List of Famous people born in State of Mexico, Mexico
Louis C.K.
Louis Székely, best known by his stage name Louis C.K., is an American stand-up comedian, writer, actor, and filmmaker. C.K. won a Peabody Award in 2012 and has received six Primetime Emmy Awards, as well as numerous awards for The Chris Rock Show, Louie, and his stand-up specials Live at the Beacon Theater (2011) and Oh My God (2013). He has won the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album twice. Rolling Stone ranked C.K.'s stand-up special Shameless number three on their "Divine Comedy: 25 Best Stand-Up Specials and Movies of All Time" list and ranked him fourth on its 2017 list of the 50 best stand-up comics of all time.
Enrique Peña Nieto
Enrique Peña Nieto, commonly referred to by his initials EPN, is a Mexican politician. He served as the 64th President of Mexico from 1 December 2012, to 30 November 2018. A member of the PRI, he previously served as Governor of the State of Mexico from 2005 to 2011, local deputy from 2003 to 2004, and Secretary of Administration from 2000 to 2002.
Jorge Hank Rhon
Jorge Hank Rhon is a Mexican businessman and owner of Mexico's largest sports betting company, Grupo Caliente. He served from December 2004 to February 2007 as the president of the municipality of Tijuana. He is the son of former Mexico City mayor Carlos Hank González and Guadalupe Rhon. Rhon's family has alleged links to drug trafficking. He has been accused of money laundering, murder, arrested on possession of unlicensed arms and dealing in the trade of exotic animals.
Mayrín Villanueva
Mayrín Villanueva is a Mexican actress and model.
Rolando Villazón
Rolando Villazón Mauleón is a Mexican tenor. He now lives in France, and in 2007 became a French citizen.
Edson Álvarez
Edson Omar Álvarez Velázquez is a Mexican professional footballer who plays for Eredivisie club Ajax and the Mexico national team. Mainly a center-back, he is also capable of playing as a right-back, or as a defensive midfielder.
Ana María Torres
Ana María Torres Ramírez, also known as La Guerrera, is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2012. She held the WBC female super flyweight title twice between 2007 and 2012, and challenged once for the WBC female bantamweight title in 2006.
Alfredo del Mazo Maza
Alfredo del Mazo Maza is a Mexican politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and was sworn as the current Governor of the State of Mexico. Members of del Mazo's family have collectively governed the State of Mexico for 23 years, starting with his grandfather Alfredo del Mazo Vélez (1945-1951); then followed by his father Alfredo del Mazo González (1981-1986) and his cousin Enrique Peña Nieto (2005-2011); adding Arturo Montiel, Peña Nieto's uncle, the del Mazo family's rule extends to 29 years.
Lupillo Rivera
Guadalupe Rivera Saavedra, better known by the stage name Lupillo Rivera, is a Mexican-American singer-songwriter.
Delfina Gómez Álvarez
Delfina Gómez Álvarez is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA). She serves as a senator from the State of Mexico in the LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress. She also has served as a federal deputy and mayor. On 21 December 2020, she was nominated for Secretary of Public Education (SEP).