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MONTERREY
Most Famous People Born in Monterrey, Mexico
- Notable people
- 556
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1968
- Most distinctive
- Wrestler 9.5×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Monterrey during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Monterrey Is Known For
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Football is Monterrey's biggest profession — 18% of all notables (102).
Monterrey over-indexes on wrestler — 9.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Monterrey's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Giovani dos Santos
Born 1989
Alfonso Reyes
1889 - 1959
Gloria Trevi
Born 1968
Jonathan dos Santos
Born 1990
Erika Buenfil
Born 1963
Esteban Gutiérrez
Born 1991
Aldo de Nigris
Born 1983
Antonio de Nigris
1978 - 2009
Marcela Bovio
Born 1979
Servando Teresa de Mier
1765 - 1827
Jonathan Orozco
Born 1986
Lumi Cavazos
Born 1968
Blanca Soto
Born 1979
Israel Jiménez
Born 1989
Hiram Mier
Born 1989
Alicia Villarreal
Born 1971
Dharius
Born 1984
Jesús Eduardo Zavala
Born 1987
Valentín Canalizo
1794 - 1850
Jonathan Espericueta
Born 1994
Guillermo García Cantú
Born 1960
Ramiro Peña
Born 1985
Luis Ricardo Reyes
Born 1991
Raúl Alcalá
Born 1964
Héctor García-Molina
1954 - 2019
Jesús Arellano
Born 1973
Sexy Star
Born 1982
Ely Guerra
Born 1972
Malukah
-
Luis Ángel Mendoza
Born 1990
José Luis Reséndez
Born 1978
Paulina Goto
Born 1995
Ramón Ayala
Born 1945
Alejandro Galindo (director)
1906 - 1999
Raúl Padilla
1918 - 1994
Sofía Reyes
Born 1995
Rocío Banquells
Born 1958
Carla Medina
Born 1984
Hugo Sánchez Guerrero
Born 1981
Wendy González
Born 1985
Rogelio A. González
1920 - 1984
Manuel Viniegra
Born 1988
Fermín IV
Born 1974
Nayeli Rangel
Born 1992
Irma Lozano
1943 - 2013
Johan Rodríguez
Born 1975
Lorenzo Zambrano
1944 - 2014
Alfredo Ramos Martínez
1871 - 1946
Pablo Santos (actor)
1987 - 2006
Enrique Gorostieta
1890 - 1929
Jorge de la Rosa
Born 1981
Omar Ortiz
Born 1976
José Horacio Gómez
Born 1951
Fernando Fernández (actor)
1916 - 1999
Darío Carreño
Born 1988
Estefanía Villarreal
Born 1987
David Toscana
Born 1961
Fabiola Guajardo
Born 1987
Arturo Beltrán Leyva
1961 - 2009
Édgar González (pitcher)
Born 1983
Myriam Montemayor Cruz
Born 1981
Valentín Campa
1904 - 1999
Eder Borelli
Born 1990
Sergio Almaguer
Born 1969
Diana García (Schauspielerin)
Born 1982
Manuel Uribe
1965 - 2014
Melissa Barrera (actress)
Born 1990
Celso Piña
1953 - 2019
Yanet García
Born 1990
Mariana Avitia
Born 1993
José Porfirio Miranda
1924 - 2001
José Carlos Herrera
Born 1986
Abel Quezada
1920 - 1991
Jaime Fernández (actor)
1937 - 2005
Érik Pérez
Born 1989
José Lothario
1934 - 2018
Mauricio Fernández Garza
Born 1950
Felipe Montes
Born 1961
Jaime Garza (actor)
Born 1954
Aarón Sáenz Garza
1891 - 1983
Héctor Morales (footballer)
Born 1985
Priscila Perales
Born 1983
Ingrid Drexel
Born 1993
Bianca Marroquín
Born 1975
Daniel Garza
Born 1985
Adal Ramones
Born 1961
Nuria Bages
Born 1955
Fernando Canales Clariond
Born 1946
Elsa García
Born 1990
Marcelo Gracia
Born 1994
Guillermo Muñoz
Born 1961
Roger González
Born 1987
Alfonso Rangel Guerra
1928 - 2020
Raúl Salinas de Gortari
Born 1946
César de la Peña
Born 1991
Diego del Real
Born 1994
Marina Tamayo
1920 - 2005
Ricardo González (racing driver)
Born 1978
Adrián Marín Lugo
Born 1994
Sanjuana Martínez
