List of Mexicans

This article contains a list of well-known Mexicans in science, publication, arts, politics and sports.

Arts

 * Manuel Álvarez Bravo, photographer; recipient, 1984 Hasselblad Award
 * Pita Amor, poet
 * Alberto Arai, architect, theorist and writer
 * Luis Barragán, architect
 * Federico Cantú, painter
 * Leonora Carrington, painter
 * Max Cetto, architect, educator and historian
 * Joaquín Clausell, painter
 * Miguel Covarrubias, painter
 * José Luis Cuevas, painter, printmaker
 * Gelsen Gas, theater director; film director and producer; actor; painter; poet; sculptor and inventor
 * Mathias Goeritz, painter, sculptor and architect
 * Jorge González Camarena, painter, muralist and sculptor
 * Saturnino Herrán, painter
 * Graciela Iturbide, photographer; recipient, 2008 Hasselblad Award
 * María Izquierdo, painter
 * Frida Kahlo, painter
 * Gerardo Murillo, painter
 * Amado Nervo, poet
 * Juan O'Gorman, painter and architect
 * José Clemente Orozco, muralist, printmaker
 * Guillermo Ríos Alcalá restoration expert and educator
 * Antonio Rivas Mercado, architect and engineer
 * Arturo Rivera, painter
 * Diego Rivera, muralist, painter, printmaker
 * Jesusa Rodríguez, director and performer
 * Michel Rojkind, architect
 * Verónica Ruiz de Velasco, figurative artist
 * Sebastián, sculptor
 * Javier Sicilia, poet, activist
 * David Alfaro Siqueiros, muralist, painter, printmaker
 * Rufino Tamayo, painter, printmaker
 * Mauricio Toussaint, painter
 * Remedios Varo, painter
 * José María Velasco, painter
 * Abraham Zabludovsky, architect
 * Alejandro Zohn, architect

Authors

 * Ignacio Manuel Altamirano
 * Pita Amor
 * Juan José Arreola
 * Guillermo Arriaga
 * Mariano Azuela
 * Caridad Bravo Adams
 * Roberto Bravo
 * Ignacio Burgoa Orihuela
 * Rosario Castellanos
 * Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
 * Salvador Elizondo
 * José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi
 * Carlos Fuentes
 * Martín Luis Guzmán
 * Guadalupe Loaeza
 * Gregorio López y Fuentes
 * Ángeles Mastretta
 * Carlos Monsiváis
 * Nezahualcoyotl
 * Salvador Novo
 * Fernando del Paso
 * José Emilio Pacheco
 * Susana Palazuelos
 * Elena Poniatowska
 * Alfonso Reyes
 * José Revueltas
 * Luis J. Rodriguez
 * Juan Rulfo
 * Juan Ruiz de Alarcón
 * Jaime Sabines
 * Paco Ignacio Taibo II
 * Lourdes Urrea
 * José Vasconcelos
 * Yolanda Vargas Dulché
 * Agustín Yáñez
 * Emilio Carballido

Businesspeople

 * María Asunción Aramburuzabala
 * Jerónimo Arango
 * Emilio Azcárraga Jean
 * Emilio Azcárraga Milmo
 * Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta
 * Alberto Baillères
 * Raúl Baillères
 * Daniel Chavez Moran
 * Andrés Conesa
 * Eugenio Garza Lagüera
 * Eugenio Garza Sada, Philanthropist
 * Bernardo Gómez Martínez
 * Roberto González Barrera
 * Víctor González Torres
 * Alfredo Harp Helú
 * Roberto Hernández Ramírez
 * Germán Larrea Mota-Velasco
 * Enrique Molina Sobrino
 * Pedro Romero de Terreros
 * Alfonso Romo
 * Hector Ruiz
 * Isaac Saba Raffoul
 * Ricardo Salinas Pliego
 * Carlos Slim
 * Antonio Suárez
 * Jorge Vergara
 * Lorenzo Zambrano

Cartoonists

 * Lalo Alcaraz
 * Paco Calderón
 * José G. Cruz
 * Eduardo del Río, Rius
 * Bill Melendez
 * José Guadalupe Posada

Musicians, conductors and composers of concert music

 * Antonio Aguilar, singer, composer
 * Alfonso Mejia-Arias, conductor, shakuhachi player
 * Juan Arvizu, lyric tenor
 * Felix Carrasco, conductor
 * Nestor Mesta Chayres, lyric tenor
 * Rey Alejandro Conde, conductor
 * Manuel Esperón, composer, musician, conductor
 * Pedro Fernández, singer, actor, songwriter, composer
 * Vicente Fernández, singer, composer
 * Horacio Franco, recorder player
 * Mike Fuentes, drummer
 * Pedro Infante singer, composer
 * Agustin Lara, singer, composer
 * Armando Manzanero, singer, composer
 * Andrés Muciño, pianist
 * Jaime Preciado, bassist
 * Carlos Miguel Prieto
 * Silvestre Revueltas, composer, conductor
 * Manuel M. Ponce, musician, composer
 * Jesús Adrián Romero, Christian singer-songwriter
 * Juventino Rosas
 * Chalino Sánchez
 * Joan Sebastian, singer, composer
 * Marco Antonio Solís, singer, composer

