Nezahualcoyotl

Nezahualcoyotl

male, deceased (1472)
Nahuatl-language poet, Tlatoque, Acolhua, texcoco, aztec, mesoamerican…nahuatl
Nezahualcoyotl (meaning "Coyote in fast" or "Coyote who Fasts" in Nahuatl) (April 28 1402 - June 4 1472) was ruler ("tlatoani") of the city-state...
Chimalpopoca

Chimalpopoca

male, deceased (1427)
Tlatoque, Tepanec, Tayatzin, Tezozómoc, Tequizquiac, Smoking shield…nahuatl
Chimalpopoca was the third "tlatoani" or Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan (1417-1427). He was elected "tlatoani" after the death of his father...
Acamapichtli

Acamapichtli

male, deceased (1395)
Tenoch, Tlatoque, Handful of reeds, tenochtitlan, texcoco, aztec…nahuatl
Acamapichtli (Meaning "Handful of reeds" in the Nahuatl language) was "tlatoani" (ruler) of the Aztecs (or Mexica) of Tenochtitlan, and founder of...

Diego Durán

male, deceased (1588)
Dominican friar, Dominican Order, spanish, codex, nahuatl, friar
Diego Durán was a Dominican friar best known for his authorship of one of the earliest Western books on the history and culture of the Aztecs, "...
Lila Downs

Lila Downs

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

Cuauhtémoc

male, deceased (1525)
Cuitláhuac, Nahuatl words and phrases, Tlatoque, Cuauhtemoc, Nahuatl language, executed by decapitation…nahuatl
Cuauhtémoc was the Aztec ruler ("tlatoani") of Tenochtitlan from 1520 to 1521. The name "Cuāuhtemōc" means "One That Has Descended Like an Eag...
Nezahualpilli

Nezahualpilli

male, deceased (1515)
Nahuatl-language poet, Tlatoque, Cacama, Hueyi Tlatoani, mesoamerica, tenochtitlan…nahuatl
Nezahualpilli (Nahuatl for "fasting prince"; 1464-1515) was ruler ("tlatoani") of the Mesoamerican city-state of Texcoco, elected by the city's...
Dr. Atl

Dr. Atl

male, deceased (1964)
painter, Landscape artist, Mexican, Amputee, socialist party, nahuatl…Nahuatl language
Gerald Murillo was a Mexican painter who signed his work "Dr. Atl". He began to study painting at an early age in Jalisco, under Felipe Castro. At...
Pedro de Gante

Pedro de Gante

male, deceased (1572)
monk, Franciscan, Pedro de Mura, beatification, new world, flanders…nahuatl
Fray Pieter van der Moere, also known as Fray Pedro de Gante or Pedro de Mura (ca. 1480 -1572) was a Franciscan missionary in sixteenth century...
Stafford Poole

Stafford Poole

male, 79 years old
The Guadalupan Controversy in Mexico, Historian of religion, Lazarist, Midwestern United States, Classical Nahuatl, seminaries…nahuatl
The Reverend Stafford Poole, C.M., (born March 6, 1930) is a priest, full-time research historian, formerly a history professor and president of...