints Peter and Paul
  • San Raymundo Jalpan – Raymond of Fitero, monk and founder of the Order of Calatrava
  • San Sebastián Abasolo and seven other municipalities named San Sebastián – Saint Sebastian, early martyr
  • San Simón Almolongas and San Simón Zahuatlán – Simon the Zealot

Santa Ana to Zimatlán de Álvarez[]

Puebla[]

Acatlán to Rafael Lara Grajales[]

  • Acatlán de Osorio – Joaquín Osorio
  • Acatzingo de Hidalgo – Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753–1811), initiator of the Mexican War of Independence
  • Albino Zertuche and Acaxtlahuacán de Albino Zertuche – Albino Zertuche
  • Ayotoxco de Guerrero, Totoltepec de Guerrero, Vicente Guerrero, Puebla – Vicente Guerrero (1782–1831), leader of the Mexican War of Independence and 2nd president (1829)
  • Cañada Morelos Municipality and Morelos Cañada – José María Morelos (1765–1815), leader of the Mexican War of Independence
  • Carmen Serdán – Carmen Serdán, a Mexican Revolutionary heroine
  • Ciudad Serdán – Aquiles Serdán leader of the Mexican Revolution
  • Cuapiaxtla de Madero – Francisco I. Madero (1873–1913), initiator of the Mexican Revolution and president (1911-1913)
  • Domingo Arenas – Revolutionary Domingo Arenas (1888–1916)
  • Emilio Portes Gil (Puebla) – Emilio Portes Gil, President of Mexico (1928–1930)
  • Francisco Z. Mena – Francisco Zacarias Mena (1841–1910), general
  • General Felipe Ángeles – Felipe Ángeles (1868–1919), Revolutionary general
  • Guadalupe Victoria, Puebla – Guadalupe Victoria (1786–1843), general and first president (1824–1829)
  • Hermenegildo Galeana, Puebla, Tuzamapan de Galeana – Hermenegildo Galeana (1762–1814), general in the War of Independence
  • Huitzilan de Serdán – Aquiles Serdán (1876–1910), Maderista Mexican politician and revolutionary from Puebla who took part in the first action of the Mexican Revolution
  • Izúcar de Matamoros (municipality) – Mariano Matamoros (1770–1814), Lieutenant general who won the Battle of Izúcar in the War of Independence
  • Juan C. Bonilla (municipality) – Juan Crisóstomo Bonilla
  • Juan Galindo (municipality) – Juan Galindo (1840–1888), liberal coronel born in Cuacuila, Puebla, who led the Batalion of Huauchinango at the Battle of Puebla
  • Juan N. Méndez (municipality), Zapotitlán de Méndez – Juan N. Méndez, liberal general, governor of Puebla (1863, 1867), Porfiriast, president (1876–1877)
  • Rafael J. García – Rafael J. García, liberal politician[24]
  • Lafragua – José María Lafragua (1813–1875), liberal lawyer born in Puebla (city)
  • La Magdalena Tlatlauquitepec – Mary Magdalene
  • Nicolás Bravo (municipality), Palmar de Bravo, Xayacatlán de Bravo – Nicolás Bravo (1786–1854), general during the Mexican–American War and president (1839, 1842–1843, 1846)
  • Rafael Lara Grajales – Rafael Lara Grajales, a revolutionary who was assassinated in 1933

San Andrés to Santo Tomás[]

Tepango de Rodriguez to Xochitlan[]

Querétaro[]

Quintana Roo[]

San Luis Potosí[]

Sinaloa[]

  • Adolfo Ruiz Cortines (Sinaloa) – President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
  • Alfonso G. Calderón (Sinaloa) – Alfonso Calderón Velarde (1913–1990), Governor of Sinaloa
  • Escuinapa de Hidalgo – Miguel Hidalgo
  • Gabriel Leyva Solano, (Sinaloa) – Gabriel Leyva Solano (1871–1910), promartyr
  • Juan José Ríos, Sinaloa – General Juan José Ríos (1882–1954), revolutionary
  • Miguel Alemán (Sinaloa) – Miguel Alemán Valdés
  • Salvador Alvarado – Salvador Alvarado, revolutionary
  • San Ignacio Municipality, Sinaloa – Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556), founder of the Society of Jesus
  • Sinaloa de Leyva – Gabriel Leyva Solano

Sonora[]

