Notable Natives and Residents
- Mia St. John, Female World Boxing Champion
- Brandon Rios, Lightweight boxing Champion
- Abner Mares, Boxer, Family hails from Zacatecas
- Romel Beck, Basketball player in NBA's D-League
- Dominick Cruz, UFC Bantamweight champion, fathers side comes from Zacatecas
- Gilbert Melendez, Strikeforce lightweight champion
- Anthony Pettis, UFC fighter, Mother's family hails from Zacatecas
- José Huizar, American elected official, Los Angeles city council member
- Mark Sanchez, NFL QB for New York Jets
- Alfonso Márquez, MLB umpire
- Antonio Aguilar, singer, actor
- Pepe Aguilar, singer
- Rebecca de Alba, model
- José María Cárdenas, soccer player
- Leonor Cortés Moctezuma, illegitimate daughter of Hernan Cortés, an early resident and grandmother of Juan de Oñate
- Efraín Flores, former soccer player and former coach of El Tri
- Benjamin Galindo, former soccer player and coach of Santos Laguna
- Susana González, actress
- Banda Jerez, music group
- Cynthia Klitbo, actress
- Marcelino Bautista Sifuentes, Master Paper Cutter (Papel Picado)
- Mateo Correa Magallanes, 1866–1927, saint and martyr
- Francisco Javier Gonzalez Medina, soccer player
- Florinda Meza, actress
- Don Juan de Oñate, Mexican-born conquistador of Spanish parents
- Manuel María Ponce, composer
- Sergio Santana, soccer player
- Los Temerarios, music group
- Ramón López Velarde, Mexican poet of the 19th Century, poet of "La Suave Patria"
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