20.6767° N, 103.3475° W
GUADALAJARA
Most Famous People Born in Guadalajara, Mexico
- Notable people
- 957
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1972
- Most distinctive
- Wrestler 14.6×
Jalisco's capital runs on combat sports: Wrestler at 14.6× and Boxer at 10.3× the global baseline, numbers that put it among the hardest-punching cities anywhere. It's also the cradle of mariachi and tequila, though the city's rawest export may be the lucha libre mask.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Guadalajara during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Guadalajara Is Known For
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Football is Guadalajara's biggest profession — 41% of all notables (388).
Guadalajara over-indexes on wrestler — 14.6× the global rate.
Guadalajara under-produces painter — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Guadalajara's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Vicente Leñero
1933 - 2014
Jorge Rivero
Born 1938
Enrique Álvarez Félix
1934 - 1996
María Victoria
Born 1933
Hugo Gutiérrez Vega
1934 - 2015
Tomás Balcázar
1931 - 2020
Antonio Palafox
Born 1936
Salvador Reyes Monteón
1936 - 2012
Marco Antonio Muñiz
Born 1933
Jesús del Muro
Born 1937
José Villegas
Born 1934
Bárbara Gil
1930 - 2015
Héctor Hernández
1935 - 1984
Guillermo Sepúlveda
Born 1934
Sergio García Ramírez
Born 1938
Ignacio Jáuregui
Born 1938
Raúl Arellano
1935 - 1997
Crescencio Gutiérrez
Born 1933
Alfredo Torres
Born 1931
Gabriel Flores
1930 - 1993
Enrique Bostelmann
1939 - 2003
José Becerra
1936 - 2016
Arturo Chaires
1937 - 2020
Francisco Flores (Mexican footballer)
1933 - 1986
Álvaro Gaxiola
1937 - 2003
Margarita Cordova
Born 1939
José Mercado
1938 - 2013
Javier Arevalo
1937 - 2020
Huberto Batis
1934 - 2018
Laura Urdapilleta
1932 - 2008
Guillermo Fernández García
1932 - 2012
Sabás Ponce
Born 1937
Guillermo García Oropeza
Born 1937
Felipe Tejeda García
1935 - 2018
Héctor Pérez Plazola
1933 - 2015
Raúl Arellano Gallo
Born 1939
Jose Manuel Gomez Vazquez Aldana
Born 1937
Álvaro Tarcicio
1934 - 1999
Gabriel Covarrubias Ibarra
1930 - 2018
Jesús Ponce
Born 1930
Samuel Joaquín Flores
1937 - 2014
Pedro Nuño
Born 1931
Ignacio Salas Gallardo
Born 1938
Sergio Pacheco Otero
Born 1934
Kenneth O. Hill
Born 1939
Víctor Luna
1931 - 1986
Juan Bosco
Born 1935
Javier Peregrina
Born 1932
Antonio Cuéllar
Born 1937
Gabriel Martín del Campo
Born 1938
José Dumbo Rodríguez
1939 - 2015