  • Adolfo Oribe de Alva – Ing. Adolfo Orive Alba (1907–2000), Mexican engineer
  • Alejandro Carrillo Marcor (Sonora) – Alejandro Carrillo Marcor (1908–1998), Governor of Sonora
  • Benjamín Hill, Sonora – Benjamín G. Hill (1874–1920), military leader during the Mexican Revolution
  • Cajeme Municipality – Cajemé (1835–1887), Yaqui indian rebel
  • Campodónico (Sonora) – Rodolfo Campodónico, compositor
  • Carbó – José Guillermo Carbó, military commander
  • Ciudad Obregón – Álvaro Obregón, president (1920–1924)
  • Emiliano Zapata (Sonora) – Emiliano Zapata (1879–1919), military leader during the Mexican Revolution
  • Hermosillo – José María González Hermosillo
  • Magdalena de Kino – Father Eusebio Kino (1645–1711), Jesuit, missionary and explorer
  • Miguel Alemán (Sonora) – Miguel Alemán Valdés, president (1946–1952)
  • Moctezuma, Sonora – Moctezuma Xocoyotzin (1466–1520), ninth tlatoani (ruler) of the Aztec Empire (1502 or 1503–1520)
  • Nacozari de García – Jesús García (1881–1907), railroad brakeman who died while preventing a train loaded with dynamite from exploding near Nacozari
  • Plutarco Elías Calles, Sonora – Plutarco Elías Calles, president (1924–1928)
  • Rayón, Sonora – Ignacio López Rayón (1773–1832), general during the Mexican War of Independence
  • San Felipe de Jesús Municipality – Philip of Jesus (1572–1597), priest and martyr, first Mexican saint
  • San Ignacio Río Muerto Municipality – Ignatius of Loyola, co-founder of the Society of Jesus
  • San Javier Municipality, Sonora – Francis Xavier (1506–1552), co-founder of the Society of Jesus
  • San Luis Río Colorado Municipality – Louis IX of France
  • San Pedro de la Cueva Municipality – Saint Peter
  • Santa Ana Municipality, Sonora – Saint Anne, grandmother of Jesus
  • Villa Hidalgo, Sonora – Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753–1811), Father of the Nation
  • Villa Juárez, Sonora – Benito Pablo Juárez García (1806-1872), liberal president during the Reform War and Second French intervention in Mexico
  • Villa Pesqueira – Ignacio Pesqueira Garcia

Tabasco[]

  • Benito Juárez (Macuspana) – Benito Juárez, president (1858–1872)
  • Cárdenas, Tabasco – José Eduardo de Cárdenas (1765–1821) priest, theologian, and politician
  • Carlos A. Madrazo (Tabasco) – Carlos A. Madrazo (1915–1969), governor (1959–1964)
  • Carlos Pellicer Cámara (Tabasco) - Carlos Pellicer Cámara, poet
  • Carlos Rovirosa (Tulipán) – Carlos Rovirosa (1901–1930), an aviator pilot
  • Ejido Gustavo Diaz Ordaz (Tabasco) – Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, president
  • Emiliano Zapata Municipality, Tabasco – Emiliano Zapata, revolutionary general
  • Francisco J. Santamaria (Jalapa) – Francisco Javier Santamaria (1886–1963), governor
  • Jalpa de Méndez – Coronel Gregorio Mendez Magana, who fought against the Second French intervention in Mexico
  • Luis Gil Pérez (Tabasco) – Professor Luis Gil Pérez (1871–1911)
  • Sánchez Magallanes – Coronel Andrés Sánchez Magallanes, a leader in the French Intervention in Mexico
  • Tenosique de Pino Suárez – José María Pino Suárez, Vice President of Mexico under Francisco I. Madero (1911–1913)
  • Venustiano Carranza (Tabasco) – Venustiano Carranza, president (1916–1920)

Tamaulipas[]

Tlaxcala[]

Veracruz[]

Alto Lucero to Mixtla[]

Naolinco to Zontecomatlán[]

Yucatán[]

  • Lázaro Cárdenas – Lázaro Cárdenas, president (1934–1940)
  • Motul de Carrillo Puerto – Felipe Carrillo Puerto, governor (1922–1924)
  • Quintana Roo Municipality – Andrés Quintana Roo (1787–1851), writer, leader of the Mexican War of Independence, liberal politician
  • San Felipe Municipality, Yucatán – Philip the Apostle
  • Santa Elena Municipality – Helena, mother of Constantine I (AD c. 247 – c. 330)
  • Suma de Hidalgo – Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (d. 1811), initiator of the War of Independence
  • Tekax de Álvaro Obregón – Álvaro Obregón (1880–1928), president (1920–1924) and President-elect whenhe was assassinated in 1928

Zacatecas[]

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