Mexico

Spanish-Mexican filmmaker renowned for avant-garde surrealist cinema that blended dreamlike imagery with sharp political and social commentary

Mexican revolutionary and guerrilla leader who championed land reform and inspired the Zapatismo movement

Mexican painter known for her autobiographical portraits, self-portraits, and works exploring identity, gender, and pain through a blend of realism and fantasy

Mexican muralist whose large frescoes helped establish the mural movement in Mexican and international art

Mexican revolutionary, army officer, and politician who served as the 51st president of Mexico and implemented massive land reform and oil industry expropriation

President of Mexico, known for leading the Liberal victory in the Reform War and the Second French intervention, and as the first Indigenous president

Olympic gold medalist swimmer and water polo player who became a celebrated American actor

The first constitutional emperor of Mexico, known for his leadership in achieving national independence and his work as a military personnel, politician, and vexillologist

American singer, songwriter, and businesswoman known as the top-selling female artist in regional Mexican music

Mexican novelist, essayist, and diplomat renowned for his influence on the Latin American Boom and works such as The Death of Artemio Cruz