Famous Mexicans in History - On This Day

August 12, 2024

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List of Mexican People

1651-11-12 Juana Ines de La Cruz, Mexican poet, nun and feminist (Primero Sueno), born in San Miguel Nepantla, new Spain (d. 1695)
1731-09-09 Francisco Javier Clavijero, Mexican Jesuit teacher and writer, born in Veracruz, Mexico (d. 1787)
1753-05-08 Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Spanish Catholic priest, and leader of Mexican independence, born in Pénjamo, Guanajuato, Viceroyalty of New Spain (d. 1811)
1765-09-30 José María Morelos, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1815)
1782-08-10 Vicente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero, general and 2nd President of Mexico (1829), born in Cuilapan, Oaxaca, Mexico (d. 1831) [date baptized]
1783-09-27 Agustín de Iturbide [crowned Agustin I], Mexican army general, politician and 1st emperor of Mexico, born in Valladolid, Michoacán, Mexico (d. 1824)
1786-09-10 Nicolás Bravo, Mexican politician and soldier, born in Chilpancingo, Mexico (d. 1854)
1786-09-27 José Mariano Elízaga, Mexican composer, born in Morelia, Mexico (d. 1842)
1786-09-29 Guadalupe Victoria, Mexican independence leader, general and 1st President of Mexico (1824-29), born in Tamazula, New Spain (d. 1843)
1790-01-27 Juan Álvarez, Mexican revolutionary leader (President of Mexico 1855), born in Concepción de Atoyac, Mexico (d. 1867)
1794-02-21 Antonio López de Santa Anna, President of Mexico who dominated Mexican history in the first half of the 19th century, born in Xalapa, Veracruz (d. 1876)
1806-03-21 Benito Juárez, Mexican politician (1st indigenous President of Mexico 1858-72), born in San Pablo Guelatao, Oaxaca, Mexico (d. 1872)
1821-10-30 Cenobio Paniagua, Mexican composer, born in Tlalpujahua, Michoacán, Mexico (d. 1882)
1823-06-11 James Lawson Kemper, American lawyer, military officer (US Army Captain - Mexican-American War; Confederate Army Major General), and politician (Governor of Virginia, 1874-78), born in Madison County, Virginia (d. 1895)
1824-01-08 Francisco González Bocanegra, Mexican poet, born in San Luis Potosi, Mexico (d. 1861)
1824-09-08 Jaime Nunó, Spanish composer (Mexican national anthem), born in Sant Joan de les Abadesses, Catalonia (d. 1908)
1829-03-24 Ignacio Zaragoza, Mexican general (d. 1862)
1829-07-05 Ignacio Mariscal, Mexican lawyer and diplomat (Secretary of Foreign Affairs), born in Oaxaca, Mexico (d. 1910)
1830-09-15 José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori, Mexican military man, politician, and dictator (President of Mexico, 1877-1911), born in Oaxaca, Mexico (d. 1915)
1832-07-06 Maximilian I of Mexico, Austrian archduke and the 1st and only monarch of the Second Mexican Empire (1864-67), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1867)
1832-10-16 Vicente Riva Palacio, Mexican Liberal politician, military leader and writer (Governor of the State of Mexico), born in Mexico City (d. 1896)
1834-11-13 Ignacio Manuel Altamirano, Mexican author (El Zarco), born in Tixtla, Guerrero, Mexico (d. 1893)
1838-12-04 Melesio Morales, Mexican composer, born in Mexico City (d. 1908)
1845-07-06 Ángela Peralta, Mexican operatic soprano, harpist, pianist, and composer, born in Mexico City (d. 1883)
1849-08-27 Manuel Acuña, Mexican poet (Nocturno), born in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexic0 (d. 1873)
1850-12-23 Victoriano Huerta, Mexican general who seized power in a coup and installed himself as dictator and President of Mexico (1913-14), born in Colotlán, Jalisco, Mexico (d. 1916)
