List of Famous people born in Chihuahua, Mexico

Alfredo Ripstein was a Mexican film producer of European-Jewish root. He is credited with helping shape Mexico's film industry in the period surrounding World War II.

Henry Eyring was a Mexico-born United States theoretical chemist whose primary contribution was in the study of chemical reaction rates and intermediates.

María Lorena Ramírez Hernández is an indigenous long-distance runner belonging to the Rarámuri ethnic group, who lives in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. She became known internationally after having won the Cerro Rojo UltraTrail in 2017, an ultra-distance race of 50 kilometers, in a time of 07:20, and for having also done it with huaraches, without shoes or sports equipment. She competes wearing traditional garb, including her trademark long skirt. Despite being a high-performance athlete, she does not receive government sports support. Her example influences Rarámuri children to develop as runners in the heights of the sierra in Chihuahua.

Antonio Ortiz Mena was a Mexican economist who served as President of the Inter-American Development Bank (1971–1988) and as Mexico's Secretary of Finance during the administrations of Adolfo López Mateos and Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (1958–1970).

Johnny Lee Jackson, professionally known as Johnny "J", was a Mexican-American multi-platinum songwriter, music producer and rapper best known for his early career with Death Row Records, and for his work with 2Pac on Me Against the World and All Eyez on Me, as well as 2Pac's posthumously released albums. He was born in Juárez, Mexico, in 1969 and raised in South Central Los Angeles. Johnny "J" was co-owner and CEO of Klock Work Entertainment.

Radamés Salazar Solorio was a Mexican politician.

Andrés Ulises Castillo Villarreal is a Mexican serial killer active in his hometown of Chihuahua City, raping and murdering at least three men and raping a teenager between 2009 and 2015. He confessed to around 12 murders, earning the nicknames "The Chihuahua Ripper" and "The Urban Development Ripper". He can be classified as an organized, sedentary and hedonistic murderer motivated by sexual compulsion. He was sentenced to 120 years imprisonment in 2017.

Liébano Sáenz Ortiz is a Mexican lawyer who served as Chief of Staff in the Cabinet of president Ernesto Zedillo from 1994 to 2000.

Rodolfo Pérez Acosta was a Mexican-American character actor who became known for his roles as Mexican outlaws or American Indians in Hollywood western films. He was sometimes credited as Rudolph Acosta.