Lila Downs

Lila Downs

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

Pedro Carmona

male
Municipalities of Mexico, municipality, colonia, Mexicanstate, Santa Lucía del Camino, Municipalities of Oaxaca
Pedro Carmona is a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party who was mayor of the district "(colonia)" of Felipe Carrillo Puerto in the...
Marcial Maciel

Marcial Maciel

male
religious scandal, Roman Catholic, Cotija de la Paz, Roman Catholic priesthood, Francisco González Arias, States of Mexico…Mexicanstate, Mexican
Fr. Marcial Maciel Degollado was born into a Roman Catholic family in Cotija de la Paz in the Mexican state of Michoacán. In 1941, with the s...

Humberto Moreira Valdés

male, 43 years old
Mexican, governor, Member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, President of Mexico, secretary of education, Governor of Coahuila…Mexicanstate
Humberto Moreira Valdés is the current Governor of the State of Coahuila (2005-2011). His parents, Rubén Moreira and Evangelina Valdés. Father of...

Abraham González

male, deceased (1913)
University of Notre Dame, revolutionary, Mexican, de facto, governor, President of Mexico…Mexican Revolution, Mexicanstate
Abraham González Casavantes was the provisional and constitutional governor of the Mexican state of Chihuahua during the Mexican Revolution. He w...

José de Escandón

male, deceased (1770)
Soto de la Marina, santander, Santander Province, Cantabria Province, Cantabria, Cantabrian…Mexicanstate
José de Escandón y Helguera, conde de Sierra Gorda (May 19, 1700, Soto de la Marina, Cantabria Province (formerly Santander Province), Sp...

Gerónimo de Aguilar

male
Nachan Kaan, Mexicanstate, Spanish Conquest of Mexico, conquest of mexico, quintana roo, Maya civilization
Gerónimo de Aguilar was a Franciscan friar born in Seville. Aguilar was later involved with the 1519 Spanish conquest of Mexico, and with the m...
Emilio Kosterlitzky

Emilio Kosterlitzky

male, deceased (1928)
emilio, German, World War I, French, polish language, polish…Mexican Revolution, Mexicanstate, Mexican Army, Mexican Cossack
Emilio Kosterlitzky, also known as Emil Kosterlitzky, (1853-1928) was a Russian-born polyglot linguist and soldier of fortune who eventually became...

Pedro María de Anaya

male, deceased (1854)
mexican-american war, independence, President of Mexico, hidalgo, U.S. Army, monterrey…Mexican War of Independence, Mexicanstate
Pedro Bernardino María Anaya was twice interim president of Mexico in 1847 to 1848. He played an important role during the Mexican-American War. H...

Ismael Zambada García

male
Mexican, Drug lord, sinaloa, Mexicanstate, El Mayo Zambada
Ismael Zambada García, also known as "El Mayo Zambada", is an alleged Mexican drug lord. Zambada Garcia is a native of the state of Sinaloa.