List of Famous people born in Mexico
Néstor Araujo
Néstor Alejandro Araujo Razo is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a defender for La Liga club Celta Vigo and the Mexico national team.
Carlos Alberto Peña
Carlos Alberto Peña Rodríguez is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Carlos Manuel Urzúa Macías
Carlos Manuel Urzúa Macías is a Mexican Professor of Economics at the Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico City and Santa Fe campuses. He is a National Researcher and a member of the Mexican Academy of Science. He served as the Secretary of Finance for the Mexico City government from 2000 to 2003. He is also an award-winning poet.
José Sánchez del Río
Saint José Luis Sánchez del Río was a Mexican Cristero who was put to death by government officials because he refused to renounce his Catholic faith. His death was seen as a largely political venture on the part of government officials in their attempt to stamp out dissent and crush religious freedom in the area. He was dubbed "Joselito."
María Asunción Aramburuzabala
María Asunción Aramburuzabala Larregui is a Mexican billionaire businesswoman. She is chairperson of Tresalia Capital, a venture capital firm, and has a net worth of over US$5 billion.
Ever Guzmán
Éver Arsenio Guzmán Zavala is a Mexican retired footballer who last played as a forward for Guatemalan team Antigua GFC.
Alberto Baillères
Alberto Baillères is a Mexican billionaire businessman. As of 2021, he has an estimated net worth of US$10.1 billion according to Forbes. He is the chairman of Grupo BAL, and of ITAM.
Ana María Torres
Ana María Torres Ramírez, also known as La Guerrera, is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2012. She held the WBC female super flyweight title twice between 2007 and 2012, and challenged once for the WBC female bantamweight title in 2006.
Jeff Luhnow
Jeff Luhnow is a Mexican-American former baseball executive who most recently served as general manager and president of baseball operations for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). He worked for the St. Louis Cardinals in their scouting department from 2003 through 2011, before joining the Astros in December 2011. On January 13, 2020, Luhnow was fired by the Astros after Major League Baseball suspended him for the entire 2020 season as a result of the electronic sign-stealing scandal. Prior to working in baseball, Luhnow was a business entrepreneur.
El Hijo del Santo
Jorge Ernesto Guzmán Rodríguez is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler and political activist, best known under the ring name, El Hijo del Santo. Guzmán is the youngest child, out of eleven, of Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta, better known as El Santo, a professional wrestler, film actor, and Mexican folk hero. Jorge Guzmán's son made his debut under the name "Santo Jr.", the third-generation Guzmán to use the name "Santo". Jorge Guzmán's uncles, Miguel "Black" Guzmán, Jesús Guzmán and Jimmy Guzmán were also wrestlers. Axxel, Jorge Guzmán's nephew, originally wrestled as "El Nieto del Santo" but Jorge Guzmán owned the rights to the "Santo" name and objected. Guzmán has also followed in his father's footsteps, as he has starred in several lucha films.