Mexican Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Was a Mexican Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual sabre event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Was a Mexican Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual sabre event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Is a Mexican professional wrestler, better known under his ring name Super Caló. García is a long-

Is a Mexican professional wrestler, better known under his ring name Super Caló. García is a long-time mainstay of Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), but is perhaps best known outside of Mexico for his stint in World Championship Wrestling (WCW)

Was a Mexican football player and coach. He, along with other members of the Garza family, are recog

Was a Mexican football player and coach. He, along with other members of the Garza family, are recognized as the founders of Club América. He was a defender for that club as well as the Mexican national team. Upon retiring, he took the reigns of his beloved club, served as an executive and later became the national team manager on four separate occasions.On October 12, 1916, a group of young men which included Garza Gutiérrez founded Club América, naming it in honor of the event that is celebrated on the particular date of the club's foundation. The club came to be when two existing clubs, Garza's "Récord" (which would later become his personal nickname) and Germán Nuñez's "Unión" joined forces on the aforementioned date.

Is a Dominican born professional wrestler, who has worked most of his career as a Luchador in Mexico

Is a Dominican born professional wrestler, who has worked most of his career as a Luchador in Mexico. Reyes has used many ring names during his career, most notably Kendo Star, El Salsero, Pierko el Boricuaand currently wrestles as the enmascarado Hijo de

Is a former boxer from Mexico. He has won world titles in the Bantamweight division.

Is a former boxer from Mexico. He has won world titles in the Bantamweight division.

Is the most successful tennis player in the history of Mexico. He was born in Mexico City, Mexico, a

Is the most successful tennis player in the history of Mexico. He was born in Mexico City, Mexico, and is best remembered for his singles victory at the U.S. Open Championships in 1963 and for leading Mexico to its only Davis Cup Final round appearance. He is the only Mexican to date to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame, in 1979.

A Mexican former boxer who was a world champion in the Super Featherweight /Jr. Lightweight division

A Mexican former boxer who was a world champion in the Super Featherweight /Jr. Lightweight division twice. Limon shares his nickname, Bazooka, with at least two other known world boxing champions:

A Mexican football centre back and defensive midfielder, who is currently playing for FC Barcelona i

A Mexican football centre back and defensive midfielder, who is currently playing for FC Barcelona in the Spanish La Liga and the Mexico national football team.Márquez (related to Miguel Chavez) began his career at Mexican club Atlas de Guadalajara, for whom he debuted in 1996 at only 17 years old. Márquez rose to prominence while with Atlas, making 77 appearances for the team and being runner-up in the league losing the final against Club Toluca in penalties. In 1999, French club AS Monaco FC purchased him for €6 million. Márquez was an immediate success with Monaco, helping lead the team to the French title in his first season with the club. Despite pressures from larger clubs, he would remain with the Monegasque club until 2003,

A Mexican football striker, who currently plays for Club America of the Primera División de México

A Mexican football striker, who currently plays for Club America of the Primera División de México. He is known as Márquez Lugo in order to differentiate between the Barcelona and Mexican National team player, Rafael Márquez Álvarez.Márquez Lugo made his debut in the Primera División with UNAM Pumas in the 2000 Apertura, making one appearance as a substitute. Márquez Lugo played infrequently over the next two years, often as a substitute, making 38 appearances and scoring 9 goals. Márquez moved to Jaguares for the 2003 Clausura, but again saw little success, scoring only three goals in 28 appearances. In search of more playing time, he moved to Morelia for 2003, and at last emerged as a threat at forward. In the 2003 Clausura he scored seven goals in 13 appearances, and followed that with a team-leading 11 goals in 16 games during the Apertura 2004.

A Mexican professional boxer. He is a former world champion at the IBF / IBO Bantamweight (118 lb) a

A Mexican professional boxer. He is a former world champion at the IBF / IBO Bantamweight (118 lb) and WBC Super Bantamweight (122 lb) divisions.

A Mexican professional footballer, currently playing as a midfielder for Tecos UAG, wearing jersey #

A Mexican professional footballer, currently playing as a midfielder for Tecos UAG, wearing jersey #15. He made his debut July 22, 2001 with La Piedad against CD Guadalajara. A game which resulted in a 1-1 tie.

