Cultural Production in

Present Day

Mexico

Mexico ranks 31st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Switzerland, Romania, and Finland. Memorable people born in present day Mexico include Frida Kahlo, Anthony Quinn, and Moctezuma II. Memorable people who died in Mexico include Frida Kahlo, Leon Trotsky, and Gabriel García Márquez. Mexico has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors and the death place of many politicians, and soccer players.

Between 0 and 2006, present day Mexico was the birth place of 907 globally memorable people, including Frida Kahlo, Anthony Quinn, and Moctezuma II. Additionaly, 345 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Mexico including Frida Kahlo, Leon Trotsky, and Gabriel García Márquez.

Frida Kahlo
PAINTER
1907 - 1954
HPI: 89.13
Rank: 1
Anthony Quinn
ACTOR
1915 - 2001
HPI: 79.24
Rank: 2
Moctezuma II
POLITICIAN
1466 - 1520
HPI: 76.67
Rank: 3
Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán
MAFIOSO
1957 - Present
HPI: 75.83
Rank: 4
Emiliano Zapata
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1879 - 1919
HPI: 75.75
Rank: 5
Carlos Slim
BUSINESSPERSON
1940 - Present
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 6
Octavio Paz
WRITER
1914 - 1998
HPI: 74.17
Rank: 7
Cuauhtémoc
POLITICIAN
1495 - 1525
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 8
Antonio López de Santa Anna
POLITICIAN
1794 - 1876
HPI: 73.17
Rank: 9
Porfirio Díaz
POLITICIAN
1830 - 1915
HPI: 72.98
Rank: 10
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1753 - 1811
HPI: 70.78
Rank: 11
Francisco I. Madero
POLITICIAN
1873 - 1913
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 12

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Mexico, including Antonio Carbajal, Pedro Nájera, and Raúl Cárdenas. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Mexico, including Antonio Carbajal, Manuel Rosas, and Pedro Nájera.

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Mexico since 1700.