77 Notable alumni of Ibero-American University, Mexico City
Updated: May 21, 2026 EliteDegrees
Ibero-American University, Mexico City is ranked #1,366 in the world and #9 in Mexico by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 77 notable alumni from Ibero-American University, Mexico City sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Ibero-American University, Mexico City won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Bruno Newman
businessperson
Bruno Newman is a businessman from Mexico City. He is the founder and co director of Zimat Consultores, a publisher, photographer and the founder of the Museo del Objeto del Objeto.
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2. Eduardo Sánchez Hernández
1964-. (aged 62)
writer
politician
Eduardo Sánchez Hernández is a Mexican politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party. From 2006 to 2009 he served as Deputy of the LX Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing the Federal District.
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3. Elenitza Canavati
1972-. (aged 54)
politician
Elenitza Canavati Hadjopulos is a Mexican politician and graduate in International Relations. She was the state director of DIF Nuevo León.
4. Rozana Montiel
1972-. (aged 54)
architect
Rozana Montiel is the founder and director of an interdisciplinary Mexico City architecture studio known for its socially conscious and community-oriented approach to design. Montiel has been recognized for her sustainable development and inventive solutions for enhancing the public realm. Montiel’s work has garnered international attention and has been exhibited in multiple countries and biennials. Montiel is a member of...
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5. Salomón Rosas
1962-. (aged 64)
association football player
Enrique Salomón Rosas Ramírez is a Mexican politician. On 2 May 2016 Mexico's President Enrique Peña Nieto appointed Rosas the Chief Consul at the Mexican consulate in San Bernardino, serving San Bernardino and Riverside Counties.
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6. Angélica Argüelles Kubli
1963-. (aged 63)
painter
Angélica Argüelles Kubli is a Mexican graphic designer. In May 2011 her work was exhibited for the Mexican National Lottery, and the design used on lottery tickets. She won the Mexican quality and design prize Excelsis Diamante.
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7. Francisco Diego
1991-. (aged 35)
painter
sculptor
Francisco Diego is a Mexican plastic artist.
8. Simon Bross
1960-. (aged 66)
film director
film producer
Simón Bross is a Mexican director and producer.
9. María Elena Meneses Rocha
1961-2018 (aged 57)
journalist
university teacher
María Elena Meneses Rocha was a Mexican journalist, professor of journalism and researcher into media, communications and the Internet with the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Mexico City. On the campus she taught and was the coordinator of the Cátedra Sociedad de la Información, which does research and consulting in mass media and information technology. She also worked...
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10. Diana Bernal
1963-. (aged 63)
politician
judge
Diana Rosalía Bernal Ladrón de Guevara is a Mexican jurist and politician who has served in the lower house of the Mexican Congress.
11. Daniela Tarazona
1975-. (aged 51)
journalist
writer
Daniela Tarazona is a Mexican writer and journalist. She is the winner of the 2022 Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize.
12. Gerardo Buganza
1956-. (aged 70)
politician
Gerardo Buganza Salmerón is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN) who currently serves in the lower house of the Mexican Congress.
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13. Arturo Escobar y Vega
1970-. (aged 56)
politician
Arturo Escobar y Vega is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM). Escobar currently serves in the lower house of the Mexican Congress.
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14. Carlos Manuel Sada Solana
1952-2023 (aged 71)
diplomat
Carlos Manuel Sada Solana was a Mexican politician and diplomat. He was ambassador to the United States from 2016 to 2017. Sada died on 8 June 2023, at the age of 70.
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15. Gloria Gervitz
1943-2022 (aged 79)
poet
writer
Gloria Gervitz was a Mexican poet and translator of Ukrainian Jewish descent.
16. Marcela Turatti
1974-. (aged 52)
journalist
investigative journalist
Marcela Turati is a Mexican journalist, author, and activist. Her work covers drug violence, forced disappearances, and human rights.
17. Socorro Flores Liera
1965-. (aged 61)
diplomat
lawyer
María del Socorro Flores Liera, known as Socorro Flores, is a Mexican lawyer, diplomat and judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. Prior to this tenure, she was Mexico's permanent representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva.
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18. Cuauhtémoc Ochoa Fernández
1970-. (aged 56)
politician
Cuauhtémoc Ochoa Fernández is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement (Morena). He has served in both chambers of Congress.
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19. Sergio Estrada Cajigal
1961-. (aged 65)
politician
Sergio Alberto Estrada Cajigal Ramírez is a Mexican politician. Born in Cuernavaca, Morelos, he was the governor of the state of Morelos for the National Action Party (PAN) from 2000 to 2006, and who served two periods as mayor of Cuernavaca. His grandfather Vicente Estrada Cajigal was the governor of Morelos from 1930-1935. In 2009 he left the PAN and...
