List of people on stamps of Mexico
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This is a list of people on postage stamp
s of Mexico
, including the years in which they appeared on a stamp.
The list is complete through 2008.
Postage stamp
A postage stamp is a small piece of paper that is purchased and displayed on an item of mail as evidence of payment of postage. Typically, stamps are made from special paper, with a national designation and denomination on the face, and a gum adhesive on the reverse side...
s of Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, including the years in which they appeared on a stamp.
The list is complete through 2008.
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- Mariano AbasoloMariano AbasoloMariano Abasolo was a Mexican revolutionist, born at Dolores, Guanajuato. He participated in the revolution started by Hidalgo in 1810 and rose to be a major-general. He fought at Puente de Calderón, was taken prisoner by the Spaniards, was tried at Chihuahua, and was sentenced to ten years'...
, hero of Independence (1910) - AcamapichtliAcamapichtliAcamapichtli was the first tlatoani, or ruler, of the Aztecs of Tenochtitlan, and founder of the Aztec imperial dynasty. He became ruler in 1375 and reigned for 19 years.- Family and early life :...
, AztecAztecThe Aztec people were certain ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who dominated large parts of Mesoamerica in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, a period referred to as the late post-classic period in Mesoamerican chronology.Aztec is the...
ruler (1982) - Hermanas Águila, María Esperanza Águila (†1991) and María Paz Águila (†2004), singers (1995)
- Enrique Aguilar González (1904–1957), educator (2004)
- Cándido Aguilar Vargas, general (1997)
- Gonzalo Aguirre BeltránGonzalo Aguirre BeltránGonzalo Aguirre Beltrán was a Mexican anthropologist known for his studies of marginal populations. His work has focused on Afro-Mexican populations...
, anthropologist (2008) - Lauro Aguirre Espinosa (1882–1928), educator (1994)
- Lucas AlamánLucas AlamánLucas Ignacio Alamán y Escalada was a Mexican scientist, politician, historian and writer. He studied at the Real Colegio de Minas de la Nueva España. He frequently traveled on his credentials as a scientist and diplomat, becoming one of the most educated men in Mexico...
, statesman and historian (1998) - Juan AldamaJuan AldamaJuan Aldama was a Mexican revolutionary rebel soldier during the Mexican War of Independence in 1810. He was also the brother of Ignacio Aldama....
, hero of Independence (1910, 1975, 1986) - Miguel Alemán ValdésMiguel Alemán ValdésMiguel Alemán Valdés served as the President of Mexico from 1946 to 1952.-Life:Alemán was born in Sayula in the state of Veracruz as the son of General Miguel Alemán González and Tomasa Valdés Ledezma...
, president (1950, 2008) - David Alfaro SiqueirosDavid Alfaro SiqueirosJosé David Alfaro Siqueiros was a social realist painter, known for his large murals in fresco that helped establish the Mexican Mural Renaissance, together with works by Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco, and also a member of the Mexican Communist Party who participated in an...
, painter (1975, 1996) - Jorge AlessandriJorge AlessandriJorge Alessandri Rodríguez was the 27th President of Chile from 1958 to 1964, and was the candidate of the Chilean right in the crucial presidential election of 1970...
, president of Chile (1962) - Vito Alessio Robles, historian (1988)
- Ignacio AllendeIgnacio AllendeIgnacio José de Allende y Unzaga , born Ignacio Allende y Unzaga, was a captain of the Spanish Army in Mexico who came to sympathize with the Mexican independence movement. He attended the secret meetings organized by Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, where the possibility of an independent New Spain was...
, hero of Independence (1910, 1943, 1969, 1985, 1994, 2008) - Ignacio AltamiranoIgnacio Manuel AltamiranoIgnacio Manuel Altamirano Basilio was a Mexican writer, journalist, teacher and politician.Altamirano was born in Tixtla, Guerrero, of pure indigenous Nahua heritage. His father was the mayor of Tixtla, this allowed Ignacio to attend school there...
, writer (1984, 1986, 1995) - Luis Álvarez Barret (1901–1971), educator (2000)
- Joaquín Amaro DomínguezJoaquín AmaroJoaquín Amaro Domínguez was a Mexican revolutionary general and military reformer. He served as Secretary of War in the cabinets of Presidents Plutarco Elías Calles, Emilio Portes Gil, and Pascual Ortiz Rubio, making him one of the longest-serving cabinet-level officials in Mexican history...
, general (1997) - Pedro María Anaya, president (1947, 1995)
- Soledad Anaya Solórzano (1895–1978), educator (1998)
- Felipe ÁngelesFelipe ÁngelesFelipe Ángeles Ramirez was a Mexican military officer, noteworthy for his participation in the Mexican Revolution of 1910 to 1920.-Early life:...
, general (1997) - Fanny Anitúa, mezzosoprano (1983)
- AristotleAristotleAristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, linguistics, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology...
, Greek philosopher (1978) - Pedro ArmendárizPedro ArmendárizPedro Armendáriz was a Mexican actor of the cinema of Mexico and Hollywood.-Early life:Born Pedro Gregorio Armendáriz Hastings in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico to Pedro Armendáriz García-Conde and Adela Hastings . He was also the cousin of actress Gloria Marín...
, film star (1993) - Ponciano ArriagaPonciano ArriagaPonciano Arriaga was a lawyer and politician from San Luis Potosí.Arriaga rose to prominence in the late 1840s and is particularly known for pushing for the equality of people through property rights. Arriaga proposed a law in which the government would confiscate lands from the local hacienda...
, statesman (1956) - Carlos ArruzaCarlos ArruzaCarlos Arruza , born Carlos Ruiz Camino, was one of the most prominent bullfighters of the 20th century. He was known as "El Ciclón" ....
, matador (1996) - Dr. AtlDr. AtlGerardo Murillo was a Mexican painter and writer who signed his works "Dr. Atl". He was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, where he began the study of painting at an early age, under Felipe Castro...
, painter (1975) (painting Paricutín pictured 1971) - Mariano AzuelaMariano AzuelaMariano Azuela González was a Mexican author and physician, best known for his fictional stories of the Mexican Revolution of 1910...
, novelist (1974) - José AzuetaJosé AzuetaLt. José Azueta Abad , usually known as José Azueta, was a Mexican Navy cadet who became famous for his role in the United States occupation of Veracruz, where he was killed....
, sailor (1964)
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- Johann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
, German composer (1985) - Lucas Balderas general (1947)
- José María Barceló de Villagrán (1819–1872), surgeon (1996)
- Luis BarragánLuis BarragánLuis Barragán Morfin was a Mexican architect. He was self-trained.-Early life:Educated as an engineer, he graduated from the Escuela Libre de Ingenieros in Guadalajara in 1923 and was self-trained as an architect.After graduation, he travelled through Spain, France , and...
, architect (interior staircase shown 2002) - Gabino BarredaGabino BarredaGabino Barreda was a Mexican physician and philosopher oriented to French positivism.After participating in the U.S.-Mexican War defending his country as a volunteer, he studied medicine in Paris . There he became acquainted with Auguste Comte's doctrine, before his first publications in philosophy...
, philosopher (1968, 1981) - Juan de la Barrera, cadet (1947)
- Baudouin I, Belgian king (1965)
- Gustavo Baz Prada, educator (1993)
- Ludwig van BeethovenLudwig van BeethovenLudwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...
, German composer (1977) (handwritten score and signature pictured 1970) - Lola BeltránLola BeltránLola Beltrán was a Mexican film actress and one of the most acclaimed Mexican ranchera singers, nicknamed Lola la Grande .-Biography:...
, singer and actress (1995) - Felipe BerriozábalFelipe BerriozábalFelipe Berriozábal was a Mexican politician, engineer and military leader. He participated in the Reform War and in the fight against French Intervention in Mexico...
, general (1995) - Rómulo BetancourtRómulo BetancourtRómulo Ernesto Betancourt Bello , known as "The Father of Venezuelan Democracy", was President of Venezuela from 1945 to 1948 and again from 1959 to 1964, as well as leader of Accion Democratica, Venezuela's dominant political party in the 20th century...
president of Venezuela (1965) - Andrés Eloy BlancoAndrés Eloy BlancoAndrés Eloy Blanco Meaño was an important Venezuelan poet, politician, member of the Generación del 28, and one of the founders of Acción Democrática ....
, poet (1997) - Adamo BoariAdamo BoariAdamo Boari was an Italian civil engineer and architect.- Life :Boari was born in Marrara at Ferrara. He studied at the University of Ferrara and afterwards at the University of Bologna where he graduated in 1886....
