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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- Filtered to 1960s Clear ×
Guillermo del Toro
Born 1964
Pedro Fernández (singer)
Born 1969
Daniel Guzmán
Born 1965
José Manuel de la Torre
Born 1965
Javier Hernández (footballer, born 1961)
Born 1961
Ariel López Padilla
Born 1962
Alfonso Sosa
Born 1967
Agustín Moreno
Born 1967
Alejandro Filio
Born 1960
Alberto Macías
Born 1969
Eduardo de la Torre
Born 1962
Luis G. Abbadie
Born 1968
Cecilia Eudave
Born 1968
Salvador Luis Reyes
Born 1968
Rita Guerrero
1964 - 2011
Ricardo Cadena
Born 1969
Gloria Guevara
Born 1967
Atlantis (wrestler)
Born 1962
Juan Calleros
Born 1962
Ney González Sánchez
Born 1963
Octavio Mora
Born 1966
Adriana Díaz Enciso
Born 1964
José María Higareda
Born 1968
Carlos Briones
Born 1968
Marco Treviño
Born 1961
Sergio Pacheco
Born 1965
Trino Camacho
Born 1961
Marcos Covarrubias Villaseñor
Born 1967
Rayo de Jalisco Jr.
Born 1960
José Luis Mata
Born 1966
Bestia Salvaje
1962 - 2008
Néstor de la Torre Menchaca
Born 1963
Paula Santiago
Born 1969
Apolo Dantés
Born 1968
Jorge Humberto Torres
Born 1962
Robert Francis Van Wisse
Born 1965
Mario Zaragoza
Born 1960
Manuel Aguilar-Moreno
Born 1961
Roberto Tamés
Born 1964
Rafael Gutiérrez
Born 1967
Gloria Calzada
Born 1961
Jaime León
Born 1961
Humberto Romero
Born 1964
Mauricio Toussaint
Born 1960
Mario Martínez (boxer)
Born 1965
Marco Antonio Fabián Vázquez
Born 1964
KeMonito
Born 1967
Felipe de Jesús Robles
Born 1969
Marcial Mendoza
Born 1967
José de la Fuente
Born 1966
Darío T. Pie
Born 1962
Willy Salazar
Born 1964
Oscar Castellanos
Born 1968
Juan María Huerta Muro
Born 1962
Jis
Born 1963
Ernesto Villanueva Lomelí
Born 1969
Velia Eguiluz Soto
Born 1965
Laura Almaral
Born 1960
María Corona Nakamura
Born 1964
Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon
Born 1962
Salvador Cosío Gaona
Born 1961
David Hernández Pérez
Born 1960
Nicolás Morales
Born 1966
Teresa Fernández Aceves
Born 1963
Francisco Fierro
Born 1968
Fernando Belmonte
Born 1966
Ernesto Sánchez Barba
Born 1961
Carlos Blackaller
Born 1963
Sergio Vázquez García
Born 1967
Luis Alberto Padilla Velasco
Born 1961
Alfredo Rodríguez Mitoma
Born 1964
Ramón González González
Born 1962
Jaime Aceves Pérez
Born 1961
Celia Isabel Gauna Ruiz
Born 1964
Marcelo García Morales
Born 1969
Felipe Rangel Vargas
Born 1962
Guadalupe Raygoza
Born 1963
Francisco Javier Sánchez Navarro
Born 1962
Rubén Hernández Sánchez
Born 1968
Laura Solórzano
Born 1961