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20. Luis Fernando Salazar Fernández
1977-. (aged 49)
politician
Luis Fernando Salazar Fernández is a Mexican politician currently affiliated with the Morena; he previously was a member of the National Action Party (PAN). He was a senator for Coahuila in the 62nd and 63rd sessions of Congress and a federal deputy during the 64th Congress, representing Coahuila's fifth district.
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21. Lourdes Grobet
1940-2022 (aged 82)
photographer
Lourdes Grobet Argüelles was a Mexican contemporary photographer, known for her photographs of Mexican lucha libre wrestlers.
22. Brenda Lozano
1981-. (aged 45)
writer
Brenda Lozano Vázquez is a Mexican writer best known for her novel Cuaderno ideal (translated as Loop) which received an English PEN Translates Grant.
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23. Juan José Gómez Camacho
1964-. (aged 62)
diplomat
Juan José Gómez Camacho is a Mexican diplomat. He was appointed as Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations in New York in February 2016. He served as ambassador (2019 to 2022) to Canada prior to joining Johns Hopkins University as a Senior Fellow for the Foreign Policy Institute (SAIS).
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24. Gabriela Teissier Zavala
journalist
Gabriela Teissier Zavala is a journalist, news anchor and radio talk show host. Based in Los Angeles, she is the primetime anchor for Noticiero Univision Univision's Los Angeles station KMEX-DT including Univision Sunday morning political news program Al Punto California. Previously, she was the anchor for the early morning news formerly known as A Primera Hora on Univision's Los Angeles...
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25. Fernanda Canales
1974-. (aged 52)
architect
Fernanda Canales is an architect, designer, critic, and curator of Mexican architecture.
26. Ana Lucía Riojas Martínez
politician
Ana Lucía Riojas Martínez is a Mexican politician who will serve as a Chamber of Deputies in the LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress.
27. Consuelo Sáizar
1961-. (aged 65)
editor
sociologist
Roxana del Consuelo Sáizar Guerrero, is an editor and publisher, former CEO of Fondo de Cultura Económica (2002-2009), President of the National Council for Culture and the Arts (CONACULTA) (2009-2012) and President of the Regional Center for the Promotion of Books in Latin America and the Caribbean (Cerlalc) (2010-2012). She began her career working in the family printing business at...
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28. Carmen Villoro
1958-. (aged 68)
poet
writer
children's writer
psychoanalyst
psychologist
Carmen Villoro is a Mexican psychologist and psychoanalyst who also writes poetry, children's stories and has contributed to several newspapers. She is the director of the magazine Tragaluz and has won several awards for her publications.
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29. Betsabeé Romero
1963-. (aged 63)
television producer
painter
sculptor
artist
Betsabeé Romero is a Mexican visual artist. Her works include sculptures, installations, printmaking, perforated paper, photographs, and videos. She has exhibited widely, and has been featured in more than forty one-person exhibitions in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Europe.
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30. Loretta Ortíz Ahlf
1955-. (aged 71)
lawyer
politician
Loretta Ortiz Ahlf is a Mexican politician and lawyer who serves as a justice of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation.
31. Alejandra del Moral
1983-. (aged 43)
politician
Paulina Alejandra del Moral Vela is a Mexican politician. She served as the deputy for Federal District VII in Cuautitlán Izcalli for the period September 1, 2012 – August 31, 2015, as well as the mayor for the same entity between 2009 and 2012. Vela graduated in Law from the Universidad Iberoamericana and earned a master's degree in Public Administration...
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32. Sandra Equihua
screenwriter
voice actor
animator
television producer
Sandra Equihua is a Mexican animator, painter, sculptor, character designer, voice actress, and illustrator.
33. Ricardo Mejía Berdeja
1968-. (aged 58)
lawyer
politician
Ricardo Sóstenes Mejía Berdeja is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Convergence. As of 2013 he served as Deputy of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Guerrero.
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34. Liliana Porter
1941-. (aged 85)
university teacher
television producer
painter
installation artist
video artist
Liliana Porter is an Argentine contemporary artist working in a wide variety of media, including photography, printmaking, painting, drawing, installation, video, theater, and public art.
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35. Martha Bárcena
1957-. (aged 69)
researcher
ambassador
teacher
diplomat
Martha Elena Federica Bárcena Coqui is a Mexican diplomat who is a non-resident Senior Adviser in the Americas Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and served as the first female Ambassador to the United States from Mexico (December 2018 until February 2021).