, architect (2000) - Simón BolívarSimón BolívarSimón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte y Yeiter, commonly known as Simón Bolívar was a Venezuelan military and political leader...
, South American liberator (1980, 1983) - Carlos Bracho (1899–1966), sculptor (1983)
- Nicolás BravoNicolás BravoNicolás Bravo was a Mexican politician and soldier. He distinguished himself in both offices during the 1846–1848 U.S. invasion of Mexico....
, president (1986) - Luis BuñuelLuis BuñuelLuis Buñuel Portolés was a Spanish-born filmmaker — later a naturalized citizen of Mexico — who worked in Spain, Mexico, France and the US..-Early years:...
, filmmaker (2000)
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- Plutarco Elías CallesPlutarco Elías CallesPlutarco Elías Calles was a Mexican general and politician. He was president of Mexico from 1924 to 1928, but he continued to be the de facto ruler from 1928–1935, a period known as the maximato...
, president (1995, 2000) - CantinflasCantinflasFortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes , was a Mexican comic film actor, producer, and screenwriter known professionally as Cantinflas. He often portrayed impoverished campesinos or a peasant of pelado origin...
, film star (1993) - Enrique Carbajal "Sebastián"Sebastián (sculptor)Sebastián is an artist based in Mexico, and is considered the country's foremost living sculptor. His smaller scale work includes jewelry, sacristies, garden sculptures, and painting...
, sculptor (sculpture shown" 1996) - Lázaro CárdenasLázaro CárdenasLázaro Cárdenas del Río was President of Mexico from 1934 to 1940.-Early life:Lázaro Cárdenas was born on May 21, 1895 in a lower-middle class family in the village of Jiquilpan, Michoacán. He supported his family from age 16 after the death of his father...
, president (1971, 1978, 1995) - Emilio CarranzaEmilio CarranzaCaptain Emilio Carranza Rodríguez was a noted Mexican aviator and national hero, nicknamed the "Lindbergh of Mexico". He was killed while returning from a historic goodwill flight from Mexico City to the United States....
, aviator (1929, 1947, 1978) - Jesús CarranzaJesús CarranzaJesús Carranza Neira was a Mexican colonel from Cuatro Ciénegas, Coahuila. He helped Benito Juárez and also lent him money.Jesús Carranza was married to María de Jesús Garza and had 15 children; among them was Venustiano Carranza, who later became President of Mexico.The Veracruz town of Jesús...
, general (1917) - Venustiano CarranzaVenustiano CarranzaVenustiano Carranza de la Garza, was one of the leaders of the Mexican Revolution. He ultimately became President of Mexico following the overthrow of the dictatorial Huerta regime in the summer of 1914 and during his administration the current constitution of Mexico was drafted...
, president (1916, 1938, 1960, 1967, 1985, 1995, 1997) - Felipe Carrillo PuertoFelipe Carrillo PuertoFelipe Carrillo Puerto was a Governor of the Mexican state of Yucatán. He was born in the town of Motul, Yucatán, and was of partly indigenous Mayan background; he was rumored to be a descendant of the Nachi Cocom dynasty of Mayapan. He was a socialist who favored land reform, women's suffrage,...
, governor (1974) - Julián CarrilloJulián CarrilloJulián Carrillo Trujillo was a Mexican composer, conductor, violinist and music theorist, famous for developing a theory of microtonal music which he dubbed "The Thirteenth Sound" .-Biography:...
, composer (1975) - Juan Ignacio María de Castorena y Ursúa (1668–1733), bishop and founder of the first Mexican periodical (1944)
- Pablo CasalsPablo CasalsPau Casals i Defilló , known during his professional career as Pablo Casals, was a Spanish Catalan cellist and conductor. He is generally regarded as the pre-eminent cellist of the first half of the 20th century, and one of the greatest cellists of all time...
, Spanish cellist (score of El pesebre shown 1976) - Estefanía Castañeda Núñez (1872–1973), educator (1994)
- Alfonso CasoAlfonso CasoAlfonso Caso y Andrade was an archaeologist who made important contributions to pre-Columbian studies in his native Mexico. Caso believed that the systematic study of ancient Mexican civilizations was an important way to understand Mexican cultural roots...
, archaeologist (1996) - Antonio CasoAntonio Caso AndradeAntonio Caso Andrade was a Mexican philosopher and rector of the former Universidad Nacional de México, nowadays known as the National Autonomous University of Mexico from December 1921 to August 1923. Along with José Vasconcelos, he founded the Ateneo de la Juventud, a humanist group against...
, philosopher (1983, 1988) - Isidro Castillo Pérez (1900–1988), educator (2006)
- Guadalupe Ceniceros de Perez (1909–1968), educator (1999)
- Miguel de CervantesMiguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes Saavedra was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright. His magnum opus, Don Quixote, considered the first modern novel, is a classic of Western literature, and is regarded amongst the best works of fiction ever written...
, Spanish author (1975) - Carlos ChávezCarlos ChávezCarlos Antonio de Padua Chávez y Ramírez was a Mexican composer, conductor, music theorist, educator, journalist, and founder and director of the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra. He was influenced by native Mexican cultures. Of his six Symphonies, his Symphony No...
, composer (1983, 1999) - Ignacio Chávez SánchezIgnacio Chávez SánchezDr. Ignacio Chávez Sánchez was a prominent Mexican physician.-Education and professional career:...
, physician (1993, 1997) - Francisco Javier ClavijeroFrancisco Javier ClavijeroFrancisco Javier Clavijero Echegaray , was a Novohispano Jesuit teacher, scholar and historian...
, priest and historian (1971, 1981) - Genaro Codina (1852–1901), composer (1946)
- Rey Colimán (15th & 16th centuries), chief of the Colimas (1979)
- Christopher ColumbusChristopher ColumbusChristopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in northwestern Italy. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents in the...
, navigator (1992) - CopernicusNicolaus CopernicusNicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance astronomer and the first person to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology which displaced the Earth from the center of the universe....
, Polish astronomer (1973) - Daniel Cosío VillegasDaniel Cosío VillegasDaniel Cosío Villegas was a prominent Mexican economist, essayist, historian and diplomat.Cosío Villegas was born in Mexico City. After studying one year in engineering and two years of philosophy, he received a B.A. in Law from the National University and took several courses in economics at...
, economist and historian (2001) - Cri-Cri (Francisco Gabilondo SolerFrancisco Gabilondo SolerFrancisco Gabilondo Soler was a Mexican composer and performer of children's songs. He recorded and performed those songs under the name of Cri-Cri: El Grillito Cantor .-Biography:Gabilondo was born in the city of Orizaba, Veracruz...
), singer (1995) - CuauhtémocCuauhtémocCuauhtémoc was the Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan from 1520 to 1521...
, AztecAztecThe Aztec people were certain ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who dominated large parts of Mesoamerica in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, a period referred to as the late post-classic period in Mesoamerican chronology.Aztec is the...
ruler (1915, 1950, 1975, 1980, 1995) - Gonzalo Curiel (1904–1958), composer (1995)
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- DanteDante AlighieriDurante degli Alighieri, mononymously referred to as Dante , was an Italian poet, prose writer, literary theorist, moral philosopher, and political thinker. He is best known for the monumental epic poem La commedia, later named La divina commedia ...
, Italian poet (1965) - Rubén DaríoRubén DaríoFélix Rubén García Sarmiento , known as Rubén Darío, was a Nicaraguan poet who initiated the Spanish-American literary movement known as modernismo that flourished at the end of the 19th century...
, Nicaraguan poet (1966) - Charles de GaulleCharles de GaulleCharles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II. He later founded the French Fifth Republic in 1958 and served as its first President from 1959 to 1969....
, French president (1964) - Mario de la CuevaMario de la CuevaMario de la Cueva y de la Rosa was a Mexican jurist and rector of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in 1940–1942.De la Cueva studied law at the Escuela Nacional de Jurisprudencia of the UNAM, as well as at the Humboldt-Universität in Berlin...
, educator and jurist (2001) - Santos DegolladoSantos DegolladoJosé Santos Degollado Sánchez was a Mexican politician and military leader. During his service in the Mexican Army, Degollado fought against López de Santa Anna and later alongside Benito Juárez. He was deputy, and later governor of the state of Michoacán...
, general (1995) - Andrés Manuel del RíoAndrés Manuel del RíoAndrés Manuel del Río Fernández was a Spanish–Mexican scientist and naturalist who discovered the chemical element vanadium.-Education:...
, scientist (1965) - Dolores del RíoDolores del RíoDolores del Río was a Mexican film actress. She was a star of Hollywood films during the silent era and in the Golden Age of Hollywood...
