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, 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 (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: 89.13
Rank: 72
Carlos Slim
BUSINESSPERSON
1940 - Present
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 240
Octavio Paz
WRITER
1914 - 1998
HPI: 74.17
Rank: 74
Claudia Sheinbaum
POLITICIAN
1962 - Present
HPI: 72.58
Rank: 236
Vicente Fox
POLITICIAN
1942 - Present
HPI: 68.78
Rank: 157
Hugo Sánchez
COACH
1958 - Present
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 31
Mario J. Molina
CHEMIST
1943 - 2020
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 106
Pedro Lascuráin
POLITICIAN
1856 - 1952
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 68
Alfonso Cuarón
FILM DIRECTOR
1961 - Present
HPI: 66.80
Rank: 29
Alejandro González Iñárritu
FILM DIRECTOR
1963 - Present
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 27
Pedro Armendáriz
ACTOR
1912 - 1963
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 70
Carlos Salinas de Gortari
POLITICIAN
1948 - Present
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 177
People Deceased in Mexico City
Go to all RankingsFrida Kahlo
PAINTER
1907 - 1954
HPI: 89.13
Rank: 92
Leon Trotsky
POLITICIAN
1879 - 1940
HPI: 86.25
Rank: 73
Gabriel García Márquez
WRITER
1927 - 2014
HPI: 86.19
Rank: 120
Diego Rivera
PAINTER
1886 - 1957
HPI: 79.33
Rank: 37
Luis Buñuel
FILM DIRECTOR
1900 - 1983
HPI: 78.28
Rank: 104
Octavio Paz
WRITER
1914 - 1998
HPI: 74.17
Rank: 101
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
EXPLORER
1510 - 1554
HPI: 73.72
Rank: 62
Antonio López de Santa Anna
POLITICIAN
1794 - 1876
HPI: 73.17
Rank: 44
Benito Juárez
POLITICIAN
1806 - 1872
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 40
Juana Inés de la Cruz
WRITER
1648 - 1695
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 41
Gerard Kuiper
ASTRONOMER
1905 - 1973
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 45
Carlos Fuentes
WRITER
1928 - 2012
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 31
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, Cristóbal Ortega, and Alfredo Hernández. 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 José Ruiz.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Mexico City since 1700.