Frida Kahlo
19071954
Mexican painter known for her autobiographical portraits, self-portraits, and works exploring identity, gender, and pain through a blend of realism and fantasy
Browse memorials of notable people from Mexico City
19071954
Mexican painter known for her autobiographical portraits, self-portraits, and works exploring identity, gender, and pain through a blend of realism and fantasy
19001983
Spanish-Mexican filmmaker renowned for avant-garde surrealist cinema that blended dreamlike imagery with sharp political and social commentary
18951970
Mexican revolutionary, army officer, and politician who served as the 51st president of Mexico and implemented massive land reform and oil industry expropriation
19282012
Mexican novelist, essayist, and diplomat renowned for his influence on the Latin American Boom and works such as The Death of Artemio Cruz
18061872
President of Mexico, known for leading the Liberal victory in the Reform War and the Second French intervention, and as the first Indigenous president
18861957
Mexican muralist whose large frescoes helped establish the mural movement in Mexican and international art
19171986
Celebrated Mexican writer, screenwriter, and photographer best known for the novel Pedro Páramo and the collection El Llano en llamas, deeply influencing Latin American literature
19432020
Mexican chemical engineer and Nobel laureate who co-discovered the danger of CFCs to the ozone layer and the Antarctic ozone hole
19111991
Mexican diplomat and politician, Nobel Peace Prize laureate for his tireless work on disarmament and nuclear-weapon-free zones
19111993
Iconic Mexican comic film actor, producer, and screenwriter, celebrated as the most accomplished comedian in Latin America and Spain
19272014
Colombian writer and Nobel laureate, one of the 20th century's most significant authors, known for blending the fantastic and realistic in his works
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