# List of places in Mexico named after people

There are a number of places in Mexico named after famous people.

## Aguascalientes

* Adolfo López Mateos (Aguascalientes) – Adolfo López Mateos
* Calvillo – José Calvillo (founder)
* Cosío – Felipe Cosío, Governor
* Pabellón de Arteaga – José María Artega, 19th century national hero
* Pabellón de Hidalgo (Aguascalientes) – Miguel Hidalgo
* San Francisco de los Romo – Francis of Assisi
* San José de Gracia, Aguascalientes – Joseph Villaseñor, son of Ferdinand VII of Spain
* Villa Juárez (Aguascalientes) – Benito Juárez
* Villa Jesús Terán (Aguascalientes) – Jesús Terán Peredo (governor)

## Baja California

* Alberto Oviedo Mota (Baja California) – Dr. Alberto Oviedo Mota (1882–1953)
* Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California – Guadalupe Victoria
* San Quintín Municipality – Quentin of Amiens (d. c. AD 287)
* Venustiano Carranza, Baja California – Venustiano Carranza, President of Mexico
* Vicente Guerrero, Baja California – Vicente Guerrero
* Villa de Juárez (Ensenada) – Benito Juárez, President of Mexico

## Baja California Sur

* Melitón Albáñez Domínguez, Baja California Sur – General Melitón Albañez (1880–1917)
* Puerto Adolfo López Mateos (Baja California Sur) – Adolfo López Mateos

## Campeche

* Alfredo V. Bonfil (Campeche) – Alfredo Vladimir Bonfil, a Peasant leader
* Bolonchén de Rejón – Manuel Crescencio García Rejón (1799–1849), jurist
* Emiliano Zapata (Campeche) – Emiliano Zapata
* Escárcega – Francisco Escárcega Márquez (1896–1938), a native from Tlaxcala who fought in the 1910 revolution
* Ingeniero Eugenio Echeverría Castellot (Calakmul, Campeche) – Eugenio Echeverría Castellot (1918–1999), governor of Campeche
* Iturbide (Campeche) – Agustín de Iturbide
* Juárez (Campeche) – Benito Juárez
* Villa Madero (Campeche) – Francisco I. Madero

## Chiapas

* Ángel Albino Corzo – Ángel Albino Corzo (1816–1875), liberal politician, governor (1856–1860)
* Bejucal de Ocampo – Melchor Ocampo, politician, senator
* Benemérito de las Américas – Benito Juárez
* Berriozábal – Felipe Berriozábal, military and politician
* Capitán Luis Ángel Vidal – Captain Luis Vidal, hero of the Battle of Chiapa de Corzo
* Chiapa de Corzo – Ángel Albino Corzo
* Dr. Manuel Velasco Suárez (Chiapas) and El Porvenir de Velasco Suárez – Manuel Velasco Suárez, neurologist and former governor of Chiapas in 1970 to 1976
* Dr. Rodulfo Figueroa (Chiapas) – Mexican poet and physician Dr. es:Rodulfo Figueroa Esquinca (1866–1899)
* Efrain A. Gutierrez (Chiapas) – Efrain Antonio Gutierrez (1894–1985), Governor of Chiapas in 1936 to 1940
* Ejido Raymundo Enríquez - Raymundo E. Enríquez (1889-1968), Governor of Chiapas
* Emiliano Zapata, Chiapas – Emiliano Zapata
* Francisco León, Chiapas – Francisco Leon, Governor of Chiapas
* Frontera Hidalgo – Miguel Hidalgo, Father of the fatherland
* Joaquín Amaro (Chiapas) – Gral. Joaquín Amaro
* Juárez, Chiapas – Benito Juárez, president of Mexico
* Larráinzar – Manuel Larráinzar, politician
* Marqués de Comillas – Claudio López, 2nd Marquess of Comillas
* Mazapa de Madero – Francisco I. Madero, president of Mexico
* Miguel Alemán (Chiapas) – Miguel Alemán Valdés
* Montecristo de Guerrero – Vicente Guerrero
* Motozintla de Mendoza – Ismael Mendoza Sanchez (1882–1920)
* Nicolás Ruiz – 19th-century Governor of Chiapas, Nicolás Ruiz
* Ocozocoautla de Espinosa – Luis Espinosa (1880–1926)
* Rayón, Chiapas – Ignacio López Rayón
* Rincón Chamula San Pedro – Peter the Apostle
* San Andrés Larráinzar – Saint Andrew and Manuel Larráinzar
* San Cristóbal de las Casas – Bartolomé de las Casas, 15th century Spanish writer
* San Fernando, Chiapas – Ferdinand III of Castile (d. 1252)
* San Lucas, Chiapas – Luke the Evangelist
* Santiago el Pinar – James the Great (d. AD 44)
* Tuxtla Gutiérrez – es:Joaquín Miguel Gutiérrez (1796–1838), Conservative politician, independence leader
* Unión Juárez, Chiapas – Benito Juárez
* Venustiano Carranza, Chiapas – Venustiano Carranza, President of Mexico
* Villa Corzo – Ángel Albino Corzo