Is a Mexican football centre back and defensive midfielder, who is currently playing for FC Barcelon

Is a Mexican football centre back and defensive midfielder, who is currently playing for FC Barcelona in the Spanish La Liga and the Mexico national football team.Mßrquez began his career at Mexican club Atlas de Guadalajara, for whom he debuted in 1996 at only 17 years old. Mßrquez rose to prominence while with Atlas, making 77 appearances for the team and being runner-up in the league losing the final against Club Toluca in penalties. In 1999, French club AS Monaco FC purchased him for Ç6 million. Mßrquez was an immediate success with Monaco

Is a Mexican Luchador or professional wrestler who is best known under his Ring name Scorpio, Jr. Núñez is the son of professional wrestler "Scorpio" and was trained by his father and Rafael Salamanca before making his debut on August 30, 1985. Núñez was

Is the most successful tennis player in the history of Mexico. He was born in Mexico City, Mexico, a

Is the most successful tennis player in the history of Mexico. He was born in Mexico City, Mexico, and is best remembered for his singles victory at the U.S. Open Championships in 1963 and for leading Mexico to its only Davis Cup Final round appearance.

Was a professional boxer. Ruelas was a very popular Mexican fighter, best known for his devastating

Was a professional boxer. Ruelas was a very popular Mexican fighter, best known for his devastating knockout loss to Oscar De La Hoya; a loss which left Oscar somewhat scorned by the Mexican community due to his ruthless destruction of a hero. Shortly aft

Is a Mexican sprint canoer who has competed in the mid 1990s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta

Is a Mexican sprint canoer who has competed in the mid 1990s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he was eliminated in the repechages of the K-2 500 m event.

Is a boxer from Mexico, who won the gold medal at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo at light h

Is a boxer from Mexico, who won the gold medal at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo at light heavyweight by defeating Yoan Pablo Hernandez in the final.

Is a Mexican Boxer in the Welterweight division. His brothers are Welterweight prospects Ricardo Ál

Is a Mexican Boxer in the Welterweight division. His brothers are Welterweight prospects Ricardo Álvarez, Saúl Álvarez and Middleweight contender Rigoberto Álvarez. On Saturday June 28, 2008 Ramon who has six brothers, made world history when all of them

Is an award-winning Mexican lyric tenor opera singer. Since his debut in the early '90s, he has deve

Is an award-winning Mexican lyric tenor opera singer. Since his debut in the early '90s, he has developed to become one of the most acclaimed tenors of the 21st Century. Known for his clear and agile lyric tenor voice, he is especially successful in the bel canto repertoire, though has sung heavier parts like Massenet's Werther to great acclaim.

An actress and at one time singer. She started her career in her native Cuba before moving to Mexico

An actress and at one time singer. She started her career in her native Cuba before moving to Mexico in 1959 at the start of Fidel Castro's regime's rule of Cuba.Raquel began her career in theatre singing opera in her native Cuba. In the wake of the 1959 Cuban revolution, when millions of people fled Cuba[citation needed], Raquel came to Mexico in 1959 as an unknown artist. She did little work in the movie business before finally landing a small role in the telenovela "La Sombra Del Otro" in 1963. Whilst she was relatively new to the acting world, Raquel excelled in this genre further revealing yet another talent that she would master. She built a body of acting experience before finally being able to indulge her first field, singing.

Where he grew up. Raul Gonzalez a retired Mexican professional boxer and currently lives in Pasadena

Where he grew up. Raul Gonzalez a retired Mexican professional boxer and currently lives in Pasadena, California, USA, where he began boxing around at age of 18. Raul Gonzalez debuted as a professional on March 20, 1987, when he was 20 years old. The figh

Is a Mexican-born former professional wrestler better known by his ring name of El Mongol. He was mo

Is a Mexican-born former professional wrestler better known by his ring name of El Mongol. He was most famous in the Georgia territory during the late 1960s and early '70s.By late 1966 El Mongol had moved on to Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW), where

Is a Mexican/American newscaster, who also served as General Coordinator of Media Affairs for the Go

Is a Mexican/American newscaster, who also served as General Coordinator of Media Affairs for the Government of the Mexican State of Veracruz.Peimbert was born in Livermore, Ca, (1962) and was raised in México. He got his start in television at a young ag

Was a Mexican junior lightweight who fought from 1957 to 1967. Torres was a puncher, but proved to h

Was a Mexican junior lightweight who fought from 1957 to 1967. Torres was a puncher, but proved to have difficulty taking punches himself. Thus, he was knocked out in many of his more important bouts, including his two attempts to capture a world title.

Was a Mexican Luchador or professional wrestler best known under the ring name Kung Fu. As Kung Fu h

Was a Mexican Luchador or professional wrestler best known under the ring name Kung Fu. As Kung Fu he made a name for himself as part of Trio Fantásticos along with Kato Kung Lee and Black Man, a very popular tecnico (Face or "good guys") trio in the earl