A–C

 * Alejandro Camacho, actor and producer
 * Ari Telch, actor
 * Amalia Aguilar, actress
 * Antonio Aguilar, singer
 * Luis Aguilar, singer
 * Pepe Aguilar, singer
 * Elsa Aguirre, actress
 * Rubén Aguirre, comedian, actor
 * Damián Alcázar, actor
 * Julio Alemán, actor
 * Fernando Allende, actor, film director
 * Ana Alicia, actress
 * Mario Almada, actor
 * Ilean Almaguer, actress
 * Rafael Amaya, actor
 * César Amigó, film director
 * Adolfo Angel, singer
 * Angélica María, singer
 * Alfonso Aráu, actor and director
 * Guillermo Arriaga, screenwriter, director and producer
 * Ramón Ayala, singer
 * Anahí, actress, singer
 * Angélica Aragón, actress
 * Aracely Arámbula, actress
 * Esteban Arce, show host
 * Pedro Armendáriz, actor
 * Pedro Armendáriz, Jr., actor
 * Adriana Barraza, actress
 * Meche Barba, actress
 * Ana Bárbara, singer
 * Katie Barberi, actress
 * Alejandra Barros, actress
 * Renato Bartilotti, actor
 * Sergio Basañez, actor
 * Kuno Becker, actor
 * Lola Beltrán, singer
 * Belinda, actress, singer
 * Elsa Benítez, model
 * Agustín Bernal, actor
 * Demián Bichir, actor
 * Jorge Blanco, actor, singer
 * Marcela Bovio, singer
 * Angelique Boyer, actress
 * Jacqueline Bracamontes, actress, model
 * Olga Breeskin, vedette
 * Claudio Brook, actor
 * Andrés Bustamante, comedian
 * Alejandro Camacho, actor
 * Jaime Camil, singer, actor
 * Marco Antonio Campos Viruta, comedian, actor
 * Carmen Campuzano, actress, fashion model
 * Itatí Cantoral, actress
 * Eduardo Capetillo, actor
 * Yadhira Carrillo, actress
 * Irán Castillo, actress
 * Cristian Castro, singer
 * Verónica Castro, actress, singer
 * David Cavazos, singer
 * Lumi Cavazos, actress
 * Christian Chávez, actor, singer
 * Sharis Cid, actress
 * Fernando Colunga, actor
 * Ninel Conde, actress, model, singer
 * Karla Cossío, actress
 * Alfonso Cuarón, film director
 * Luis de Alba, actor, comedian
 * Rebecca de Alba, show host
 * Alfonso de Anda, show host
 * José María de Tavira, actor
 * Ana de la Reguera, actress
 * Arath de la Torre, actor
 * María Antonieta de las Nieves, actress
 * Kate del Castillo, actress

D–G

 * Dolores del Río, actress
 * Yolanda del Río, singer
 * Guillermo del Toro, film director
 * Gonzalo de la Torre, singer, producer
 * Eugenio Derbez, actor, comedian, producer
 * Aarón Díaz, actor
 * Columba Domínguez, actress
 * Liliana Domínguez, supermodel
 * Susana Dosamantes, actress
 * Lila Downs, singer
 * Dulce María, actress, singer, composer
 * Jean Duverger, actor, show host
 * Elán, singer, songwriter
 * Fernando Eimbcke, film director, screenwriter
 * Emilio Echevarría, actor
 * Liza Echeverría, model, show host
 * Erick Elías, actor, model
 * Evangelina Elizondo, actress
 * Emmanuel, singer
 * Lorena Enríquez, actress
 * José Guadalupe Esparza, singer
 * María Félix, actress
 * Alejandro Fernández, singer
 * Pedro Fernández, singer, actor, songwriter, composer, producer
 * Vicente Fernández, singer
 * Juan Ferrara, actor
 * Laura Flores, actress
 * Adriana Fonseca, actress
 * Rubén Fuentes, actor
 * Juan Gabriel, singer, composer
 * Francisco Gabilondo Soler, "Cri-Cri", songwriter
 * Gael García Bernal, actor
 * Sara García, actress
 * Eduardo Garza, voice actor
 * Bibi Gaytán, actress
 * Alfredo Gil, singer, guitarist, founding member of Trio los Panchos
 * Filippa Giordano, crossover singer
 * Ernesto Gómez Cruz, actor
 * Roberto Gómez Bolaños Chespirito, actor, director, songwriter and screenwriter
 * Alejandro González Iñárritu, film director
 * Edith González, actress
 * Sherlyn González, actress
 * Susana González, actress
 * Ely Guerra, singer, musician, songwriter, composer
 * Denisse Guerrero, singer
 * Emilia Guiú, actress
 * Elizabeth Gutiérrez, actress
 * Alejandra Guzmán, singer
 * Enrique Guzmán, singer
 * Vanessa Guzmán, actress, model

