List of Mexicans
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This is a list of famous and notable Mexicans in alphabetical order by last names, where applicable. This would include persons who are known to a large number of people and is not based on the extent of their popularity. Neither is the list viewed from the context of the present. Their fame could be brief, what matters is that they were well-known during the peak of their popularity.
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[edit] Arts
- See also List of Mexican artists
- Alberto Arai an architect, theorist and writer
- Agustín Arriete
- Luis Barragán, an architect
- Lázaro Blanco, photographer and educator
- Ángel Boliver
- Federico Cantú Garza, a painter, sculptor and engraver.
- Max Cetto, an architect, educator and historian
- Jesús Contreras
- Heberto Castillo, civil engineer
- Claudia Cota, an opera singer and actress
- Miguel Covarrubias, a painter
- José Luis Cuevas
- Adriana De Villa , figurative painter
- Mathias Goeritz, a painter, sculptor and architect
- Edmundo Santamaría Gómez, Painter
- Jesus Helguera, a painter
- Alan Herrmann cosmetologist
- Frida Kahlo, a painter and wife of Diego Rivera
- Genaro López
- Esperanza Vergara Loera, a painter
- Antonio Rivas Mercado, an architect and engineer
- Gerardo Murillo "Dr. Atl", a painter
- Juan O'Gorman, a painter and architect
- José Clemente Orozco, a muralist
- José María Velasco, a painter
- Diego Rivera, a muralist and husband of Frida Kahlo
- Fernando Romero, an architect
- Veronica Ruiz de Velasco, a figurative artist
- Fernando González Gortazar, an architect and sculptor
- Sebastián, a sculptor
- David Alfaro Siqueiros, a muralist
- Rufino Tamayo, a painter
- Cesar Vergara, an industrial designer
- Ricardo Legorreta Vilchis, an architect
- Abraham Zabludovsky, architect
- Alejandro Zohn, an architect
[edit] Authors
- José Agustín
- Ignacio Manuel Altamirano
- Pita Amor
- Juan José Arreola
- Guillermo Arriaga
- Mariano Azuela
- Caridad Bravo Adams
- Roberto Bravo
- Rosario Castellanos
- Alí Chumacero
- Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
- Salvador Elizondo
- José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi
- Carlos Fuentes
- Maria Luisa Garza "Loreley"
- Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera
- Martín Luis Guzmán
- Esteban Heno
- Guadalupe Loaeza
- Gregorio López y Fuentes
- Ángeles Mastretta
- Enrique Molina
- Carlos Monsiváis
- Amado Nervo
- Nezahualcoyotl
- Salvador Novo
- Fernando del Paso
- Octavio Paz
- Elena Poniatowska
- Alfonso Reyes
- José Revueltas
- Luis J. Rodriguez
- Juan Rulfo
- Juan Ruiz de Alarcón
- Jose_Sanchez_Zolliker
- Jaime Sabines
- Paco Ignacio Taibo II
- David Toscana
- José Vasconcelos
- Yolanda Vargas Dulché
- Xavier Velasco
- Agustín Yáñez
- Naief Yehya
[edit] Businesspeople
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[edit] Cartoonists
- Lalo Alcaraz
- Paco Calderón
- José Hernández
- Rogelio Naranjo
- Antonio Helguera
- José G. Cruz
- Bill Melendez
- Eduardo del Rio "Rius"
- Gabriel Vargas creator of "La Familia Burrón"
- José Guadalupe Posada
- Rodolfo Riva Palacio
[edit] Music composers and songwriters
- Sergio Andrade
- Miguel Bernal Jiménez
- Rafael Calzada
- Julián Carrillo Trujillo
- Carlos Chávez
- Oscar Chávez
- Lolita de la Colina
- Salvador Contreras
- Juan Garcia Esquivel
- Salvador Flores
- Blas Galindo
- Eduardo Hernández Moncada
- Juan Gabriel
- Juan García Esquivel
- José Alfredo Jiménez
- Agustín Lara
- Jaime López
- Francisco Lopez Capillas
- Armando Manzanero
- José Pablo Moncayo
- Manuel M. Ponce
- Silvestre Revueltas
- Juventino Rosas
- Francisco Gabilondo Soler
- Juan Zaizar
- Tony Zavala
- Omar Barraza
- Chalino Sanchez
- Martin Urieta
- Jose Jose
- Julian Garza
[edit] Entertainment
- see also List of Mexican telenovela actors
- see also List of Mexican voice actors
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[edit] Historians
- Lucas Alamán
- Ramon Alcaraz
- Hector Aguilar Camin
- Max Cetto
- Pedro Thomas Ruiz de Velasco (1915-1996) Owner of the Act of Independence.