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36. Enrique Norten
1954-. (aged 72)
entrepreneur
architect
university teacher
urban planner
Enrique Norten Rosenfeld, Hon. FAIA, is a Mexican architect and principal of the design firm TEN Arquitectos (Taller de Enrique Norten Arquitectos). Norten was born in Mexico City in 1954 where he graduated from the Universidad Iberoamericana with a degree in architecture in 1978. He obtained a Master of Architecture from Cornell University in 1980. In 1986, he founded TEN...
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37. José Guillermo Anaya Llamas
1968-. (aged 58)
politician
José Guillermo Anaya Llamas is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN). He has served as the municipal president of his home town, Torreón, Coahuila, and has been elected to both chambers of the Congress of the Union
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38. Sylvia Schmelkes
1948-. (aged 78)
sociologist
Sylvia Schmelkes is a Mexican sociologist and education researcher, and current director of the Mexican National Institute of Educational Evaluation. She is best known for her work in intercultural education, and her book 'Toward better quality of our schools'. Schmelkes has also written over 100 academic texts and essays. She is a former General Coordinator of Intercultural and Bilingual Education...
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39. Carlos Hank González
1971-. (aged 55)
businessperson
Carlos Hank González is a Mexican businessman and banker. He is the chairman of Grupo Financiero Banorte, CEO of Grupo Industrial Hermes, vice-chairman of the Board of Directors of Gruma, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Mexican Stock Exchange. He has been ranked by Expansión as one of the most important entrepreneurs in Mexico and is...
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40. Pedro Friedeberg
1936-. (aged 90)
painter
sculptor
Pedro Friedeberg is an Italian-born Mexican artist and designer known for his surrealist work filled with lines colors and ancient and religious symbols. His best known piece is the “Hand-Chair” a sculpture/chair designed for people to sit on the palm, using the fingers as back and arm rests. Friedeberg began studying as an architect but did not complete his studies...
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41. Frida Escobedo
1979-. (aged 47)
architect
Frida Escobedo is a Mexican architect. She specifically designs and restores urban spaces: housing, community centers, art venues, and hotels. When creating, Escobedo illustrates her works within a general theme of time, not in a historical context but rather in a social context. She founded her own architectural and Design Studio in 2006 which is located in Mexico City. Escobedo...
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42. Ignacio Padilla
1968-2016 (aged 48)
science fiction writer
essayist
writer
Ignacio Padilla was a Mexican writer whose works were translated into several languages. Padilla helped found the Crack Movement, along with fellow writers Eloy Urroz, Jorge Volpi, and Pedro Angel Palou, as a means for Mexican authors to find their own voice and write beyond magic realism.
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43. Miguel Márquez Márquez
1968-. (aged 58)
lawyer
politician
Miguel Márquez Márquez is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN). He served as governor of Guanajuato from 2012 to 2018. Prior to his governorship, Márquez was mayor (municipal president) of his hometown of Purísima del Rincón, Guanajuato, in 2001–2003.
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44. Alberto Kalach
1960-. (aged 66)
painter
architect
Alberto Kalach is a Mexican architect.
45. Gabriel Quadri de la Torre
1954-. (aged 72)
economist
civil engineer
politician
Gabriel Ricardo Quadri de la Torre, better known as Gabriel Quadri de la Torre or simply as Gabriel Quadri, is a Mexican politician and former presidential candidate for the New Alliance Party (Spanish: Partido Nueva Alianza, PANAL), despite not being affiliated with the party. He was the presidential candidate for his party in the 2012 general election. Between 2021 and...
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46. Fernando Romero
1971-. (aged 55)
urban planner
architect
Fernando Romero Havaux is a Mexican architect and philanthropist. He is the founder of Fernando Romero (formerly known as Fr-ee). In 2025, Fernando established Fundacion Fernando Romero and under its patronage is transforming Barragan's masterpiece - La Cuadra San Cristobal- into a new cultural venue for Mexico City. He is also the co-founder of Archivo Diseño y Arquitectura. Fernando is...
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47. Michel Rojkind
1969-. (aged 57)
painter
architect
drummer
Michel Rojkind is the founding partner of Rojkind Arquitectos and according to Forbes Life a representative of a Mexican generation of architects transforming the country. His office was recognized by Architectural Record in 2005 as one of the best ten Design Vanguard firms.
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48. Pedro Joaquín Coldwell
1950-. (aged 76)
diplomat
businessperson
politician
Pedro Joaquín Coldwell is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).
