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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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- Filtered to 1940s Clear ×
Vicente Fernández
Born 1940
Susana Dosamantes
Born 1948
Juan Ferrara
Born 1943
Ignacio Calderón
Born 1943
Javier Valdivia
Born 1941
Claudio Báez
1948 - 2017
Javier Vargas (footballer)
Born 1941
Alejandro Colunga
Born 1948
Felipe Ruvalcaba
1941 - 2019
Ernesto Cisneros
Born 1940
Francisco Jara
Born 1941
Rodolfo González (boxer)
Born 1945
Gloria Careaga Pérez
Born 1947
Xavier Marc
Born 1948
Sergio Salvador Aguirre Anguiano
1943 - 2020
Gilda Cruz-Romo
Born 1940
Francisco H. Vázquez
Born 1949
Humberto Medina (footballer)
1942 - 2011
Jaime López Salazar
1949 - 1974
Gilberto Rodríguez Rivera
Born 1943
Juan Humberto Gutiérrez Valencia
Born 1941
Hans Friessen
Born 1949
José Hernández-Claire
Born 1949
Hugo Salcedo
Born 1946
Alfonso Dantés
1943 - 2008
Alberto Onofre
Born 1947
Gabriel Jiménez Remus
1940 - 2016
Black Man (wrestler)
Born 1949
Gabriela Araujo
Born 1949
Ignacio Sevilla
1941 - 2016
Aurelio Martínez Flóres
1948 - 1969
Oscar Campos Contreras
Born 1947
Carlos Calderón
Born 1943
Gregorio Villalobos
Born 1944
Arturo Jáuregui
Born 1943
José Antonio Valdivia
Born 1943
Raúl Mata
1947 - 2018
Ramon Gonzalez Jr.
Born 1947
Jaque Mate (wrestler)
Born 1948
Carlos Rivera Aceves
Born 1945
Jorge Ruiz Dueñas
Born 1946
Román Rivera Torres
Born 1945
Jaime Rivera
Born 1949
Guillermo Ramírez Godoy
Born 1943
Severo de Sales
Born 1940
Jesús Toscano
Born 1943
José Luis Herrera
1949 - 2005
Leonel Sandoval Figueroa
Born 1949
Pilar Bordes
Born 1948
Jesús Mendoza Rivas
Born 1942
Carmen Castañeda
1941 - 2007
María Guadalupe Salazar
Born 1943
Tomás Vázquez Vigil
Born 1944
Raúl "Güero" Navarro
1942 - 2019
Roberto Marrufo Torres
Born 1949
Martha Cerda
Born 1945
Pepe Delgado
Born 1948
José García Ortiz
1949 - 2012
Rodolfo Jáuregui
1943 - 2003