Juan Ruiz de Alarcon playwright, dramatist
Pedro Armendariz actor
Guillermo Gonzalez Camarena inventor color-wheel type television
Juana Ines de la Cruz scholar, poet, author
Alfonso Cuaron film director, producer
Juana Inez de la Cruz poet, writer
Andres Manuel Del Rio scientist
Guillermo del Toro film director, producer, screenwriter
Lila Downs singer, songwriter
Ana Guevara olympic medalist, track and field athlete
Salma Hayek actress
Miguel Hidalgo leader mexican war of independence "father of the nation"
Pedro Infante actor, singer
Benito Pablo Juarez five-time president of mexico
Frida Kahlo artist
Agustin Lara composer
Luis E. Miramontes chemist, co-inventor progestin
Moctezuma II aztec ruler
Mario J. Molina chemist, nobel laureate
Ricardo Montalban actor
Lorena Ochoa professional golfer
Octavio Paz poet, diplomat, nobel laureate
"Blessed" Miguel Pro Jesuit priest
Anthony Quinn actor
Alfonso Reyes author, philosopher, diplomat
Fortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes "Cantinflas" actor, producer, screenwriter
Diego Rivera artist
Alfonso Garcia Robles diplomat, nobel laureate
Hugo Sanchez football player, coach
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna political leader, military general, president
Carlos Slim business magnate, philanthropist
Thalia singer
Fernando Valenzuela baseball player
Consuelo Velazquez concert pianist, songwriter "Besame mucho"
Guadalupe Victoria first president of mexico
Rolando Villazon opera singer
Francisco "Pancho" Villa mexican revolutionary general
Emiliano Zapata leader in mexican revolution