List of Famous people born in Tijuana, Mexico

Esteban Antonio Loaiza Veyna [lo-EYE-sa] is a Mexican retired professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, Washington Nationals, Oakland Athletics, and Los Angeles Dodgers. Loaiza was the American League's (AL) starting pitcher in the 2003 All-Star Game. That year, he led the AL in strikeouts.

Héctor Miguel Herrera López is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish club Atlético Madrid and the Mexico national team.

Brandon Carrillo Moreno is a Mexican mixed martial artist. He currently competes as a flyweight for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional mixed martial artist since 2011, Moreno has competed for Legacy Fighting Alliance and on The Ultimate Fighter. As of November 17, 2020, he is #1 in the UFC flyweight rankings.

Gabriel Benítez is a Mexican mixed martial artist. He was a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America 1, and he competes in the featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

Abel Sanchez is a Mexican-American boxing trainer. He is best known as the former coach of Gennadiy Golovkin, and has trained other boxers such as Lupe Aquino, Terry Norris, and Murat Gassiev.

María Rubio was a Mexican television, film and stage actress. She worked with Televisa as an actress on telenovelas.

Lupita D'Alessio is a Mexican singer and actress. She is nicknamed La Leona Dormida.

Miguel Ángel López Díaz is a Mexican retired professional wrestler and trainer, better known by his ring name, Rey Misterio. He is also referred to as Rey Misterio Sr. to distinguish him from his nephew.

Luis Alberto Urrea is a Mexican American poet, novelist, and essayist.

Elsa Cárdenas Rentería is a Mexican actress. Since 1954 she has appeared in more than 100 films and television shows. She starred in the film Happiness, which was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. She acted alongside many stars, including Elvis Presley in Fun in Acapulco and James Dean in Giant. She claimed to have had a love affair with Elvis Presley during the filming of Fun in Acapulco (1963). She later married Guy Patton.