- Silvio Zavala
- Jesse Alvarez
[edit] Intellectuals and writers
- Héctor Aguilar Camín
- Mariano Azuela
- Daniel Cosío Villegas
- Fernando del Paso
- Salvador Elizondo)
- Carlos Fuentes (b.1928)
- Ninive Vargas de la Peña)Novelist, poetrician, give many intellectual apportations.
- Jorge Ibarguengoitia
- Enrique Krauze
- Carlos Richard Lara (b.1983 in San Diego, CA) Foremost Mexican-American poet, novelist, philosopher
- Mario Ojeda Gómez, Internationalist, (born 1927 in Xalapa, State of Veracruz). President of El Colegio de México) Mexican Ambassador to the UNESCO )1995-2000). Author of Alcances y Límites de la política exterior de México;
- Octavio Paz,. Foremost Mexican Poet. One of the major essayists of the Twentieth Century. Nobel Prize Winner for Literature 1990. Author of Vuelta, El laberinto de la soledad, Vislumbres de la India;"La Llama Doble".
- Alfonso Reyes
- Jorge Javier Romero, (born 1959 in Campeche, Campeche) Member of Nexos Magazine Board of Editors; Author of 'Un pan que no se come'. Also known by his artistic pseudonym: "Giorgio"
- Juan Rulfo
- Rafael Segovia Canosa
- Gabriel Zaid
- Ernesto Vargas
[edit] Journalism
- Anselmo Alonso, sports journalist
- Javier Alarcón, sports journalist
- Javier Alatorre
- Carmern Aristegui
- Lolita Ayala
- Laura Barrera
- Enrique "El Perro" Bermúdez de la Serna, sportscaster
- Manuel Buendía
- Enrique Burak, sports journalist
- Lydia Cacho
- Maria Antonieta Collins
- Giselle Fernandez
- Roberto Hernandez Junior, sportscaster
- Maria Hinojosa (CNN, NPR journalist)
- Leonardo Kourchenko
- Pablo Latapí
- Joaquín López-Dóriga
- Carlos Loret de Mola
- Ricardo Flores Magón
- Raúl Orvañanos, sports journalist
- Jorge Ramos
- Fernando del Rincón
- Maria Elena Salinas
- Ruben Salazar
- Gil Sanchez
- Lilly Téllez
- Antonio de Valdés, sports journalist
- Abraham Zabludovsky
- Jacobo Zabludovsky, journalist
- Armando Guzman Journalist, Univison and TVAzteca
[edit] Military
- Edgar Lopez
- Porfirio Díaz
- Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
- Victoriano Huerta
- Agustín de Iturbide
- José María Morelos y Pavón
- Antonio López de Santa Anna
- Francisco Villa
- Emiliano Zapata
- Ignacio Zaragoza
- Armando Guzman
- Emilio Kosterlitzky
[edit] Politics
See also: List of Presidents of Mexico See also: List of Mexican state governors
- Miguel Alemán Valdés
- Miguel Alemán Velasco
- Eduardo Bours
- Felipe Calderón
- Cuauhtémoc
- Carlos Castañeda
- Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas
- Lázaro Cárdenas Batel
- Lázaro Cárdenas del Río
- Luis Donaldo Colosio
- Porfirio Díaz
- Vicente Fox
- Carlos Hank González
- Jorge Hank Rhon
- Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
- Enrique Jackson
- Benito Juárez
- Andrés Manuel López Obrador
- Francisco I. Madero
- Roberto Madrazo
- Subcomandante Marcos
- Moctezuma Xocoyotzin
- Antonio Ortiz Mena
- Rosario Robles
- Carlos Salinas de Gortari
- Emiliano Zapata
- Ernesto Zedillo
[edit] Religion
- Saint Juan Diego
- Javier Lozano Barragán
