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 Moctezuma II, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, and Carlos Santana. 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. The top cities in Mexico by number of biographies are Mexico City, Guadalajara, Monterrey, Mexico, and Tenochtitlan.

Between 0 and 2006, present day Mexico was the birth place of 912 globally memorable people, including Moctezuma II, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, and Carlos Santana. Additionaly, 347 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Mexico including Frida Kahlo, Leon Trotsky, and Gabriel García Márquez.

Moctezuma II
POLITICIAN
1466 - 1520
HPI: 76.67
Rank: 1
Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán
MAFIOSO
1957 - Present
HPI: 75.83
Rank: 2
Carlos Santana
MUSICIAN
1947 - Present
HPI: 74.91
Rank: 3
Porfirio Díaz
POLITICIAN
1830 - 1915
HPI: 72.98
Rank: 4
Claudia Sheinbaum
POLITICIAN
1962 - Present
HPI: 72.58
Rank: 5
Salma Hayek
ACTOR
1966 - Present
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 6
Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
MAFIOSO
1946 - Present
HPI: 70.86
Rank: 7
Andrés Manuel López Obrador
POLITICIAN
1953 - Present
HPI: 70.04
Rank: 8
Vicente Fox
POLITICIAN
1942 - Present
HPI: 68.78
Rank: 9
Guillermo del Toro
FILM DIRECTOR
1964 - Present
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 10
Thomas Mayne Reid
WRITER
1818 - 1883
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 11
Silvia Pinal
ACTOR
1931 - 2024
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 12

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Mexico, including Jorge Campos, Rafael Márquez, and Javier Hernández. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Mexico, including Jorge Campos, Manuel Rosas, and Rafael Márquez.

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