List of Famous people born in Coahuila, Mexico

Adan Canto is a Mexican-American actor and director. He is known for his role as Sunspot in the 2014 superhero film X-Men: Days of Future Past. On television, Canto played Paul Torres on the Fox drama series The Following, and in 2015 starred as AJ Menendez in the ABC prime time series Blood & Oil. Canto played real life politician Rodrigo Lara Bonilla in acclaimed Netflix drama series Narcos. He is also well known for his role as Aaron Shore in the Netflix political drama Designated Survivor starring alongside Kiefer Sutherland. Canto wrote and directed his first short film Before Tomorrow in 2014. He is also one of the starring characters on a romance film 2 hearts. His short film The Shot earned several festival awards for Best Narrative Short Film in 2020.

Carlos Mauricio Ferro Fernández is a Mexican television actor and music video director of Mexican origin. Carlos Ferro is his stage name and registered with the National Association of Actors of Mexico.

Raúl Enrique Allegre Rodríguez is a Mexican former football placekicker in the National Football League for the Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts, New York Giants, and New York Jets. He played college football at the University of Texas at Austin.

José Narro Robles is a Mexican researcher, academic, and politician. He is a former director of the Faculty of Medicine of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and was elected its 23rd Rector on November 20, 2007. After two 4-year periods leading UNAM, in February 2016, he was appointed by Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto to replace Mercedes Juan as head of the Mexican Secretariat of Health.

Susana Zabaleta Ramos is a Mexican soprano singer and actress.

Ronaldo Cisneros Morell is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga MX club Guadalajara.

Mario Alberto Domínguez Zarzar, Aka Mario Domm, is a Mexican singer, songwriter and record producer. A founding member of the pop rock band Camila, he has won four Latin Grammy Awards; four Billboard Awards; 11 Premios Lo Nuestro; 14 SACM awards; five Juventud Awards, five Telehit awards, four MTV Awards, eight ASCAP Awards, three Gaviotas de Plata Awards and three Gaviotas de Oro Awards, seven Monitor Latino Awards, two Los 40 Principales Awards, one Orgullosamente Latino Award, and a recognition as a musical genius by Telehit.

Pablo Montero is a Mexican singer and actor. Montero's primary profession is singing, but he also acts regularly in telenovelas produced by Televisa productions in supporting roles. Montero is widely recognized and considered one of the most popular supporting actors in telenovelas.

Gustavo Adolfo Madero González also known as "Ojo Parado" since he had one glass eye., born in Parras de la Fuente, Coahuila, Mexico, was a participant in the Mexican Revolution against Porfirio Díaz along with other members of his wealthy family.

Miguel Ángel Riquelme Solís is a Mexican politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and the current Governor of Coahuila.