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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.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Guadalajara during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 190 notable births.

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.

  1. Football388
  2. Politician81
  3. Actor70
  4. Wrestler45
  5. Boxer39
  6. Writer25
  7. Singer20
  8. Sport19
  1. Wrestler4514.6×
  2. Boxer3910.3×
  3. Football3883.7×
  1. Painter140.6×

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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0019 AUTHOR

Don Miguel Ruiz

Born 1952

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0057 FOOTBALL

Fernando Quirarte

Born 1956

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0074 FILM

Jorge Vergara

1955 - 2019

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0085 SINGER

Guadalupe Pineda

Born 1955

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0100 ACTOR

Margarita Sanz

Born 1954

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0136 FOOTBALL

José Luis Real

Born 1952

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0155 SCHOLAR

Rossana Reguillo

Born 1955

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0167 POLITICIAN

Beatriz Pagés Rebollar

Born 1954

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0176 ACTOR

Alfredo Adame

Born 1958

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0179 WRITER

Eusebio Ruvalcaba

1951 - 2017

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0214 LAWYER

Arturo Zamora Jiménez

Born 1956

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0223 WRESTLER

Mando Guerrero

Born 1952

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0235 ACTOR

Tonita Castro

1953 - 2016

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0248 FOOTBALL

Efren Herrera

Born 1951

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0288 BOXER

Jorge Vaca

Born 1959

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0291 FOOTBALL

Jesús Bracamontes

Born 1951

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0307 POLITICIAN

Zeferino Torreblanca

Born 1954

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0315 BOXER

Pedro Flores (boxer)

Born 1951

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0343 BANK

Maria Contreras-Sweet

Born 1955

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0344 FOOTBALL

Héctor Brambila

Born 1950

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0357 POLITICIAN

Francisco Javier Mayorga Castañeda

Born 1951

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0387 SINGER

Evita (actress)

Born 1956

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0399 BOXER

Antonio Avelar

Born 1958

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0400 ACTOR

Toño Infante

Born 1954

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0407 PAINTER

Gabriel Macotela

Born 1954

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0425 PAINTER

Enrique Guzmán (pintor)

1952 - 1986

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0439 WRESTLER

El Satánico

Born 1959

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0456 WRESTLER

El Texano

1958 - 2006

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0477 FOOTBALL

Enrique Vázquez del Mercado

1950 - 2011

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0479 WRESTLER

Black Terry

Born 1952

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0486 WRESTLER

El Signo

Born 1954

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0489 BASEBALL

Luis Gómez (baseball)

Born 1951

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0496 PROFESSEUR

Guillermo Orozco

Born 1954

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0501 FOOTBALL

Octavio Muciño

1950 - 1974

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0506 POLITICIAN

Gerardo Solís Gómez

Born 1957

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0512 FOOTBALL

Javier Ledesma

Born 1958

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0522 FOOTBALL

José Gutiérrez Fernández

1958 - 2017

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0530 POLITICIAN

José Trinidad Padilla

Born 1957

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0531 POLITICIAN

Héctor Larios Córdova

Born 1954

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0543 POLITICIAN

Angélica de la Peña Gómez

Born 1954

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0556 POLITICIAN

Sergio García de Alba

Born 1955

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0564 FOOTBALL

Ricardo Pérez (Fußballspieler, Mexiko)

Born 1958

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0573 FOOTBALL

Raúl Gómez

Born 1950

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0574 FOOTBALL

Luis Gilberto Plascencia

Born 1957

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0576 ARCHITECT

Juan Palomar Verea

Born 1956

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0579 WRITER

Silvia Quezada

Born 1957

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0623 COMPOSER

Pedro Plascencia Salinas

1956 - 1994

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0644 POET

Ricardo Castillo

Born 1954

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0662 WRESTLER

Gran Markus Jr.

Born 1953

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0692 SINGER

Carlos Hauptvogel

Born 1951

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0699 WRESTLER

Franco Columbo

Born 1953

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0701 POLITICIAN

Roberto López González

Born 1958

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0708 BUSINESS

Jorge Alarcón Collignon

Born 1950

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0711 POLITICIAN

María Esther Scherman

Born 1957

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0718 FOOTBALL

José de Jesús Aceves

Born 1953

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0726 WRITER

Jorge Souza

Born 1950

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0782 MUSIC

José Rizo (DJ)

Born 1956

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0793 SURGEON

Emilio Bitar Alatorre

Born 1951

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0808 POLITICIAN

Carlos Lomelí Bolaños

Born 1959

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0834 POLITICIAN

Rocío García Gaytán

1959 - 2015

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0838 PRIEST

Juan Manuel Muñoz Curiel

Born 1958

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0846 POLITICIAN

Raymundo Gómez Flores

Born 1952

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0852 WRITER

Celina Vázquez

Born 1959

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0854 FOOTBALL

Víctor Manuel Rodríguez

Born 1959

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0871 DANZA

Margarita Tortajada Quiroz

Born 1959

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0882 FOOTBALL

Salvador Navarro

1950 - 2004

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0894 POLITICIAN

Quintín Vázquez García

Born 1955

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0895 POLITICIAN

Salvador Arellano Guzmán

Born 1957

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0906 POLITICIAN

Francisco Javier Saucedo

Born 1955

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0907 POLITICIAN

Leticia Gutiérrez Corona

Born 1951

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0910 POLITICIAN

María Scherman Leaño

Born 1957

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0944 POLITICIAN

Jaime Hernández González

Born 1953

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