Benito Juárez

Benito Juárez

male, deceased (1872)
Mexican liberales, Amerindian, indigenous national, Benito Pablo Juárez García, Indigenous peoples of Mexico, Phi Iota Alpha pillars…FromOaxaca, Governor of Oaxaca
Benito Pablo Juárez García (March 21, 1806 - July 18, 1872) was a Zapotec Amerindian who served five terms (1858-1861), (1861-1865), (1865-1867), (1...
Francisco Toledo

Francisco Toledo

male, 68 years old
Latin American artist, Francisco Benjamin Lopez Toledo, Right Livelihood Award, FromOaxaca, blind, graphic artist
Francisco Benjamín López Toledo is the most important living Mexican graphic artist. He studied at the Escuela de Bellas Artes de Oaxaca and the Ce...
Rufino Tamayo

Rufino Tamayo

male, deceased (1991)
painter, modern painter, Mexican, Native American, opera house, Recipient of the Belisario Domínguez Medal…FromOaxaca, Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Oaxaca,Oaxaca, born in Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
Rufino Tamayo was a Mexican painter born in Oaxaca de Juárez, México, of Mestizo parents. In his paintings, Tamayo expressed what he believed was th...
Ricardo Flores Magón

Ricardo Flores Magón

male, deceased (1922)
industrial worker of the world, anarchist, San Antonio Eloxochitlán, Leavenworth Penitentiary, Mexican Independence Day, Partido Liberal Mexicano…oaxaca, FromOaxaca
Ricardo Flores Magón a noted Mexican anarchist and social reform activist, was born on Mexican Independence Day, in San Antonio Eloxochitlán, Oa...
Lila Downs

Lila Downs

female, 41 years old
University of Minnesota, frida, Scottish Mexican, FromOaxaca, Academy Award for Best Song, Maya peoples…Oaxaca, Oaxaca, oaxaca
Lila Downs (born 1968 in Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, Mexico) is a Mexican singer. She performs her own compositions as well as tapping into native...

Macedonio Alcalá

male, deceased (1869)
musician, Songwriter, composer, pianist, Mexican, violinist…FromOaxaca, Tlacolula, Oaxaca
Macedonio Alcalá Prieto was a Mexican violinist, pianist and songwriter remembered today especially for his waltz, "Dios nunca muere" (God Never D...
Miguel Cabrera

Miguel Cabrera

male, deceased (1768)
Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, Bartolome Esteban Murillo, our lady of guadalupe, Society of Jesus, Colonial Mexico, oaxaca…FromOaxaca, Oaxaca, Oaxaca
Miguel Mateo Maldonado y Cabrera was an indigenous Zapotec painter during the Viceroyalty of New Spain, today's Mexico. During his lifetime, he was...

Manuel Jiménez

male, deceased (2005)
Mexican, artist, oaxaca, FromOaxaca, papier mache
Manuel Jiménez was a master woodcarver recognized as the founder of folk art woodcarving in Oaxaca, Mexico. Inspired by the woodcarving of Don P...

Gerónimo Gil

male, 34 years old
baseball player, first baseman, San Antonio Missions, third baseman, on base percentage, slugging average…oaxaca, FromOaxaca
Gerónimo Gil (born August 7, 1975 in Oaxaca, Mexico) is a Major League catcher who played most recently for the Baltimore Orioles. He bats and t...
Lupita Tovar

Lupita Tovar

female, 98 years old
Roman Catholic, FromOaxaca, Fox Film, Universal Pictures, Mexico City, Mexico, Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.…Oaxaca, Oaxaca, oaxaca, born in Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
Lupita Tovar (born July 27, 1911, in Oaxaca) is a Mexican actress, best known for her starring role in the 1931 Spanish language version of...