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Marco Antonio Regil, television host. Miguel Alejandro Reina, film director. Diana Reyes, singer. Carlos Reygadas, film director, winner of the Best Director Award in Cannes [2] Cornelio Reyna, singer. Pilar Rioja, dancer. Lalo Ríos, Mexican-born American actor. Angélica Rivera, actress. Jorge Rivero, actor.
Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈfɾiða ˈkalo]; 6 July 1907 – 13 July 1954 [1]) was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico.
- Painting
- Self-taught
- 13 July 1954 (aged 47), Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico
Selena Quintanilla-Pérez ( Latin American Spanish pronunciation: [seˈlena kintaˈniʝa ˈpeɾes]; née Quintanilla; April 16, 1971 – March 31, 1995), known professionally as Selena, was an American singer.
- Hernán Cortes. Hernán Cortés (1485-1547) was a Spanish conquistador who conquered native populations in the Caribbean before setting his sights on the Aztec Empire.
- Miguel Hidalgo. As a respected parish priest and valued member of his community, Father Miguel Hidalgo (1753-1811) was the last person anyone would have expected to kick off a revolution in Spanish colonial Mexico.
- Antonio López de Santa Anna. Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794-1876) joined the army during Mexico's War of Independence—the Spanish army, that is. Santa Anna eventually switched sides and over the following decades, he rose to prominence as a soldier and politician.
- Benito Juarez. Legendary statesmen Benito Juarez (1806-1872) was a full-blooded Mexican Indian who initially spoke no Spanish and was born into grinding poverty.
May 6, 2024 · Frida Kahlo (born July 6, 1907, Coyoacán, Mexico—died July 13, 1954, Coyoacán) was a Mexican painter best known for her uncompromising and brilliantly coloured self-portraits that deal with such themes as identity, the human body, and death.
Jul 20, 1998 · Pancho Villa (born June 5, 1878, Hacienda de Río Grande, San Juan del Río, Durango, Mexico—died July 20, 1923, Parral, Chihuahua) was a Mexican revolutionary and guerrilla leader who fought against the regimes of both Porfirio Díaz and Victoriano Huerta and after 1914 engaged in civil war and banditry.
Dec 14, 2022 · Carlos Santana. Another Jalisco-born famous Mexican is Carlos Santana of the eponymous and wildly successful rock-cum-Latin American jazz band Santana. After being signed in 1969, Santana went on to perform at Woodstock in the same year and the band’s second studio album was released in 1970. It’s arguably that album for which Santana ...