H–M



 * Laura Harring, actress
 * Hector Soberon, actor
 * Salma Hayek, actress
 * Plutarco Haza, actor
 * Gaspar Henaine Capulina, actor and comedian
 * Saul Hernández, singer
 * Carlos Hernández Vázquez, film director
 * Alfonso Herrera, actor, singer
 * Lorena Herrera, actress
 * Pedro Infante, singer, actor
 * Mauricio Islas, actor
 * Frankie J, singer
 * Altair Jarabo, actress
 * Rodolfo Jiménez, actor
 * José Alfredo Jiménez, singer, songwriter, musician, composer
 * José José, singer
 * Lupita Jones, Miss Universe 1991
 * Judith Grace, show host
 * Katy Jurado, actress
 * Ines Gomez Mont, television host
 * Kalimba, singer
 * Natalia Lafourcade, singer
 * Imanol Landeta, actor, singer
 * Valentino Lanús, actor
 * Norma Lazareno, actress
 * Ana Layevska, actress
 * Mariana Levy, actress
 * Iyari Limon, actress
 * Claudia Lizaldi, model
 * Patricia Llaca, actress
 * Xavier López, Chabelo, actor
 * Renato López, musician, show host
 * Seidy López, actress
 * Alex Lora, musician, singer, songwriter
 * Adriana Louvier, actress
 * Karyme Lozano, actress
 * Lucero, actress, singer
 * Luis Miguel, singer
 * Daniela Luján, actress, singer
 * Fernando Luján, actor
 * Diego Luna, actor, director
 * Tony MacFarland, actor
 * Sara Maldonado, actress, comedian
 * Julio Mannino, actor
 * Patricia Manterola, singer
 * Erik Mariñelarena, film director
 * María Elena Marqués, actress
 * Adalberto Martínez Resortes, comedian and actor
 * Karla Martínez, show host
 * Ingrid Martz, actress
 * Ofelia Medina, actress
 * Bill Meléndez, animator
 * Lucía Méndez, actress, singer
 * Florinda Meza, actress
 * Jaydy Michel, fashion model
 * Miroslava, actress
 * Maya Mishalska, actress
 * Nicky Mondellini, actress
 * Ricardo Montalbán, actor
 * Pilar Montenegro, actress, singer
 * Pablo Montero, singer, actor
 * Ivonne Montero, actress
 * Andrés Montiel, actor
 * Galilea Montijo, actress
 * Mario Moreno Cantinflas, actor and comedian
 * Bárbara Mori, actress, model
 * Sabine Moussier, actress
 * Marco Antonio Muñiz, singer
 * Evita Muñoz, actress, comedian, singer
 * René Muñoz, actor
 * Úrsula Murayama, actress

N–R

 * Ximena Navarrete, model, Miss Universe 2010
 * Chucho Navarro, singer, guitarist, founding member of Trio Los Panchos
 * Guillermo Navarro, actor
 * Patricia Navidad, actress
 * Jorge Negrete, singer, actor
 * Mónica Noguera, television host, model
 * Adela Noriega, actress
 * Manuel "Manolo" Noriega, stage and film actor
 * Nailea Norvind, actress
 * Ramón Novarro, actor
 * Ona Grauer, actress
 * Manuel Ojeda, actor
 * Fher Olvera, singer
 * Mauricio Ochmann, actor
 * Yahir Othon, actor, singer
 * Haley Paige, pornographic actress
 * Dominika Paleta, actress
 * Ludwika Paleta, actress
 * Andrea Palma, actress
 * Joaquín Pardavé, actor, director, songwriter and screenwriter
 * Plankton Man, musician
 * Sylvia Pasquel, actress
 * Arturo Peniche, actor
 * Maite Perroni, actress, singer
 * Silvia Pinal, actress, show host
 * Salvador Pineda, actor
 * Polo Polo, comedian
 * María Antonieta Pons, actress
 * Enrique Rambal, actor
 * Adal Ramones, comedian
 * Marco Antonio Regil, television host
 * Diana Reyes, singer
 * Miguel Alejandro Reina, film director
 * Cornelio Reyna, singer
 * Lalo Ríos, Mexican-born American actor
 * Angélica Rivera, actress
 * Jorge Rivero, actor
 * Aurora Robles, supermodel
 * Enrique Rocha, actor
 * Paul Rodriguez, comedian, actor
 * Helena Rojo, actress
 * María Rojo, actress
 * Gilbert Roland, actor
 * Daniela Romo, actress, singer
 * Rosa Carmina. actress
 * Alessandra Rosaldo, actress, singer
 * Paulina Rubio, singer
 * Ximena Rubio, actress
 * Victoria Ruffo, actress

