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Present Day

Mexico City (mex)

Mexico City ranks 33rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind São Paulo, Amsterdam, and Florence. The most famous people from Mexico City are Frida Kahlo, Carlos Slim, and Octavio Paz. The most famous people who died in Mexico City are 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.

Between 0 and 2004, Mexico City was the birth place of 286 globally memorable people, including Frida Kahlo, Carlos Slim, and Octavio Paz. Additionaly, 183 globally memorable people have passed away in Mexico City including Frida Kahlo, Leon Trotsky, and Gabriel García Márquez.

Frida Kahlo
PAINTER
1907 - 1954
HPI: 89.13
Rank: 1
Carlos Slim
BUSINESSPERSON
1940 - Present
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 2
Octavio Paz
WRITER
1914 - 1998
HPI: 74.17
Rank: 3
Hugo Sánchez
COACH
1958 - Present
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 4
Pedro Lascuráin
POLITICIAN
1856 - 1952
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 5
Alfonso Cuarón
FILM DIRECTOR
1961 - Present
HPI: 66.80
Rank: 6
Alejandro González Iñárritu
FILM DIRECTOR
1963 - Present
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 7
Pedro Armendáriz
ACTOR
1912 - 1963
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 8
Katy Jurado
ACTOR
1924 - 2002
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 9
Antonio Carbajal
SOCCER PLAYER
1929 - 2023
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 10
Ricardo Montalbán
ACTOR
1920 - 2009
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 11
Verónica Castro
ACTOR
1952 - Present
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 12

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Mexico City, 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 City, 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 Mexico City since 1700.