People of Sinaloa

People with a significant historical, cultural, artistic, sporting or civic connection to Sinaloa, documented one by one.

10 documented people

  • Lola Beltrán performing at the L’Olympia theatre in Paris, 1979.

    Lola Beltrán

    Musician · Artist

    Sinaloan singer and actress, one of the most important voices in Mexican ranchera music. Born in El Rosario in 1932, she was the first ranchera singer to perform at the Palacio de Bellas Artes.

    • Music

  • Rafael Buelna

    Military figure · Historical figure

    Sinaloan revolutionary general and journalist, who attained the rank of general at nineteen. Born in Mocorito in 1890, he is one of the most remembered figures of the Mexican Revolution in Sinaloa.

    • History

  • Julio César Chávez

    Athlete

    Mexican boxer born in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, and raised from infancy in Culiacán, Sinaloa; a world champion in three weight divisions and an International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee.

    • Sports
  • Portrait of José Ángel Espinoza "Ferrusquilla," Sinaloan composer and actor.

    José Ángel Espinoza "Ferrusquilla"

    Musician · Artist

    Sinaloan composer, actor and singer known as "Ferrusquilla," author of more than eighty songs who also built an extensive acting career in Mexican cinema. Born in Choix in 1919, he received an honorary doctorate from the Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa.

    • Music
  • María del Rosario Espinoza with the silver medal won at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

    María del Rosario Espinoza

    Athlete

    Sinaloan taekwondo athlete, Mexico’s most decorated Olympic athlete in the country’s history. Born in La Brecha, Guasave, in 1987, she won gold, bronze and silver across three consecutive Olympic Games.

    • Sports

  • Pedro Infante

    Musician · Artist

    Sinaloan singer and actor, an icon of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Born in Mazatlán in 1917 and raised in Guamúchil, where he joined his first orchestra.

    • Music

  • Amparo Ochoa

    Musician

    Sinaloan singer-songwriter and rural schoolteacher, a central figure of Latin American Nueva Canción. Born in Costa Rica, in the municipality of Culiacán, in 1946.

    • Music
  • Portrait of Gilberto Owen, Sinaloan poet of the Los Contemporáneos group.

    Gilberto Owen

    Writer

    Sinaloan poet and diplomat, a member of the Los Contemporáneos literary group. Born in El Rosario in 1904, he is regarded as one of the most distinctive voices of the twentieth-century Mexican literary vanguard.

    • Literature

  • Luis Pérez Meza

    Musician

    Sinaloan singer known as "El Trovador del Campo" ("The Country Troubadour"), a pioneer of ranchera and banda-backed song on 1940s radio and film. Born in La Rastra, Cosalá, in 1917.

    • Music

  • Chayito Valdez

    Musician

    Sinaloan singer born in Orba, Guasave, known as "La Alondra de México" ("The Lark of Mexico"), whose ranchera-music career reached wide audiences in Mexico and the United States.

    • Music