1851-02-02 José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican artist and illustrator (Biblioteca del niño mexicano), born in Aguascalientes, Mexico (d. 1913)
1853-12-14 Salvador Díaz Mirón, Mexican poet (Los Cien Mejores Poemas), born in Veracruz, Mexico (d. 1928)
1857-09-06 Zelia Nuttall, American Mexican archeologist and historian (Codex Nuttall), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1933)
1859-12-29 Venustiano Carranza, Mexican revolutionary and President of Mexico (1915-20), born in Cuatro Ciénegas, Coahuila, Mexico (d. 1920)
1862-02-05 Felipe Villanueva y Gutierrez, Mexican composer and violinist of the Porfiriato period, born in Tecámac, Mexico (d. 1893)
1863-01-02 Lucia Zarate, Mexican entertainer (lightest known adult human - 2.1 kg at 17), born in Veracruz, Mexico (d. 1890)
1863-09-08 Gustavo Campa, Mexican composer, born in Mexico City (d. 1934)
1864-02-07 Ricardo Castro Herrera, Mexican concert pianist and composer, born at Hacienda de santa Bárbara, Mexico (d. 1907)
1868-01-23 Juventino Rosas, Mexican composer and violinist, born in Santa Cruz de Juventino Rosas, Mexico (d. 1894)
1870-08-27 Amado Nervo [Juan Crisóstomo Ruiz de Nervo], Mexican writer and poet, born in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico (d. 1919)
1871-04-03 Jose Juan Tablada, Mexican poet (El Florilegio), born in Mexico City (d. 1941)
1871-10-26 Guillermo Kahlo, German-Mexican photographer and father of Frida Kahlo, born in Pforzheim, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire (d. 1941)
1873-01-01 Mariano Azuela, Mexican novelist (The Flies, The Bosses), born in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco (d. 1952)
1873-10-30 Francisco I. Madero, Mexican revolutionary and 33rd President of Mexico (1911-13), born in Parras de la Fuente, Coahuila, Mexico (d. 1913)
1875-01-28 Julian Antonio Carillo Trujillo, Mexican composer, musician and conductor (developed theory of microtonal music "The Thirteenth Sound"), born in Ahualulco, Mexico (d. 1965)
1876-04-25 Rubén M. Campos, Mexican novelist (Claudio Oranos) and musicologist (El folklore y la musica mexicana), born in Ciudad Manuel Doblado, Guanajuato, Mexico (d. 1945)
1877-09-25 Plutarco Elias Calles, Mexican revolutionary and president (1924-28), born in Guaymas, Mexico (d. 1945)
1878-04-26 Rafael Guízar y Valencia, Mexican Catholic bishop (cared for the wounded, sick, and dying during the Mexican Revolution), born in Cotija, Michoacán, Mexico (d. 1938)
1878-06-05 Pancho Villa [José Doroteo Arango Arámbula], Mexican revolutionary general and guerrilla leader, born in La Coyotada, San Juan del Río, Durango, Mexico (d. 1923)
1879-08-08 Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary and peasant leader (Plan de Ayala), born in Anenecuilco, Mexico (d. 1919)
1880-02-19 Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and President of Mexico (1920-24), born in Alamos, Mexico (d. 1928)
1882-01-10 Charles Trowbridge, Mexican-American actor (Fatal Hour), born in Veracruz, Mexico (d. 1967)
1882-01-28 Pascual Orozco, Mexican revolutionary leader, born in Santa Inés, Mexico (d. 1915)
1882-12-08 Manuel Ponce, Mexican composer (Estrellita), born in Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico (d. 1948)
1883-06-22 José Rolón, Mexican composer, born in Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, Mexico (d. 1945)
1883-11-23 Jose Clemente Orozco, Mexican mural painter (Epic of Culture in New World), born in Zapotlán el Grande, Mexico (d. 1949)
1885-09-14 María Grever, Mexican-American composer ("What A Difference A Day Makes" / "Cuando vuelva a tu lado"), born in Guanajuato, Mexico (d. 1951)
