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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Agustín Yáñez
1904 - 1980
José López Portillo y Rojas
1850 - 1923
Margarita López Portillo
1914 - 2006
Eusebio Ruvalcaba
1951 - 2017
Guadalupe Dueñas
1920 - 2002
Luis G. Abbadie
Born 1968
Ireneo Paz
1836 - 1924
Cecilia Eudave
Born 1968
Adriana Díaz Enciso
Born 1964
Antonio Gómez Robledo
1908 - 1994
Francisco Rojas González
1904 - 1951
Emmanuel Carballo
1929 - 2014
José López Portillo y Weber
1889 - 1974
Huberto Batis
1934 - 2018
Carlos Valdés (escritor)
1928 - 1991
Moisés González Navarro
1926 - 2015
Guillermo García Oropeza
Born 1937
Silvia Quezada
Born 1957
Jorge Souza
Born 1950
Eunice Shade
Born 1980
Antonio Guadarrama
Born 1976
Guillermo Ramírez Godoy
Born 1943
Paulo César Ramírez
Born 1974
Celina Vázquez
Born 1959
Martha Cerda
Born 1945