S–Z

 * Jorge Salinas, actor
 * Nora Salinas, actress
 * Juan Soler, actor
 * Carlos Santana, musician
 * Pablo Santos, actor
 * Joan Sebastian, singer
 * Mariana Seoane, singer
 * Ana Serradilla, actress
 * Antonio Serrano, director
 * Karol Sevilla, actress, singer
 * Camila Sodi, actress
 * Sasha Sokol, singer
 * Fernando Soler, actor
 * Javier Solís, singer
 * Marco Antonio Solís, singer
 * Blanca Soto, fashion model
 * Gabriel Soto, actor, model
 * Karla Souza, actress
 * Hugo Stiglitz, actor
 * Devin Tailes, singer
 * Ana Claudia Talancón, actress
 * Mario Talavera, songwriter
 * Tatiana, singer
 * Arleth Terán, actress
 * Thalía, actress, singer
 * Lynda Thomas, musician, singer-songwriter
 * Thelma Tixou, vedette
 * José Antonio Torres, film director
 * Lupita Tovar, actress
 * Rigo Tovar, singer, songwriter, composer, actor
 * Gloria Trevi, singer
 * Víctor Trujillo / Brozo, actor, comedian
 * Emilio Tuero, actor, singer
 * Christopher Uckermann, actor, singer
 * Polo Urías, singer
 * Germán Valdés, Tin Tán, actor
 * Ramón Valdés, don Ramón, actor
 * Victor Noriega, actor, singer, model
 * Angélica Vale, actress, singer, comedian
 * Sergio Vallín, guitarist
 * Pedro Vargas, singer
 * María Elena Velasco La India María, actress, comedian
 * Lorena Velázquez, actress
 * Raúl Velasco, entertainer and television producer
 * Lupe Vélez, actress
 * Julieta Venegas, singer, songwriter, composer, musician
 * Eduardo Verástegui, actor, model
 * Carlos Villagrán, actor
 * David Villalpando, actor
 * Mayrín Villanueva, actress
 * Alicia Villarreal, singer
 * Edgar Vivar, actor
 * Laisha Wilkins, actress
 * Laura Zapata, actress
 * Jesús Zavala, actor, singer
 * Humberto Zurita, actor

Historians, economists and social scientists

 * Lucas Alamán
 * Ramón Alcaraz
 * Francisco Javier Clavijero
 * Francisco del Paso y Troncoso
 * Everardo Elizondo
 * Ricardo Lancaster-Jones y Verea
 * Miguel León-Portilla
 * Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, archaeologist
 * Jean Meyer
 * Edmundo O'Gorman
 * Pedro Thomas Ruiz de Velasco
 * Fernando Escalante Gonzalbo, sociologist

Intellectuals and writers

 * Héctor Aguilar Camín
 * Mariano Azuela
 * Daniel Cosío Villegas
 * Fernando del Paso
 * Germán Dehesa
 * Salvador Elizondo
 * Juan Escoto
 * Carlos Fuentes
 * Jorge Ibargüengoitia
 * Alfonso García Robles, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982
 * Enrique Krauze
 * Mario Ojeda Gómez
 * Octavio Paz, winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature
 * Alfonso Reyes
 * Juan Rulfo
 * Moises Saenz
 * José Vasconcelos
 * Gabriel Zaid

Journalists

 * Javier Alatorre
 * Carmen Aristegui
 * Jesús Blancornelas
 * Manuel Buendía
 * Lydia Cacho
 * María Antonieta Collins
 * Denise Dresser
 * Isidro Fabela
 * Giselle Fernández
 * Pedro Ferriz de Con
 * Pedro Ferriz Santacruz
 * Ricardo Flores Magón
 * Joaquín López-Dóriga
 * Carlos Loret de Mola
 * Adela Micha
 * Margarita Michelena
 * Jorge Ramos
 * Paola Rojas
 * Javier Solórzano
 * Lilly Téllez
 * Jacobo Zabludovsky

Sports journalists

 * José Roberto Pepe Espinosa
 * David Faitelson
 * Álvaro Morales
 * Inés Sainz
 * Pedro El Mago Septién
 * José Ramón Fernández

Military, revolutionaries and guerrilla (fighters)

 * Juan Aldama
 * Ignacio Allende
 * Felipe Ángeles
 * José Azueta
 * Lucio Cabañas
 * Agustín de Iturbide
 * Porfirio Díaz
 * Mariano Escobedo
 * Enrique Gorostieta
 * Vicente Guerrero
 * Rafael Sebastián Guillén, Subcomandante Marcos
 * Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
 * Victoriano Huerta
 * José Mariano Jiménez
 * Emilio Kosterlitzky
 * Antonio López de Santa Anna
 * Ignacio López Rayón
 * Mariano Matamoros
 * José María Morelos y Pavón
 * Victoriano "El Catorce" Ramírez
 * Leona Vicario
 * Pancho Villa
 * Emiliano Zapata

