List of Famous people born in Michoacán, Mexico

Enrique Ochoa Reza is a Mexican lawyer, professor, economist, and author. At present, he is a Federal Congressman in the LXIV Legislature of Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies, where he serves as Secretary of the Energy Commission. From July 2016 to May 2018, he was the President of the National Executive Committee of PRI. He served as CEO of the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE), Mexico’s state-owned power and natural gas company, from February 2014 to July 2016, and before he served as Undersecretary of Hydrocarbons in the Ministry of Energy (SENER) from December 2012 to February 2014, where he promoted a constitutionally embedded energetic opening.

Elvis González Valencia, commonly referred to by his alias El Elvis, is a Mexican suspected drug lord and high-ranking leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and Los Cuinis, two allied criminal groups based in Jalisco. He was reportedly responsible for managing international drug trafficking operations and money laundering schemes under his brother Abigael González Valencia and brother-in-law Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes.

Elías Hernán Hernández Jacuinde is a Mexican professional footballer who plays for Liga MX club Cruz Azul.

Oswaldo Alanís Pantoja is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Major League Soccer club San Jose Earthquakes on loan from Liga MX club Guadalajara.

Érick Germáin Aguirre Tafolla is a Mexican professional footballer who plays for Liga MX club Monterrey and the Mexico national team. A versatile player, he can play as a full-back and midfielder.

Jesús Alberto Dueñas Manzo is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder and full-back for Liga MX club Tigres UANL.

Hilda Eliana Tenorio Patiño is a Mexican bullfighter and matador. She was the first woman to receive her alternativa in the Plaza de Toros México, the largest bullring in the world, aged 24. Tenorio completed her alternativa on February 28, 2010. She has been an outspoken advocate of feminism in the sport. She is the third Mexican woman to attain the rank of matador.

Marko Antonio Cortés Mendoza is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN). He currently serves in the Chamber of Deputies for the LXIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress, representing the state of Michoacán and the fifth electoral region.

Lázaro Cárdenas Batel is a Mexican politician. He served as governor of Michoacán from 2002 to 2008), representing the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). Prior to his election to that office in 2001, he had represented his home state in both the federal Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.

Juan Hernandez Navarrete is a Mexican professional boxer who held the WBC Flyweight championship.