28 Notable alumni of University of Guadalajara
Updated: June 13, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of Guadalajara is 827st in the world, 1st in North America, and 5st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 28 notable alumni from University of Guadalajara sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with University of Guadalajara won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Ave Barrera
1980-. (aged 46)
writer
Ave Barrera is a Mexican writer. She was born and raised in Guadalajara. She studied Hispanic Literature at the University of Guadalajara; she has also studied at Complutense University in Madrid. She has worked as an editor, copywriter and ghostwriter.
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2. Raúl José Mejía González
1954-. (aged 72)
politician
economist
Raúl José Mejía González is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).
3. Fernando González Gortázar
1942-2022 (aged 80)
painter
writer
sculptor
architect
urban planner
Fernando González Gortázar was a Mexican architect, sculptor, and writer, considered to be one of the most influential Mexican architects of the 20th century.
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4. Aurora Jiménez de Palacios
1925-1958 (aged 33)
lawyer
politician
Aurora Jiménez de Palacios was a Mexican lawyer and politician who became the first female federal deputy in Mexico.
5. Ximena Puente de la Mora
1977-. (aged 49)
university teacher
lawyer
politician
Ximena Puente de la Mora is a Mexican lawyer, academic, and researcher who will serve as a proportional representation federal deputy in the LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress. Prior to being a federal deputy, she was a commissioner of the Federal Institute of Information Access (Instituto Federal de Acceso a la Información; IFAI) from 2014 to 2016. After the...
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6. Itzcóatl Tonatiuh Bravo Padilla
1960-. (aged 66)
politician
economist
Itzcóatl Tonatiuh Bravo Padilla is a Mexican academic, economist and politician from Movimiento Ciudadano who was elected to serve as a federal deputy in the LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress. From 2013 to 2018, he served as the 28th rector of the Universidad de Guadalajara. He was also a federal deputy in the LVI and LX Legislatures.
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7. Rebeca Uribe
1912-1949 (aged 37)
poet
writer
Rebeca Mondragón Uribe was a Mexican poet of the postmodernist movement. She gave recitations of her poems at the Teatro Degollado de Guadalajara (1913–1942). She also worked as the social secretary of actress María Félix from 1945 to 1949.
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8. Salvador Caro Cabrera
1970-. (aged 56)
politician
Salvador Caro Cabrera is a Mexican politician from the Citizens' Movement (MC) who formerly belonged to the Labor Party (PT). In the 2009 mid-terms he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies to represent Jalisco's 11th district for the PT during the 61st session of Congress.
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9. Jorge Arana Arana
1960-. (aged 66)
politician
Jorge Arana Arana is a Mexican politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). In the 2009 mid-terms he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies to represent Jalisco's 7th district during the 61st session of Congress.
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10. Jesús Alberto Cano Vélez
1950-. (aged 76)
politician
economist
Jesús Alberto Cano Vélez is a Mexican economist and politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party. From 2009 to 2012 he served as Deputy of the LXI Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Sonora.
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11. Jesús Casillas Romero
1962-. (aged 64)
politician
Jesús Casillas Romero is a Mexican politician affiliated with the PRI. He currently serves as Senator of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Jalisco, and previously served in the Congress of Jalisco.
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12. María Serrano Serrano
1957-. (aged 69)
politician
María Serrano Serrano is a Mexican politician and member of the Partido Acción Nacional ("National Action Party", PAN).
13. Jose Manuel Gomez Vazquez Aldana
1937-2025 (aged 88)
architect
José Manuel Gómez Vázquez Aldana was a Mexican architect. He designed residential projects in the United States and Latin America, and was founder of the international architecture studio Gómez Vázquez International.
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14. Efraín González Luna
1898-1964 (aged 66)
politician
Efraín González Luna was a Mexican politician and lawyer who was one of the founders and leaders of the National Action Party (PAN). He unsuccessfully ran for president in the 1952 presidential election, making him the party's first presidential candidate. A devout Catholic and a Christian democrat, he played an important role in establishing the party's ideology and its connections...
