List of Mexicans

This is a list of famous Mexicans.

Artists

• Mariano Azuela (1873- 1952), writer
• Dr. Atl (1875-1964), painter
• Luis Barragán (1902-1988), architect
• Carlos Chávez (1899-1978), composer
• Carlos Fuentes (1928-), writer
• Cantinflas (1911-1993), actor and comedian
• Salma Hayek (1966-), actress
• Sor Juana (1651-1695), writer
• Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), painter
• Nezahualcóyotl (1402-1472), poet
• Octavio Paz (1914-1998), writer
• Diego Rivera (1886-1957), painter

Politicians and Military Commanders

• Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas (1934-), politician
• Lázaro Cárdenas (1895-1970), president
• Cuauhtémoc (1502-1515), Aztec emperor
• Porfirio Díaz (1830-1915), general and dictator
• Vicente Fox (1942-), president
• Miguel Hidalgo (1753-1811), priest and independece fighter
• Agustín de Iturbide (1783-1823), emperor
• Benito Juárez (1806-1872), president
• Francisco I. Madero (1873-1913), president
• Subcomandante Marcos (date of birth unknown), guerilla leader
• Moctezuma II (1466-1520), Aztec Emperor
• José María Morelos (1765-1815), independence fighter
• Pacal the Great (603-683), king of Palenque
• Antonio López de Santa Anna (1796-1876), general and dictator
• Pancho Villa (1878-1923), general in the Mexican Revolution
• Emiliano Zapata (1879-1919), revolutionary

Scientists

• Rodolfo Neri Vela (1952-), astronaut
• Mario Molina (1943-), chemical engineer

Sportspeople

• Javier Aguirre (1958-), association football
• Jared Borgetti (1973-), association football
• Omar Bravo (1980-), association football
• Jorge Campos (1966-), association football
• Antonio Carbajal (1929-), association football
• Guillermo Franco (1976-), association football
• Luis Hernández (1968-), association football
• Rafael Márquez (1979-), association football
• Lorena Ochoa (1981-), golf
• Sergio Pérez (1990-), racing driver
• Hugo Sánchez (1958-), association football
• Oswaldo Sánchez (1973-), association football
• Giovani dos Santos (1989-), association football

Other

• Enrique Camarena (1948-1985), undercover agent
• Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin (1474-1548), saint
• Malinche (1505-1529), interpreter and girlfriend of Hernan Cortes