People
- Fernando Soler (1896 - 1979), film actor and director
- Ruben Aguirre, actor best remembered for his characterization of Professor Jirafales in the television show El Chavo del Ocho.
- Katie Barberi, actress best known for her work in telenovelas.
- Magda Guzman, actress with many film and TV credits 1941 to the present
- Roberto 'Flaco' Guzman, prolific film actor from the 1970s to the early 2000s.
- Brissia Mayagoitia, singer, former member of a band called La Nueva Banda.
- Rosario Ybarra, activist and prominent figure in Mexican politics.
- Carlos Bee, former U.S. Representative from Texas, great-grandson of Thomas Bee.
- Manuel Acuña, 19th-century Mexican writer. He focused on poetry, but also wrote some novels and plays.
- José Narro Robles, former director of the Faculty of Medicine of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
- Roque González Garza, Mexican general and acting president of the Republic from January to June 1915.
- Julio Torri, Mexican writer and teacher who formed part of the Ateneo de la Juventud (1909-1914).
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