Monarchs

 * Agustin I
 * Maximiliano I

Politicians

 * Miguel Alemán Valdés
 * Miguel Alemán Velasco
 * Gilberto Bosques Saldívar
 * Luis H. Álvarez
 * Eduardo Bours
 * Felipe Calderón
 * Heberto Castillo
 * Manuel J. Clouthier
 * Cuauhtémoc
 * Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas
 * Lázaro Cárdenas Batel
 * Lázaro Cárdenas del Río
 * Venustiano Carranza
 * Luis Donaldo Colosio
 * Porfirio Díaz
 * Marcelo Ebrard
 * Diego Fernández de Cevallos
 * Marti Batres
 * Vicente Fox
 * Rosa Albina Garavito
 * José Eleuterio González, Gonzalitos
 * Manuel Gómez Morín
 * Plutarco Elías Calles
 * Elba Esther Gordillo
 * Carlos Hank González
 * Jorge Hank Rhon
 * Enrique Jackson
 * Benito Juárez
 * Vicente Lombardo Toledano
 * Andrés Manuel López Obrador
 * José López Portillo
 * Francisco I. Madero
 * Carlos A. Madrazo
 * Roberto Madrazo
 * Arnoldo Martínez Verdugo
 * Moctezuma Ilhuicamina
 * Moctezuma Xocoyotzin
 * Antonio Ortiz Mena
 * Enrique Peña Nieto
 * Armando Ríos Piter
 * Rosario Robles
 * Carlos Salinas de Gortari
 * Jesús Silva-Herzog
 * Fidel Velázquez
 * Ernesto Zedillo
 * Demetrio Sodi

Religious people

 * Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, Cardinal
 * Felipe de Jesús, Saint (Martyr)
 * Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, Saint
 * Anacleto González Flores, Beato, (Martyr)
 * Rafael Guízar Valencia, Bishop, Saint
 * Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
 * Javier Lozano Barragán, Cardinal
 * Cristóbal Magallanes Jara, Saint
 * Miguel Agustín Pro, Beato, (Martyr)
 * Norberto Rivera, Cardinal
 * José Sánchez del Río, Beato (Martyr)

A–L

 * José Ádem, mathematician
 * Miguel Alcubierre, theoretical and computational physicist; see Alcubierre drive
 * Fernando Altamirano, physician, botanist and naturalist
 * Miguel Alvarez del Toro, biologist
 * Carlos Arias Ortiz, biochemist
 * León Ávalos y Vez, mechanical engineer
 * Juan Francisco Azcárate, military, aircraft designer and engineer
 * Albert Baez, physicist
 * Isidro Baldenegro López, awarded the 2005 Goldman Environmental Prize
 * Alicia Bárcena Ibarra, biologist
 * Francisco Barnés de Castro, engineer
 * Marcos E. Becerra, anthropologist and botanist
 * Jacob Bekenstein, physicist; contributed to the foundation of black hole thermodynamics; see the Bekenstein bound
 * Francisco Bolívar Zapata, biochemist and professor
 * Alberto Bustani Adem, engineer
 * Edwin Bustillos, awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1996
 * Juan Ismael Calzada, botanist; credited with the discovery of the elm Ulmus ismaelis
 * Carlos Canseco, physician and philanthropist
 * Nabor Carrillo Flores, nuclear physicist, scientific advisor and former president of UNAM
 * Heberto Castillo, civil engineer and political activist
 * Ana María Cetto, physicist
 * Ignacio Chapela, microbial ecologist and mycologist; notable for his work with natural resources and indigenous right|uprights
 * Ignacio Chávez Sánchez, physician and cardiologist
 * Alejandro Corichi, theoretical physics; contributed to the understanding of classical aspects of black holes
 * Jorge Cuesta, chemist
 * José Antonio de Alzate y Ramírez, scientist
 * Miguel de Icaza, free software programmer; started GNOME
 * Pablo de la Llave, biolologist
 * Antonio de León y Gama, astronomer, anthropologist and writer
 * Andrés Manuel del Río, chemist; discovered vanadium
 * Alfredo Dugès, biologist
 * Luis Enrique Erro, astronomer
 * Henry Eyring, chemist
 * Carlos Frenk, astronomer; pioneer in simulations of large-scale structure
 * Héctor García-Molina, database researcher
 * Ángel María Garibay K, linguist
 * Francisco Javier González-Acuña, mathematician
 * Guillermo González Camarena, inventor of the first color television system
 * Rosario María Gutiérrez Eskildsen, lexicographer, linguist, educator, and poet
 * Julio César Gutiérrez Vega, physicist
 * Gastón Guzmán, mycologist and anthropologist
 * Guillermo Haro, astrophysicist and astronomer; co-discoverer of Herbig-Haro objects
 * Alfonso L. Herrera, biologist
 * Jaime Lagunez, cancer and HIV/AIDS researcher
 * José María Lanz, mathematician and engineer
 * Yolanda Lastra, linguist
 * Antonio Lazcano, biologist
 * Jesús León Santos, awarded the 2008 Goldman Environmental Prize
 * José Luis Lezama, scientist
 * Susana López Charreton, biochemist
 * Ana María López Colomé, biochemist