49. Tatiana Bilbao
1972-. (aged 54)
architect
Tatiana Bilbao Spamer is a Mexican architect whose works often merged geometry with nature. Her practice focuses on sustainable design, museum design and social housing.
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50. Dulce María Sauri Riancho
1951-. (aged 75)
politician
sociologist
Dulce María Sauri Riancho is a Mexican politician who was the first woman to serve as governor of Yucatán, from 1991 through 1994. She served as a congresswoman during the 64th Congress (2018–2021), during which she was also the President of the Chamber of Deputies (equivalent to the Speaker of the House in other countries). During her tenure as governor,...
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51. Emilio Gamboa Patrón
1950-. (aged 76)
politician
minister
Emilio Antonio Gamboa Patrón is a Mexican politician affiliated with the PRI. He was Senator during the 2000–2003 and 2003–2006 Legislatures and deputy during the LX Legislature and the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress during 2012-2015 and LXIII Legislature, 2015-2018.
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52. Claudia Ruiz Massieu
1972-. (aged 54)
civil servant
lawyer
politician
Claudia Ruiz Massieu Salinas, is a Mexican lawyer and politician affiliated with the Citizens' Movement Party. She served as Secretary of Foreign Affairs following her appointment by President Enrique Peña Nieto in 2015 to which she resigned on 4 January 2017.
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53. Diego Fernández de Cevallos
1941-. (aged 85)
lawyer
politician
Diego Fernández de Cevallos Ramos is a Mexican lawyer and politician affiliated with the conservative National Action Party (PAN). He was a presidential candidate in the 1994 election and President of the Mexican Senate.
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54. Gerardo Torrado
1979-. (aged 47)
association football player
Gerardo Torrado Díez de Bonilla is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
55. Alejandra Ávalos
1965-. (aged 61)
stage actor
manufacturer
businessperson
composer
singer-songwriter
Alejandra Margarita Ávalos Rodríguez is a Mexican singer, musician and actress. She began her career in 1980, when she took part in the musical contest La Voz del Heraldo. After receiving a scholarship to study in a two-year training program, she began working as a model; afterwards, she began appearing on television as a supporting actress in 1983; by that...
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56. Josefina Vázquez Mota
1961-. (aged 65)
minister
economist
politician
Josefina Eugenia Vázquez Mota is a businessperson and politician who was the presidential candidate of the National Action Party (PAN) for the 2012 elections. Vázquez Mota was trained as an economist and began her working career in family businesses and with various business organizations and conferences, also working as a journalist and writing books. She began her political career with...
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57. Aurelio Nuño Mayer
1977-. (aged 49)
politician
Aurelio Nuño Mayer is a Mexican politician. He served as the Mexican Minister of Public Education during August 2015 to December 2017.
58. Arturo Ripstein
1943-. (aged 83)
film director
screenwriter
Arturo Ripstein y Rosen is a Mexican film director and screenwriter. Considered the "Godfather of independent Mexican cinema", Ripstein's work is generally characterized by "somber, slow-paced, macabre melodramas tackling existential loneliness", often with a grotesque-like edge.
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59. Sabina Berman Goldberg
1955-. (aged 71)
playwright
film director
journalist
poet
screenwriter
Sabina Berman Goldberg is a Mexican writer and journalist. Her work deals mainly with issues related to diversity and its obstacles. She is a four-time winner of the National Playwriting Award in Mexico (Premio Nacional de Dramaturgia Juan Ruiz Alarcón) and has twice won the National Journalism Award (Premio Nacional de Periodismo). Her plays have been staged in Canada, North...
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60. Pedro Ferriz de Con
1950-. (aged 76)
journalist
Pedro Ferriz de Con is a Mexican radio and TV news anchor. During the 1990s, he worked for the Multivision Network. In January 2000, he left MVS and went to Grupo Imagen, where he hosted the morning newscast on XEDA-FM until August 25, 2014. He also hosted the evening newscast of Cadenatres from 2007 to 2012.
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61. Fátima Bosch
2000-. (aged 26)
model
beauty pageant contestant
Fátima Bosch Fernández is a Mexican beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe 2025. She had previously won Miss Universe Mexico 2025. Bosch is the fourth Mexican woman to win Miss Universe.
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62. El Hijo del Santo
1963-. (aged 63)
professional wrestler
political activist
Jorge Ernesto Guzmán Rodríguez, best known under his ring name, El Hijo del Santo (English: "The Son of the Saint"), is a Mexican retired luchador enmascarado (or masked professional wrestler) and political activist. He is the youngest child, out of eleven, of El Santo. Guzmán has also followed in his father's footsteps, as he has starred in several luchador films.
