Tamaulipas - Notable Natives and Residents

Notable Natives and Residents

  • Manuel González Flores, general and politician who served as president of Mexico from 1880-1884.
  • Emilio Portes Gil, president of Mexico after the death of Alvaro Obregon in 1928.
  • José María Jesús Carbajal, Mexican freedom fighter, military governor of Tamualipas
  • Alicja Bachleda-Curus, actress, and singer, currently married to Colin Farrell
  • Laura Elizondo, beauty queen/model
  • Laura Flores, actress
  • Víctor García, singer
  • Juan García Esquivel, composer/band leader/pianist
  • Alejandro Gomez Monteverde, director/producer
  • Rodrigo González, musician and songwriter
  • James de La Rosa, welterweight boxer
  • Juan de la Rosa, boxer on the NBC's show The Contender
  • Manuel Raga, basketball player
  • Aurora Robles, model
  • Rafael Sebastián Guillén Vicente, alleged by the Mexican government to be Subcomandante Marcos
  • Arleth Terán, actress
  • Rigo Tovar, singer/songwriter/composer/actor
  • Ismael Valdez, former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball
  • Eduardo Verástegui, actor/model
  • Ana Brenda Contreras, actress, singer
  • Rosemary Barkett, US judge

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