1886-12-08 Diego Rivera, Mexican painter (En el Arsenal) and husband of Frida Kahlo, born in Guanajuato, México (d. 1957)
1887-10-06 Martin Luis Guzman, Mexican novelist (Eagle & the Serpent), born in Chihuahua, Mexico (d. 1976)
1888-02-02 Candelario Huízar, Mexican violist, horn player, and classical and canción composer ("Surco"), born in Jerez, Zacatecas, Mexico (d. 1970)
1888-06-15 Ramon Lopez Velarde, Mexican poet (La Sangre Devota), born in Jerez de García Salinas, Mexico (d. 1921)
1888-12-06 Emiliana de Zubeldía, Spanish-Mexican concert pianist, composer - chiefly for guitar (Landscape Basko), and educator (Academy of Music at the University of Sonora, 1947-87), born in Salinas de Oro, Spain (d. 1987)
1889-05-17 Alfonso Reyes, Mexican writer (Simpatías y diferencias) and diplomat (Higenia Cruel), born in Monterrey, Mexico (d. 1959)
1895-09-08 Sara García, Mexican actress, born in Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico (d. 1980)
1895-11-17 Gregorio López y Fuentes, Mexican author (d. 1966)
1896-12-29 David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican social realist painter and muralist (Lib of Chile), born in Chihuahua, Mexico (d. 1974)
1897-01-16 Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet, born in Villahermosa, Tabasco (d. 1977)
1897-10-30 Agustín Lara, Mexican composer and singer-songwriter of popular ballads and boleros (Granada; Solamente Una Vez), born in Tlacotalpan, Veracruz (d. 1970)
1898-01-07 Gerónimo Baqueiro Foster, Mexican woodwind player, composer, and music teacher, born in Hopelchén, Campeche (d. 1967)
1899-02-06 Ramon Novarro [Jose Samaniegos], Mexican-American actor (Ben-Hur, Mata Hari), born in Durango, Mexico (d. 1968)
1899-06-13 Carlos Chávez, Mexican conductor and composer (Sinfonía india), born in Mexico City (d. 1978)
1899-08-26 Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter, born in Oaxaca, Mexico (d. 1991)
1899-09-24 Eduardo Hernández Moncada, Mexican composer and pianist, born in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico (d. 1995)
1899-12-31 Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican composer (Sensemaya), born in Santiago Papasquiaro, Mexico (d. 1940)
1900-09-29 Miguel Alemán Valdés, Mexican attorney and President of Mexico (1946-52), born in Sayula, Veracruz, Mexico (d. 1983)
1901-02-20 Henry Eyring, Mexican-American chemist (chemical reaction rates), born in Colonia Juárez, Mexico (d. 1981)
1902-01-26 Romney Brent, Mexican-American actor and writer (Dinner at the Ritz), born in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico (d. 1976)
1902-02-04 Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Mexican pioneering artistic photographer, born in Mexico City (d. 2002)
1902-03-09 Luis Barragán, Mexican architect (Casa Luis Barragán; Pritzker Prize - 1980), born in Guadalajara, Mexico (d. 1988)
1902-04-17 Jaime Torres Bodet, Mexican politician, 2nd Director-General of the UNESCO (1948-52), born in Mexico City (d. 1974)
1903-08-27 Xavier Villaurrutia, Mexican poet (Nocturno de los Angeles), born in Mexico City (d. 1950)
1903-12-10 George J. Lewis, Mexican actor (Don-Zorro), born in Guadalajara, Mexico (d. 1995)
1904-03-26 Emilio Fernandez, Mexican director (La Choca, Flor Silvestre), born in El Seco Mexico (d. 1986)
1904-07-30 Salvador Novo, Mexican writer and poet, born in Mexico City (d. 1974)
1904-08-03 Dolores del Rio, Mexican silent screen actress (Deseada, Bugambilia), born in Durango, Mexico (d. 1983)
1905-02-22 Luis Sandi, Mexican musician and composer, born in Mexico City, Mexico (d. 1996)
1905-12-11 Gilbert Roland [Luis Alonso], Mexican actor (Juarez, Barbarosa), born in Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico (d. 1994)
