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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Valentín Gómez Farías
1781 - 1858
Bernardo Reyes
1849 - 1913
Ruben Kihuen
Born 1980
Beatriz Pagés Rebollar
Born 1954
Gloria Guevara
Born 1967
Manuel M. Diéguez
1874 - 1924
Ney González Sánchez
Born 1963
Ventura García-Sancho, Marquis of Aguilar de Campoo
1837 - 1914
Zeferino Torreblanca
Born 1954
Francisco Javier Mayorga Castañeda
Born 1951
Jesús López Portillo
1818 - 1901
Aristóteles Sandoval
Born 1974
Enrique Alfaro Ramírez
Born 1973
Remberto Estrada Barba
Born 1988
Marcos Covarrubias Villaseñor
Born 1967
Pedro Kumamoto
Born 1990
María Esther Zuno
1924 - 1999
Gerardo Solís Gómez
Born 1957
Salvador Caro Cabrera
Born 1970
Juan José Baz
1820 - 1887
Héctor Pérez Plazola
1933 - 2015
José Trinidad Padilla
Born 1957
Héctor Larios Córdova
Born 1954
J. M. Lozano
Born 1980
Pedro Ogazón
1824 - 1890
Angélica de la Peña Gómez
Born 1954
Enrique Álvarez del Castillo
1923 - 2006
Sergio García de Alba
Born 1955
Juan Suárez y Navarro
1813 - 1867
Raúl Sánchez Díaz Martell
1915 - 2011
Gustavo González Hernández
Born 1970
Gabriel Covarrubias Ibarra
1930 - 2018
Daniela Chávez Estrada
Born 1993
Guillermo Cosío Vidaurri
1929 - 2019
Miguel Castro Reynoso
Born 1975
Ramon Gonzalez Jr.
Born 1947
Ricardo Villanueva
Born 1978
Roberto López González
Born 1958
María Esther Scherman
Born 1957
José María Martínez Martínez
Born 1972
Ernesto Villanueva Lomelí
Born 1969
Carlos Rivera Aceves
Born 1945
Manuela Sykes
1925 - 2017
Mayela Eugenia Delgadillo Bárcena
Born 1970
Verónica Delgadillo García
Born 1982
Fabiola Pulido Franco
Born 1978
María Corona Nakamura
Born 1964
Carlos Lomelí Bolaños
Born 1959
Salvador Cosío Gaona
Born 1961
Rocío García Gaytán
1959 - 2015
Luis Ángel Espinoza Cházaro
Born 1974
Marcia Alicia Fernández Piña
Born 1980
Raymundo Gómez Flores
Born 1952
Yvette Salazar
Born 1979
Leonel Sandoval Figueroa
Born 1949
David Hernández Pérez
Born 1960
Bertha Lenia Hernández de Ruvalcaba
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Marco Antonio Barba Mariscal
Born 1970
María Guadalupe Salazar
Born 1943
Tomás Vázquez Vigil
Born 1944
Quintín Vázquez García
Born 1955
Salvador Arellano Guzmán
Born 1957
Carlos Blackaller
Born 1963
Sergio Vázquez García
Born 1967
César Octavio Madrigal Díaz
Born 1974
Francisco Javier Saucedo
Born 1955
Leticia Gutiérrez Corona
Born 1951
María Scherman Leaño
Born 1957
Ramón González González
Born 1962
Jaime Aceves Pérez
Born 1961
Miguel Ángel Monraz Ibarra
Born 1973
Celia Isabel Gauna Ruiz
Born 1964
Fabián Montes Sánchez
Born 1974
Marcelo García Morales
Born 1969
Felipe Rangel Vargas
Born 1962
Roberto Marrufo Torres
Born 1949
Carlos Tiscareño
Born 1974
Mario Alberto Salazar Madera
Born 1975
Jaime Hernández González
Born 1953
Vladimir Parra Barragán
Born 1988
José García Ortiz
1949 - 2012