List of Famous people born in Sinaloa, Mexico
Alonso Escoboza
Jesús Alonso Escoboza Lugo is a Mexican professional footballer who currently plays as a winger or left-back for Liga MX club América.
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.
Joey Meneses
Joey Meneses Ramirez, nicknamed "CabaJoey" is a Mexican professional baseball first baseman and outfielder in the Boston Red Sox organization. He also plays for the Tomateros de Culiacán of the Mexican Pacific League. He has played in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Orix Buffaloes. He was the 2018 International League MVP.
Fernando Montiel
Fernando Montiel Martínez is a Mexican professional boxer. He is a multiple-time former world champion in three weight classes, having held the WBO flyweight title from 2001 to 2002, the WBO junior bantamweight title twice between 2002 and 2008, and the unified WBC and WBO bantamweight titles from 2010 to 2011.
Jorge Arce
Jorge Armando Arce Armenta, best known as Jorge Arce, is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2014. He is a multiple-time world champion, and the second boxer from Mexico to win world titles in four weight divisions. In a storied career, Arce held the WBO light flyweight title from 1998 to 1999; the WBC and lineal light flyweight titles from 2002 to 2004; the WBO super flyweight title in 2010; the WBO junior featherweight title in 2011; and the WBO bantamweight title from 2011 to 2012. Additionally he held the WBC interim flyweight title from 2005 to 2006, the WBA interim super flyweight title from 2008 to 2009, and challenged once for the WBC featherweight title in his final fight in 2014.
Humberto Soto
Armando Humberto Soto Ochoa, best known as Humberto Soto, is a Mexican professional boxer. A veteran of the sport for over 20 years, he is a former world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBC super featherweight title from 2008 to 2009, and the WBC lightweight title from 2010 to 2011. He also held the WBC interim featherweight title from 2005 to 2006.
Alan Medina
Alan Medina Camacho is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga MX club América, on loan from Toluca.
Itzel Manjarrez
Itzel Adilene Manjarrez Bastidas is a Mexican taekwondo athlete.
Alberto Medina
Alberto Medina Briseño is a former Mexican professional footballer. He is known as El Venado due to his speed.
Mario Osuna
Mario Humberto Osuna Pereznúñez, known as Mario Osuna and nicknamed Mono, is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Liga MX club América.