Born 1963
Martha Ofelia Galindo
Born 1931
Manuel Medel
1906 - 1997
Josefina Niggli
1910 - 1983
Ricardo Elizondo Elizondo
1950 - 2013
Jesús Urbina
Born 1983
Alejandro García (footballer, born 1961)
Born 1961
Chetes
Born 1979
Gustavo Nápoles
Born 1973
Laura G
Born 1985
Jorge Guajardo
Born 1969
Carlos Treviño
Born 1993
Manuel Sánchez (economist)
Born 1950
Flavio Cesar
Born 1969
Luis M. Farías
1920 - 1999
Daniel Suárez
Born 1992
Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz
Born 1972
Mariana Treviño
Born 1977
Joe Wizan
1935 - 2011
Laura Cepeda
Born 1953
Arely Muciño
Born 1989
Rolando Cantú
Born 1981
Héctor Garza
1969 - 2013
Brayan Martínez
Born 1990
Juan Carlos Barreto
Born 1957
Anagabriela Espinoza
Born 1988
Cepillín
Born 1946
Lorenzo Garza
1908 - 1978
Arturo Carmona
Born 1976
Ana Cecilia Cantu
Born 1985
Miguel Ángel Alba Díaz
Born 1951
Éder dos Santos
Born 1984
Omar Israel Jaime
Born 1981
Manuel María de Llano
1799 - 1863
Alejandro Junco de la Vega
Born 1948
Sofía Arreola
Born 1991
Clemente Sánchez
1947 - 1978
Natalia Gómez-Junco
Born 1992
Garza Jr.
Born 1992
Kenia Lechuga
Born 1994
Blanca Torres
1928 - 2006
José Natividad González Parás
Born 1949
Enrique Canales
1936 - 2007
Tonina Jackson
1921 - 1969
Princesa Sugehit
Born 1980
Javier Lozano Chavira
Born 1971
Fernando Kalife
Born 1964
Gloria Sierra
Born 1981
Yvonne Treviño
Born 1989
Jonathan de León
Born 1987
Fabián Chávez
Born 1989
Francisco Rodríguez Jr.
Born 1993
Adalberto Madero
Born 1969
Pedro Celis
-
Mauricio Talancón
Born 1995
Margarita García Flores
1922 - 2009
Jorge Caballero
Born 1994
Lauro Salas
1928 - 1987
Mimí
Born 1962
María Alicia Delgado
Born 1947
Manola Díez
Born 1974
Francisco Serrano (triathlete)
Born 1980
Dulce María González
1958 - 2014
Omar Kiam
1894 - 1954
Alejandra Maldonado
Born 1963
Farah Eslaquit
Born 1991
Bernardo Garza Sada
1930 - 2009
David Martínez (racing driver)
Born 1981
Pedro Rangel (volleyball)
Born 1988
Mauricio Martínez (actor)
Born 1978
Arturo Manrique
1910 - 1971
Inaki Basauri
Born 1984
José Treviño
Born 1960
Genaro Castillo
Born 1993
Erikson Llanes
Born 1994
Raúl Rangel Frías
1913 - 1993
Federico Curiel
1917 - 1985
Ricardo Balderas
Born 1993
Aurelio Molina
Born 1978
Arturo Ortiz
Born 1992
José Madero Vizcaíno
Born 1980
La Panchita
1923 - 2014
Víctor Guajardo
Born 1990
Pato Machete
Born 1975
Michelle Álvarez
Born 1991
Lane Hughes
Born 1989
Ramiro Pruneda
Born 1983
José Ángel Conchello
1923 - 1998
Eduardo Vélez (tennis)
Born 1969
Héctor Becerra
Born 1965
Aníbal González Ramírez
Born 1995
Diego Enrique Osorno
Born 1980
Enrique Abaroa
Born 1974
El Terrible
Born 1976
Roberto Garza Sada
1895 - 1979
Felipe de Jesús Ayala
Born 1977
Clemente Ovalle
Born 1982
Alejandro Frank
Born 1951
Gustavo Rodríguez Vega
Born 1955
Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe
Born 1962
Claudia Salinas
Born 1983
Magdalena Solís
Born 1930
Mireille Roccatti
-
Alex Treviño
Born 1957
Cristina Díaz
Born 1958
Miguel F. Martínez
1850 - 1919
Marco Antonio Tovar
Born 1990
Alfonso Martínez Domínguez
1922 - 2002
Michele Cantú
Born 1988
Luis Fernando Cruz
Born 1997
Fernando Elizondo Barragán
Born 1949
Héctor Alvarado Díaz
Born 1957
Eloy Cantú Segovia
Born 1952
Cynthia Duque
Born 1993
Nicho Hinojosa
Born 1968
Deborah Dultzin Kessler
Born 1945
Arturo Alvarado
Born 1987
Eugenio Garza Lagüera
1923 - 2008
Martha Chapa
Born 1946
Emilio Charles Jr.
