List of Famous people born in Mexico
Alfredo Beltrán Leyva
Alfredo Beltrán Leyva, commonly referred to by his alias El Mochomo, is a convicted Mexican drug lord and former leader of the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel, a drug trafficking organization. He was one of Mexico's most-wanted drug lords. Beltrán Leyva was responsible for smuggling multi-ton shipments of cocaine and methamphetamine to the United States from Mexico and South America between the 1990s and 2000s. He worked alongside his brothers Héctor, Carlos, and Arturo.
Francisco Acuña
Francisco Javier Acuña Víctor is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Necaxa.
Alberto Blanco
Alberto Blanco is considered one of Mexico's most important poets. Born in Mexico City on February 18, 1951, he spent his childhood and adolescence in that city, and he studied chemistry at the Universidad Iberoamericana and philosophy at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. For two years, he pursued a master's degree in Asian Studies, specializing in China, at El Colegio de México.1 Blanco was first published in a journal in 1970. He was co-editor and designer of the poetry journal El Zaguan (1975–1977), and a grant recipient of the Centro Mexicano de Escritores, el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, and the Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes. In 1991 he received a grant from the Fulbright Program as a poet-in-residence at the University of California, Irvine; and, in 1992, he was awarded a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. He was admitted into the Sistema Nacional de Creadores in 1994, for which he has also been a juror. In 2001 he received the Octavio Paz Grant for Poetry, and in 2008, he was awarded a grant from the Guggenheim Foundation. He remains a member of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores.
Alberto Lati
Alberto Lati Mercado is a Mexican journalist and writer. Graduated in Communication Sciences at Iberoamerican University. Lati currently does play-by-play for Fox Sports and host a program called Agenda Fox Sports and Latitude Fox. Moreover, he is a commentator at Claro Sports, and writes for Diario 24 Horas newspaper. During the 2018 FIFA World Cup, he hosted Russia Latitude for National Geographic. The program documented the most important historical places in Russia weaving history, politic, culture, and soccer. The sportscaster worked for Televisa, the biggest multimedia mass media company in Mexico, from 1995 to 2016. His first book "Latitudes: Crónica, viaje y balón", his first published in 2013 was reissued and became a bestseller in 2016.
José Antonio García Fernández
José Antonio "Toño" García Fernández is a former Mexican professional footballer, who played as a defender for UNAM Pumas in Liga MX.
Adriana Louvier
Adriana Louvier Vargas, known artistically as Adriana Louvier, is a Mexican television actress and presenter. Louvier began acting as a lead actress with a television screen debut in La mujer de Lorenzo (2003), followed by roles in Amor en custodia (2005). She participated in telenovelas of the Mexican television, such as; Emperatriz (2011), Corona de lágrimas (2012) and Quiero amarte (2013). Her most important roles have been in Yo no creo en los hombres (2014), Sin rastro de ti (2016), and her most recent telenovela Caer en tentación (2017).
Rebecca de Alba
Rebecca de Alba is a Mexican model and TV presenter.
Guillermo Galván Galván
Guillermo Galván Galván is a Mexican general. He formerly served as secretary of National Defense for the government of Felipe Calderon. He was succeeded 1 December 2012 by Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda.
Adriana Lavat
Adriana Lavat Rodríguez is a Mexican actress and television host.
Javier Lozasno Alarcón
Javier Lozano Alarcón is a Mexican politician who served Secretary of Labor in the cabinet of President Felipe Calderón. He was elected as a senator to the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress, representing Puebla. He then resigned from the PAN and is currently working in the campaign of presidential candidate José Antonio Meade Kuribreña.