List of Famous people born in Mexico
Luisito Comunica
Luis Arturo Villar Sudek, known by his YouTube channel Luisito Comunica, is a Mexican businessman, blogger and internet personality. He has the second channel with the most subscribers in Mexico and the 46th most-subscribed worldwide on YouTube.
Ana Brenda Contreras
Ana Brenda Contreras, also known as Ana Breco, is an American actress, singer and model. From 2010 to 2011, she played Aurora Alcázar in the telenovela Teresa. From 2018 to 2019, Contreras starred as Cristal Jennings in The CW's series Dynasty, a reboot of the 1980s series of the same name.
Juan J. de Pablo
Juan J. de Pablo is a chemical engineer. Liew Family professor in the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago and senior scientist at Argonne National Laboratory. As of 2018, he is also the University of Chicago's Vice President for National Laboratories. He is known for his research on the thermophysical properties of soft materials. He is currently the co-director of the NIST supported Center for Hierarchical Materials Design (CHIMaD). and former director of the UW-Madison Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC).
Fray Tormenta
Sergio Gutiérrez Benítez is a Mexican priest who supported an orphanage for 23 years as a lucha libre wrestler. While performing, he wore a red and yellow mask and used the ring name Fray Tormenta. He made only sporadic in-ring appearances in the 2000s before retiring completely from wrestling in July 2011, but still wears his mask even in his duties as a priest. Fray comes from the latin Fraire, which translates to brother. Some religious groups in Latin America put Fray before their religious name.
Johan Vázquez
Johan Felipe Vásquez Ibarra is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Genoa and the Mexico national team.
Jonathan dos Santos
Jonathan dos Santos Ramírez is a Mexican professional footballer who captains and plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy and the Mexico national team.
Ifigenia Martínez y Hernández
Ifigenia Martha Martínez y Hernández is a Mexican economist, diplomat and politician from the Party of the Democratic Revolution. She has served as Deputy of the L, LVI and LXI Legislatures of the Mexican Congress and as Senator of the LIV Legislature representing the Federal District.
Lupe Vélez
Lupe Vélez was a Mexican actress, dancer and singer during the "Golden Age" of Hollywood films.
Carlos Salcedo Menso
Carlos Joel Salcedo Hernández is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a center-back for Liga MX club Tigres UANL and the Mexico national team.
Hugo Sánchez
Hugo Sánchez Márquez is a Mexican former professional footballer and manager, who played as a forward. A prolific goalscorer known for his spectacular strikes and volleys, Sánchez is widely regarded as the greatest Mexican footballer of all time. In 1999, the International Federation of Football History and Statistics voted Sánchez the 26th best footballer of the 20th century, and the best footballer from the CONCACAF region. In 2004 Sánchez was named in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players. He is the fourth highest scorer in the history of La Liga, the third highest scoring foreign player after Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, and is the seventh highest goalscorer in Real Madrid's history. He scored a total of 541 senior career goals for both club and country.