Notable Citizens
Many famous athletes and celebrities were born or lived in La Piedad, among these Ramon Morales, midfielder for Estudiantes Tecos football team as well as his brother Carlos Morales, midfielder for Santos. The frontman for Regional Mexican group "Los Razos de Sacramento y Reynaldo" Sacramento Ramirez is also from La Piedad.
Arts / Shows
- Salvador Meza Mendez-Painter, famous for his oil and pencil paintings about city's historical monuments
- Francisco Núñez Montes - músico
- Marco Islas - Cantante de musica vernacula
- Ignacio Ortiz - Painter
- Vicente de P. Cano - Poet
- Josefina Baez- Poet
- José Gómez Rogil - Poet
- Carlos Alvarado Lang - Engraver
- Juan Rodríguez Vega - Musician
- Sergio Arturo Bravo Zarate - Writer / "Los Buenos Tiempos" New York Times Best Seller 2007
- Leny Ayala - Painter and Local Pioneer Graffiti Artist
- Manuel Ayala Tejeda - Poet, writer, City's historian. (1913–1997)
- Heriberto Guízar Castro - Radio founder in La Piedad. (1918–2000)
- José García del Río - General's cousin Lázaro Cárdenas del Río drilled wells and provided the city with water.
- Lic. Rafael Reyes - Lawyer, he was always worried about education.
- Luis G. Ayala - Playwright, theater director, and teacher.
- Malena Padilla Alfaro - Children theater director, pastorelas, and traditional Christ Nativity wax representation artist, inherited from her mother's creations Mrs. Lupita Alfaro de Padilla.
- Rafael Padilla Alfaro - Teacher, decorator, and The Sagrada Imágen de Nuestro Señor de la Piedad fervous servant.
Politics
- Mariano Silva y Aceves.- Pedagogue, UNAM's first Dean
- Jesús Romero Flores - Part of the group of people that formed the Mexican Constitution.
- Eduardo Villaseñor Peña - Michoacán's Governor (1992).
- María Guadalupe Sánchez Martínez - Federal Delegate, Secretary of Government, Michoacán State.
- Pedro Aceves Parra - Revolutionary
- Octavio Solis Ramirez - Politician - Mexico City
- Arnulfo Ávila Ávila - Politician
- Humberto Romero Pérez - Politician
- Guillermo Rizo Hernández - Politician and administrator
Sports
- Yovani Gallardo - Baseball player - Milwaukee Brewers
- Patricia Mariscal - Won medals in Tae kwon do world championships
- Hector Pulido - Soccer player, he was part of the national team and coach of Cruz Azul Club (finalist in season 1986–1987)
- Gustavo Vargas - Soccer player
- Ramón Morales - Soccer player, he has been part of the national team and played in the World Cup 2002 in Korea-Japan
- Carlos Morales - Soccer player, he has been part of the national team
- Fernando Lopez - Soccer player
- Jorge Flores - Basketball Player - Summer Olympics for National Team
Religion
- Juan Espinoza Jiménez - Works in Vatican with the Pope
- Carlos Suárez Cazares - Bishop
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