Mexico City
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.
Mexico City is the capital and largest city of Mexico, as well as the most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and financial centers in the world, and is classified as an Alpha world city according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) 2024 ranking. Mexico City is located in the Valley of Mexico within the high Mexican central plateau, at an altitude of 2,240 meters. 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 284 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: 89.13
Rank: 1
Carlos Slim
BUSINESSPERSON
1940 - Present
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 2
Octavio Paz
WRITER
1914 - 1998
HPI: 74.17
Rank: 3
Claudia Sheinbaum
POLITICIAN
1962 - Present
HPI: 72.58
Rank: 4
Vicente Fox
POLITICIAN
1942 - Present
HPI: 68.78
Rank: 5
Hugo Sánchez
COACH
1958 - Present
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 6
Pedro Lascuráin
POLITICIAN
1856 - 1952
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 7
Alejandro González Iñárritu
FILM DIRECTOR
1963 - Present
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 8
Pedro Armendáriz
ACTOR
1912 - 1963
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 9
Katy Jurado
ACTOR
1924 - 2002
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 10
Antonio Carbajal
SOCCER PLAYER
1929 - 2023
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 11
Ricardo Montalbán
ACTOR
1920 - 2009
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Mexico City
Go to all RankingsRenata Zarazúa
TENNIS PLAYER
1997 - Present
HPI: 42.01
Rank: 100
Érick Sánchez
SOCCER PLAYER
1999 - Present
HPI: 33.14
Rank: 107
Michael Ronda
ACTOR
1996 - Present
HPI: NaN
Rank: 111
Eduardo Yáñez
ACTOR
1960 - Present
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 147
Arturo Peniche
ACTOR
1962 - Present
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 165
Alessandra Rosaldo
ACTOR
1971 - Present
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 201
Nailea Norvind
ACTOR
1970 - Present
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 206
Adriana Paz
ACTOR
1980 - Present
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 216
Joel Sánchez
ATHLETE
1966 - Present
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 219
Arturo Barrios
ATHLETE
1962 - Present
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 223
Jaime Lozano
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 224
Raúl Servín
SOCCER PLAYER
1963 - Present
HPI: 44.90
Rank: 225
People Deceased in Mexico City
Go to all RankingsFrida Kahlo
PAINTER
1907 - 1954
HPI: 89.13
Rank: 1
Leon Trotsky
POLITICIAN
1879 - 1940
HPI: 86.25
Rank: 2
Gabriel García Márquez
WRITER
1927 - 2014
HPI: 86.19
Rank: 3
Diego Rivera
PAINTER
1886 - 1957
HPI: 79.33
Rank: 4
Luis Buñuel
FILM DIRECTOR
1900 - 1983
HPI: 78.28
Rank: 5
Octavio Paz
WRITER
1914 - 1998
HPI: 74.17
Rank: 6
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
EXPLORER
1510 - 1554
HPI: 73.72
Rank: 7
Antonio López de Santa Anna
POLITICIAN
1794 - 1876
HPI: 73.17
Rank: 8
Benito Juárez
POLITICIAN
1806 - 1872
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 9
Juana Inés de la Cruz
WRITER
1648 - 1695
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 10
Gerard Kuiper
ASTRONOMER
1905 - 1973
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 11
Carlos Fuentes
WRITER
1928 - 2012
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 12
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Mexico City were soccer players (75), actors (72), athletes (24), politicians (23), 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, Cristóbal Ortega, and Pedro Nájera. 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 Cristóbal Ortega.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Mexico City since 1700.


































