List of Famous people born in Sonora, Mexico

Jesús García Corona was a Mexican railroad brakeman who died while preventing a train loaded with dynamite from exploding near Nacozari, Sonora, in 1907. As el héroe de Nacozari, he is revered as a national hero and many streets, plazas, and schools across Mexico are named after him.

Alejandra Valencia Trujillo is a Mexican athlete from Hermosillo in Sonora, Mexico, who competes in archery.

Stephanie Sigman is a Mexican-American actress. Her breakthrough role was in the 2011 Mexican crime drama film Miss Bala. She has gone on to appear in Pioneer (2013), Spectre (2015), Going Under (2016), and Annabelle: Creation (2017). On television, Sigman starred in Narcos (2015) and S.W.A.T (2017) for the first and second seasons of both series.

David Zepeda is a Mexican actor, model and singer. He is known thanks for participating in soap operas such as Acorralada, Abismo de pasión and Por amar sin ley. In 2019, Zepeda debuts in Telemundo participating in the soap opera La Doña as Jose Luis Navarrete from the second season to release in January 2020.

Jesús Antonio Molina Granados is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder and captains for Liga MX club Guadalajara.

Luis Alfonso Cruz is a Mexican professional baseball shortstop and third baseman for the Toros de Tijuana of the Mexican Baseball League and Naranjeros de Hermosillo of the Mexican Pacific League. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees.

Leticia Calderón is a Mexican actress.

Guillermo Padrés Elías is a Mexican politician and a member of the Partido Acción Nacional. He served as Governor of Sonora from 2009 to 2015.

César Jasib Montes Castro is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a center-back for Liga MX club Monterrey and the Mexico national team. He is popularly known by his nickname "Cachorro".

Yuridia Francisca Gaxiola Flores, commonly known as Yuridia, is a Mexican singer. She came in second place in the fourth season of the reality show La Academia, which launched her career. In 2005, Yuridia released her debut album La Voz de un Ángel. It became the second best-selling album in 2006 and one of the fastest-selling albums of all time in Mexico. It has been certified Diamond since its release. Her second album, Habla El Corazón was certified Platinum in Mexico after a few weeks of release. Entre Mariposas, Yuridia's third album with original songs, was released in late 2007. It was certified gold selling more than 50,000 copies within the first week of being released, peaking at number one position in the top selling charts.