List of Famous people born in Sinaloa, Mexico
Julio César Chávez
Julio César Chávez González, also known as Julio César Chávez Sr., is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1980 to 2005.
José Urquidy
José Luis Urquidy is a Mexican professional baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). Urquidy signed with the Astros as an international free agent in 2015 under the name of Jose Luis Hernandez, and was known as such until before the start of the 2019 season. He made his major league debut in July 2019.
Julio César Chávez Jr.
Julio César Chávez Carrasco, best known as Julio César Chávez Jr., is a Mexican professional boxer who held the WBC middleweight title from 2011 to 2012. He is the son of retired boxing legend Julio César Chávez and older brother of Omar Chávez.
Roberto Osuna
Roberto Osuna Quintero Jr. is a Mexican professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays and Houston Astros. Osuna was signed by the Blue Jays out of Mexico as a 16-year-old, and played three seasons in their minor league organization. On April 8, 2015, at 20 years of age he became the youngest pitcher to appear in a game for the organization, and the first player born in 1995 to play in Major League Baseball. In 2017 he was an American League All Star. In 2018 he was suspended for 75 games for violating the league's policy on domestic assault. In 2019 he led the American League with 38 saves.
Lorena Herrera
Lorena Herrera de la Vega, known professionally as Lorena Herrera, is a Mexican singer and actress.
Alejandro Speitzer
Alejandro Sánchez Speitzer is a Mexican actor.
Pablo Lyle
Pablo Lyle is a Mexican actor.
Ana Gabriel
María Guadalupe Araujo Yong, better known as Ana Gabriel, is a Mexican singer and songwriter from Comanito, Sinaloa, Mexico. She first sang on the stage at age six, singing "Regalo A Dios" by José Alfredo Jiménez. She moved to Tijuana, Baja California and studied accounting. At age 21, in 1977, she recorded her first song, titled "Compréndeme". During her long career, she has hits in three different genres of music: Latin pop, Latin rock, and Mariachi.
Héctor Moreno
Héctor Alfredo Moreno Herrera is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a center-back for Qatari club Al-Gharafa and the Mexico national team.
Miguel Caro Quintero
Miguel Ángel Caro Quintero is a Mexican convicted drug lord and former leader of the Caborca Cartel, a defunct criminal group based in Sonora.