Alfonso Garcia-Robles, Diplomat, Nobel Peace Prize 1982

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Coordinated the Tlatelolco Treaty in 1967 that kept Latin America and the Caribbean a nuclear weapon-free zone

He was admitted to the National College of Mexico in 1972

He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982


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Carlos Carsolio. Mountain climber. Climbed all mountains over 26,000 feet

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He was the fourth mountain climber, and the youngest of them, to climb all fourteen mountains over 8,000 meters (26,000 feet) above sea level:

Mountain	Height (m)
Nanga Parbat	8.128	1985
Shisha Pangma	8.027	1987
Makalu	8.463	1988
Monte Everest	8.848	1989
Kangchenjunga	8.586	1992
K2	8.611	1993
Cho Oyu	8.201	1994
Lhotse	8.506	1994
Broad Peak	8.047	1994
Annapurna	8.091	1995
Dhaulagiri	8.167	1995
Gasherbrum II	8.035	1995
Gasherbrum I	8.068	1995
Manaslu	8.163	1996

He received the National Prize for Sports of Mexico in 1985

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Rufino Tamayo. Painter. Belisario Dominguez medal 1988, Officer of the Legion of Honor of France 1970

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Chevalier of the Legion of Honor of France, 1957

Honorary member of the American Academy and the National Institute of Arts and Letters of the United States, 1961

National Prize of Arts and Sciences in Fine Arts of Mexico, 1964

Officer of the Legion of Honor of France, 1970

Knight Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, 1971

Honorary doctorate by the National University of Mexico, 1978

Honorary doctorate by the University of Southern California, 1985

Gold medal of Merit in Fine Arts of Spain, 1985

Belisario Domínguez Medal granted by the Mexican Senate, 1988

Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, 1989

Honorary member of the National College of Mexico, 1991

Watermelon slices (sold for 2.2 million dollars in 2011)

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Fernando Valenzuela. Pitcher. Best pitcher NL MLB 1981

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Fernando Valenzuela Anguamea

In 1981 he received the Cy Young award as best pitcher of the National League of Major League Baseball
1981 Rookie of the Year of the National League
Silver Sluger Award in 1981 and 1983 (granted to pitchers for their batting)
In 1981, he won the World Series at Los Angeles Dodgers. He won and pitched the complete third game of the series
Was selected to the All-Star Game for six consecutive years from 1981 to 1986
In 1986 he won 21 games and led the National League in wins and complete games
In 1986 he received the Gold Glove for best fielding performance as pitcher at the National League
In 1990 he pitched a no-hitter game

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Ximena Navarrete Rosete. Fashion Model. Miss Universe, 2010

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She won the Miss Universe contest in 2010

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Ana Guevara. Track athlete. 400 m race World champion 2003

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Ana Gabriela Guevara Espinoza

Ranked Best 400 m. runner from 2001 a 2004

Winner in all 400 m. Golden League 2002 competitions

Gold medal in 400 m. in the 2002 International Association of Athetics Federations (IAAF) Grand Prix Final

Gold medal in 400 m. in the 2002 International Association of Athetics Federations (IAAF) World Cup

Gold medal in 400 m. in the 2003 World Championships in Athletics

Gold medal in 400 m. in the 2003 and 2004 International Association of Athetics Federations (IAAF) World Athletics Final

Silver medal in 400 m. in the 2004 Olympic Games

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Luis Miguel. Singer. 5 Grammy Awards, 1985-2006

Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri

5 Grammy awards granted by the The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States:
1985 Best Mexican-American Performance with Sheena Easton for “Me gustas tal como eres”
1994 Best Latin Pop Album for “Aries”
1995 Best Latin Pop Album for “Segundo Romance”
1998 Best Latin Pop Performance for “Romances”
2006 Best Mexican/mexican-american Album for “Mexico en la Piel”

4 Latin Grammy Awards granted by the Latin Recording Academy
2000 Album of the year for “Amarte es un Placer”
2000 Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for “Tu mirada”
2000 Best Pop Vocal Album for “Amarte es un Placer”
2005 Best Ranchero Album for “Mexico en la Piel”

In 1996 the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce placed a star with his name  in the Hollywood Walk of Fame


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Julio Cesar Chavez. Boxer. World Champion 1984-1996

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Julio Cesar Chavez. Boxer. World Champion from 1984 to 1996 in Featherweight, Lightweight and Light Welterweight

Won 31 world championship fights

WBC Super featherweight champion, 1984-1987
WBA and WBC Lightweight champion, 1987-1989
WBC and IBF Light Welterweight champion 1989-1996

World championship fights won

WBC (World Boxing Council) Super Featherweight

1984 Mario "Azabache" Martínez
1985 Ruben Castillo
1985 Roger Mayweather
1985 Dwight Pratchett
1986 Faustino Martires Barrios
1986 Refugio Rojas
1986 Rocky Lockridge
1986 Juan Laporte
1987 Francisco Tomas Da Cruz
1987 Danilo Cabrera

