List of Famous people born in Sonora, Mexico

Vladimir Loroña

Vladimir Eduardo Loroña Aguilar
First Name Vladimir
Last Name Loroña
Born on November 16, 1998 (age 27)
Born in Mexico, Sonora
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Vladimir Eduardo Loroña Aguilar is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Liga MX club Tijuana.

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Jesús Adrián Romero

Jesús-Adrián Romero Ibarra
First Name Jesús
Last Name Romero
Born on February 16, 1965 (age 61)
Born in Mexico, Sonora

Jesús Adrián Romero is a Mexican author, Latin Christian music singer, composer, and pastor from Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. With more than 25 years of experience, Jesus Adrián is considered one of the most representative and highest exponents of this genre in Spanish language and also as one of the greatest ministers that have risen in recent times.

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Luz Acosta

First Name Luz
Last Name Acosta
Born on December 22, 1980 (age 45)
Born in Mexico, Sonora
Height 167 cm | 5'6

Luz Mercedes Acosta Tollefson is a former weightlifter who competed for Mexico at the Olympic level.

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Rey Escorpión

First Name Rey
Last Name Escorpión
Born on January 20, 1979 (age 47)
Born in Mexico, Sonora

Fabián Núñez Napoles is a Mexican luchador, better known by the ring name Rey Escorpión. He is currently working for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), where he portrays a rudo or bad guy character. He is former the AAA World Tag Team Champions with El Texano Jr. and he is currently in his first reign as one third of the AAA World Trios Champions with La Hiedra and Texano Jr. He worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) from 2009 to 2016 and prior to that worked for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) in 2008, where he was known as Escorpión Negro. Núñez ring name is Spanish for "Scorpion King".

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Bill Melendez

José Luis Cuauhtémoc Meléndez
First Name Bill
Last Name Melendez
Died on September 2, 2008 (aged 38)
Born in Mexico, Sonora

José Cuauhtémoc "Bill" Meléndez was a Mexican–American character animator, voice actor, film director and producer. He is best known for his work on the Peanuts animated specials. Before Peanuts, he previously worked as an animator for Walt Disney Productions, Warner Bros. Cartoons, and UPA. Melendez provided the voices of Snoopy and Woodstock in the latter as well. In a career spanning over 60 years, he won six Primetime Emmy Awards and was nominated for thirteen more. In addition, he was nominated for an Oscar and five Grammy Awards. The two Peanuts specials, A Charlie Brown Christmas and What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown?, which he directed, were each honored with a Peabody Award.

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Elsa Benítez

Elsa Benítez Yáñez
First Name Elsa
Born on December 8, 1977 (age 48)
Born in Mexico, Sonora
Height 178 cm | 5'10

Elsa Benítez Yáñez is a Mexican model and television presenter, perhaps best known for her appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, including her appearance on the cover in 2001.

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Raúl Héctor Castro

First Name Raúl
Born on June 12, 1916
Died on April 10, 2015 (aged 98)
Born in Mexico, Sonora

Raúl Héctor Castro was a Mexican American politician, diplomat and judge. In 1964, Castro was selected to be U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, a position he held until 1968 when he was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia. In 1974, Castro was elected to serve as the 14th governor of Arizona, and resigned two years into his term to become U.S. Ambassador to Argentina. Prior to his entry into public service, Castro was a lawyer and a judge for Pima County, Arizona. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

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Glenda Reyna

First Name Glenda
Born on May 7, 1952 (age 73)
Born in Mexico, Sonora
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Miguel del Toro

First Name Miguel
Last Name Toro
Born on June 22, 1972
Died on October 6, 2001 (aged 29)
Born in Mexico, Sonora
Height 183 cm | 6'0

Miguel Alfonso Del Toro Gastelum was a professional baseball pitcher. Born in Mexico, Del Toro pitched for the San Francisco Giants during the 1999 and 2000 seasons.

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Gastón Pavlovich

First Name Gastón
Last Name Pavlovich
Born on May 31, 1968 (age 57)
Born in Mexico, Sonora

José Gastón Pavlovich Rodríguez is a Mexican film producer. He is the founder of Fábrica de Cine.

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