M–Z

 * German Martinez Hidalgo, physicist, mathematician, chemist and astronomer
 * Daniel Mastretta, engineer and car designer
 * Héctor Mayagoitia Domínguez, chemist
 * Federico Mena, computer programmer
 * Luis E. Miramontes, co-inventor of the contraceptive pill
 * Ricardo Miledi, neuroscientist who won the Royal Medal in 1998
 * Cristina Mittermeier, photographer and biochemical engineer
 * José Mariano Mociño, botanist
 * Mario J. Molina, Nobel Prize winner in 1995
 * Carmen Mondragón Nahui Olin, model, painter and poet
 * General Manuel Mondragón, firearm designer
 * Rodolfo Montiel Flores, awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2000
 * Rodolfo Neri Vela, astronaut and scientist
 * Víctor Neumann-Lara, mathematician
 * Melchor Ocampo, biologist, politician
 * Esther Orozco, biologist
 * Federico Ortiz Quezada, urologist
 * Antonio Peña Díaz, biochemist
 * Arcadio Poveda, astronomer; developed a method to calculate the mass of elliptical galaxies
 * Marco Rito-Palomares, biologist
 * Diego Rodríguez, mathematician, astronomer, educator and technological innovator
 * Raúl Rojas, computer scientist and mathematician
 * Arturo Rosenblueth, physician and physiologist
 * Reyes Tamez Guerra, immunochemist
 * Ted Taylor, physicist, nuclear-weapons designer
 * Fernando Vallejo, biologist, filmmaker and writer
 * Evangelina Villegas, biochemist
 * Nora Volkow, physician
 * Rossana Reguillo, social scientist

Baseball

 * Bobby Ávila, MLB, second baseman
 * Nelson Barrera, LMB, infielder / designated hitter
 * Vinny Castilla, MLB, third baseman, manager
 * Humberto Cota, MLB, catcher
 * Jorge Cantú MLB, third baseman / first baseman
 * Elmer Dessens, MLB, pitcher
 * Erubiel Durazo, MLB, first baseman
 * Héctor Espino, LMB & MPL, first baseman, manager
 * Francisco Paquín Estrada, LMB, catcher, manager
 * Yovani Gallardo, MLB, pitcher
 * Jaime García, MLB, pitcher
 * Teddy Higuera, MLB, pitcher
 * Esteban Loaiza, MLB, pitcher
 * Aurelio López, MLB, relief pitcher
 * Jorge Orta, MLB, second baseman / designated hitter / outfielder
 * Dennys Reyes, MLB, pitcher
 * Oscar Robles, MLB, infielder
 * Aurelio Rodríguez, MLB, third baseman
 * Joakim Soria, MLB, relief pitcher
 * Fernando Valenzuela, MLB, pitcher

Boxing

 * Saúl Canelo Álvarez
 * Jorge Travieso Arce
 * Marco Antonio Barrera
 * Luis Ramón Yori Boy Campas
 * Miguel Canto
 * Julio César Chávez
 * Julio César Chávez, Jr.
 * Pipino Cuevas
 * Ricardo Delgado, Olympic boxing
 * Juan de la Rosa
 * Óscar Larios
 * Rafael Bazooka Limón
 * Ricardo Finito López
 * Juan Manuel Márquez
 * Abner Mares
 * Manuel Medina
 * Juan Meza
 * Erik Terrible Morales
 * Rubén Púas Olivares
 * Jorge Maromero Páez
 * Carlos Palomino
 * José Luis Ramírez
 * Antonio Roldán, Olympic boxing
 * Joaquín Rocha, Olympic boxing
 * Salvador Sal Sánchez
 * Laura Serrano
 * Ana María Torres
 * Alfredo Xeque
 * Alfonso Zamora, Olympic boxing
 * Carlos Zárate Serna

Basketball

 * Gustavo Ayón, NBA, Center
 * Romel Beck, NBA Development League, point guard
 * Horacio Llamas, NBA, center
 * Eduardo Nájera, NBA, forward