1906-01-27 Alberto Ruz Lhuillier, Mexican archaeologist who excavated Palenque, born in Paris, France (d. 1979)
1906-03-26 Rafael Mendez, Mexican trumpetist (d. 1981)
1906-07-21 Daniel Ayala Perez, Mexican composer and violinist, born in Abalá, Yucatán (d. 1975)
1906-11-29 Luis Van Rooten, Mexican-born American actor, author and translator (One Man's Family), born in Mexico City (d. 1973)
1907-05-08 Arturo de Córdova [Arturo García Rodríguez], Mexican actor (Medal for Benny), born in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico (d. 1973)
1907-07-06 Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter who explored questions of identity, postcolonialism, gender and race in Mexican society, born in Coyoacán, Mexico City (d. 1954)
1908-01-12 José Limón, Mexican-American dancer and choreographer (The Moor's Pavane; I, Odysseus), born in Culiacán, Mexico (d. 1972)
1908-02-26 Néstor Mesta Cháyres, Mexican lyric tenor, born in Mexico City, Mexico (d. 1971)
1908-12-16 Remedios Varo, Spanish-Mexican surrealist artist (Eyes on the table, Useless Science or the Alchemist), born in Anglès, Spain (d. 1963)
1909-07-18 Lupe Vélez [María Guadalupe Villalobos Vélez], Mexican-American actress (Joe Palooka), born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico (d. 1944)
1910-02-03 Blas Galindo, Mexican composer (A la Patria), born in San Gabriel, Mexico (d. 1993)
1910-02-16 Miguel Bernal Jiménez, Mexican organist, composer and pedagogue (Tata Vasco; Tres Cartas de México), born in Morelia, Mexico (d. 1956)
1910-07-27 Lupita Tovar, Mexican-born actress (Dracula), born in Matías Romero, Mexico (d. 2016)
1910-07-30 Edgar de Evia, Mexican-American photographer, born in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico (d. 2003)
1911-02-20 Robert McBride, American composer (Mexican Rhapsody), born in Tucson, Arizona (d. 2007)
1911-03-12 Gustavo Diaz Ordaz, Mexican politician (President of Mexico 1964-70), born in San Andrés Chalchicomula, Mexico (d. 1979)
1911-03-20 Alfonso García Robles, Mexican diplomat and Nobel laureate (d. 1991)
1911-08-12 Cantinflas [Mario Moreno], Mexican actor (Around World in 80 Days, Pepe), born in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico (d. 1993)
1911-11-30 Jorge Negrete [Moreno], Mexican singer and actor (The Rebel, La madrina del diablo), born in Guanajuato, Mexico (d. 1953)
1912-02-13 Jose de Capriles, Mexican-born American fencer (Olympic-1936, 48, 52), born in Mexico City (d. 1969)
1912-05-09 Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican actor (From Russia With Love, Fort Apache), born in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico (d. 1963)
1912-06-29 José Pablo Moncayo, Mexican composer (Huapango), born in Guadalajara, Mexico (d. 1958)
1912-10-27 Conlon Nancarrow, American-Mexican composer, often of player piano music (Soundings 4), born in Texarkana, Arkansas (d. 1997)
1912-11-02 Toña la Negra [Antonia Álvarez], Mexican canción and bolero singer ("Como golondrinas"; "Enamorada"), and actress, born in Vera Cruz, Mexico (d. 1982)
1912-11-10 Salvador Contreras, Mexican composer (Grupo de los cuatro), born in Cuerámaro, Guanajuato (d. 1982)
1914-03-31 Octavio Paz, Mexican poet (Salamandra; Topoemas), writer and diplomat who won the 1990 Nobel Prize laureate, born in Mexico City (d. 1998)
1914-04-08 María Félix, Mexican actress (Doña Bárbara), born in Álamos, Sonora, Mexico (d. 2002)
1915-04-21 Anthony Quinn, Mexican-American actor (Zorba the Greek, Lawrence of Arabia, Lust for Life), born in Chihuahua, Mexico (d. 2001)
