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.

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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.

  1. Actor 772 3.4×
  2. Football 563 1.2×
  3. Politician 460 0.9×
  4. Writer 198 1.4×
  5. Film 125 2.4×
  6. Wrestler 112 8.1×
  7. Lawyer 102 1.4×
  8. Singer 99 1.1×
  1. Wrestler 112 8.1×
  2. Boxer 72 4.2×
  3. Actor 772 3.4×
  4. Film 125 2.4×
  5. Diplomat 56 2.2×
  6. Artist 77 1.7×
  7. Architect 58 1.5×

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.

1800 1850 1900 1950 2000
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  • Film & TV
  • Politics & Law
  • Writing
  • Art & Design
  • Music
  • Other
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Showing 55 of 4,319 notable people

0007 PAINTER

David Alfaro Siqueiros

1896 - 1974

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0026 COMPOSER

Agustín Lara

1897 - 1970

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0128 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Alfonso Caso

1896 - 1970

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0327 FILM

Adolfo Best Maugard

1891 - 1964

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0350 PHYSICIST

Manuel Sandoval Vallarta

1899 - 1977

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0381 ECONOMIST

Daniel Cosío Villegas

1898 - 1976

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0402 PAINTER

Germán Cueto

1893 - 1975

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0423 FILM

Mimí Derba

1893 - 1953

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0523 POET

Renato Leduc

1897 - 1986

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0552 ILLUSTRATOR

Ramón Alva de la Canal

1892 - 1985

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0563 PAINTER

Agustín Lazo Adalid

1896 - 1971

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0632 ASTRONOMER

Luis Enrique Erro

1897 - 1955

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0644 ARTIST

Manuel Rodríguez Lozano

1891 - 1971

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0663 PAINTER

Fernando Leal (artist)

1896 - 1964

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0710 ARCHITECT

Carlos Obregón Santacilia

1896 - 1961

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0782 ART HISTORIAN

Manuel Toussaint y Ritter

1890 - 1955

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0999 PAINTER

Santos Balmori

1899 - 1992

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1035 POET

Bernardo Ortiz de Montellano

1899 - 1949

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1051 ACTOR

Celia Montalván

1899 - 1958

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1059 DIPLOMAT

Julio Jiménez Rueda

1896 - 1960

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1123 SOCIOLOGIST

Lucio Mendieta y Núñez

1895 - 1988

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1257 PHILOSOPHER

Luis Garrido Díaz

1898 - 1973

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1280 ACTOR

Manuel Arvide

1897 - 1969

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1305 HISTORIAN

Rafael García Granados

1893 - 1956

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1522 ENGINEER

Eduardo Chávez (politician)

1898 - 1982

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1869 PSYCHIATRIST

Samuel Ramírez Moreno

1898 - 1951

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2001 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Miguel Othón de Mendizábal

1890 - 1945

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2171 ARCHITECT

Juán Segura

1898 - 1989

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2207 ACTOR

María Tereza Montoya

1898 - 1970

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2319 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Pablo Martínez del Río

1892 - 1963

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2337 ECONOMIST

Eduardo Suárez Aránzolo

1894 - 1976

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2352 COMPOSER

Sofía Cancino de Cuevas

1897 - 1982

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2605 JOURNALIST

Carlos Noriega Hope

1896 - 1934

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2709 FEMINIST

Margarita Robles de Mendoza

1896 - 1954

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2828 MATADOR

Luis Freg

1890 - 1934

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2846 COMEDIAN

Lupe Rivas Cacho

1899 - 1975

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2859 DIPLOMAT

Palma Guillén y Sánchez

1898 - 1975

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2981 SPORT

Mario Casasos

Born 1894

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3056 ENGINEER

Concepción Mendizábal Mendoza

1893 - 1985

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3068 TEACHER

Virginia Rodríguez Rivera

1894 - 1968

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3282 MILITAR

Virgilio Uribe

1896 - 1914

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3302 ARCHITECT

Juan Segura Gutiérrez

1898 - 1989

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3333 ECONOMIST

Luis Montes de Oca

1894 - 1958

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3336 POLITICIAN

Antonio I. Villalobos

1894 - 1965

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3351 GOBIERNO

Ana María Gómez Campos

1894 - 1985

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3758 DIPLOMAT

Luciano José Joublanc Rivas

1896 - 1959

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3783 SPORT

Guillermo Huet

Born 1897

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3820 DIPLOMAT

Roberto Córdova

1899 - 1967

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3865 FENCER

Raymundo Izcoa

Born 1894

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3913 FOOTBALL

Adolfo Frías Beltrán

1893 - 1967

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3936 FOOTBALL

Julio Bidart

1893 - 1936

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4030 MILITAR

Gustavo Arévalo Vera

1890 - 1963

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4106 MISSING

Julio Zinser

1892 - 1962

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4180 LAWYER

Rafael L. de los Ríos

1890 - 1948

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4240 COMPOSER

Augusto Novaro

1891 - 1960

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