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Mexico City, Mexico
LOCATION
Official Website:
http://www.df.gob.mx/ Population:
8,605,239 (2000 census) Greater Mexico City area, population 17,809,471 according to 2000 census.
SCHOOLS
COMPANY HEADQUARTERS
BIRTHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| María Asunción Aramburuzabala |
Business |
2-May-1963 |
|
Grupo Modelo billionaire |
| Pedro Aspe |
Economist |
7-Jul-1950 |
|
Mexican Minister of Finance, 1988-94 |
| Kuno Becker |
Actor |
14-Jan-1978 |
|
Goal! |
| Cantinflas |
Actor |
12-Aug-1911 |
20-Apr-1993 |
Around the World in Eighty Days |
| Cuauhtemoc Cardenas |
Politician |
1-May-1934 |
|
Anti-PRI Mexican politician |
| Ana María Cetto |
Scientist |
1946 |
|
Mexican physicist |
| Carlos Chávez |
Composer |
13-Jun-1899 |
2-Aug-1978 |
Sinfonía de Antígona |
| Santiago Creel |
Politician |
11-Dec-1954 |
|
President of the PAN Senate Delegation |
| Alfonso Cuarón |
Film Director |
28-Nov-1961 |
|
Children of Men |
| Luis Echeverría |
Head of State |
17-Jan-1922 |
|
President of Mexico, 1970-76 |
| Vicente Fox |
Head of State |
2-Jul-1942 |
|
President of Mexico, 2000-06 |
| Carlos de Singuenza y Góngora |
Mathematician |
20-Aug-1645 |
22-Aug-1700 |
Mathematician, historian of the New World |
| Carlos Slim Helu |
Business |
28-Jan-1940 |
|
World's richest man, 2007 |
| Maria Hinojosa |
Journalist |
1961 |
|
CNN, NPR journalist |
| Miguel de Icaza |
Computer Programmer |
c. 1973 |
|
Founder of Gnome project |
| Pedro Lascurain |
Head of State |
8-May-1856 |
21-Jul-1952 |
President of Mexico for 25 minutes |
| Diego Luna |
Actor |
29-Dec-1979 |
|
Y tu Mamá También |
| Margo |
Actor |
10-May-1917 |
17-Jul-1985 |
Lost Horizon |
| Martha Miller de Lombera |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
Former VP at Procter and Gamble |
| Mario J. Molina |
Chemist |
19-Mar-1943 |
|
Ozone depletion |
| Ricardo Montalban |
Actor |
25-Nov-1920 |
|
Roarke on Fantasy Island |
| Octavio Paz |
Poet |
31-Mar-1914 |
19-Apr-1998 |
The Labyrinth of Solitude |
| José López Portillo |
Head of State |
16-Jun-1920 |
17-Feb-2004 |
President of Mexico, 1976-82 |
| Jaime Serra Puche |
Government |
11-Jan-1951 |
|
Mexican Secretary of Trade, 1988-94 |
| Rosario Robles |
Politician |
1956 |
|
Mayor of Mexico City, 1999-2000 |
| Paulina Rubio |
Singer |
17-Jun-1971 |
|
Pau-Latina |
| Carlos Ruiz Sacristán |
Business |
27-Oct-1949 |
|
Proyectos Estrategicos Integrales |
| Hugo Sánchez |
Soccer |
11-Jul-1958 |
|
Mexico's best soccer player |
| Thalia |
Singer |
26-Aug-1971 |
|
Latin soap opera queen and pop star |
| Victor Trujillo |
TV Personality |
19-Jun-1961 |
|
Brozo the Clown of Darkness |
| Mario Van Peebles |
Actor |
15-Jan-1957 |
|
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song |
| Ernesto Zedillo |
Head of State |
27-Dec-1951 |
|
President of Mexico, 1994-2000 |
DEATHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Joan Vollmer Adams |
Victim |
1924 |
6-Sep-1951 |
Common-law wife of William S. Burroughs |
| Jacobo Arbenz |
Head of State |
14-Sep-1913 |
27-Jan-1971 |
President of Guatemala, 1951-54 |