1956 - 2012
Gabriel Martínez-Ábrego
Born 1998
Latin Lover (wrestler)
Born 1967
Margarita Arellanes Cervantes
Born 1976
Roberto González Valdez
Born 1976
Jesús Alberto Perales
Born 1993
David Garza Pérez
Born 1988
Miguel Garza
Born 1974
Teofilo F. Gonzalez
Born 1948
Eva Gonda de Rivera
-
Alfonso de Jesús Hinojosa Berrones
1924 - 2017
Héctor Aizpuro
Born 1940
El Elegido
Born 1975
Alfonso de Nigris
Born 1976
MC Davo
Born 1991
Obed Rincón
Born 1985
Luis Daniel Martínez
Born 1994
Raúl Salinas Lozano
1917 - 2004
María de Lourdes Dieck-Assad
Born 1953
Katty Fuentes
Born 1978
Eduardo Porfirio Patiño Leal
Born 1949
Agustín Basave Benítez
Born 1958
Adriana García Roel
1916 - 2003
Konan Big
Born 1964
Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal
Born 1957
Roberto Gómez Junco
Born 1956
Silvia Salgado
Born 1978
Marcela Guerra Castillo
Born 1959
David Ruiz
-
Bárbara López
Born 1992
Luis Ángel García
Born 1984
José Marroquín Leal
1933 - 1998
Jorge Wilmot
1928 - 2012
Héctor Torres
Born 1945
Pedro Pablo Treviño Villarreal
Born 1972
Bobby Treviño
1943 - 2018
Blanca Treviño
-
Antonio Canales Rosillo
1802 - 1852
Rolando Vera (wrestler)
1915 - 2001
Binyamin Temkin
Born 1945
Tiffany (luchadora)
Born 1973
Gastón Luken Garza
Born 1959
Abraham Calderón
Born 1988
Manolo Martínez
1946 - 1996
Felipe de Jesús Cantú Rodríguez
Born 1966
Benjamín Clariond
Born 1948
Alejandro Barrera
Born 1986
Radamés Treviño
1945 - 1970
Ana Celia Zuñiga
Born 1941
Reyes Tamez
Born 1952
Luis Caballero (actor)
Born 1974
Alejandro Berber
Born 1987
Ignacio Morelos Zaragoza
1860 - 1927
Santiago Roel Melo
1885 - 1957
Omar Rodríguez Álvarez
Born 1975
Delta (wrestler)
Born 1985
Ricardo Canavati Tafich
Born 1952
Subcomandante Elisa
Born 1950
José Luis Sánchez (sport shooter)
Born 1987
Consuelo Morales Elizondo
Born 1948
Jorge Alonso Treviño
Born 1935
Mario Hernández Lash
Born 1979
Esteban Siller
1931 - 2013
Armando Alanís
Born 1969
Jesús Ancer Rodríguez
Born 1952
Fernando Margáin
Born 1952
Zina Bash
Born 1981
Ausencio Cruz
Born 1955
José A. Muguerza
1858 - 1939
Juan Nepomuceno de la Garza y Evia
1799 - 1877
Ernesto Enkerlin
Born 1958
Santiago Roel
1919 - 2001
Juan Roberto Zavala Treviño
Born 1940
Daniel Galo
Born 1984
Jorge Mendoza Garza
Born 1951
Ivonne Álvarez
Born 1978
Alejandro Millán
Born 1980
Gaby Garza
Born 1989
Ricardo Muñoz
Born 1965
Julia Tuñón Pablos
Born 1948
José Antonio de la Peña
Born 1958
Héctor López Santillana
Born 1957