WBA Lightweight

1987 Edwin Rosario
1988 Rodolfo Aguilar

WBA and WBC Lightweight

1988 Jose Luis Ramirez

WBC Light Welterweight

1989 Roger Mayweather
1989 Sammy Fuentes
1989 Alberto de las Mercedes Cortes

WBC and IBF Light Welterweight

1990 Meldrick Taylor
1990 Kyung-Duk Ahn
1991 John Duplessis

WBC Light Welterweight

1991 Lonnie Smith
1992 Ángel Hernandez
1992 Frankie Mitchell
1992 Hector “Macho” Camacho
1993 Greg Haugen
1993 Terrence Alli
1993 Andy Holligan
1994 Frankie Randall (recovers title)
1994 Meldrick Taylor
1994 Tony Lopez
1995 Giovanni Parisi
1995 David Kamau

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Lupita Jones. Model. Miss Universe 1991

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Lupita Jones. Model. Miss Universe 1991 winner

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Mario Molina. Chemist. Nobel Prize 1995

Mario Molina (left) receiving the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Mario Jose Molina-Pasquel Henriquez

He and Sherwood Rowland made important discoveries on the impact of ChloroFluorCarbon (CFC) gases (formerly used as aerosol propelants and refrigerants) on the atmospheric ozone layer that protect us from the sun´s ultraviolet (UV) rays. They published an article about their discoveries in Nature magazine in 1974

He received the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement granted by the John and Alice Tyler Foundation and the University of Southern California in 1983

He received the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal in 1989

He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Sherwood Rowland and Paul Crutzen in 1995

He was accepted as member of Mexico's National College in 2003

He has been granted Honorary Doctorates by more than 30 universities, among them: the National University of Mexico in 1996, Yale University in 1997 and Harvard University in 2012

He has been condecorated by the Kingdom of Spain (Great Cross of the Order of Isabel the Catholic) in 2008, the Kingdom of Netherlands (Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau) in 2010  and the French Republic (Chevalier of the Order of the Legion of Honor) in 2012

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Hugo Sanchez. Football (soccer) forward. European Golden Shoe 1990

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Hugo Sanchez

Won Concacaf Champions Cup playing at Pumas in 1980 and playing at America in 1992

Won the Interamerican Cup (played between Concacaf Champions Club and Libertadores Cup champions) playing at Pumas in 1981

Top scorer of Spanish League in 1984/1985 with 19 goals, 1985/1986 with 22 goals, 1986/1987 with 34 goals, 1987/1988 with 29 goals and 1989/1990 with 38 goals

Won the King's Cup of Spain playing at Atletico de Madrid in 1985 and playing at Real Madrid in 1989

Won the Spanish League playing at Real Madrid in 1985/1986, 1986/1987, 1987/1988, 1988/1989 and 1989/1990

Won the UEFA Cup (currently Europa Cup) playing at Real Madrid in 1986

Won Spain's Supercup playing at Real Madrid at 1988, 1989 and 1990

Received the European Golden Shoe as the top goal scorer of the 1989/1990 season in european football leagues with 38 goals

Was inducted to the Football Hall of Fame en 2011

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Carlos Slim. Businessman. World's wealthiest person since 2010

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In 2008 the government of Lebanon grants him the Order of the National Cedar in Grand Officer's degree

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Copa Telmex received the Record Guinness as the Largest Amateur Tournament for 5th consecutive year in 2011

The Soumaya Museum is opened in 2011

Slim's daughter (right) receives the Sorolla medal. Photo from New York Social Diary

In 2011 the Hispanic Society of America grants Fundacion Carlos Slim the Sorolla Medal

Forbes magazine ranks Carlos Slim as the world's wealthiest person for fourth consecutive year in 2013

George Washington University grants him the Honorary Doctorate in Public Service in 2012

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Raul Ramirez. Tennis player. Won Wimbledon 1976 and R. Garros 1975 and 1977

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Raul Ramirez won Wimbledon in Doubles in 1976 and the French Open Roland Garros in Doubles in 1975 and 1977

Won the World Doubles Championship of the WCT in 1975 and 1980

Won the Italian Open in Rome in Doubles in 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1977 and won in singles in 1975

Won the Monte Carlo tournament in singles in 1978 and in doubles in 1979

Won 19 Singles Grand Prix and WCT tournaments (predecessors of the ATP) from 1973 to 1983

Was ranked 4th best singles tennis player

Won 60 Doubles Grand Prix and WCT tournaments (predecessors of the ATP) from 1973 to 1983

Was ranked best doubles tennis player for 62 weeks from 1976 to 1977


DOUBLES CAREER TITLES (60):

1973 (3)
New Delhi (c/McManus, )
Kitzbuehel (c/McManus, Clay)
Salt Lake City (c/Estep, Hard)