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63. Guillermo Arriaga
1958-. (aged 68)
film producer
television actor
screenwriter
writer
university teacher
Guillermo Arriaga Jordán is a Mexican novelist, screenwriter, director and producer. Self-defined as "a hunter who works as a writer," he is best known for his Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay nominations for Babel and his screenplay for The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, which received the 2005 Cannes Best Screenplay Award.
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64. Salma Hayek
1966-. (aged 60)
television actor
film director
actor
television producer
voice actor
Salma Valgarma Hayek Pinault is a Mexican and American actress and film producer. She began her career in Mexico with starring roles in the telenovela Teresa (1989–1991) as well as the romantic drama Midaq Alley (1995). She soon established herself in Hollywood with appearances in films such as Desperado (1995), From Dusk till Dawn (1996), Wild Wild West (1999), and...
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65. Alejandro González Iñárritu
1963-. (aged 63)
screenwriter
film director
film editor
composer
film producer
Alejandro González Iñárritu is a Mexican filmmaker primarily known for making modern psychological drama films about the human condition. His most notable films include Amores perros (2000), 21 Grams (2003), Babel (2006), Biutiful (2010), Birdman (2014), The Revenant (2015), and Bardo (2022). His projects have garnered critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including five Academy Awards.
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66. Karol Sevilla
1999-. (aged 27)
singer
stage actor
YouTuber
presenter
actor
Karol Itzitery Piña Cisneros, known professionally as Karol Sevilla, is a Mexican actress, singer, and songwriter. She began her career as a child actress, in the Latin American telenovela La Rosa De Guadalupe. She is best known for playing Luna Valente in the Disney Channel series Soy Luna (2016–18). She also stars in the Disney+ Latin American series It Was...
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67. Vicente Fox Quesada
1942-. (aged 84)
economist
businessperson
politician
Vicente Fox Quesada is a Mexican businessman and politician who served as the 62nd president of Mexico from 2000 to 2006. After campaigning as a right-wing populist, Fox was elected president on the National Action Party (PAN) ticket in the 2000 election. He became the first president not from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) since 1929, and the first elected...
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68. Brooke Baldwin
1979-. (aged 47)
journalist
news presenter
Lauren Brooke Baldwin is an American journalist, television host, and author who was at CNN from 2008 until 2021. Baldwin hosted CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin, which aired from 3 to 4p.m. ET on weekdays.
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69. Jorge Ramos
1958-. (aged 68)
activist
writer
journalist
Jorge Gilberto Ramos Ávalos is a Mexican journalist and author.
70. Dominika Paleta
1972-. (aged 54)
stage actor
model
television actor
actor
film actor
Dominika Paleta is a Polish-Mexican actress.
71. Emilio Azcárraga Jean
1968-. (aged 58)
businessperson
Emilio Fernando Azcárraga Jean is a Mexican businessman who is the chairman of mass media company Televisa and professional football team Club América.
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72. Marisol González
1983-. (aged 43)
model
television actor
beauty pageant contestant
sports journalist
Marisol González Casas is a Mexican actress, TV host and beauty pageant titleholder who competed in the Miss Universe 2003 pageant, held in Panama City, Panama on 3 June 2003.
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73. Henry Gantt
1861-1919 (aged 58)
mechanical engineer
inventor
manager
industrial engineer
Henry Laurence Gantt was an American mechanical engineer and management consultant who is best known for his work in the development of scientific management. He created the Gantt chart in the 1910s.
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74. Héctor Aguilar Camín
1946-. (aged 80)
historian
novelist
journalist
writer
Héctor Aguilar Camín is a Mexican writer, journalist, and historian, director of Nexos magazine.
75. Alberto Blanco
1951-. (aged 75)
graphic artist
opinion journalist
writer
translator
poet
Alberto Blanco is a Mexican poet. He has published twenty-six books of poetry and has also translated the work of other poets.
76. Manuel Ignacio Acosta Gutiérrez
1977-. (aged 49)
lawyer
politician
Manuel Ignacio Acosta Gutiérrez is a Mexican politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). From 2009 to 2012, he served as a federal deputy in the 61st Congress, representing Sonora's fifth district.
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77. Gustavo Madero Muñoz
1955-. (aged 71)
businessperson
politician
Gustavo Enrique Madero Muñoz is a Mexican politician, policy entrepreneur, businessman, and great-nephew of the president Francisco I. Madero. He is currently serving as a senator since 2018, having previously been a senator between 2006 and 2010. He was recognized by Forbes as a top leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Mexico for transforming AI policy. Madero also was the...
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