List of Famous people born in Sonora, Mexico

Mario Almada Otero was a Mexican actor with a career lasting over seven decades. He appeared in over 300 films. He was most known for his roles in urban westerns, narco peliculas and action pictures. He was the brother of actor Fernando Almada.

Johan Felipe Vásquez Ibarra is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Genoa and the Mexico national team.

José Rafael Amaya Núñez is a Mexican actor, born in Hermosillo, Mexico. He is best known for his character Aurelio Casillas in the Telemundo series El Señor de los Cielos.

Ana Gabriela Guevara Espinoza is a retired Mexican track and field athlete who specialized in the 400 meters and is the 7th fastest female 300-meter runner in the world, running 300 meters in 35.3 seconds on May 3, 2003. She served as a Mexican Senator for the 2012–2018 term. Her parents are Cesar Octavio Guevara and Ana María Espinoza, and she has four siblings: Azalia, César, Daniela, and Jaime.

Alberto Vázquez Gurrola is a Mexican singer and actor form part of the golden age generation of rock and roll in Mexico. He had a son, Arturo Vazquez, who also became a singer, with actress Isela Vega, but the couple never married.

Orlando Salido Rivera is a Mexican professional boxer. He is a multiple-time former world champion in two weight classes, having held the IBF featherweight title in 2010; the WBO featherweight title twice between 2011 and 2014; and the interim WBO junior lightweight title from 2014 to 2015.

Miriam Rivera, known by the mononym Miriam, was a Mexican transgender model who appeared on the reality television shows There's Something About Miriam and Big Brother Australia 2004. She became recognized as the first openly transgender reality television star. Rivera also modelled and, using the name Victoria, performed in pornography. She was found dead in February 2019 at her apartment in Mexico.

Yahir Othón Parra, commonly known as Yahir, is a Mexican singer and actor from Hermosillo, Sonora. He began his career as one of the participants in the music reality show La Academia in 2002 and in addition to Yuridia, also from Hermosillo, is one of the most popular stars to come from the show. He became a judge of the show's tenth season.

Javier Alatorre is a Mexican journalist. He is the anchorman of Hechos the headline news program of TV Azteca.

Manuel Uruchurtu Ramírez was a lawyer and Mexican politician, known to be the only passenger of his nationality lost in the RMS Titanic disaster.