1974 (4)
South Orange (c/Gottfried, Hard)
Rome (c/Gottfried, Clay)
Charlotte (c/Mottram, Clay)
Toronto WCT (c/Roche, Carpet)

1975 (13)
Tokyo (c/Gottfried, Clay)
Perth (c/Gottfried, Hard)
Sydney Indoor (c/Gottfried, Hard)
Boston (c/Gottfried, Clay)
Roland Garros (c/Gottfried, Clay)
Rome (c/Gottfried, Clay)
Dallas WCT (c/Gottfried, Carpet)
World Doubles WCT (c/Gottfried, Carpet)
Tucson (c/Brown, Hard)
Orlando WCT (c/Gottfried, Hard)
La Costa WCT (c/Gottfried, Hard)
St. Petersburg WCT (c/Gottfried, Hard)
Philadelphia WCT (c/Gottfried, Carpet)

1976 (16)
Barcelona (c/Gottfried, Clay)
Madrid (c/Fibak, Clay)
Tehran (c/Fibak, Clay)
Woodlands Doubles (c/Gottfried, Hard)
Montreal / Toronto (c/Hewitt, Hard)
Indianapolis (c/Gottfried, Clay)
North Conway (c/Gottfried, Clay)
Washington (c/Gottfried, Clay)
Wimbledon (c/Gottfried, Grass)
Rome (c/Gottfried, Clay)
Caracas WCT (c/Gottfried, Clay)
Jackson WCT (c/Gottfried, Carpet)
Mexico City WCT (c/Gottfried, Clay)
St. Louis WCT (c/Gottfried, Carpet)
Richmond WCT (c/Gottfried, Carpet)
Monterrey WCT (c/Gottfried, Carpet)

1977 (6)
Paris Indoor (c/Gottfried, Hard)
Montreal / Toronto (c/Hewitt, Hard)
North Conway (c/Gottfried, Clay)
Roland Garros (c/Gottfried, Clay)
Rome (c/Gottfried, Clay)
Miami (c/Gottfried, Clay)

1978 (3)
Cincinnati (c/Mayer, Clay)
Rotterdam WTC (c/McNair, Carpet)
Memphis (c/Gottfried, Carpet)

1979 (1)
Monte Carlo (c/Nastase, Clay)

1980 (3)
Sawgrass Doubles (c/Gottfried, Hard)
Florence (c/Mayer, Clay)
Masters Doubles WCT (c/Gottfried, Carpet)

1981 (5)
Montreal / Toronto (c/Taygan, Hard)
Washington (c/Winitsky, Clay)
Boston (c/Slozil, Clay)
Florence (c/Slozil, Clay)
Milan (c/Gottfried, Carpet)

1982 (5)
Sawgrass Doubles (c/Gottfried, Clay)
South Orange (c/Winitsky, Clay)
Washington (c/Winitsky, Clay)
La Quinta (c/Gottfried, Hard)
Vina Del Mar (c/Orantes, Clay)

1983 (1)
La Quinta (c/Gottfried, Hard)


SINGLES CAREER TITLES (19):

1973 (2)
Tehran (Clay)
Kitzbuehel (Clay)

1974 (1)
Columbus (Hard)

1975 (4)
Tokyo (Clay)
Rome (Clay)
Charlotte (Clay)
St. Petersburg WCT (Hard)

1976 (4)
London (Carpet)
Gstaad (Clay)
Caracas WCT (Clay)
Mexico City WCT (Clay)

1977 (2)
Los Angeles (Hard)
London / Queen's Club (Grass)

1978 (2)
Monte Carlo WCT (Clay)
Mexico City WCT (Hard)

1979 (1)
Florence (Clay)

1980 (1)
San Juan (Hard)

1982 (1)
Caracas (Hard)

1983 (1)
Caracas (Hard)

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Luis Barragan, Architect, Pritzker Prize 1980

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Luis Barragan received the Pritzker Prize (most important architecture prize) in 1980

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Raul Gonzalez. Athlete (Racewalk). Olympic Gold, 1984

Raul Gonzalez Rodriguez

He won the 50 km racewalk at the World Race Walking Cup in 1977, 1981 and 1983

He set the World Record in the 50 km racewalk twice and received the National Sports Award of Mexico in 1978

He won the Gold Medal in the 50 km racewalk setting an Olympic Record  at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles and won the Silver Medal in the 20 km racewalk at the same Games

He was head of Mexico´s National Sports Commission from 1988 to 1994

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Octavio Paz. Writer. Nobel Prize 1990

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Octavio Paz

Accepted as member of Mexico's Colegio Nacional in 1967
Received the National Prize for Arts and Sciences of Mexico in Literature in 1977
Received the Honorary Doctorate from Harvard University in 1980
Received the Miguel de Cervantes Prize in 1981
Received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1990
Named Grand Officer of the Order to Merit of the Italian Republic in 1991

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