Mexico City
Mexico City ranks 33rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind São Paulo, Amsterdam, and Florence. Memorable people born in Mexico City include Frida Kahlo, Carlos Slim, and Octavio Paz. Memorable people who died in Mexico City include Frida Kahlo, Leon Trotsky, and Gabriel García Márquez. Mexico City has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors and the death place of many politicians, and soccer players. Mexico City is located in Mexico.
Mexico City is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and financial centers in the world. Mexico City is located in the Valley of Mexico within the high Mexican central plateau, at an altitude of 2,240 meters (7,350 ft). The city has 16 boroughs or demarcaciones territoriales, which are in turn divided into neighborhoods or colonias. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2004, Mexico City was the birth place of 250 globally memorable people, including Frida Kahlo, Carlos Slim, and Octavio Paz. Additionaly, 182 globally memorable people have passed away in Mexico City including Frida Kahlo, Leon Trotsky, and Gabriel García Márquez.
People Born in Mexico City
Go to all RankingsFrida Kahlo
PAINTER
1907 - 1954
HPI: 84.34
Rank: 1
Carlos Slim
BUSINESSPERSON
1940 - Present
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 2
Octavio Paz
WRITER
1914 - 1998
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 3
Hugo Sánchez
COACH
1958 - Present
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 4
Vicente Fox
POLITICIAN
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 5
Alejandro González Iñárritu
FILM DIRECTOR
1963 - Present
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 6
Mario J. Molina
CHEMIST
1943 - 2020
HPI: 61.04
Rank: 7
Pedro Armendáriz
ACTOR
1912 - 1963
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 8
Alfonso Cuarón
FILM DIRECTOR
1961 - Present
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 9
Chespirito
ACTOR
1929 - 2014
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 10
Luis Echeverría
POLITICIAN
1922 - 2022
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 11
Helena Rojo
ACTOR
1944 - 2024
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Mexico City
Go to all RankingsRosie Reyes
TENNIS PLAYER
1939 - 2024
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 25
Enrique Borja
SOCCER PLAYER
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 73
Graciela Iturbide
PHOTOGRAPHER
1942 - Present
HPI: 46.29
Rank: 83
Alfredo Hernández
SOCCER PLAYER
1935 - 2003
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 88
José Luis González Dávila
SOCCER PLAYER
1942 - 1995
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 89
Tomás Boy
COACH
1951 - 2022
HPI: 45.47
Rank: 91
José Antonio Roca
SOCCER PLAYER
1928 - 2007
HPI: 45.30
Rank: 92
Javier Fragoso
SOCCER PLAYER
1942 - 2014
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 96
Jaime Salazar
SOCCER PLAYER
1931 - 2011
HPI: 43.95
Rank: 110
Miguel Mejía Barón
SOCCER PLAYER
1944 - Present
HPI: 43.93
Rank: 111
Juan Ignacio Basaguren
SOCCER PLAYER
1944 - Present
HPI: 43.64
Rank: 113
Helia Bravo Hollis
BIOLOGIST
1901 - 2001
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 120
People Deceased in Mexico City
Go to all RankingsFrida Kahlo
PAINTER
1907 - 1954
HPI: 84.34
Rank: 1
Leon Trotsky
POLITICIAN
1879 - 1940
HPI: 82.80
Rank: 2
Gabriel García Márquez
WRITER
1927 - 2014
HPI: 80.00
Rank: 3
Luis Buñuel
FILM DIRECTOR
1900 - 1983
HPI: 74.73
Rank: 4
Diego Rivera
PAINTER
1886 - 1957
HPI: 73.01
Rank: 5
Octavio Paz
WRITER
1914 - 1998
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 6
Benito Juárez
POLITICIAN
1806 - 1872
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 7
Antonio López de Santa Anna
POLITICIAN
1794 - 1876
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 8
Gerard Kuiper
ASTRONOMER
1905 - 1973
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 9
Juana Inés de la Cruz
WRITER
1648 - 1695
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 10
Carlos Fuentes
WRITER
1928 - 2012
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 11
Francisco I. Madero
POLITICIAN
1873 - 1913
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Mexico City
Go to all RankingsRosie Reyes
TENNIS PLAYER
1939 - 2024
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 50
Angelina Beloff
PAINTER
1879 - 1969
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 71
Manuel Ojeda
ACTOR
1940 - 2022
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 72
Henriette Sontag
SINGER
1806 - 1854
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 79
Irán Eory
ACTOR
1939 - 2002
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 106
Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxóchitl
POLITICIAN
1569 - 1650
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 108
Otto Rühle
POLITICIAN
1874 - 1943
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 140
José Luis González Dávila
SOCCER PLAYER
1942 - 1995
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 158
Gregorio Blasco
SOCCER PLAYER
1909 - 1983
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 159
José Antonio Roca
SOCCER PLAYER
1928 - 2007
HPI: 45.30
Rank: 162
James Wilkinson
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1757 - 1825
HPI: 44.59
Rank: 165
Elvia Carrillo Puerto
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1878 - 1968
HPI: 43.55
Rank: 172
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Mexico City were soccer players (69), actors (61), politicians (21), athletes (18), and writers (13), while most who died were politicians (48), soccer players (24), writers (22), actors (21), and painters (8).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Mexico City, including Antonio Carbajal, Cuauhtémoc Blanco, and Raúl Cárdenas. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Mexico City, including Antonio Carbajal, Cuauhtémoc Blanco, and Manuel Rosas.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Mexico City since 1700.