1915-09-19 Tin-Tan [Germán Valdés], Mexican actor, singer and comedian (Spanish dubbing of The Jungle Book, The Aristocats), born in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico (d. 1973)
1916-03-14 Rodolfo Hoyos Jr., Mexican-American actor (The Brave One; Viva Valdez -"Luis"), born in Mexico City (d. 1983)
1916-04-25 Luis Herrera de la Fuente, Mexican pianist, conductor (Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional, 1954-72), and composer, born in Mexico City (d. 2014)
1916-06-12 Raúl Héctor Castro, Mexican American lawyer, judge, and diplomat (Ambassador to El Salvador, Bolivia, and Argentina), born in Cananea, Sonora, Mexico (d. 2015)
1916-07-31 Ignacio Trelles, Mexican soccer midfielder (Mexican Primera División: 1935, 37, 38; Club Necaxa) and coach (Mexico 1960-69), born in Guadalajara, Mexico (d. 2020)
1917-02-17 Guillermo González Camarena, Mexican inventor (color television), born in Guadalajara, Mexico (d. 1965)
1917-04-06 Leonora Carrington, British-Mexican Surrealist artist, born in Clayton-le-Woods, England (d. 2011)
1917-11-22 Bridget Bate Tichenor (born Bridget Pamela Arkwright Bate), Mexican surrealist painter, born in Paris, France (d. 1990)
1918-01-20 Esquivel! [Juan García Esquivel], Mexican pianist, composer, and bandleader known as the "King of Space-Age Pop", born in Tampico, Mexico (d. 2002)
1918-05-16 Juan Rulfo, Mexican writer (Pedro Paramo) (d. 1986)
1918-05-30 Guadalupe "Pita" Amor, Mexican poet (d. 2000)
1918-09-05 Luis Alcoriza, Mexican screenwriter, film director, and actor, born in Badajoz, Mexico (d. 1992)
1918-09-22 Henryk Szeryng, Polish-Mexican violinist (Brahms Concerto), born in Zelazowa Wola, Poland (d. 1988)
1919-04-17 Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican-Mexican singer, born in San Joaquín de Flores, Heredia Province, Costa Rica (d. 2012)
1919-05-17 Antonio Aguilar [Barraza], Mexican singer, producer and actor (Emiliano Zapata) who popularized the Mexican equestrian sport la charrería, born in Villanueva, Zacatecas, Mexico (d. 2007)
1919-08-24 Enrique Llanes, Mexican professional wrestler, born in Otumba de Gómez Farías, Mexico (d. 2004)
1920-07-17 Esperanza Baur, Mexican film actress, and John Wayne's second wife, born in Mexico City (d. 1961)
1920-07-29 Rodolfo Acosta, Mexican-American character actor (Salón México, The Fugitive, Littlest Outlaw), born in Chamizal, Texas (d. 1974)
1920-11-25 Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican actor (Fantasy Island, Star Trek II, Naked Gun), born in Mexico City (d. 2009)
1922-01-17 Luis Echeverria Alvarez, Mexican politician, President of Mexico (1970-76), born in Mexico City (d. 2022)
1923-07-10 Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer ("Échame a mi la culpa"), born in Huetamo de Núñez, Michoacán, Mexico (d. 2001)
1923-11-13 Linda Christian, Mexican actress (Athena, VIPs, Battle Zone), born in Tampico, Mexico (d. 2011)
1924-01-16 Katy Jurado, Mexican actress, 1st Latin actress to win a Golden Globe (High Noon, Broken Lance), born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico (d. 2002)
1924-04-02 Bobby Ávila, Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame second baseman (MLB All-Star 1952, 54, 55; AL batting champion 1954; Cleveland Indians), born in Veracruz City, Mexico (d. 2004)
1924-05-15 Jaime Garcia Terrés, Mexican poet and essayist, born in Mexico City (d. 1996)
1924-08-29 Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican songwriter, born in Ciudad Guzmán, Mexico (d. 2005)
1924-09-02 Ramón Valdés, Mexican actor and comedian (Don Ramón-El Chavo del Ocho), born in Mexico City (d. 1988)