- Juan Soldado
- Don Miguel Ruiz
- Saint Cristóbal Magallanes Jara
- Saint Luis Ian Zambrano
[edit] Science and technology
- José Ádem, mathematician
- Miguel Alcubierre, theoretical and computational physicist, see Alcubierre metric
- Albert Baez, physicist
- Alberto Barajas, worked with Albert Einstein In his space geometry thesis
- Jacob Bekenstein, physicist, contributed to the foundation of black hole thermodynamics, see Bekenstein bound
- Pablo Bringas Jr., developmental biologist
- Victor Celorio, Inventor
- Carlos Canseco González, physician and philanthropist
- Juan Manuel Lozano Gallegos, scientist, inventor
- Julia Carabias,
- José-María Celorio, computer programmer
- Ignacio Chapela, microbial ecologist and mycologist, notable for his work with natural resources and indigenous rights
- Alejandro Corichi, theoretical physics, contributed to the understanding of classical aspects of black holes
- José Antonio de Alzate y Ramírez, scientist
- Andrés Manuel del Río, chemist who discovered vanadium
- Carlos Frenk, astronomer, Pioneer in simulations of large scale structure
- Carlos Graef Fernández, physicist
- Julio Cesar Gutierrez Vega, physicist
- Ana María López Colomer
- Pablo de la Llave
- Luis de la Peña, theoretical physicist
- Luis Enrique Erro, Astronomer
- Luis Herrera Estrella, molecular biologist, has made pioneering contributions to the development of genetically engineered plants
- Nabor Carrillo Flores, nuclear physicist
- Mario J. Molina (Nobel Prize winner, 1995)
- Miguel de Icaza, free software programmer, started GNOME
- Miguel León-Portilla, anthropologist and historian
- Rodolfo Neri Vela, astronaut
- Antonio Carvajal, car designer
- Guillermo González Camarena, inventor of one of the first color television systems
- Nabor Carrillo Flores, soil mechanics expert, nuclear energy advisor and former President of UNAM
- Dr. Guillermo Haro, astrophysicist and astronomer, co-discoverer of Herbig-Haro objects
- Antonio Lazcano, notable biologist in the origin of life field
- José Luis Lezama, scientist
- Santiago López de Medrano, worldwide recognized by his work in differential topology
- Leandro Melendez, mathematician
- Luis E. Miramontes, co-inventor of the contraceptive pill
- Marcos Moshinsky, theoretical physicist
- Víctor Neumann-Lara, mathematician
- Alejandro Obregon, mechanical engineer, Obregon (pistol)
- Esther Orozco, biologist
- Victor L. Ochoa, Inventor & Revolutionarist
- Federico Mena Quintero, computer programmer
- Arturo Rosenblueth, physician and physiologist
- George Rosenkranz, biochemist
- Marco Rito-Palomares, biologist
- Pablo Rudomin, biologist
- Eugenio Garza Sada, philanthropist
- Ignacio Chávez Sánchez, physician
- Ted Taylor, physicist, nuclear weapons designer
- Sandra Afrodita Solís Plata, physician
- Manuel Sandoval Vallarta, physician
- Reyes Taméz Guerra, immunochemist
- Evangelina Villegas, biochemist
- Miguel Jose Yacaman, physicist
[edit] Sports
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