Bullfighters

 * Alejandro Amaya
 * Carlos Arruza
 * Jaime Bravo
 * Guillermo Capetillo
 * Eloy Cavazos
 * Michelito Lagravere
 * Rafita Mirabal
 * Silverio Pérez
 * Carmelo Torres

A–M

 * Javier Vasco Aguirre, attacking midfielder, retired, head coach
 * Luis Roberto Alves, Zague, winger, retired
 * Jesús Cabrito Arellano, midfielder, retired
 * Pablo Barrera, winger
 * Juan Ignacio Basaguren, attacking midfielder, retired
 * Adolfo Bofo Bautista, attacking midfielder
 * Christian Hobbit Bermúdez, attacking midfielder
 * Cuauhtémoc Blanco, attacking midfielder, retired
 * Jared Borgetti, striker, retired
 * Enrique Borja, striker, retired
 * Omar Bravo, striker
 * Jorge Campos, goalkeeper, striker, retired
 * Antonio La Tota Carbajal, goalkeeper, retired, head coach
 * Nery Castillo, attacking midfielder, forward
 * Leonardo Cuéllar, midfielder, retired, Mexico women's national coach
 * José Manuel Chepo de la Torre, midfielder, retired, head coach
 * Maribel Domínguez, Marigol, striker, women's football
 * Giovani dos Santos, attacking midfielder
 * Jonathan dos Santos, midfielder
 * Carlos Fierro, striker
 * Fernando Julien Freire (born 1986) striker, retired
 * Luis Pirata Fuente, midfielder, retired
 * Benjamín Galindo, attacking midfielder, retired, head coach
 * Alberto García Aspe, attacking midfielder, retired
 * Luis García, striker, retired
 * Julio Gómez, winger
 * Monica Gonzalez, defender, retired, sportscaster
 * Andrés Guardado, left winger
 * Raúl Gutiérrez, defender, retired, head coach
 * Javier Hernández, striker
 * Luis Hernández, Matador, striker, retired
 * Sofia Huerta, forward
 * Efraín Juárez, defender
 * Manuel Lapuente, forward, retired, head coach
 * Fatima Leyva, midfielder, women's football
 * Braulio Luna, forward
 * Jonny Magallón, defender
 * Rafael Márquez, defender, defensive midfielder
 * Stephany Mayor, forward
 * Alberto Venado Medina, forward
 * Ramón Morales, midfielder, retired
 * Héctor Moreno, defender

N–Z

 * Antônio Naelson, Sinha, midfielder
 * Manuel Negrete, attacking midfielder, retired
 * Teresa Noyola, midfielder
 * Monica Ocampo, forward
 * Guillermo Memo Ochoa, goalkeeper
 * Francisco Palencia, forward
 * Pável Pardo, midfielder
 * Luis Ernesto Perez, forward
 * Veronica Perez, midfielder
 * Gonzalo Pineda, defender
 * Ramón Ramírez, midfielder, defender, retired
 * Salvador Chava Reyes, striker, retired
 * Ángel Reyna, attacking midfielder
 * Adolfo Rios, goalkeeper
 * Alberto Rodríguez, defender
 * Arianna Romero, defender
 * Jennifer Ruiz, defender
 * Francisco Javier Maza Rodríguez, defender
 * Carlos Salcido, defender
 * Hugo Sánchez, striker, retired, head coach
 * Oswaldo Sánchez, goalkeeper
 * Ángel Sosa, striker, retired
 * Jesús Aarón Soto, goalkeeper, retired
 * Claudio Suárez, defender, retired
 * Gerardo Borrego Torrado, defensive midfielder
 * Carlos Vela, striker
 * Cesáreo Victorino, attacking midfielder
 * Ignacio Trelles, don Nacho, head coach

Motorsports

 * Carlos Contreras, NASCAR
 * Luis Díaz, CART, American Le Mans Series
 * Mario Domínguez, CART
 * Adrián Fernández, CART, American Le Mans Series
 * Josele Garza, CART
 * Jorge Goeters, NASCAR
 * Ricardo González, CART, FIA WEC
 * Benito Guerra, rallying
 * Carlos Guerrero, CART
 * Esteban Gutiérrez, Formula One
 * Israel Jaitovich, NASCAR, road racer
 * Michel Jourdain, Jr., CART, NASCAR and rallying
 * Sergio Checo Pérez, Formula One
 * Jo Ramírez, team coordinator Formula One
 * José Luis Ramírez, NASCAR
 * Héctor Alonso Rebaque, Formula One, CART
 * Pedro Rodríguez, Formula One
 * Ricardo Rodríguez, Formula One
 * Memo Rojas, Jr., Rolex Sports Car Series
 * Moisés Solana, Formula One
 * Daniel Suárez, NASCAR
 * Ricardo Triviño, rallying