| Alfonso Bedoya |
Actor |
16-Apr-1904 |
15-Dec-1957 |
Doesn't need no stinking badges |
| Luis Buñuel |
Film Director |
22-Feb-1900 |
29-Jul-1983 |
That Obscure Object of Desire |
| Plutarco Elías Calles |
Head of State |
25-Sep-1877 |
19-Oct-1945 |
El Turco President of Mexico, 1924-28 |
| Manuel Ávila Camacho |
Head of State |
24-Apr-1897 |
13-Oct-1955 |
President of Mexico, 1940-46 |
| Cantinflas |
Actor |
12-Aug-1911 |
20-Apr-1993 |
Around the World in Eighty Days |
| Lázaro Cárdenas |
Head of State |
21-May-1895 |
19-Oct-1970 |
President of Mexico, 1934-40 |
| Luis Cernuda |
Poet |
21-Sep-1902 |
5-Nov-1963 |
Generation of '27 |
| Carlos Chávez |
Composer |
13-Jun-1899 |
2-Aug-1978 |
Sinfonía de Antígona |
| Francisco Vázquez de Coronado |
Explorer |
c. 1510 |
22-Sep-1554 |
Discovered the Grand Canyon |
| Adolfo Ruiz Cortines |
Head of State |
30-Dec-1890 |
3-Dec-1973 |
President of Mexico, 1952-58 |
| Marty Feldman |
Comic |
8-Jul-1933 |
2-Dec-1982 |
Eye-gor in Young Frankenstein |
| Maria Felix |
Actor |
8-Apr-1914 |
8-Apr-2002 |
The most famous Mexican movie star |
| Carlos de Singuenza y Góngora |
Mathematician |
20-Aug-1645 |
22-Aug-1700 |
Mathematician, historian of the New World |
| Frida Kahlo |
Painter |
6-Jul-1907 |
13-Jul-1954 |
Unibrowed Mexican painter |
| Pedro Lascurain |
Head of State |
8-May-1856 |
21-Jul-1952 |
President of Mexico for 25 minutes |
| Francisco Madero |
Head of State |
30-Oct-1873 |
22-Feb-1913 |
El loquito President of Mexico, 1911-13 |
| Adolfo López Mateos |
Head of State |
26-May-1910 |
22-Sep-1969 |
President of Mexico, 1958-64 |
| Manuel Gomez Morin |
Politician |
27-Feb-1897 |
19-Apr-1972 |
One of the Seven Sages of Mexico |
| Conlon Nancarrow |
Composer |
27-Oct-1912 |
10-Aug-1997 |
Studies for Player Piano |
| Álvaro Obregón |
Head of State |
19-Feb-1880 |
17-Jul-1928 |
President of Mexico, 1920-24 |
| Gustavo Díaz Ordaz |
Head of State |
12-Mar-1911 |
15-Jul-1979 |
President of Mexico, 1964-70 |
| José Clemente Orozco |
Painter |
23-Nov-1883 |
7-Sep-1949 |
20th c. Mexican muralist |
| Octavio Paz |
Poet |
31-Mar-1914 |
19-Apr-1998 |
The Labyrinth of Solitude |
| José López Portillo |
Head of State |
16-Jun-1920 |
17-Feb-2004 |
President of Mexico, 1976-82 |
| José Guadalupe Posada |
Engraver |
2-Feb-1851 |
20-Jan-1913 |
Mexican printmaker |
| Perez Prado |
Musician |
11-Dec-1916 |
14-Sep-1989 |
Mambo king ("Dilo!") |
| Alfonso Reyes |
Author |
17-May-1889 |
27-Dec-1959 |
Visión de Anáhuac |
| Diego Rivera |
Painter |
8-Dec-1886 |
24-Nov-1957 |
Mexican painter |
| Antonio López de Santa Anna |
Military |
21-Feb-1794 |
21-Jun-1876 |
Hero of Tampico |
| Santo |
Wrestling |
23-Sep-1917 |
5-Feb-1984 |
The Silver-Masked Man |
| Rufino Tamayo |
Painter |
c. 1900 |
24-Jun-1991 |
Dos Personajes Atacados por Perros |
| Leon Trotsky |
Activist |
26-Oct-1879 |
21-Aug-1940 |
Bolshevik exile murdered by Stalin |
| Miguel Alemán Valdés |
Head of State |
29-Sep-1900 |
14-May-1983 |
President of Mexico, 1946-52 |
| James Wilkinson |
Military |
1757 |
28-Dec-1825 |
Duplicitous soldier and adventurer |
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