19.4196° N, 99.1454° W
MEXICO CITY
Most Famous People Born in Mexico City, Mexico
- Notable people
- 4,319
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- Median birth year
- 1959
- Most distinctive
- Wrestler 8.1×
One of the largest cities in the world, and one of the most camera-ready. Mexico City's distinctive professions are wrestlers and boxers at the top — the lucha libre and prizefighting tradition — alongside an actor and film-director share that is among the highest of any non-American city in the dataset. The pre-Columbian and colonial centuries leave only a thin tail; almost everything happens after the Revolution.
Standouts
Notable Births by Decade
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What Mexico City Is Known For
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Actor is Mexico City's biggest profession — 18% of all notables (772).
Mexico City over-indexes on wrestler — 8.1× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Mexico City's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Art & Design
- Music
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- Filtered to 1880s Clear ×
Antonio Caso Andrade
1883 - 1946
Manuel Gamio
1883 - 1960
Charles Seeger
1886 - 1979
Steve Clemente
1885 - 1950
Elena Arizmendi Mejia
1884 - 1949
Michel Polak
1885 - 1948
Jorge Juan Crespo de la Serna
1887 - 1978
Genaro Fernández McGregor
1883 - 1959
Enrique O. Aragón
1880 - 1942
Luis G. Barreiro
1886 - 1947
Alba Herrera y Ogazón
1885 - 1931
Hans Böker
1886 - 1939
Juan Francisco Urquidi
1880 - 1945
María Arias Bernal
1884 - 1923
Jenaro Amezcua
1887 - 1949
Miguel Lebrija
1887 - 1913
Francisco Diez Barroso
1885 - 1924
Darío Fernández Fierro
1884 - 1946
Alfonso Priani González Guerra
1888 - 1945
Luis Garfias Espinosa de los Monteros
1880 - 1948
Francisco Cossio Robelo
Born 1880
Alfredo Aragón
1885 - 1936
Manuel J. Gándara
Born 1888