, film star (1993) - DemosthenesDemosthenesDemosthenes was a prominent Greek statesman and orator of ancient Athens. His orations constitute a significant expression of contemporary Athenian intellectual prowess and provide an insight into the politics and culture of ancient Greece during the 4th century BC. Demosthenes learned rhetoric by...
, Athenian orator (1974) - Francisco Díaz Covarrubias, geographer (1973)
- Salvador Díaz MirónSalvador Díaz MirónSalvador Díaz Mirón was a Mexican poet. He was born in the port city of Veracruz. His early verse, written in a passionate, romantic style, was influenced by Lord Byron and Victor Hugo. His later verse was more classical in mode. His poem, A Gloria, was influential...
, poet (1983) - Ponciano Díaz Salinas (1856–1899), bullfighter (1999)
- Belisario DomínguezBelisario DomínguezBelisario Domínguez Palencia was a Mexican physician and liberal politician. He served as senator and gave a memorable speech in the Congress against the dictator Victoriano Huerta, for which he was murdered.Domínguez was born to Cleofas Domínguez and María del Pilar Palencia...
, martyr (1917, 1963) - Miguel DomínguezMiguel DomínguezJosé Miguel Domínguez Alemán was a Spanish colonial official in New Spain who played a part in the Mexican independence movement...
, statesman (2005) - Alfredo DugèsAlfredo DugèsAlfredo Dugès ; was a French-born, Mexican physician and naturalist who was born in Montpellier. He was the son of zoologist Antoine Louis Dugès...
, botonist (1975) - Albrecht DürerAlbrecht DürerAlbrecht Dürer was a German painter, printmaker, engraver, mathematician, and theorist from Nuremberg. His prints established his reputation across Europe when he was still in his twenties, and he has been conventionally regarded as the greatest artist of the Northern Renaissance ever since...
, German painter (woodcut pictured 1971)
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- Thomas Alva Edison, US inventor (1981)
- Eight Deer Tiger ClawEight Deer Jaguar ClawEight Deer Jaguar Claw was a powerful Mixtec ruler in 11th century Oaxaca referred to in the 15th century deerskin manuscript Codex Zouche-Nuttall, and other Mixtec manuscripts. His surname is alternatively translated Tiger-Claw and Ocelot-Claw. John Pohl has dated his life as having lasted from...
, MixtecMixtecThe Mixtec are indigenous Mesoamerican peoples inhabiting the Mexican states of Oaxaca, Guerrero and Puebla in a region known as La Mixteca. The Mixtecan languages form an important branch of the Otomanguean language family....
warrior (1980) - Albert EinsteinAlbert EinsteinAlbert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and one of the most prolific intellects in human history...
, Swiss physicist (1979, 2005) - Willem EinthovenWillem EinthovenWillem Einthoven was a Dutch doctor and physiologist. He invented the first practical electrocardiogram in 1903 and received the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1924 for it....
, Dutch physiologist (1972) - Martín Enríquez de AlmanzaMartín Enríquez de AlmanzaDon Martín Enríquez de Almanza was the fourth viceroy of New Spain, who ruled from November 5, 1568 until October 3, 1580. He was subsequently viceroy of Peru, from September 23, 1581 until his death in 1583. His birthplace and origins are uncertain...
, viceroy (1946, 1956, 1979) - Luis Enrique ErroLuis Enrique ErroLuis Enrique Erro was a Mexican astronomer, politician, and educational reformer.Born in Mexico City, Erro studied civil engineering and accounting, among other subjects. He occupied the post of head of the Department of Technical Education until 1934...
, astronomer (1973, 1986) - Mariano EscobedoMariano EscobedoMariano Escobedo was a Mexican Army general and former Governor of Nuevo León.He was born on January 16, 1826 in Galeana, Nuevo León. He fought during the Mexican American War in the army with the rank of lieutenant...
, general (1997) - Juan Escutia, cadet (1947)
- Fermín Espinosa "Armillita" (1911–1978), matador (1996)
- Enrique EstradaEnrique EstradaEnrique Estrada Reynoso was a Mexican General, politician, and Secretary of National Defense.Born in Moyahua, Zac. In the year 1890. His parents were Camilo Estrada Reynoso and Micaela...
, general (1946) - Genaro EstradaGenaro EstradaGenaro Estrada was a Mexican statesman, academic, and writer.Estrada was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa. He served as a journalist in Mazatlán early in life, then moved to Mexico City in 1912, where he was professor at the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria and entered the capital's cultural and political...
, diplomat and writer (1983)
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- FabiolaQueen Fabiola of BelgiumQueen Fabiola of Belgium is the widow of King Baudouin of Belgium. She was Queen consort of the Belgians for 33 years...
, Belgian queen (1965) - Felipe IIPhilip II of SpainPhilip II was King of Spain, Portugal, Naples, Sicily, and, while married to Mary I, King of England and Ireland. He was lord of the Seventeen Provinces from 1556 until 1581, holding various titles for the individual territories such as duke or count....
, Spanish king (1979) - María FélixMaría FélixMaría Félix was a Mexican film actress and one of the icons of the golden era of the Cinema of Mexico and also one of the myths of the Spanish language Cinema for her life style and personality...
, movie star (1993) - José Joaquín Fernández de LizardiJosé Joaquín Fernández de LizardiJosé Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi , Mexican writer and political journalist, best known as the author of El Periquillo Sarniento , reputed to be the first novel written in Latin America....
, novelist (1972) - Joaquín Manuel Fernández de Santa Cruz, subject of a painting by Nicolás Rodríguez Juárez (1996)
- Alexander FlemingAlexander FlemingSir Alexander Fleming was a Scottish biologist and pharmacologist. He wrote many articles on bacteriology, immunology, and chemotherapy...
, British scientist (1981) - Ricardo Flores MagónRicardo Flores MagónCipriano Ricardo Flores Magón was a noted Mexican anarchist and social reform activist. His brothers Enrique and Jesús were also active in politics. Followers of the Magón brothers were known as Magonistas....
, anarchist and labor organizer (2008) - Adela Formoso de Obregón Santacilia (1905–1981), educator and feminist (2001)
- Sigmund FreudSigmund FreudSigmund Freud , born Sigismund Schlomo Freud , was an Austrian neurologist who founded the discipline of psychoanalysis...
, Austrian psychiatrist (1997)
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- Francisco Gabilondo SolerFrancisco Gabilondo SolerFrancisco Gabilondo Soler was a Mexican composer and performer of children's songs. He recorded and performed those songs under the name of Cri-Cri: El Grillito Cantor .-Biography:Gabilondo was born in the city of Orizaba, Veracruz...
, singer (1995, 2007) - GalileoGalileo GalileiGalileo Galilei , was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution. His achievements include improvements to the telescope and consequent astronomical observations and support for Copernicanism...
, Italian astronomer (1971) - Rómulo GallegosRómulo GallegosRómulo Ángel del Monte Carmelo Gallegos Freire was a Venezuelan novelist and politician. For a period of some nine months during 1948, he was the first cleanly elected president in his country's history....
, Venezuelan novelist (1984) - Joaquín Gallo (1882–1965) astronomer (1973)
- Manuel GamioManuel GamioManuel Gamio was a Mexican anthropologist, archaeologist, sociologist, and a leader of the indigenismo movement. He is often considered as the father of modern anthropological studies in Mexico...
, anthropologist (1982) - Gandhi, leader of India's Independence movement (1969)
- Pedro de GantePedro de GanteFray Pieter van der Moere, also known as Fray Pedro de Gante or Pedro de Mura was a Franciscan missionary in sixteenth century Mexico. Born in Geraardsbergen in present day Belgium, he was of Flemish descent...
, missionary (1972) - Rodolfo Gaona, matador (1996)
- Alfonso García RoblesAlfonso García RoblesAlfonso García Robles was a Mexican diplomat and politician who, in conjunction with Sweden's Alva Myrdal, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982....
, diplomat (1982) - Jesús García CoronaJesús GarcíaJesús García Corona was a Mexican railroad engineer who was killed trying to keep a train loaded with dynamite from exploding near Nacozari de García, Sonora, in 1907. As el héroe de Nacozari he is revered as a national hero and many streets, plazas, and schools across Mexico are named for...
, railroad engineer, hero (2007) - Federico García LorcaFederico García LorcaFederico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca was a Spanish poet, dramatist and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27. He is believed to be one of thousands who were summarily shot by anti-communist death squads...
, Spanish poet (1998) - Francisco García Salinas, statesman (1946)
- Francisco Garcia y Santos, Uruguayan postmaster general (1926)
- Ángel María Garibay K.Ángel María Garibay K.Fray Ángel María Garibay Kintana was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest, philologist, linguist, historian, and scholar of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures, specifically of the Nahua peoples of the central Mexican highlands...