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15. Guillermo del Toro
1964-. (aged 62)
film director
make-up artist
film producer
film actor
screenwriter
Guillermo del Toro Gómez is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and artist. His work has been characterized by a strong connection to fairy tales, gothicism and horror, often blending the genres, with an effort to infuse visual or poetic beauty in the grotesque. He has had a lifelong fascination with monsters, which he considers symbols of great power. He is known...
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16. Valentín Gómez Farías
1781-1858 (aged 77)
politician
physician
José María Valentín Gómez Farías was a Mexican physician and liberal politician who became president of Mexico twice, first from 1833 to 1834, during the period of the First Mexican Republic, and again from 1846 to 1847, during the Mexican–American War.
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17. Pedro Vélez
1787-1848 (aged 61)
lawyer
philosopher
judge
politician
José Pedro Antonio Vélez de Zúñiga was a Mexican politician and lawyer. In the aftermath of a successful coup against president Vicente Guerrero, he was placed at the head of a triumvirate that briefly led the Mexican government during the last days of 1829.
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18. Agustín Yáñez
1904-1980 (aged 76)
minister
writer
politician
Agustín Yáñez Delgadillo was a Mexican writer and politician who served as Governor of Jalisco and Secretary of Public Education during Gustavo Díaz Ordaz's presidency. He is the author of numerous books and the recipient, in 1952 as member of the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, in 1973, of the Premio Nacional de las Letras. Al filo del agua (On...
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19. Manuel Cuevas
1933-. (aged 93)
fashion designer
Manuel Arturo José Cuevas Martínez Sr. is a Mexican fashion designer best known for the garments he created for prominent rock and roll and country music acts.
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20. Daniel Chavez Moran
1952-. (aged 74)
businessperson
Daniel Jesús Chávez Morán is a Mexican real estate developer and the founder of Grupo Vidanta, a real estate consortium which operates over 30 hotels in Latin America. He is also the founder of the Delia Moran Vidanta Foundation and the Vidanta Foundation, two non-profit philanthropic organizations.
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21. Ignacio Vallarta
1830-1893 (aged 63)
judge
politician
lawyer
diplomat
minister
Ignacio Luis Vallarta Ogazón was a Mexican jurist and governor of the Mexican state of Jalisco (1872–1876). His baptismal name was José Luis Miguel Ignacio Vallarta Ogazón.
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22. Francisco Javier Ramírez Acuña
1963-. (aged 63)
civil servant
lawyer
diplomat
politician
Francisco Javier Ramírez Acuña is a Mexican politician who belongs to the National Action Party (PAN). He has been municipal president of Guadalajara, governor of Jalisco from 2001 to 2006 and, from 1 December 2006, to January 2008 he served as secretary of the interior in the cabinet of President Felipe Calderón. Since 2024 he sits in the Senate for...
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23. Emilio González Márquez
1960-. (aged 66)
politician
Emilio González Márquez is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN). He served as Governor of Jalisco. from 2007 to 2013
24. Raúl Padilla López
1954-2023 (aged 69)
academic
Raúl Padilla López was a Mexican professor and academic. He was the rector of the University of Guadalajara (UdeG) from 1989 to 1995. He was also president of the Guadalajara International Book Fair, the Guadalajara International Film Festival, and had control of cultural and diverse infrastructure of the UdeG, such as a soccer club (Leones Negros), travel agencies and hotels....
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25. Miguel Ángel Aguayo López
1951-. (aged 75)
politician
Miguel Ángel Aguayo López is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Mexican party PRI. He currently serves as Deputy of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Colima.
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26. Aristóteles Sandoval
1974-2020 (aged 46)
lawyer
politician
Jorge Aristóteles Sandoval Díaz was a Mexican politician belonging to the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served as Governor of Jalisco from 2013 to 2018.
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27. Rossana Reguillo
1955-. (aged 71)
senior lecturer
human rights defender
anthropologist
Rossana Reguillo is a Mexican academic known for researching social norms, human emotions and the relationship between communication, culture, and politics in Latin America and how it is affected by drug trafficking. She currently holds a professor position at ITESO University and the Western Institute of Technology and Higher Education. Additionally, she has served as a visiting professor at New...
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28. Antonio Echevarría García
1973-. (aged 53)
politician
Antonio Echevarría García is a Mexican businessman and politician who served as Governor of Nayarit from 2017 to 2021, and is affiliated with the National Action Party.
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