## Chihuahua

* Ahumada Municipality – Miguel Ahumada Governor of Chihuahua
* Aldama Municipality, Chihuahua – Juan Aldama
* Allende Municipality, Chihuahua – Ignacio Allende
* Aquiles Serdán Municipality – Aquiles Serdán
* Batopilas de Manuel Gómez Morín – Manuel Gómez Morín, National Action Party's founder
* Cárdenas – Lázaro Cárdenas, President
* Chínipas de Almada – Francisco R. Almada (1896-1989), a historian and two-time governor of Chihuahua.
* Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua – Cuauhtémoc
* Ciudad Juárez – Benito Juárez, President
* Colonia LeBaron – Alma Dayer LeBaron Sr., Joel LeBaron and Ervil LeBaron, one of a Mormon fundamentalists leaders
* Coronado Municipality – es:Esteban Coronado (1832-1860), liberal soldier in Reform War
* Cuauhtémoc Municipality – Cuauhtémoc, Tlatoani of Tenochtitlan (1520-1521)
* Dr. Belisario Domínguez Municipality – Belisario Domínguez (1863-1913), Senator
* Galeana – Hermenegildo Galeana (1762-1814), insurgent leader
* Gómez Farías Municipality, Chihuahua – Valentín Gómez Farías, President
* Gran Morelos – José María Morelos (1765-1815), priest and insurgent leader
* Guerrero, Chihuahua – Vicente Guerrero, President
* Hidalgo del Parral – Miguel Hidalgo, priest and insurgent leader
* Ignacio Zaragoza Municipality – Ignacio Zaragoza (1829-1862), general who won the Battle of Puebla
* Jiménez Municipality – José Mariano Jiménez (1781-1811), engineer and soldier in the Mexican War of Independence
* López Municipality – Octaviano López, a republican soldier killed in the battle of Talamantes on 1860.
* Manuel Benavides – Manuel Benavides Armendáriz (1858-1913), a native revolutionary who died in combat on 1913
* Mariano Matamoros – Mariano Matamoros, priest and insurgent leader
* Morelos Municipality – José María Morelos
* Ocampo Municipality – Melchor Ocampo (1814-1861), lawyer and liberal politician
* Ojinaga – Manuel Ojinaga Castañeda (1834–1865), Governor of Chihuahua
* Práxedis G. Guerrero Municipality – es:Práxedis G. Guerrero (1882-1910), anarchist and philosopher
* Ranchería Luis L. León (Guadalupe) - Luis Laureano León (1890-1981), Governor of Chihuahua
* Riva Palacio Municipality – Vicente Riva Palacio (1832-1896), liberal politician
* San Francisco de Borja Municipality and two other municipalities named San Francisco – Francis of Assisi (1182-1226)
* San Francisco Javier de Satevó – Francis of Assisi
* Santa Bárbara Municipality – Saint Barbara (d. AD 3rd century)
* Santa Isabel Municipality – Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist
* Valle de Zaragoza – Ignacio Zaragoza

## Coahuila

* Abasolo, Coahuila – Mariano Abasolo
* Adolfo López Mateos, Coahuila – Adolfo López Mateos, President
* Allende, Coahuila – Ignacio Allende
* Arteaga – José María Arteaga Magallanes, Governor of Querétaro (1858)
* Ciudad Acuña – Manuel Acuña, poet
* Cuatrocienegas de Carranza – President Venustiano Carranza, who was born in Cuatrocieneagas in 1859
* Diana Laura Riojas (Coahuila) – Diana Laura Riojas de Colosio (1957–1994), Luis Donaldo Colosio's widow
* Escobedo, Coahuila – General Mariano Escobedo
* Francisco I. Madero, Coahuila – Francisco I. Madero, President
* Flores Magon, Coahuila – Ricardo Flores Magón, Jesús Flores Magón and Enrique Flores Magón
* General Cepeda – Victoriano Cepeda Camacho, (1826–1892), a general and a governor of Coahuila
* Guerrero, Coahuila – Vicente Guerrero, President
* Hidalgo, Coahuila – Miguel Hidalgo
* Jiménez, Coahuila – José Mariano Jiménez
* Juárez Municipality, Coahuila – Benito Juárez, President
* Lamadrid Municipality, Coahuila – Francisco Lamadrid
* Lázaro Cárdenas, Coahuila – Lázaro Cárdenas, President
* Lucio Blanco, Coahuila – Lucio Blanco, revolutionary
* Matamoros Municipality – Mariano Matamoros (1770–1814), priest and independence leader
* Monclova – Melchor Portocarrero, 3rd Count of Monclova
* Morelos Municipality – José María Morelos (1765–1815), priest and independence leader
* Nava, Coahuila – Pedro de Nava, Commander general of New Spain
* Ocampo, Coahuila – Melchor Ocampo
* Ramos Arizpe – Miguel Ramos Arizpe, priest and politician
* San Buenaventura Municipality, Coahuila – Giovanni di Fidanza (1221–1274), Franciscan scholastic theologian and philosopher
* San Pedro Municipality, Coahuila – Saint Peter
* Santa Rosa de Múzquiz – Saint Rose of Lima and Melchor Múzquiz, President
* Viesca – José María y Viesca, Governor of Coahuila and Nuevo León
* Zaragoza, Coahuila – Ignacio Zaragoza

