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Emiliano Zapata
Mexican revolutionary (1879–1919)
Ignacio Manuel Altamirano
Mexican writer, journalist, teacher and politician (1834-1893)
Chimalpahin
Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin (1579, Amecameca, Chalco1660, Mexico City), usually referred to simply as Chimalpahin or Chimalpain, was a Nahua annalist from Chalco. His Nahuatl names () mean "Runs Swiftly with a Shield" and "Rising Eagle", respectively, and he claimed descent from the lords of Tenango-Amecameca-Chalco. He was the grandson of the late Don Domingo Hernández Ayopochtzin, a seventh-generation descendant of the founding king of the polity. Don Domingo was learned and esteemed, especially for his education and his record-keeping skills in the anc
Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxóchitl
Novohispanic Mexican historian (1569-1650)
María de Jesús Patricio Martínez
traditional medicine healer and a human rights activist from the Nahua tribe in Mexico
Gabriela Salas Cabrera
Engineer and master in information technology, data science, object-oriented programming, and artificial intelligence.
Techotlalatzin
Techotlalatzin (or Techotlala, removing the Classical Nahuatl honorific -tzin) was the ruler (tlatoani) of the pre-Columbian Mesoamerican city-state of Texcoco from 1357 or 1377 until his death in 1409. Techotlalatzin was the first ruler of the Acolhua who actively adopted the prevailing culture of the Valley of Mexico, including the Nahuatl language.
Isabel Ramírez Castaneda
Mexican archeologist and ethnologist
Antonio Valeriano
nahua writer, Mexican governor (1520-1605)
Natalio Hernández
Mexican poet
Domingo Arenas
Mexican military personnel (1888-1917)
Luz Jiménez
Mexican model, educator and storyteller