, philologist (1982) - Gonzalo Garita y Frontera (1897–1921), engineer (2000)
- Lorenzo Garza (1909–1978), matador (1996)
- Manuel Gea González (1892–1950), physician) (1997)
- Ernest Charles Gimpel, subject of a painting by Ángel ZárragaÁngel ZárragaÁngel Zárraga Argüelles was a Mexican painter. He was founding member of the cultural organization El Ateneo de la Juventud.-Biography:...
(1986) - Francisco GoitiaFrancisco GoitiaFrancisco Bollaín y Goitia García was a realist painter from Fresnillo in the state of Zacatecas, Mexico.Goitia studied at the Academia de San Carlos in Mexico City from 1898 under the direction of German Gedovius, Jose Maria Velasco, Saturnino Herran and Julio Ruelas...
, painter (1983) - Federico Gómez pediatrician (1993)
- Valentín Gómez FaríasValentín Gómez FaríasValentín Gómez Farías was several times acting President of Mexico in the 1830s and 1840s.Gomez Farias was one of the more important political figures in early Mexico. The first presidency of Santa Anna from 1833 to 1836 was a temporary victory for the Mexican Liberals...
, president (1956, 1975, 1981, 1983) - Manuel Gómez MorínManuel Gómez MorínManuel Gómez Morín was a Mexican politician. He was a founding member of the National Action Party, and one of its theoreticians...
, politician (1997) - María Luisa Gonzaga Foncerrada y Labarrieta, subject of a painting by José María Vázquez (1765–1826) (1996)
- Epigmenio González, hero of Independence (1910)
- Francisco González BocanegraFrancisco González BocanegraFrancisco González Bocanegra was a Mexican poet who wrote the lyrics of the Mexican National Anthem in 1853....
, poet (2004) - Guillermo González CamarenaGuillermo González CamarenaGuillermo González Camarena , was a Mexican engineer who was the inventor of a color-wheel type of color television, and who also introduced color television to Mexico....
, inventor (1982) - Enrique González MartínezEnrique González MartínezEnrique González Martínez was a Mexican poet, diplomat, surgeon and obstetrician. His poetry is considered to be primarily Modernist in nature, with elements of French symbolism....
, poet (1972) - Jesús González Ortega, general and statesman (1946, 1981)
- Celestino GorostizaCelestino GorostizaCelestino Gorostiza Alcalá was a Mexican theater and cine playwright, director and dramatist.- Biography :...
, playwright (2004) - João GoulartJoão GoulartJoão Belchior Marques Goulart was a Brazilian politician and the 24th President of Brazil until a military coup d'état deposed him on April 1, 1964. He is considered to have been the last left-wing President of the country until Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took office in 2003.-Name:João Goulart is...
, Brazilian president (1962) - Juan de la Granja (1785–1856), introduced telegraph to Mexico (2000)
- Juan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo, viceroy (1960)
- Vicente GuerreroVicente GuerreroVicente Ramón Guerrero Saldaña was one of the leading revolutionary generals of the Mexican War of Independence, who fought against Spain for independence in the early 19th century, and served briefly as President of Mexico...
, president (1921, 1971, 1981, 1982, 1985) - Ángela GurríaÁngela GurríaÁngela Gurría Davó is a Mexican sculptor. In 1973, she became the first female member of the Academia de Artes.- Biography :...
, sculptor (sculpture pictured 1976) - Eulalia Guzmán (1890–1985), archeologist and teacher (2005)
- León Guzmán, statesman (1956, 1975)
- Martín Luis GuzmánMartín Luis GuzmánMartín Luis Guzmán Franco was a Mexican novelist and journalist.-Life:Guzmán was born in Chihuahua, Chihuahua. Along with Mariano Azuela, he is considered a pioneer of the revolutionary novel, a genre inspired by the experiences of the Mexican Revolution of 1910...
, novelist (1985) - Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta, wrestler (2008)
- Jorge Guzmán RodríguezEl Hijo del SantoJorge Guzmán Rodríguez , better known as El Hijo del Santo , is a Mexican professional wrestler, political activist and one of the most successful stars in Lucha Libre...
, wrestler (2008)
H
- Andrés HenestrosaAndrés HenestrosaAndrés Henestrosa Morales was a Mexican writer and politician. In addition to his prose and poetry, Henestrosa was elected to the federal legislature, serving three terms in the Chamber of Deputies, and as a senator for the state of Oaxaca from 1982 to 1988...
, writer (1996, 2006) - Francisco HernándezFrancisco Hernández de ToledoFrancisco Hernández de Toledo was a naturalist and court physician to the King of Spain....
, naturalist (title page of book shown 1975} - Juan E. Hernández y Dávalos (1827–1893), collector and publisher of documents relating to Mexican Independence (1987)
- Saturnino HerránSaturnino HerránSaturnino Herrán Guinchard was a Mexican painter. His mother's name was Josefa Guinchard. In 1897 he took private drawing lessons in his native city and in 1901 entered the Aguascalientes Academy of Science. He took classes with José Inés Tovilla and Severo Amador, who taught him drawing and...
, painter (1987) - Alfonso L Herrera, biologist (1975)
- Maclovio Herrera, general (1917)
- Heinrich Rudolph Hertz, German physicist (1967)
- Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, hero of Independence (1856, 1861, 1864, 1868, 1872, 1874, 1910, 1940, 1947, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1960, 1963, 1976, 1985, 1986, 2003, 2006)
- El Hijo del SantoEl Hijo del SantoJorge Guzmán Rodríguez , better known as El Hijo del Santo , is a Mexican professional wrestler, political activist and one of the most successful stars in Lucha Libre...
, wrestler (2008) - Rowland HillRowland Hill (postal reformer)Sir Rowland Hill KCB, FRS was an English teacher, inventor and social reformer. He campaigned for a comprehensive reform of the postal system, based on the concept of penny postage and his solution of prepayment, facilitating the safe, speedy and cheap transfer of letters...
, British inventor (1979) - Victor HugoVictor HugoVictor-Marie Hugo was a Frenchpoet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights activist and exponent of the Romantic movement in France....
, French novelist (1985) - Alexander von HumboldtAlexander von HumboldtFriedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander Freiherr von Humboldt was a German naturalist and explorer, and the younger brother of the Prussian minister, philosopher and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt...
, German explorer and naturalist (1960, 1999)
I
- José María IglesiasJosé María IglesiasJosé María Iglesias Inzaurraga was a Mexican lawyer, professor, journalist and politician. From October 31, 1876 to January 23, 1877 he claimed the interim presidency of Mexico...
, president (1987) - Pedro InfantePedro InfanteJosé Pedro Infante Cruz , better known as Pedro Infante, is the most famous actor and singer of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema and is an idol of the Latinamerican people, together with Jorge Negrete and Javier Solís, who were styled the Tres Gallos Mexicanos . He was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa,...
, movie star (1996) - Agustín de IturbideAgustín de IturbideAgustín Cosme Damián de Iturbide y Aramburu , also known as Augustine I of Mexico, was a Mexican army general who built a successful political and military coalition that was able to march into Mexico City on 27 September 1821, decisively ending the Mexican War of Independence...
, general, emperor (1921)
J
- José Alfredo JiménezJosé Alfredo JiménezJosé Alfredo Jiménez was a Mexican singer-songwriter in the ranchera style whose songs are considered an integral part of Mexico's musical heritage....
, singer-songwriter(1998) - Mariano Jiménez, hero of Independence (1986)
- Miguel Jiménez (19th century), gastroenterologist (1975)
- Juana Inés de la Cruz, poet (1971, 1995)
- Juan Carlos I, Spanish king (1977)
- John Paul II, pope, (1990, 1999, 2004)
- Benito JuárezBenito JuárezBenito Juárez born Benito Pablo Juárez García, was a Mexican lawyer and politician of Zapotec origin from Oaxaca who served five terms as president of Mexico: 1858–1861 as interim, 1861–1865, 1865–1867, 1867–1871 and 1871–1872...
, president (1879, 1882, 1915, 1926, 1950, 1972, 1998, 1999) - Margarita Maza de Juárez, first lady (1972)
- Juliana, Dutch queen (1964)
- Justinian IJustinian IJustinian I ; , ; 483– 13 or 14 November 565), commonly known as Justinian the Great, was Byzantine Emperor from 527 to 565. During his reign, Justinian sought to revive the Empire's greatness and reconquer the lost western half of the classical Roman Empire.One of the most important figures of...