## Colima

* Arturo Noriega Pizano – Prof. Arturo Noriega Pizano (1915–1994), governor of Colima
* Cuauhtémoc, Colima – Cuauhtémoc
* Madrid, Colima – the Madrid family who are owners on their place at a time
* Pueblo Juárez – Benito Juárez, President
* Venustiano Carranza – Venustiano Carranza, President
* Villa de Álvarez – General Manuel Álvarez, first governor

## Durango

* Adolfo López Mateos (Aguinaldo) – Adolfo López Mateos
* Arturo Martinez Adame, Durango – Arturo Martinez Adame (1896–1970), lawyer and politician
* Canelas, Durango – Captain Mateo Canelas
* Ciudad Guadalupe Victoria and Victoria de Durango – Guadalupe Victoria, First President
* Ciudad Lerdo – Miguel Lerdo de Tejada
* Coneto de Comonfort – Ignacio Comonfort
* Domingo Arrieta – General Domingo Arrieta León, Mexican general and statesman
* Dr. Francisco Castillo Nájera – Francisco Castillo Nájera, diplomat and politician
* Francisco I. Madero, Durango – Francisco I. Madero, President of Mexico
* General Simón Bolívar – Simón Bolívar, South American liberator
* Gómez Palacio, Durango – Francisco Gómez Palacio, writer
* José Ramón Valdés – Prof. José Ramón Valdés (1888–1975), politician
* Ocampo Municipality – Melchor Ocampo
* Pastor Rouaix – Pastor Rouaix (1874–1950), politician
* Raul Madero – General Raul Madero (1888–1982), a former President's brother
* San Bernardo Municipality, Durango – Bernard of Corleone (1605-1667)
* San Juan de Guadalupe – Saint John the Baptist and Our Lady of Guadalupe
* San Juan del Río del Centauro del Norte, Durango – Pancho Villa
* San Luis del Cordero – Don Luis del Cordero (Founder)
* San Pedro del Gallo Municipality – Saint Peter
* Santa Clara Municipality, Durango – Clare of Assisi (1194-1253)
* Santiago Papasquiaro Municipality – James the Great
* Tlahualilo de Zaragoza – Ignacio Zaragoza
* Vicente Guerrero, Durango – Vicente Guerrero
* Villa Hidalgo, Durango – Miguel Hidalgo
* Villa Ocampo, Durango – Melchor Ocampo

## Guanajuato

* Abasolo, Guanajuato – Mariano Abasolo
* Álvaro Obregón – Álvaro Obregón
* Ciudad Manuel Doblado – Manuel Doblado, liberal politician, governor (1854–1858 and 1860–1861), Minister of Foreign Affairs (1861)
* Colonia Juan José Torres Landa – Juan José Torres Landa (1911 -1980), Governor of Guanajuato
* Comonfort – Ignacio Comonfort, President of Mexico
* Cortazar, Guanajuato – Luis Cortazar y Rabago
* Doctor Mora – José María Luis Mora Lamadrid, father of the Mexican liberalism}
* Doctor Hernández Álvarez (San Felipe) - Enrique Hernández Álvarez (1892-1938), Governor of Guanajuato and Ministry of Health
* Dolores Hidalgo – Miguel Hidalgo
* Enrique Fernandez Martinez (León) - Enrique Fernandez Martinez (1896-1968), Governor of Guanajuato
* Jacinto López Moreno (León) - Jacinto López Moreno (1906-1971), founder of General Union of Workers and Peasants of Mexico
* Luis Donaldo Colosio (Celaya) - Luis Donaldo Colosio
* Ocampo, Guanajuato – Melchor Ocampo
* Purísima del Bustos – Hermenegildo Bustos, painter
* San Diego de la Unión – Didacus of Alcalá
* San Felipe, Guanajuato – King Philip II of Spain
* San Francisco del Rincón – Saint Francis
* San José Iturbide – Saint Joseph and Agustín de Iturbide, Emperor of Mexico (1822-1823)
* San Miguel de Allende – Saint Michael and Ignacio Allende
* Santa Catarina, Guanajuato – Catherine of Alexandria
* Santa Cruz de Juventino Rosas – Juventino Rosas, musician
* Santiago Maravatío – James the Great
* Villagrán, Guanajuato – Julián Villagran

## Guerrero

* Free and Sovereign State of Guerrero – Vicente Guerrero, independence leader and second President
* Acapulco de Juárez – Benito Juárez
* Alcozauca de Guerrero – Vicente Guerrero
* