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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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Valentín Canalizo
1794 - 1850
Valentín Campa
1904 - 1999
Mauricio Fernández Garza
Born 1950
Fernando Canales Clariond
Born 1946
Luis M. Farías
1920 - 1999
Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz
Born 1972
Manuel María de Llano
1799 - 1863
José Natividad González Parás
Born 1949
Adalberto Madero
Born 1969
José Ángel Conchello
1923 - 1998
Cristina Díaz
Born 1958
Alfonso Martínez Domínguez
1922 - 2002
Fernando Elizondo Barragán
Born 1949
Eloy Cantú Segovia
Born 1952
Margarita Arellanes Cervantes
Born 1976
Agustín Basave Benítez
Born 1958
Marcela Guerra Castillo
Born 1959
Pedro Pablo Treviño Villarreal
Born 1972
Antonio Canales Rosillo
1802 - 1852
Binyamin Temkin
Born 1945
Gastón Luken Garza
Born 1959
Felipe de Jesús Cantú Rodríguez
Born 1966
Benjamín Clariond
Born 1948
Ricardo Canavati Tafich
Born 1952
Subcomandante Elisa
Born 1950
Jorge Alonso Treviño
Born 1935
Fernando Margáin
Born 1952
Jorge Mendoza Garza
Born 1951
Ivonne Álvarez
Born 1978
Ricardo Muñoz
Born 1965
Héctor López Santillana
Born 1957
Lydia Madero García
Born 1950
Eduardo Bailey
Born 1961
Javier González Garza
Born 1945
Elenitza Canavati
Born 1972
Arturo de la Garza González
1936 - 2011
Mayela Quiroga Tamez
Born 1976
Rogelio Cerda Pérez
Born 1951
Cristian Castaño Contreras
Born 1970
Francisco Cienfuegos
Born 1977
Samuel García Sepúlveda
Born 1987
Adrián de la Garza Santos
Born 1971
Manuel Florentino González Flores
Born 1957
Alberto Fernández Ruiloba
1917 - 2003
Benito Caballero Garza
Born 1965
Carlos de la Fuente
Born 1974
Javier Treviño Cantú
Born 1960
Gregorio Zambrano
1804 - 1873
Rogelio Sada Zambrano
Born 1935
Alberto Santos de Hoyos
1941 - 2013
Héctor Gutiérrez De la Garza
Born 1962
Julio Camelo Martínez
1937 - 2020
Jesús L. González
Born 1866
Miguel Arizpe Jiménez
Born 1948
Raúl Gracia Guzmán
Born 1975
Homero Niño de Rivera
Born 1975
Juan M. García
1885 - 1957
José Videgaray
1884 - 1976
Pedro Nava (politician)
Born 1948
Gerardo Garza Sada
Born 1953
Carlos Berardi
1859 - 1906
José Luis Garza Ochoa
Born 1974
Pedro C. Martínez
1855 - 1939
Víctor Oswaldo Fuentes Solís
Born 1975
Javier Náñez Pro
Born 1991
Felipe Enríquez Hernández
Born 1969
Manuel Flores Varela
1901 - 1970
Alfredo Rodríguez Dávila
Born 1969
Ramón E. Treviño
1863 - 1929
Alfredo Pérez Garza
1874 - 1954
Ana Lilia Garza Cadena
Born 1970
Laura Elena Martínez Rivera
Born 1953
Claudia Caballero Chávez
Born 1982
Domingo Martínez Echartea
1848 - 1894
José Alberto Castañeda
Born 1949
Alberto Coronado Quintanilla
Born 1963
José Martín López Cisneros
Born 1972
Arturo de la Garza Tijerina
Born 1958
Verónica Sada Pérez
Born 1963
Marcelo Garza Ruvalcaba
Born 1983
Ana María Ramírez Cerda
Born 1954
José Antonio Cabello
Born 1964
Rocío Morgan Franco
Born 1967
Adrián Villagómez García
1952 - 2013
María Ceseñas Chapa
Born 1952
Norma Patricia Saucedo
Born 1972
María Sanjuana Cerda Franco
Born 1951
Gregorio Hurtado
Born 1969
Raúl Santos Galván Villanueva
Born 1944
Héctor Humberto Gutiérrez
Born 1962
Julián Ezequiel Reynoso
Born 1952