, Byzantine emperor (1972)
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- Frida KahloFrida KahloFrida Kahlo de Rivera was a Mexican painter, born in Coyoacán, and perhaps best known for her self-portraits....
, painter (2001, 2006) - John F. KennedyJohn F. KennedyJohn Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....
, US president (1962, 1964) - Johannes KeplerJohannes KeplerJohannes Kepler was a German mathematician, astronomer and astrologer. A key figure in the 17th century scientific revolution, he is best known for his eponymous laws of planetary motion, codified by later astronomers, based on his works Astronomia nova, Harmonices Mundi, and Epitome of Copernican...
, German astronomer (1971) - Martin Luther King, US civil rights leader (1968)
- Eusebio Francisco Kino, explorer (1987)
- Robert KochRobert KochHeinrich Hermann Robert Koch was a German physician. He became famous for isolating Bacillus anthracis , the Tuberculosis bacillus and the Vibrio cholerae and for his development of Koch's postulates....
, German doctor (1982)
L
- Bartolomé de las CasasBartolomé de Las CasasBartolomé de las Casas O.P. was a 16th-century Spanish historian, social reformer and Dominican friar. He became the first resident Bishop of Chiapas, and the first officially appointed "Protector of the Indians"...
, cleric (1933, 1966) - Agustín LaraAgustín LaraAgustín Lara was a Mexican singer and songwriter.-Biography:Lara was born in Tlacotalpan, Veracruz. Later, the Lara family had to move again to Mexico City, establishing their house in the borough of Coyoacán. After Lara's mother died, Agustín and his siblings lived in a hospice run by their...
, composer (1995) (keyboard and signature pictured 1970) - Jean-Baptiste de La SalleJean-Baptiste de La SalleSaint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle or John Baptist de La Salle was a priest, educational reformer, and founder of Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools...
, French saint and educator (2005) - Antonio de León, general (1947)
- Miguel Lerdo de TejadaMiguel Lerdo de TejadaMiguel Lerdo de Tejada was a Mexican statesman, and a leader of the Revolution of Ayutla.Born in the port of Veracruz, Veracruz, both he and his younger brother, Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, became leaders of Mexico's Liberal Party...
, composer (1974) - Sebastián Lerdo de TejadaSebastián Lerdo de TejadaSebastián Lerdo de Tejada y Corral was a jurist and Liberal president of Mexico.-Background:...
, president (1974) - Franz LisztFranz LisztFranz Liszt ; ), was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher.Liszt became renowned in Europe during the nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age...
, Hungarian composer (1986) - Federico García LorcaFederico García LorcaFederico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca was a Spanish poet, dramatist and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27. He is believed to be one of thousands who were summarily shot by anti-communist death squads...
, Spanish poet (1998) - Miguel López de Legaspi, conquistador (1964)
- Adolfo López MateosAdolfo López MateosAdolfo López Mateos was a Mexican politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party who served as President of Mexico from 1958 to 1964...
. president (1964, 1994) - José López PortilloJosé López PortilloJosé López Portillo y Pacheco was the President of Mexico from 1976 to 1982.Born in Mexico City, López Portillo studied Law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico before beginning his political career with the Institutional Revolutionary Party in 1959.He held several positions in the...
, president (1977) - Ignacio López RayónIgnacio López RayónIgnacio López Rayón led the revolutionary government of his country after Miguel Hidalgo's death, during the first years of the Mexican War of Independence....
, hero of Independence (1910, 1982) - Ramón López VelardeRamón López VelardeRamón López Velarde was aMexican poet. His work is generally considered to be postmodern, but is unique for its subject matter. He achieved great fame in his native land, to the point of being considered Mexico's national poet....
, poet (1946, 1972, 1988) - Rafael Lucio Najera, doctor (1978)
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- Francisco I. MaderoFrancisco I. MaderoFrancisco Ignacio Madero González was a politician, writer and revolutionary who served as President of Mexico from 1911 to 1913. As a respectable upper-class politician, he supplied a center around which opposition to the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz could coalesce...
, president (1915, 1917, 1935, 1939, 1950, 1973 1985, 2008) - Antonio Margil de Jesús, missionary (1946)
- Francisco Márquez, cadet (1947)
- José MartíJosé MartíJosé Julián Martí Pérez was a Cuban national hero and an important figure in Latin American literature. In his short life he was a poet, an essayist, a journalist, a revolutionary philosopher, a translator, a professor, a publisher, and a political theorist. He was also a part of the Cuban...
, Cuban writer and national hero (1995) - Manolo Martínez, matador (1996)
- Mariano MatamorosMariano MatamorosMariano Matamoros y Guridi was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary rebel soldier of the Mexican War of Independence, who fought for independence against Spain in the early 19th century....
, hero of Independence (1971) - Maximilian I of MexicoMaximilian I of MexicoMaximilian I was the only monarch of the Second Mexican Empire.After a distinguished career in the Austrian Navy, he was proclaimed Emperor of Mexico on April 10, 1864, with the backing of Napoleon III of France and a group of Mexican monarchists who sought to revive the Mexican monarchy...
, emperor (1866) - James Clerk MaxwellJames Clerk MaxwellJames Clerk Maxwell of Glenlair was a Scottish physicist and mathematician. His most prominent achievement was formulating classical electromagnetic theory. This united all previously unrelated observations, experiments and equations of electricity, magnetism and optics into a consistent theory...
, British physicist (1967) - Margarita Maza de Juárez, first lady (1972)
- Agustín Melgar, cadet (1947)
- Gregorio Méndez, colonel (1964)
- Antonio de MendozaAntonio de MendozaAntonio de Mendoza y Pacheco, Marquis of Mondéjar, Count of Tendilla , was the first viceroy of New Spain, serving from April 17, 1535 to November 25, 1550, and the second viceroy of Peru, from September 23, 1551 to July 21, 1552...
, Viceroy (1939) - Carlos MéridaCarlos MeridaCarlos Mérida was a Guatemalan artist.-Early life:Mérida was born in Guatemala City to a family from Quetzaltenango, boasting a Maya and Zapotec heritage which was often an inspiration in his art. He began studying music but became hearing-impaired due to illness. He then changed to the visual arts...
, Guatemalan painter (1991) - Francisco Javier MinaFrancisco Javier MinaFrancisco Javier Mina was a Spanish lawyer and army officer and a Mexican revolutionary.-Biography:...
, hero of Independence (1989) - Moctezuma IMoctezuma IMoctezuma I , also known as Motecuhzoma Ilhuicamina, Huehuemotecuhzoma or Montezuma I , was the fifth Aztec emperor - king of Tenochtitlan...
, AztecAztecThe Aztec people were certain ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who dominated large parts of Mesoamerica in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, a period referred to as the late post-classic period in Mesoamerican chronology.Aztec is the...
ruler (1987) - Mario José Molina HenríquezMario J. MolinaMario José Molina-Pasquel Henríquez is a Mexican chemist and one of the most prominent precursors to the discovering of the Antarctic ozone hole. He was a co-recipient Mario José Molina-Pasquel Henríquez (born March 19, 1943 in Mexico City) is a Mexican chemist and one of the most prominent...
, chemist (1997) - Fernando Montes de Oca, cadet (1947)
- José María Luis Mora, political thinker (1975, 1994)
- Rodolfo MoralesRodolfo MoralesRodolfo Morales was a Mexican painter, who incorporated elements of magic realism into his work.Morales is best known for his brightly coloured surrealistic dream-like canvases and collages often featuring Mexican women in village settings...
, painter (painting shown 2001) - José María MorelosJosé María MorelosJosé María Teclo Morelos y Pavón was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary rebel leader who led the Mexican War of Independence movement, assuming its leadership after the execution of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in 1811...
, hero of Independence (1915, 1934, 1956, 1963, 1965, 1985, 2005) - Mario Moreno "Cantinflas"CantinflasFortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes , was a Mexican comic film actor, producer, and screenwriter known professionally as Cantinflas. He often portrayed impoverished campesinos or a peasant of pelado origin...
, film star (1993) - Pedro MorenoPedro MorenoPedro Moreno . He was an insurgent in the Mexican War of Independence....
(1775–1817), hero of Independence (1967) - Samuel Morse, US inventor and painter (2000)
- Wolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
, Austrian composer (1991, 2006) - Francisco J. Múgica, general (1984)
- Gerardo MurilloDr. AtlGerardo Murillo was a Mexican painter and writer who signed his works "Dr. Atl". He was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, where he began the study of painting at an early age, under Felipe Castro...
