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North America
Canada
Generally referred to as
Aboriginal peoples in Canada when looking at the
First Nations ,
Inuit , and
Métis peoples collectively.
Greenland
Mexico
Benito Juárez ,
Zapotec ,
President of Mexico
Porfirio Díaz , Mexican Army General,
President of Mexico
This issue is complicated because a great majority of Mexicans are
mestizos and therefore being part Native is not unusual as in Canada or the US. The list only include Indigenous proper and mestizos with an Indigenous parent. This list also includes a few
Pre-Columbian figures considered remarkable in the
history and
culture of Mexico .
Ignacio Manuel Altamirano , writer, journalist and politician (
Nahua )
Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxóchitl , (d. 1648) Nahua historian, descendant of Ixtlilxochitl
Bartolomé de Alva , Nahua, younger brother of
Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxóchitl
Diego de Alvarado Huanitzin ,
tlatoani of
Tenochtitlan
Domingo Arenas , Mexican revolutionary from Tlaxcala
Juan Badiano , Nahua translator
Juana Belén Gutiérrez de Mendoza , anarchist, feminist activist, typographer, journalist and poet (
Caxcan )
Cajemé ,
Yaqui rebel leader
Jacinto Canek (1731-1761), Maya rebel leader
Chimalpahin (1579-1660), Nahua historian
Cuauhtémoc , last (
Aztec )
Tlatoani
Cuitláhuac , penultimate (
Aztec )
Tlatoani
Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin ,
Catholic Saint (
Chichimeca )
Porfirio Díaz , President (
Mixtec mother)
Pascual Díaz y Barreto (1876-1936),
Huichol Roman Catholic prelate
Lila Downs , singer (
Mixtec mother)
Emilio Fernández , film director, actor (
Kickapoo mother)
Faustino Galicia Chimalpopoca professor, lawyer, and translator of the
Nahuatl language.
Natalio Hernández (b. 1947) Nahua poet from Veracruz
Victoriano Huerta , President (
Huichol mother)
Indio Mariano , rebel leader in
Tepic
Luz Jiménez (1897-1965), Nahua storyteller
Benito Juárez , President (
Zapotec )
La Malinche , translator of
conquistador
Hernán Cortés
Modesta Lavana , (1929-2010), Nahua healer
Florentina López de Jesús (1939-2014),
Amuzgo weaver
Tomás Mejía ,
Otomi Mexican Army general
Moctezuma II , (
Aztec )
Tlatoani at the beginning of the
Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire
Diego Muñoz Camargo (c. 1529-1599), historian of Tlaxcala
Nezahualcóyotl ,
Tlatoani of
Texcoco and poet in
Nahuatl language
Nezahualpilli (1464-1515),
Tlatoani of
Texcoco
Martín Ocelotl (1496-?1537), Nahua priest/shaman executed by the Inquisition
Carlos Ometochtzin (d. 1539)
Cacique of Texcoco, executed by the Inquisition
Daniel Ponce de León (b. 1980)
Tarahumara professional boxer
Comandante Ramona ,
EZLN leader (
Tzotzil )
Isabel Ramírez Castaneda (1881-1943), (Nahua) archeologist
María Sabina ,
shaman (
Mazatec )
Comandante Tacho ,
EZLN leader (
Tojolabal )
Refugio Tánori ,
Opata commander and supporter of the
Second Mexican Empire .
Francisco Tenamaztle (fl. 1540s-50s)
Caxcan leader in the
Mixton War
Antonio Valeriano (c. 1521-1605), Nahua scholar, collaborator with
Bernardino de Sahagún on the
Florentine Codex
Felipe Santiago Xicoténcatl , 1804-1847 Nahua, general in the Mexican Army under
Antonio López de Santa Anna
United States
Central America
Hatuey ,
Cacique , executed in 1512 by the Spanish, hero in modern Cuba
Rigoberta Menchú ,
K'iche' Maya
Nobel Peace Prize recipient from
Guatemala
The Caribbean
Guatemala
Nicaragua
South America
Alejandro Toledo , Ex-President of
Peru
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Camilo Egas ,
Mestizo , painter and educator, 1889–1962
Eugenio Espejo ,
Mestizo journalist, hygienist, lawyer, and satirical writer, 1747–1795
Oswaldo Guayasamín ,
Quechua painter and sculptor, 1919–1999
Eduardo Kingman ,
Mestizo painter, 1913–1998
Luis Macas ,
Quechua anthropologist and politician, born 1951
Mincaye ,
Hauo preacher and church elder, born 1935
Nina Pacari ,
Kichwa politician, lawyer and Indigenous leader from Cotacachi, born 1961
Antonio Vargas ,
Quechua politician
Peru
Tupac Amaru , military figure and last Inca
Túpac Amaru II (1738-1781), leader of massive Andean uprising against Spanish colonial rule
Túpac Katari (c. 1750-1781), leader of an Andean uprising
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega , writer
Yma Sumac , Singer of self-identified
Inca ancestry
Alejandro Toledo , President
Marcos Zapata (c. 1710–1773),
Quechua
Cuzco School painter
Magaly Solier , Quechua actress
Manco Cápac , Sapa Inca
Ollanta Humala , President of Peru
Q'orianka Kilcher , Quechua actress
Martín Chambi , Quechua photographer
Diego Quispe Tito , Quechua painter
See also
Notes