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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- Filtered to 1910s Clear ×
Octavio Paz
1914 - 1998
Cantinflas
1911 - 1993
Pedro Armendáriz
1912 - 1963
Leopoldo Zea Aguilar
1912 - 2004
Guillermo Haro
1913 - 1988
Pedro Ramírez Vázquez
1919 - 2013
Margo (actress)
1917 - 1985
Germán Valdés
1915 - 1973
Gloria Marín
1919 - 1983
Ismael Rodríguez
1917 - 2004
Mario Pani
1911 - 1993
Abel Salazar (actor)
1917 - 1995
Manuel Esperón
1911 - 2011
Amalia Hernández
1917 - 2000
Gunther Gerzso
1915 - 2000
Ada Carrasco
1912 - 1994
Eduardo Noriega (Mexican actor)
1916 - 2007
Salvador Borrego
1915 - 2018
Pita Amor
1918 - 2000
Carlos Riquelme
1914 - 1990
Luis Alcaraz
1910 - 1963
Ignacio Burgoa
1918 - 2005
David Silva (actor)
1917 - 1976
Javier Barros Sierra
1915 - 1971
Luis Herrera de la Fuente
1916 - 2014
Horacio Casarín
1918 - 2005
Elvira Ríos
1913 - 1987
Manuel Rosas
1912 - 1989
Rafael Bernal
1915 - 1972
Nabor Carrillo Flores
1911 - 1967
Juan Sordo Madaleno
1916 - 1985
Adalberto Martínez
1916 - 2003
Gregorio Walerstein
1913 - 2002
Francisco Dosamantes
1911 - 1986
Guillermo Meza (artist)
1917 - 1997
Gregorio Cárdenas Hernández
1915 - 1999
Eli Eduardo de Gortari
1918 - 1991
Francisco Cabañas
1912 - 2002
Ricardo Martínez de Hoyos
1918 - 2009
Edward Hidalgo
1912 - 1995
Raúl Lavista
1913 - 1980
Amparo Arozamena
1916 - 2009
Felipe Rosas
1910 - 1986
Carlos Savage
1919 - 2000
Francisco Tario
1911 - 1977
Ramón Gay
1917 - 1960
Manuel del Campo
1913 - 1969
Ángel Bracho
1911 - 2005
María Luisa Zea
1913 - 2002
Luis Beristáin
1918 - 1962
Marco Antonio Campos
1919 - 1996
Lorenzo Servitje
1918 - 2017
Gloria Schoemann
1910 - 2006
Víctor Cordero Aurrecoechea
1914 - 1983
Alberto Valdés
1919 - 2013
Pascuala Corona
1917 - 2015
Hugo B. Margáin
1913 - 1997
Avelina Landín
1919 - 1991
Raymond Carhart
1912 - 1975
Gustavo Huet
1912 - 1951
Carmen Toscano
1910 - 1988
Kid Azteca
1913 - 2002
Tomás Perrín
1914 - 1985
Elisa Christy
1917 - 2018
Archibaldo Burns
1914 - 2011
Germán Butze
1912 - 1974
Queta Carrasco
1913 - 1996
Ignacio Retes
1918 - 2004
Tito Novaro
1918 - 1986
Fernando Carrere
1910 - 1998
Rafael Portillo
1916 - 1995
Adolfo Christlieb Ibarrola
1919 - 1969
Lili Inclán
1918 - 2003
Irma González
1916 - 2008
Matilde Landeta
1913 - 1999
Carlos León
1916 - 2020
Enrique Carral Icaza
1914 - 1976
Bernardo Quintana Arrioja
1919 - 1984
José Ramón Sauto
1912 - 1994
Josefina Muriel
1918 - 2008
Carlos Lazo Barreiro
1914 - 1955
Alberto Bienvenu
1917 - 2004
Douglas Mackiernan
1913 - 1950
Inés Amor
1912 - 1980
Julio Prieto Posadas
1912 - 1977
Guadalupe Borja
1915 - 1974
Rodolfo Díaz (basketball)
1918 - 1993
Jorge Jiménez Cantú
1914 - 2005
Rodolfo Hoyos Jr.
1916 - 1983
Antonio Haro
1910 - 2002
Margarita Urueta
Born 1918
Fernando Marcos
1913 - 2000
Lauro Ortega Martínez
1910 - 1999
Marco de Carlo
1919 - 2006
Francisco Zendejas Gómez
1917 - 1985
Alfredo Varela "Varelita"
1912 - 1986
Álvaro Obregón Tapia
1916 - 1993
Antonio Mariscal
1915 - 2010
Carlos David Ortigosa
1915 - 2007
Enrique Heredia
1912 - 1996
Humberto Briseño Sierra
1914 - 2003
Mario H. Gottfried Gutiérrez
1919 - 1999
Juan Gutiérrez Lascuráin
1911 - 1959
José Martínez Emperador
1914 - 2007
José Raoul de Capriles
1912 - 1969
Rafael García Travesí
1910 - 1984
José Moncebáez
1918 - 2009
Carlos Laviada
1916 - 1979
Shadito Cruz
1915 - 2003
Enriqueta González Baz
1915 - 2002
Gustavo Martínez Cabañas
1911 - 2003
Ana María Fernández
1911 - 1993
Arturo Arnaiz y Freg
1915 - 1980
Alberto Barajas Celis
1913 - 2004
Fernando Alba Andrade
Born 1919
Juan Moisés Calleja García
1913 - 2016
Oscar Vega Argüelles
1912 - 2010
Alfredo Varela Jr.
1912 - 1986
Waldo de Mier
1915 - 2012
José Campillo Sainz
1917 - 1998
Genaro Alamilla Arteaga
1914 - 2004
Eugenia Escudero
1914 - 2011
Eduardo Prieto
1912 - 2003
Alfonso Ituarte Servín
1914 - 1986
Julio Hirschfeld Almada
1917 - 2004
Alberto Balderas
1910 - 1940
Aimé Aubert
1913 - 2003
Rafael Pérez Grovas
1919 - 2009
Jorge Martínez Martínez
1917 - 1994
Pablo Zierold
1915 - 1982
Delfín Sánchez Juárez
1918 - 1984
Ramón Vallarino
1912 - 1982
Alfonso González (athlete)
Born 1910
Salvador Revueltas Olvera
1919 - 2004
Miguel Vasconcelos
Born 1910
Luis Covarrubias Duclaud
1919 - 1984
Carlos César Gutiérrez Macías
1912 - 1953
Rómulo González Irigoyen
1917 - 1993
Julio Herrera (equestrian)
Born 1911
Vicente Sánchez Gavito
1910 - 1977
Enrique Guerrero Larrañaga
Born 1914
Gerhard Groth
1917 - 1997
Luis Alva Cejudo
1910 - 1995
Enrique Ostos
1918 - 1938
Alfredo Gaona
Born 1912
Miguel Araico
Born 1914