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

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
  • Sports
  • Film & TV
  • Politics & Law
  • Writing
  • Art & Design
  • Music
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Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor

Born 1941

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Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza

Born 1957

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Adolfo Aguilar Zínser

1949 - 2005

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Emilio Óscar Rabasa

1925 - 2008

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Ramón Beteta Quintana

1901 - 1965

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Santiago Oñate Laborde

Born 1949

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Julio Jiménez Rueda

1896 - 1960

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Jorge Castañeda y Álvarez de la Rosa

1921 - 1997

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Fernando Iglesias Calderón

1856 - 1942

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José Justo Gómez de la Cortina

1799 - 1860

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Rafael Tovar y de Teresa

1954 - 2016

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Claude Heller

Born 1949

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Arturo Sarukhán

Born 1963

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Francisco Cuevas Cancino

1921 - 2008

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Douglas Mackiernan

1913 - 1950

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Bruno Figueroa Fischer

Born 1965

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Juan José Gómez Camacho

Born 1964

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Francisco González Díaz

Born 1966

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Gustavo Romero Kolbeck

1923 - 2008

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Vanessa Rubio Márquez

Born 1972

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Jorge Eduardo Navarrete López

Born 1940

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Carlos Trejo Lerdo de Tejada

1879 - 1945

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Christian Hellbach

Born 1959

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Palma Guillén y Sánchez

1898 - 1975

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Fernando Lorenzana

1808 - 1892

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Alfredo Rogerio Pérez Bravo

Born 1956

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Juan Manuel Gómez Robledo

Born 1959

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Mauricio de Maria y Campos

Born 1943

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Mauricio Escanero Figueroa

Born 1958

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Pablo Baltodano Monroy

Born 1980

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3676 DIPLOMAT

Mabel Gómez Oliver

Born 1964

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3686 DIPLOMAT

Berenice Díaz Ceballos

Born 1968

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3758 DIPLOMAT

Luciano José Joublanc Rivas

1896 - 1959

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Roberto Córdova

1899 - 1967

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3881 DIPLOMAT

Delfín Sánchez Juárez

1918 - 1984

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Roberta Lajous

Born 1954

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Lourdes Aranda

Born 1958

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3965 DIPLOMAT

Ilse Lilian Ferrer Silva

Born 1964

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Marcela Celorio

Born 1965

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3971 DIPLOMAT

Diego Gómez Pickering

Born 1977

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José Joaquín Bernal y García Pimentel

1925 - 1989

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Norma Pensado Moreno

Born 1958

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Reyna Torres Mendivil

Born 1967

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María de los Ángeles Arriola Aguirre

Born 1959

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Alicia Buenrostro Massieu

Born 1965

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Alicia Kerber

Born 1959

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4129 DIPLOMAT

Rosario A. Molinero

Born 1956

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Claudia Franco Hijuelos

Born 1961

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Dolores Jiménez Hernández

Born 1955

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Angélica Arce

Born 1957

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Carlos Marcelino Rico Ferrat

Born 1950

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José María Gamboa

1856 - 1911

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Francisca Méndez

Born 1963

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Juan Antonio Mateos Cícero

Born 1941

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Olga Pellicer Silva

Born 1935

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Oliver Albert Farres Martins

Born 1943

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