, painter (1975) (painting Paricutín pictured 1971)
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- Antonio NarroUniversidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio NarroThe Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro is a public university in Mexico dedicated to the Agricultural, Silvicultural, animal, food and environmental sciences. It is located 6 kilometers south of Saltillo, in the Mexican state of Coahuila. There is also a campus in Torreón, Coahuila. It is...
(†1912), philanthropist (1973) - Jorge NegreteJorge NegreteJorge Alberto Negrete Moreno is considered one of the most popular Mexican singers and actors of all time....
, film star (1993) - Rodolfo NeriRodolfo Neri VelaRodolfo Neri Vela is a Mexican scientist and astronaut who flow aboard a NASA Space Shuttle mission in 1985. He is the first and only Mexican, and then the second Latin-American, to have traveled to space.-Personal :...
, astronaut (1985) - Amado NervoAmado NervoAmado Nervo also known as Juan Crisóstomo Ruiz de Nervo was the Mexican Ambassador to Argentina and Uruguay, journalist, poet, and educator. His poetry was known for its use of metaphor and reference to mysticism, presenting both love and religion, as well as Christianity and Hinduism...
, poet (1971) - NezahualcóyotlNezahualcoyotlNezahualcoyotl was a philosopher, warrior, architect, poet and ruler of the city-state of Texcoco in pre-Columbian Mexico...
, ruler of Texcoco (1972, 1980, 2002) - NezahualpilliNezahualpilliNezahualpilli was ruler of the Mesoamerican city-state of Texcoco, elected by the city's nobility after the death of his father, Nezahualcoyotl, in 1472....
, ruler of Texcoco (1987) - Luis NishizawaLuis NishizawaLuis Nishizawa Flores is a Mexican artist. His father, Kenji Nishizawa is Japanese with origins from Nagano prefecture and his mother, María de Jesús Flores is Mexican....
, painter (family mon shown 1998) - Isaac NewtonIsaac NewtonSir Isaac Newton PRS was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian, who has been "considered by many to be the greatest and most influential scientist who ever lived."...
, British physicist (1971) - Ramón NovarroRamón NovarroRamón Novarro was a Mexican leading man actor in Hollywood in the early 20th century. He was the next male "Sex Symbol" after the death of Rudolph Valentino...
, actor (1986) (the name is misspelled Novaro on the stamp) - Salvador NovoSalvador NovoSalvador Novo López was a Mexican writer, poet, playwright, translator, television presenter, entrepreneur, and the official chronicler of Mexico City, his birthplace and home. As a noted intellectual, he influenced popular perceptions of politics, media, the arts, and Mexican society in general...
, poet (1975, 2004) - Jaime NunóJaime NunóJaime Nunó Roca was a Catalan composer who composed music for Mexico's national anthem.He was born on September 8, 1824 in Sant Joan de les Abadesses, a town in the province of Girona, in Catalonia, Spain. Both his parents, Francesc Nunó and Magdalena Roca, died before his ninth birthday...
, composer (2004)
O
- Álvaro ObregónÁlvaro ObregónGeneral Álvaro Obregón Salido was the President of Mexico from 1920 to 1924. He was assassinated in 1928, shortly after winning election to another presidential term....
, president (1978) - Melchor OcampoMelchor OcampoMelchor Ocampo was a Mexican lawyer, scientist, and liberal politician.His home state was renamed Michoacán de Ocampo in his honour.-Studies:...
, statesman (1940, 1956, 1975) - Ocho Venado Garra de TigreEight Deer Jaguar ClawEight Deer Jaguar Claw was a powerful Mixtec ruler in 11th century Oaxaca referred to in the 15th century deerskin manuscript Codex Zouche-Nuttall, and other Mixtec manuscripts. His surname is alternatively translated Tiger-Claw and Ocelot-Claw. John Pohl has dated his life as having lasted from...
, MixtecMixtecThe Mixtec are indigenous Mesoamerican peoples inhabiting the Mexican states of Oaxaca, Guerrero and Puebla in a region known as La Mixteca. The Mixtecan languages form an important branch of the Otomanguean language family....
] warrior (1980) - Isaac Ochoterena, biologist (1982)
- Edmundo O'GormanEdmundo O'GormanEdmundo O'Gorman O'Gorman was an Irish-Mexican writer, historian and philosopher....
, historian (2006) - Juan O'GormanJuan O'GormanJuan O'Gorman was a Mexican painter and architect.-Biography:O'Gorman was born in Coyoacán, then a village to the south of Mexico City and now a borough of the Federal District, to an Irish father, Cecil Crawford O'Gorman and a Mexican mother...
, painter and architect (2005) - Martín de Olivares (1574–1604), postmaster (1979)
- José Clemente OrozcoJosé Clemente OrozcoJosé Clemente Orozco was a Mexican social realist painter, who specialized in bold murals that established the Mexican Mural Renaissance together with murals by Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and others...
, painter (1983) (painting pictured 1971) - Mariano Otero (1817–1850), statesman (2007)
- Josefa Ortiz de DomínguezJosefa Ortiz de DomínguezMaría Josefa Cresencia Ortiz y Girón, popularly known as Doña Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez or La Corregidora was an insurgent and supporter of the Mexican War of Independence, which fought for independence against Spain, in the early 19th century...
, heroine of Independence (1910, 1979, 2008) - Luis Ortiz MonasterioLuis Ortiz MonasterioLuis Ortiz Monasterio was a Mexican sculptor. He was founding member of the Academia de Artes in 1968.- Biography :...
, sculptor (his sculpture El Dios de Hoy pictured 1979) - Gilberto OwenGilberto OwenGilberto Owen Estrada was a Mexican poet and diplomat.- Biography :Officially registered as Gilberto Estrada, son of Margarita Estrada from Michoacán, Gilberto Owen was born in Rosario, Sinaloa...
, poet (2004)
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- Pakal, ruler of PalenquePalenquePalenque was a Maya city state in southern Mexico that flourished in the 7th century. The Palenque ruins date back to 100 BC to its fall around 800 AD...
(2002) - Louis PasteurLouis PasteurLouis Pasteur was a French chemist and microbiologist born in Dole. He is remembered for his remarkable breakthroughs in the causes and preventions of diseases. His discoveries reduced mortality from puerperal fever, and he created the first vaccine for rabies and anthrax. His experiments...
, French scientist (1995) - Víctor Paz EstenssoroVíctor Paz EstenssoroÁngel Víctor Paz Estenssoro was a politician and president of Bolivia. He ran for president 8 times , winning in 1951, 1960, 1964, and 1985....
, Bolivian president (1963) - Carlos PellicerCarlos PellicerCarlos Pellicer Cámara , born in Villahermosa, Tabasco, was part of the first wave of modernist Mexican poets and was heavily active in the promotion of Mexican art and literature...
, poet (1988, 1997) - José Peón y Contreras, poet (1993)
- Ángela PeraltaÁngela PeraltaÁngela Peralta was an operatic soprano of international fame and a leading figure in the operatic life of 19th century Mexico...
, soprano (1974, 1983) - Silverio PérezSilverio Pérez (bullfighter)Silverio Pérez was a Mexican matador whose nickname was "The Pharaoh."Pérez began his career in 1931, after his brother, Carmelo Pérez, had been killed by a bull during a bullfight in Spain....
, matador (1996) - Felipe Pescador, railway worker (1989)
- Philip IIPhilip II of SpainPhilip II was King of Spain, Portugal, Naples, Sicily, and, while married to Mary I, King of England and Ireland. He was lord of the Seventeen Provinces from 1556 until 1581, holding various titles for the individual territories such as duke or count....
, Spanish king (1979) - Pablo PicassoPablo PicassoPablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso known as Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish expatriate painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer, one of the greatest and most influential artists of the...
, Spanish painter (1981) (painting shown 1974) - José María Pino SuárezJosé María Pino SuárezJosé María Pino Suárez was a Mexican statesman, revolutionary, poet, journalist and jurist who served as Vice President of Mexico , Secreatry of Education and Governor of Yucatán...
, vice-president (1917, 1986, 2008) - Marco PoloMarco PoloMarco Polo was a Venetian merchant traveler from the Venetian Republic whose travels are recorded in Il Milione, a book which did much to introduce Europeans to Central Asia and China. He learned about trading whilst his father and uncle, Niccolò and Maffeo, travelled through Asia and apparently...
, Italian explorer (1967) - Manuel Ponce, composer (1974)
- José Guadalupe PosadaJosé Guadalupe PosadaJose Guadalupe Posada: was a Mexican cartoonist illustrator and artist whose work has influenced many Latin American artists and cartoonists because of its satirical acuteness and political engagement....