1925-03-16 Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist, co-inventor of the combined oral contraceptive pill (d. 2004)
1925-05-25 Rosario Castellanos, Mexican poet (Balún Canán), born in Mexico City (d. 1974)
1925-10-25 Oralia Domínguez, Mexican mezzo-soprano, born in San Luis Potosí (d. 2013)
1926-06-15 Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet (Tarumba, Maltiempes), born in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico (d. 1999)
1926-06-17 Manuel Enríquez, Mexican composer, born in Ocotlán, Jalisco, Mexico (d. 1994)
1928-07-27 Karloff Lagarde, Mexican professional wrestler, born in Zapotlán de Juárez, Hidalgo, Mexico (d. 2007)
1928-11-11 Carlos Fuentes, Mexican author (The Death of Artemio Cruz), born in Panama City, Panama (d. 2012)
1929-02-03 Pedro Nájera, Mexican soccer midfielder (27 caps; Club América), born in Mexico City (d. 2020)
1929-03-12 Lupe Anguiano, Mexican-American civil rights activist, born in La Junta, Colorado
1929-03-20 Germán Robles, Spanish-Mexican film, theater, television, and voice actor (El Vampiro), born in Gijón, Asturias, Spain (d. 2015)
1929-06-07 Antonio Carbajal, Mexican soccer goalkeeper (32 caps; Club León 364 games) and manager (León, Unión de Curtidores, Atlético Morelia), born in Mexico City (d. 2023)
1929-11-10 Ninón Sevilla, Cuban-Mexican actress (Aventurera, Víctimas del Pecado), born in Havana, Cuba (d. 2015)
1929-11-18 Francisco Savín, Mexican conductor and composer (Quasar I), born in Mexico City (d. 2018)
1930-09-08 Emilio Azcarraga Milmo, American Mexican media tycoon (Televisa), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 1997)
1931-08-15 Mario Kuri-Aldana, Mexican composer, born in Tampico, Mexico (d. 2013)
1932-01-11 Alfonso Arau, Mexican film director
1932-03-07 Lola Beltrán, Mexican ranchera singer ("Priscila elque se fue"; "Paloma Negra") and actress (El revólver sangriento), born in El Rosario, Mexico (d. 1966)
1932-05-08 Julieta Campos, Cuban-Mexican writer (d. 2007)
1932-12-19 Salvador Elizondo, Mexican writer (Farabeuf; El grafógrafo), born in Mexico City (d. 2006)
1933-03-03 Marco Antonio Muñoz, Mexican Latin pop singer (Que Murmurmen; Escandallo), and actor (Sinful), born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
1933-12-08 Ana Ofelia Murguía, Mexican actress (Mamá Coco-Coco; La Reina de la Noche), born in Mexico City (d. 2023)
1934-05-01 Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Mexican politician, founder of the Party of the Democratic Revolution, born in Mexico City
1934-06-20 José Villegas, Mexican soccer defender (6 caps; CD Guadalajara), born in La Experiencia, Mexico (d. 2021)
1934-08-23 Eduardo González Pálmer, Mexican soccer forward (4 caps; Club América), born in Maravatío, Mexico (d. 2022)
1934-12-07 Armando Manzanero, Mexican composer and singer ("It’s Impossible"; "Adoro"), born in Merida, Mexico (d. 2020) date disputed
1935-04-10 Jorge Mester, Mexican conductor (Louisville Orchestra, 1967-79), born in Mexico City
1936-01-06 Rubén Amaro, Sr., Mexican baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies), born in Nuevo Laredo (d. 2017)
1936-04-15 Héctor Quintanar, Mexican composer, born in Mexico City (d. 2013)
1937-03-14 Arturo Chaires, Mexican soccer defender (22 caps; C.D. Guadalajara), born in Guadalajara, Mexico (d. 2020)
1937-09-06 Sergio Aragonés, Spanish-Mexican cartoonist (Groo the Wanderer), born in Sant Mateu, Spain
1937-11-30 Jesús del Muro, Mexican soccer defender (40 caps; Atlas FC, CF Cruz Azul) and manager (Toluca FC, CF Pachuca, Jalisco AC), born in Guadalajara, Mexico (d. 2022)
1938-05-04 Carlos Monsiváis, Mexican writer and political activist, born in Mexico City