Olympic and Paralympian athletes

 * Raúl Alcalá, bicycle road racing
 * Daniel Bautista, racewalking
 * Perla Bustamante, Paralympian, track and field
 * Ernesto Canto, racewalking
 * Joaquín Capilla, diving
 * Alejandro Cárdenas, track and field
 * Everardo Cristóbal Quirino, canoe racing
 * Nancy Contreras, track cycling
 * Paola Espinosa, diving
 * María del Rosario Espinoza, taekwondo
 * Víctor Estrada, taekwondo
 * Adriana Fernández, marathon runner
 * Álvaro Gaxiola, diving
 * Carlos Girón, diving
 * Rodolfo Gómez, marathon runner
 * Raúl González, racewalking
 * Belem Guerrero, track cycling
 * Ana Gabriela Guevara, track and field
 * Salvador Hernandez, Paralympian, track and field
 * Soraya Jiménez, weightlifter
 * Brenda Magaña, gymnast
 * Saúl Mendoza, Paralympian, wheelchair racer
 * Humberto Mariles, equestrian
 * Carlos Mercenario, racewalking
 * Felipe Tibio Muñoz, swimming
 * Rommel Pacheco, diving
 * José Sargento Pedraza, racewalker
 * Guillermo Pérez Sandoval, taekwondo
 * Fernando Platas, diving
 * Maria Teresa Ramírez, swimming
 * Romary Rifka, high jump
 * Pilar Roldán, fencing
 * Iridia Salazar, taekwondo
 * Oscar Salazar, taekwondo
 * Mario Santillan, Paralympian, marathon
 * Juan René Serrano, archery
 * Rubén Uriza, equestrian
 * Alberto Valdés, equestrian
 * Jeny Velazco, Paralympian, track and field
 * Hubertus von Hohenlohe, alpine skier
 * José Manuel Youshimatz, track cycling
 * Vanessa Zambotti, judo
 * Luis Alberto Zepeda Félix, Paralympian, track and field

Wrestling

 * Alfonso Dantés, El Tanque
 * Apolo Dantés
 * Américo Rocca
 * Atlantis
 * Black Shadow
 * Blue Demon
 * Blue Panther
 * Brazo de Plata / Super Porky
 * Cavernario Galindo
 * Cien Caras
 * Charly Manson
 * Alberto Del Rio/ Dos Caras, Jr.
 * Dos Caras
 * Dr. Wagner, Jr.
 * El Brazo
 * El Canek
 * El Dandy
 * El Hijo del Santo
 * El Santo
 * Emilio Charles, Jr.
 * Enrique Llanes
 * Faby Apache
 * Heavy Metal
 * Héctor Garza
 * Jerry Estrada
 * La Parka
 * Lady Apache
 * Latin Lover
 * Lizmark
 * Lizmark, Jr.
 * Mari Apache
 * Máscara Año 2000
 * Máscara Sagrada
 * Mascarita Sagrada
 * Mil Máscaras
 * Miss Janeth
 * Místico / Sin Cara
 * Negro Casas
 * Octagón
 * Octagoncito
 * Perro Aguayo
 * Perro Aguayo, Jr.
 * Pierroth, Jr.
 * Pirata Morgan
 * Rayo de Jalisco, Jr.
 * Rayo de Jalisco, Sr.
 * Ringo Mendoza
 * Carmelo Reyes, Cien Caras
 * Rito Romero
 * Satánico
 * Sexy Star
 * Shocker
 * Scorpio, Jr.
 * Tarzán López
 * Villano III
 * Volador Jr.
 * Zuleyma

Other sports

 * Raúl Allegre, NFL, placekicker
 * Álvaro Beltrán, racquetball
 * Rolando Cantu, NFL, offensive guard
 * Eduardo Castañeda, NFL, linebacker
 * Carlos Carsolio, mountaineering
 * Frank Corral, NFL, placekicker
 * Victor Espinoza, horse racing
 * Tom Fears, NFL, wide receiver
 * Martin García, horse racing
 * Carlos Gracida, polo
 * Memo Gracida, polo
 * Efrén Herrera, NFL, placekicker
 * Leonardo Lavalle, tennis
 * Victor Leyva, NFL, offensive guard
 * Paola Longoria, racquetball
 * Jorge Lozano, tennis
 * Marco Martos, NFL Europe, wide receiver, head coach
 * Lorena Ochoa, golf
 * Rafael Osuna, tennis
 * Antonio Palafox, tennis
 * Ramiro Pruneda, NFL, offensive tackle
 * Raúl Ramírez, tennis
 * Yola Ramírez, tennis
 * Ron Rivera, NFL, player / coach
 * Samantha Salas racquetball
 * Rafael Septién, NFL, placekicker
 * Marcel Sisniega Campbell, chess
 * Esteban Toledo, golf
 * Carlos Torre Repetto, chess
 * Luis Zendejas, NFL, placekicker
 * Max Zendejas, NFL, placekicker
 * Tony Zendejas, NFL, placekicker