List of Mexicans

Last updated October 26, 2025

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

Arts

Javier Martinez - Miami, FL

Mauricio Alejo, artist-photographs and videos^[1]
Manuel Álvarez Bravo, photographer; recipient, 1984 Hasselblad Award
Pita Amor, poet
Alberto Arai, architect, theorist and painter
Luis Barragán, architect
Lizet Benrey, painter
Federico Cantú, writer
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
Arturo Moyers Villena, painter
Gerardo Murillo, painter
Amado Nervo, poet
Juan O'Gorman, painter and architect
José Clemente Orozco, muralist, printmaker
Eugenio Peschard, architect
Beatriz Peschard, architect
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
José Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza, painter
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

Guillermo Arriaga GuillermoArriaga.jpg — Guillermo Arriaga

Aviators

Businesspeople

Daniel Chavez Moran MoranChavez.jpg — Daniel Chavez Moran

Hector Ruiz HectorRuiz.png — Hector Ruiz

Cartoonists

Musicians, conductors and composers of concert music

Silvestre Revueltas Silvestre-revueltas.jpg — Silvestre Revueltas

Rubén Albarrán
Alfonso Mejia-Arias, musician, writer, social activist, politician
Antonio Aguilar, singer, composer
Juan Arvizu, lyric tenor
Alejandra Ávalos, singer-songwriter, actress, composer
Ariel Camacho
Natanael Cano
Felix Carrasco, conductor
Nestor Mesta Chayres, lyric tenor
Rey Alejandro Conde, conductor
Manuel Esperón, composer, musician, conductor
Silvana Estrada, musician, singer
Pedro Fernández, singer-songwriter, actor, composer
Vicente Fernández, singer, composer
Horacio Franco, recorder player
Mike Fuentes, drummer
Juan Gabriel, singer
Irma González, operatic soprano
Saúl Hernández
Pedro Infante singer, composer
Agustín Lara, singer, composer
José Madero, singer, composer
Armando Manzanero, singer, composer
Arturo Márquez, composer^[2]
Manuel M. Ponce, musician, composer
Jaime Preciado, bassist
Carlos Miguel Prieto
Silvestre Revueltas, composer, conductor
Elvira Ríos, singer-songwriter, actress, composer
Jesús Adrián Romero, Christian singer-songwriter
Sofía Reyes, singer-songwriter
Cesar Rosas, singer, vocalist
Juventino Rosas
Paulina Rubio, singer
Chalino Sánchez
Joan Sebastian, singer, composer
Marco Antonio Solís, singer, composer
Thalía, singer

Entertainers

Historians, economists and social scientists

Human rights activists

Intellectuals and writers

Héctor Aguilar Camín
Gabriel Careaga Medina
Mariano Azuela
Edmundo Cetina Velázquez, philosopher
Daniel Cosío Villegas
Fernando del Paso, Cervantes Prize winner^[5]
Germán Dehesa
Alberto Espinosa Desigaud
Salvador Elizondo
Juan Escoto
Carlos Fuentes, Cervantes Prize winner^[5]
Jorge Ibargüengoitia
Alfonso García Robles, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982
Enrique Krauze
Mario Ojeda Gómez
Tony Olmos, screenwriter and filmmaker
Octavio Paz, winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature ^[6]
Alfonso Reyes
Juan Rulfo
Moises Saenz
Juan Manuel Silva Camarena, philosopher, professor and academic
José Vasconcelos
Gabriel Zaid

Military, revolutionaries and guerrilla (fighters)

Monarchs

Politicians

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)
Margarito Bautista, theologian and religious founder

Science and technology

A–L

José Adem, mathematician
Miguel Alcubierre, theoretical and computational physicist; see Alcubierre drive
Celia Mercedes Alpuche Aranda, infectious diseases researcher
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
Becky Bios, activist, biologist, teacher
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, biologist
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
Jefa Fabiana, head of nursing
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
Guadalupe Hayes-Mota, biotechnologist and business director
Guillermo Haro, astrophysicist and astronomer; co-discoverer of Herbig–Haro objects
Alfonso L. Herrera, biologist
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
Rita López de Llergo y Seoane, geographer