, illustrator (engraving Don Quijote pictured 1963) (1988) (engraving La despedida shown 2002) - Guillermo PrietoGuillermo PrietoGuillermo Prieto Pradillo was a Mexican novelist, short-story writer, poet, chronicler, journalist, essayist, patriot and Liberal politician...
, poet and statesman (1956, 1963, 1997) - Francisco Primo de Verdad y Ramos, martyr of independence (2008)
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- Ignacio RamírezIgnacio RamírezJuan Ignacio Paulino Ramírez Calzada was a Mexican writer, poet, journalist, lawyer, atheist, and political libertarian from San Miguel de Allende who used the pen name, El Nigromante . He defended the rights of Indians...
, writer and statesman (1956, 1975) - Rafael Ramírez Castañeda, educator (1994, 1997)
- Miguel Ramos ArizpeMiguel Ramos ArizpeDon Miguel Ramos Arizpe was a Mexican priest and politician who served as deputy in 1810...
, priest and statesman (Constitution of 1824 shown 1993) - Manuel Crescencio Rejón, jurist (1988)
- Silvestre RevueltasSilvestre RevueltasSilvestre Revueltas Sánchez was a Mexican composer of classical music, a violinist and a conductor.-Life:...
, composer (1974, 1999) (violin and bow pictured 1990) - Alfonso ReyesAlfonso ReyesAlfonso Reyes Ochoa was a Mexican writer, philosopher and diplomat.-Early life:Alfonso Reyes parents were Bernardo Reyes and Aurelia Ochoa...
, essayist and philosopher (1985, 1989) - Manuel Rincón (1784–1849), general, commander of Mexican forces at the Battle of ChurubuscoBattle of ChurubuscoThe Battle of Churubusco took place on August 20, 1847, in the immediate aftermath of the Battle of Contreras during the Mexican-American War. After defeating the Mexican army at Churubusco, the U.S. Army was only 5 miles away from Mexico City, the capital of the nation...
. (1947) - José RizalJosé RizalJosé Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda , was a Filipino polymath, patriot and the most prominent advocate for reform in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial era. He is regarded as the foremost Filipino patriot and is listed as one of the national heroes of the Philippines by...
, Filipino national hero (1964) - Diego RiveraDiego RiveraDiego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez was a prominent Mexican painter born in Guanajuato, Guanajuato, an active communist, and husband of Frida Kahlo . His large wall works in fresco helped establish the Mexican Mural Movement in...
, painter (1986) - Rodolfo RoblesRodolfo RoblesRodolfo Robles was a Guatemalan physician and philanthropist. He was the first to describe Robles Disease -Biography:Rodolfo Robles was born in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala...
, Guatemalan doctor (1974) - Sóstenes Rocha, general (1995)
- Wilhelm Roentgen, German physicist (1995)
- José Rubén Romero, novelist (1985)
- Eleanor RooseveltEleanor RooseveltAnna Eleanor Roosevelt was the First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945. She supported the New Deal policies of her husband, distant cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and became an advocate for civil rights. After her husband's death in 1945, Roosevelt continued to be an international...
, US first lady (1964) - Franklin Delano Roosevelt, US president (1947)
- Juventino RosasJuventino RosasJosé Juventino Policarpo Rosas Cadenas was a Mexican composer and violinist.-Life and career:Rosas was born in Santa Cruz de Galeana, Guanajuato, now renamed Santa Cruz de Juventino Rosas. Rosas began his musical career as a street musician and playing with dance music bands in Mexico City...
, composer (sheet music cover pictured 1972) - Arturo Rosenblueth, physiologist (1975)
- Antonio M. RuizAntonio M. RuízAntonio M. Ruíz , also called by friends "El Corzo" or because of his shortness "El Corcito" , was a Mexican painter and scenic designer...
, painter (1988) - Maximiliano Ruiz Castañeda, physician (1994)
- Adolfo Ruiz CortinesAdolfo Ruiz CortinesAdolfo Ruiz Cortines was President of Mexico from 1952 to 1958, representing the Institutional Revolutionary Party he was one of the oldest presidents of Mexico...
, president (1989) - Juan Ruiz de AlarcónJuan Ruiz de AlarcónJuan Ruiz de Alarcón y Mendoza , one of the greatest Novohispanic dramatists of the Golden Age, was born in New Spain .-Genealogy:...
, playwright (1972) - José Ruiz Gaviño, aviator, flew 1st Mexican airmail from Pachuca to Mexico City (1967)
- Juan RulfoJuan RulfoJuan Rulfo was a Mexican author and photographer. One of Latin America's most esteemed authors, Rulfo's reputation rests on two slim books, the novel Pedro Páramo , and El Llano en llamas...
, writer (1996, 2005)
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- Moisés Sáenz Garza, educator (1994)
- Antoine de Saint-ExupéryAntoine de Saint-ExupéryAntoine de Saint-Exupéry , officially Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint Exupéry , was a French writer, poet and pioneering aviator. He became a laureate of France's highest literary awards, and in 1939 was the winner of the U.S. National Book Award...
, French author and aviator (1994) - Pedro Sainz de Baranda, naval captain (1987, 2005)
- Mario Salazar Mallén, physician (1993)
- José de San MartínJosé de San MartínJosé Francisco de San Martín, known simply as Don José de San Martín , was an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South America's successful struggle for independence from Spain.Born in Yapeyú, Corrientes , he left his mother country at the...
, South American liberator (1973) - Manuel Sandoval Vallarta, nuclear physicist (1982)
- El Santo, wrestler (2008)
- Francisco Sarabia Tinoco (1900–1939), aviator (2000)
- Domingo Faustino SarmientoDomingo Faustino SarmientoDomingo Faustino Sarmiento was an Argentine activist, intellectual, writer, statesman and the seventh President of Argentina. His writing spanned a wide range of genres and topics, from journalism to autobiography, to political philosophy and history...
, Argentine intellectual and president (1975) - Franz SchubertFranz SchubertFranz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer.Although he died at an early age, Schubert was tremendously prolific. He wrote some 600 Lieder, nine symphonies , liturgical music, operas, some incidental music, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music...
, Austrian composer (1978) - SebastiánSebastián (sculptor)Sebastián is an artist based in Mexico, and is considered the country's foremost living sculptor. His smaller scale work includes jewelry, sacristies, garden sculptures, and painting...
, sculptor (sculpture shown" 1996) - Bernardo Sepúlveda Gutierrez (1912–1985), physician (1993)
- Aquiles SerdánAquiles SerdánAquiles Serdán Alatriste , born in the city of Puebla, Puebla, was a Mexican politician who took part in the Mexican Revolution as an opponent of Porfirio Díaz, supporting Francisco I...
, martyr (1917, 1977, 2008) - Junípero SerraJunípero SerraBlessed Junípero Serra, O.F.M., , known as Fra Juníper Serra in Catalan, his mother tongue was a Majorcan Franciscan friar who founded the mission chain in Alta California of the Las Californias Province in New Spain—present day California, United States. Fr...
, missionary (1969) - Justo SierraJusto SierraJusto Sierra Méndez , was a prominent Mexican writer, journalist, poet and political figure of the second half of the nineteenth century. He was the son of Mexican novelist Justo Sierra O'Reilly, who is credited with inspiring his son with the spirit of literature...
, writer (1947, 1985, 1998, 1999, 2002) - Carlos de Sigüenza y GóngoraCarlos de Sigüenza y GóngoraCarlos de Sigüenza y Góngora was one of the first great intellectuals born in the Spanish viceroyalty of New Spain. A polymath and writer, he held many colonial government and academic positions.-Early career:...
, astronomer (1973) - David Alfaro SiqueirosDavid Alfaro SiqueirosJosé David Alfaro Siqueiros was a social realist painter, known for his large murals in fresco that helped establish the Mexican Mural Renaissance, together with works by Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco, and also a member of the Mexican Communist Party who participated in an...
, painter (1975, 1996) - Fernando SolerFernando SolerFernando Soler was a prolific Mexican film actor and film director.He appeared in over 100 films between 1915 and his death in 1979.- External links :...
, film actor and director (1994) - Heinrich von StephanHeinrich von StephanHeinrich von Stephan was a general post director for the German Empire who reorganized the German postal service. He was integral in the founding of the Universal Postal Union in 1874, and in 1877 introduced the telephone to Germany.Stephan was born in Stolp , Pomerania, in the Kingdom of Prussia...
, German postmaster general (1974, 1997) - Antonio Stradivarius, Italian violin maker (1987)
- Vicente Suárez, cadet (1947)
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- Rufino TamayoRufino TamayoRufino Tamayo was a Mexican painter of Zapotec heritage, born in Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico. Tamayo was active in the mid-20th century in Mexico and New York, painting figurative abstraction with surrealist influences....
