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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×
Through the Decades

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.

  1. Football102
  2. Politician91
  3. Actor62
  4. Singer28
  5. Lawyer26
  6. Writer20
  7. Wrestler17
  8. Sport14
  1. Wrestler179.5×
  2. Driver84.6×
  3. Boxer104.5×
  4. Lawyer262.7×
  5. Business142.5×
  6. Singer282.4×
  7. Actor622.1×
  8. Diplomat61.9×

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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0033 SINGER

Ramón Ayala

Born 1945

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0045 ACTOR

Irma Lozano

1943 - 2013

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0047 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Lorenzo Zambrano

1944 - 2014

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0088 POLITICIAN

Fernando Canales Clariond

Born 1946

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0094 CRIMINAL

Raúl Salinas de Gortari

Born 1946

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0126 CLOWN

Cepillín

Born 1946

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0134 JOURNALIST

Alejandro Junco de la Vega

Born 1948

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0136 BOXER

Clemente Sánchez

1947 - 1978

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0141 POLITICIAN

José Natividad González Parás

Born 1949

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0159 ACTOR

María Alicia Delgado

Born 1947

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0210 POLITICIAN

Fernando Elizondo Barragán

Born 1949

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0215 ASTROPHYSICIST

Deborah Dultzin Kessler

Born 1945

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0218 PAINTER

Martha Chapa

Born 1946

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0227 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Teofilo F. Gonzalez

Born 1948

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0230 BASKET

Héctor Aizpuro

Born 1940

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0239 PRIEST

Eduardo Porfirio Patiño Leal

Born 1949

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0252 BASEBALL

Héctor Torres

Born 1945

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0254 BASEBALL

Bobby Treviño

1943 - 2018

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0258 POLITICIAN

Binyamin Temkin

Born 1945

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0262 MATADOR

Manolo Martínez

1946 - 1996

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0264 POLITICIAN

Benjamín Clariond

Born 1948

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0266 SPORT

Radamés Treviño

1945 - 1970

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0267 ACTOR

Ana Celia Zuñiga

Born 1941

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0278 ACTIVIST

Consuelo Morales Elizondo

Born 1948

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0291 WRITER

Juan Roberto Zavala Treviño

Born 1940

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0298 WRITER

Julia Tuñón Pablos

Born 1948

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0305 WRITER

Miguel Covarrubias Ortiz

Born 1940

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0306 POLITICIAN

Javier González Garza

Born 1945

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0312 BASKET

Manuel Sáenz

Born 1948

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0329 FOOTBALL

Francisco Avilán

Born 1947

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0343 LÍDER

Napoleón Gómez Urrutia

Born 1944

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0348 PRIEST

Raúl Vidales

1943 - 1995

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0352 DIPUTADO

José Maiz García

Born 1944

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0372 PRIEST

Alonso Gerardo Garza Treviño

Born 1947

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0380 ACTOR

Alberto Rojas

1944 - 2016

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0405 BUSINESS

Adrián Sada González

Born 1944

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0407 ARCHITECT

Oscar Bulnes Valero

Born 1944

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0416 POLITICIAN

Alberto Santos de Hoyos

1941 - 2013

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0438 POLITICIAN

Miguel Arizpe Jiménez

Born 1948

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0439 MATHEMATICIAN

Raúl Gerardo Quintero Flores

Born 1941

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0461 FENCER

Sonia Arredondo

Born 1947

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0468 POLITICIAN

Pedro Nava (politician)

Born 1948

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0481 FILM

Carlos Javier González Morantes

Born 1945

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0507 LAWYER

Raúl Rangel Hinojosa

Born 1949

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0517 POLITICIAN

José Alberto Castañeda

Born 1949

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0542 POLITICIAN

Raúl Santos Galván Villanueva

Born 1944

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0546 DIPLOMAT

Víctor Manuel Rodríguez Arriaga

Born 1949

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0554 DIPLOMAT

José Ángel Abelardo Treviño Martínez

1942 - 1999

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