M–Z

Miguel Ángel J. Márquez Ruiz, veterinarian
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
Hilda Villegas Castrejón, surgeon and a pioneer in electron microscopy
Nora Volkow, physician
Rossana Reguillo, social scientist

Sports

American football

Isaac Alarcón, NFL, offensive tackle
Raúl Allegre, NFL, placekicker
Frank Corral, NFL, placekicker
Tom Fears, NFL, wide receiver
Efrén Herrera, NFL, placekicker
Victor Leyva, NFL, offensive guard
Marco Martos, NFL Europe, wide receiver, head coach
Jose Portilla, NFL, offensive tackle
Ramiro Pruneda, NFL, offensive tackle
Aldo Richins, NFL, wingback
Rafael Septién, NFL, placekicker
Joaquin Zendejas, NFL, placekicker
Luis Zendejas, NFL, placekicker
Marty Zendejas, NFL, placekicker
Max Zendejas, NFL, placekicker
Tony Zendejas, NFL, placekicker

Baseball

Juan Acevedo, MLB, pitcher
Alfredo Aceves, MLB, pitcher
Tavo Álvarez, MLB, pitcher
Alfredo Amézaga, MLB
Bobby Ávila, MLB, second baseman
Luis Ayala, MLB, pitcher
Manny Bañuelos, MLB, pitcher
Nelson Barrera, LMB, infielder / designated hitter
Rigo Beltrán, MLB, pitcher
Vinny Castilla, MLB, third baseman, manager
Humberto Cota, MLB, catcher
Jorge Cantú, MLB, third baseman / first baseman
Luis Cruz, MLB, shortstop
Jorge de la Rosa, MLB, pitcher
Elmer Dessens, MLB, pitcher
Erubiel Durazo, MLB, first baseman
Narciso Elvira, MLB, pitcher
Héctor Espino, LMB & MPL, first baseman, manager
Francisco Paquín Estrada, LMB, catcher, manager
Marco Estrada, MLB, pitcher
Yovani Gallardo, MLB, pitcher
Jaime Garcia, MLB, pitcher
Benji Gil, MLB, infielder
Miguel González, MLB, pitcher
Victor González, MLB, pitcher
Teddy Higuera, MLB, pitcher
Alejandro Kirk, MLB, catcher
Arnold León, MLB, pitcher
Esteban Loaiza, MLB, pitcher
Aurelio López, MLB, relief pitcher
Jorge Orta, MLB, second baseman / designated hitter / outfielder
Roberto Osuna, MLB, pitcher
Ramiro Peña, MLB, infielder
Óliver Pérez, MLB, pitcher
Dennys Reyes, MLB, pitcher
Óscar Robles, MLB, infielder
Aurelio Rodríguez, MLB, third baseman
Fernando Salas, MLB, pitcher
Ali Solis, MLB, catcher
Joakim Soria, MLB, relief pitcher
Julio Urías, MLB, pitcher
José Urquidy, MLB, pitcher
Fernando Valenzuela, MLB, pitcher
Christian Villanueva, MLB, third baseman