1938-09-15 Rafael Osuna, Mexican tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1963), born in Mexico City (d. 1969)
1939-03-23 Rosie Reyes, Mexican tennis player (French C'ships women's doubles 1958 [Yola Ramírez]), born in Mexico City, Mexico (d. 2024)
1940-01-18 Pedro Rodriguez, Mexican racing driver (Le Mans, 1968), born in Mexico City (d. 1971)
1940-01-28 Carlos Slim, Mexican business magnate (América Móvil) once ranked as the richest person in the world, born in Mexico City
1940-02-17 Vicente Fernández, Mexican Grammy Award-winning singer, known as "El Rey de la Música Ranchera" (The King of Ranchera Music), actor, and film producer, born in Huentitán El Alto, Jalisco, Mecico (d. 2021)
1940-04-06 Homero Aridjis, Mexican poet (La Tumba de Filidor)
1941-02-03 Francisco Jara, Mexican soccer forward (9 caps; CD Guadalajara 1960-71), born in Guadalajara, Mexico (d. 2024)
1941-04-30 Joseph "Coke" Escovedo, Mexican-American percussionist (Santana; Malo; Azteca), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1986)
1941-05-24 Andrés García, Mexican-Dominican actor (Tiger Shark), born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1941-08-20 Jo Ramírez, Mexican motor racing team manager and author, born in Mexico City
1941-12-02 Sugar Ramos [Ultiminio Ramos], Cuban-Mexican boxer (World Featherweight champion 1963-64), born in Matanzas, Cuba (d. 2017)
1942-02-14 Ricardo Rodríguez, Mexican auto racer (youngest F1 driver ever to race for Ferrari), born in Mexico City (d. 1962)
1942-07-02 Vicente Fox, Mexican businessman and 62nd President of Mexico (2000-06), born in Mexico City
1942-07-03 Paco Stanley, Mexican TV personality, born in Mexico City (d. 1999)
1942-07-11 Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez, Mexican soccer striker (55 caps; Pumas, Atlante, Veracruz), born in Mexico City (d. 2020)
1942-07-15 Mil Mascaras, Mexican professional wrestler in Lucha Libre tradition, born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico
1942-09-05 Eduardo Mata, Mexican conductor (Improvisaciones), born in Mexico City (d. 1995)
1942-12-20 Héctor Pulido, Mexican football midfielder (43 caps; Cruz Azul, Club Jalisco AC), born in Numaran, Mexico (d. 2022)
1943-03-19 Mario Molina, Mexican chemist, 1995 Nobel Prize for Chemistry (CFC's effect on the ozone layer), born in Mexico City (d. 2020)
1943-04-03 Mario Lavista, Mexican composer and writer, born in Mexico City (d. 2021)
1943-08-15 María Rojo, Mexican actress and politician, born in Mexico City
1943-12-13 Arturo Ripstein, Mexican film director (El Lugar Sin Limites, Foxtrot), born in Mexico City
1944-01-12 Carlos Villagrán, Mexican actor, born in Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico
1944-05-07 Eva Norvind, Norwegian-Mexican actress, born in Trondheim, Norway (d. 2006)
1944-06-17 (Jesús) "Chucho" Castillo, Mexican bantamweight boxer (WBA, WBC, 1970), born in Nuevo Valle de Moreno, Mexico (d. 2013)
1945-07-05 Humberto Benítez Treviño, Mexican politician and Attorney General of the Republic of Mexico, born in Zacualpan, Mexico
1945-08-17 Héctor Sanabria, Mexican soccer defender (7 caps; UNAM Pumas 1965-78) and manager (UNAM Pumas, CD Toluca, CD Veracruz), born in Mexico City, Mexico (d. 2024)
1945-12-07 Graciela Agudelo, Mexican pianist and avant garde composer (Celebration of Wine), born in Mexico City (d. 2018)
1945-12-13 Robert Martinez, Mexican-American drummer (? and the Mysterians - "96 Tears"), born in Texas
1946-01-08 Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, Mexican drug lord (Guadalajara Cartel), born in Culiacán, Mexico

Mexican History Timeline

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