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 Miguel Alemán Valdés, Miguel Barragán, and Remedios Varo. 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 Miguel Alemán Valdés, Miguel Barragán, and Remedios Varo.
People Born in Mexico City
Go to all RankingsFrida Kahlo
PAINTER
1907 - 1954
HPI: 89.13
Rank: 219
Carlos Slim
BUSINESSPERSON
1940 - Present
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 137
Octavio Paz
WRITER
1914 - 1998
HPI: 74.17
Rank: 221
Claudia Sheinbaum
POLITICIAN
1962 - Present
HPI: 72.58
Rank: 133
Vicente Fox
POLITICIAN
1942 - Present
HPI: 68.78
Rank: 54
Hugo Sánchez
COACH
1958 - Present
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 178
Mario J. Molina
CHEMIST
1943 - 2020
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 3
Pedro Lascuráin
POLITICIAN
1856 - 1952
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 215
Alfonso Cuarón
FILM DIRECTOR
1961 - Present
HPI: 66.80
Rank: 176
Alejandro González Iñárritu
FILM DIRECTOR
1963 - Present
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 174
Pedro Armendáriz
ACTOR
1912 - 1963
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 217
Carlos Salinas de Gortari
POLITICIAN
1948 - Present
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 74
People Deceased in Mexico City
Go to all RankingsMiguel Alemán Valdés
POLITICIAN
1900 - 1983
HPI: NaN
Rank: 1
Miguel Barragán
POLITICIAN
1789 - 1836
HPI: NaN
Rank: 2
Remedios Varo
PAINTER
1908 - 1963
HPI: NaN
Rank: 3
Alfredo del Águila
SOCCER PLAYER
1935 - 2018
HPI: NaN
Rank: 4
Jacobo Árbenz
POLITICIAN
1913 - 1971
HPI: NaN
Rank: 5
Juan de Zumárraga
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1468 - 1548
HPI: NaN
Rank: 6
Frida Kahlo
PAINTER
1907 - 1954
HPI: 89.13
Rank: 93
Manuel Rosas
SOCCER PLAYER
1912 - 1989
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 27
Rosie Reyes
TENNIS PLAYER
1939 - 2024
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 7
Angelina Beloff
PAINTER
1879 - 1969
HPI: NaN
Rank: 8
Elvia Carrillo Puerto
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1878 - 1968
HPI: NaN
Rank: 9
Henriette Sontag
SINGER
1806 - 1854
HPI: NaN
Rank: 10
Newly Added People Deceased in Mexico City
Go to all RankingsMiguel Alemán Valdés
POLITICIAN
1900 - 1983
HPI: NaN
Rank: 1
Miguel Barragán
POLITICIAN
1789 - 1836
HPI: NaN
Rank: 2
Remedios Varo
PAINTER
1908 - 1963
HPI: NaN
Rank: 3
Alfredo del Águila
SOCCER PLAYER
1935 - 2018
HPI: NaN
Rank: 4
Jacobo Árbenz
POLITICIAN
1913 - 1971
HPI: NaN
Rank: 5
Juan de Zumárraga
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1468 - 1548
HPI: NaN
Rank: 6
Angelina Beloff
PAINTER
1879 - 1969
HPI: NaN
Rank: 8
Elvia Carrillo Puerto
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1878 - 1968
HPI: NaN
Rank: 9
Henriette Sontag
SINGER
1806 - 1854
HPI: NaN
Rank: 10
James Wilkinson
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1757 - 1825
HPI: NaN
Rank: 11
Otto Rühle
POLITICIAN
1874 - 1943
HPI: NaN
Rank: 14
José María Bocanegra
POLITICIAN
1787 - 1862
HPI: NaN
Rank: 16
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.