Basketball

Boxing

Bullfighters

Football

A–M

Javier Vasco Aguirre, attacking midfielder, retired, head coach
Edson Álvarez, defender
Néstor Araujo, defender
Gerardo Arteaga, defender
Luís 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
Jesús Manuel Corona, midfielder
Leonardo Cuéllar, midfielder, retired, Mexico women's national coach
Antonio Tano de Nigris, striker, retired
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
Marco Fabián, 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
Jesús Gómez, defender
Julio Gómez, winger
Monica González, defender, retired, sportscaster
Omar Govea, midfielder
Andrés Guardado, midfielder
Raúl Gudiño, goalkeeper
Erick Gutiérrez, midfielder
Raúl Gutiérrez, defender, retired, head coach
Víctor Guzmán, defender
Víctor Pocho Guzmán, midfielder
Javier Hernández, striker
Luis Hernández, Matador, striker, retired
Héctor Herrera, midfielder
Miguel Herrera, defender, retired, head coach
Sofia Huerta, forward
Efraín Juárez, defender
Raúl Jiménez, forward
Diego Lainez, midfielder
Manuel Lapuente, forward, retired, head coach
Miguel Layún, defender
Jonathan Levin, footballer
Fatima Leyva, midfielder, women's football
Hirving Lozano, forward
Braulio Luna, forward
Jonny Magallón, defender
Joao Maleck, forward
Rafael Márquez, defender, defensive midfielder
Stephany Mayor, forward
Alberto Venado Medina, forward
Paolo Medina, defender
Ramón Morales, midfielder, retired
Héctor Moreno, defender

N–Z

Antônio Naelson, Sinha, midfielder
Gustavo Gusano Nápoles, attacking midfielder, retired
Manuel Negrete, attacking midfielder, retired
Teresa Noyola, midfielder
Mónica Ocampo, forward
Jonathan Orozco, goalkeeper
Guillermo Memo Ochoa, goalkeeper
Christopher Roberto Ortega, midfielder
Norma Palafox, forward
Francisco Palencia, forward
Pável Pardo, midfielder
Éder Patiño, goalkeeper
Luis Ernesto Perez, forward
Verónica Pérez, midfielder
Gonzalo Pineda, defender
Rodolfo Pizarro, midfielder
Eugenio Pizzuto, midfielder
Alan Pulido, forward
Ramón Ramírez, midfielder, defender, retired
Salvador Chava Reyes, striker, retired
Ángel Reyna, attacking midfielder
Adolfo Ríos, goalkeeper
Daniel Ríos, striker
Alberto Rodríguez, defender
Arianna Romero, defender
Jennifer Ruiz, defender
Francisco Javier Maza Rodríguez, defender
Carlos Salcedo, defender
Carlos Salcido, defender
Raúl Alberto Salinas, 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
Víctor Ulloa, 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, Rolex Sports Car Series
Moisés Solana, Formula One
Daniel Suárez, NASCAR
Patricio Pato O'Ward, IndyCar Series
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 Hernández, 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 Santillán, Paralympian, marathon
Juan René Serrano, archery
Roberto Strauss, Olympic swimmer
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

Golf

Other sports

Álvaro Beltrán, racquetball
Carlos Carsolio, mountaineering
Jesús Castañón, horse racing
Victor Espinoza, horse racing
Jose L. Espinoza, horse racing
David R. Flores, horse racing
Martin García, horse racing
Carlos Gracida, polo
Memo Gracida, polo
Mario Gutierrez, horse racing
Alberto Harari, horse racing
Paola Longoria, racquetball
Paco Lopez, horse racing
Roberto Mangas, mountaineering
Sergio Pérez, Formula 1
Álvaro Pineda, horse racing
Roberto Pineda, horse racing
Eusebio Razo Jr., horse racing
Carlos Torre Repetto, chess
Samantha Salas, racquetball
Marcel Sisniega Campbell, chess

References

↑ Michael Amy, Mauricio Alejo at Ramis Barquet, Art in America, Nov 2006. Archived 2007-02-23 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "Arturo Márquez". Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra . Retrieved 8 June 2025.
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↑ "65ª Edition (2012)". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
1 2 "Cervantes Prize". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
↑ "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1990". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 5 March 2021.

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[1] Michael Amy, Mauricio Alejo at Ramis Barquet, Art in America, Nov 2006. Archived 2007-02-23 at the Wayback Machine

[danzonno2-2] "Arturo Márquez". Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra . Retrieved 8 June 2025.

[3] "404. That's an error".{{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)

[4] "65ª Edition (2012)". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 5 March 2021.

[Britannica1-5] 1 2 "Cervantes Prize". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 5 March 2021.

[6] "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1990". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 5 March 2021.

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