, painter (his painting Dualidad 1964 pictured 1987; his Self-portrait pictured 1999) - Tariácuri, TarascanTarascan stateThe Tarascan state was a state in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, roughly covering the geographic area of the present-day Mexican state of Michoacán. At the time of the Spanish conquest of Mexico it was the second-largest state in Mexico. The state was founded in the early 14th century and lost its...
ruler (1982) - Constantino de Tárnava, radio pioneer (1996)
- U ThantU ThantU Thant was a Burmese diplomat and the third Secretary-General of the United Nations, from 1961 to 1971. He was chosen for the post when his predecessor, Dag Hammarskjöld, died in September 1961....
, UN secretary-general (1966) - Josef Broz Tito, Yugoslav president (1963)
- Tlahuicole, TlaxcaltecTlaxcaltecThe Tlaxcalteca were an indigenous group of Nahua ethnicity that inhabited the Kingdom of Tlaxcala located in what is now the Mexican state of Tlaxcala.-Pre-hispanic history:...
warrior (1976) - Manuel TolsáManuel TolsáManuel Tolsá was a prolific Neoclassical architect and sculptor in Spain and Mexico.-Biography:...
, sculptor (his sculpture El caballito pictured 1976) - Toña la NegraToña la NegraToña la Negra was an Afro-Mexican singer known for her interpretation of boleros, sones, rumbas and songs from Agustín Lara. She first became famous by her interpretation of Lara's song "Enamorada", he also wrote "Lamento Jarocho" specially for her to sing...
, singer (1995) - Jaime Torres BodetJaime Torres BodetJaime Torres Bodet was a prominent Mexican politician and writer who served in the executive cabinet of three Presidents of Mexico....
, writer and diplomat (1975) - Gregorio Torres Quintero, educator and writer (1994, 2003)
- Lupita TovarLupita TovarLupita Tovar is a Mexican actress, best known for her starring role in the 1931 Spanish language version of Dracula, filmed in Los Angeles by Universal Pictures at night using the same sets as the Bela Lugosi version, but with a different cast and director.Born as Guadalupe Tovar , in Matías...
, actress (1981) - Jacinto B. Treviño GonzálezJacinto B. TreviñoGeneral Jacinto Blas Treviño González was a Mexican military officer, noteworthy for his participation in the Mexican Revolution of 1910 to 1921.-Early life:...
, general (1997) - Emilio Tuero, singer and film actor (1995)
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- Andrés de UrdanetaAndrés de UrdanetaFriar Andrés de Urdaneta, O.S.A., was a circumnavigator, explorer and Augustinian friar. As a navigator he achieved in 1536 the "second" world circumnavigation after first one led by Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastián Elcano in 1522...
, navigator (1966) - Virgilio Uribe naval cadet (1964)
- Francisco L. Urquizo, general (1997)
- Rodolfo UsigliRodolfo UsigliRodolfo Usigli was a Mexican playwright. He was called the "playwright of the Mexican Revolution."Usigli born to an Italian father and a Polish mother in Mexico City. He studied drama at Yale from 1935-1936 on a Rockefeller scholarship, later becoming a professor and diplomat...
, playwright (2005)
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- Ignacio L. Vallarta OgazónIgnacio VallartaIgnacio Luis Vallarta was a Mexican jurist and governor of the Mexican state of Jalisco . His baptismal name was José Luis Miguel Ignacio Vallarta Ogazón....
, statesman (2005) - Leandro Valle, general (1987, 1995)
- Artemio del Valle Arizpe, writer and diplomat (1967, 1985)
- César VallejoCésar VallejoCésar Abraham Vallejo Mendoza was a Peruvian poet. Although he published only three books of poetry during his lifetime, he is considered one of the great poetic innovators of the 20th century in any language. Thomas Merton called him "the greatest universal poet since Dante"...
Peruvian poet (1988) - Pedro VargasPedro VargasPedro Vargas Mata was a Mexican singer and actor, from the golden age of Mexican cinema. He was known as the "Nightingale of the Americas".-Biography:...
, singer and film actor (1995) - Ildefonso Vázquez (1890–1915), revolutionary general (1917)
- José VasconcelosJosé VasconcelosJosé Vasconcelos Calderón was a Mexican writer, philosopher and politician. He is one of the most influential and controversial personalities in the development of modern Mexico. His philosophy of "indigenismo" affected all aspects of Mexican sociocultural, political, and economic...
, statesman and philosopher (1982, 1994, 1999, 2001) - José María VelascoJosé María VelascoJosé María Velasco may refer to:*José María Velasco Gómez, 19th century Mexican painter*José María Velasco Ibarra , president of Ecuador*José María Velasco, México, city in Mexican state of Edomex...
, painter (1971) - Joaquín Velázquez de León (1732–1786), jurist and mining reformer (1983)
- Jules VerneJules VerneJules Gabriel Verne was a French author who pioneered the science fiction genre. He is best known for his novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea , A Journey to the Center of the Earth , and Around the World in Eighty Days...
, French novelist (1976) - Ricardo Vértiz (1848–1888), ophthalmologist (1976)
- Leona VicarioLeona VicarioLeona Vicario, also less commonly known as Leona Vicario de Quintana Roo was a supporter of the Mexican War of Independence. From her residence in Mexico City, she was able to provide intelligence and money to the rebel movement.She married fellow insurgent Andrés Quintana Roo...
, spy and heroine of Independence (1910, 1915, 1985, 1989) - Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom, portrayed on Penny BlackPenny BlackThe Penny Black was the world's first adhesive postage stamp used in a public postal system. It was issued in Britain on 1 May 1840, for official use from 6 May of that year....
(1940, 1990) - Guadalupe VictoriaGuadalupe VictoriaGuadalupe Victoria born José Miguel Ramón Adaucto Fernández y Félix, was a Mexican politician and military man who fought for independence against the Spanish Empire in the Mexican War of Independence. He was a deputy for Durango and a member of the Supreme Executive Power...
, president (1986, 1993) - Manuel Vilar, sculptor (sculpture of Tlahuicole pictured 1976)
- Francisco "Pancho" VillaPancho VillaJosé Doroteo Arango Arámbula – better known by his pseudonym Francisco Villa or its hypocorism Pancho Villa – was one of the most prominent Mexican Revolutionary generals....
, revolutionary leader (1978, 1985) - Fernando Villalpando (19th century), musician (1946)
- Xavier VillaurrutiaXavier VillaurrutiaXavier Villaurrutia y González was a Mexican poet and playwright, whose most famous works are the short theatrical dramas, called Autos profanos, compiled in the work Poesía y teatro completos published in 1953....
, poet (2002) - Antonio VivaldiAntonio VivaldiAntonio Lucio Vivaldi , nicknamed because of his red hair, was an Italian Baroque composer, priest, and virtuoso violinist, born in Venice. Vivaldi is recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread over Europe...
, Italian composer (1978)
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- George WashingtonGeorge WashingtonGeorge Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...
, US president, portrayed on first US Postage Stamp (1947) - Frank Wilson, US cardiologist (1972)
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- Xolotl (†c. 1232), ChichimecaChichimecaChichimeca was the name that the Nahua peoples of Mexico generically applied to a wide range of semi-nomadic peoples who inhabited the north of modern-day Mexico and southwestern United States, and carried the same sense as the European term "barbarian"...
invader of the Valley of Mexico (1987)
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- Emiliano ZapataEmiliano ZapataEmiliano Zapata Salazar was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution, which broke out in 1910, and which was initially directed against the president Porfirio Díaz. He formed and commanded an important revolutionary force, the Liberation Army of the South, during the Mexican Revolution...
, revolutionary leader (1935, 1965, 1979, 1985, 1994) - Rosaura Zapata CanoRosaura ZapataRosaura Zapata was a Mexican educator who helped to found the national system of education. She received Mexico's highest national honor when it was inaugurated in 1954, the Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor.-External links:...
, educator (1994) - Ignacio ZaragozaIgnacio ZaragozaIgnacio Zaragoza Seguín was a general in the Mexican army, best known for defeating invading French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862 ....
, general (1915, 1917, 1995) - Francisco Zarco, journalist and statesman (1956)
- Salvador ZubiránSalvador ZubiranSalvador Zubirán Anchondo was one of Mexico's most prominent physicians and nutritionists.-Biography:...
, physician and nutricionist (1998) - Juan Zumárraga, cleric, early printer (1939)
- Francisco ZúñigaFrancisco ZúñigathumbJosé Jesús Francisco Zúñiga Chavarría was a Costa Rican and Mexican artist, known both for his painting and his sculpture...
, sculptor (sculpture shown 1994)