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Mexico City ranks 42nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Manhattan, Oslo, and Belgrade. Memorable people born in Mexico City include Carlos Slim, Octavio Paz, and Alejandro González Iñárritu. Memorable people who died in Mexico City include Frida Kahlo, Gabriel García Márquez, and Diego Rivera. Mexico City has been the birth place of many actors and soccer players and the death place of many politicians and writers. Mexico City is located in Mexico.

Mexico City is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. Mexico City is one of the most important cultural and financial centers in the world. It 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

Between 1549 and 1999, Mexico City was the birth place of 177 globally memorable people, including Carlos Slim, Octavio Paz, and Alejandro González Iñárritu. Additionaly, 165 globally memorable people have passed away in Mexico City including Frida Kahlo, Gabriel García Márquez, and Diego Rivera.

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Most individuals born in present day Mexico City were actors (56), soccer players (29), politicians (19), writers (12), and singers (10),  while most who died were politicians (45), writers (22), actors (19), soccer players (18), and painters (7).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Mexico City, including Chespirito, Verónica Castro, and Edith González. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Mexico City, including Pedro Armendáriz, Chespirito, and Ricardo Montalbán.

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