Famous People from Mexico

• Benitez, Elsa (Sonora)

  Cover girl for the SI swimsuit issue, 2001

• Bichir, Demián (Mexico City)

  The Oscar-nominated star of the 2011 film A Better Life

• Calderón, Felipe (Morelia)

  The president of Mexico, 2006-12

• Cuarón, Alfonso (Mexico City)

  The Oscar-winning director of Gravity and Roma

• Del Toro, Guillermo (Guadalajara)

  The maker of the film The Shape of Water

• Felix, Maria (Alamos)

  The legendary Mexican movie star known as La Doña

• Fox, Vicente (Mexico City)

  President of Mexico, 2000-2006

• Gonzalez Inarritu, Alejandro (Mexico City)

  The Oscar-winning director of Birdman

• Guzman, Joaquin (La Tuna de Badiraguato) (Sinaloa)

  The Mexican drug kingpin known as "El Chapo"

• Hayek, Salma (Coatzacoalcos) (Veracruz)

  Star of the movie Frida

• Juárez, Benito (San Pablo Guelatao)

  Presidential hero of Mexico

• Kahlo, Frida (Mexico City)

  Mexico's most famous 20th-century woman artist

• Lascurain, Pedro (Mexico City)

  President of Mexico for under an hour

• Montalban, Ricardo (Mexico City)

  Mr. Roarke from TV's Fantasy Island

• Montezuma II (Tenochitlan (Mexico City))

  The leader of the Aztecs at the time of the Spanish conquest

• Nieto, Enrique Penã (Atlacomulco)

  President of Mexico, 2012 - present

• Nyong'o, Lupita (Mexico City)

  The Oscar-winning star of the movie 12 Years a Slave

• Paz, Octavio (Mexico City)

  The Mexican poet who wrote 'Piedra de sol' ('Sun Stone')

• Quinn, Anthony (Chihuahua)

  The actor who played Zorba the Greek

• Rivera, Diego (Guanajuato)

  Mexican muralist and husband of artist Frida Kahlo

• Santana, Carlos (Autlan de Novarra)

  Leader of the rock band Santana

• Thalia (Mexico City)

  Latin pop singer of "Tu y Yo"

• Villa, Pancho (San Juan del Rio)

  Legendary Mexican bandit

• Zapata, Emiliano (Anenecuilco)

  The great peasant hero of the Mexican Revolution

See: Index by Birthplace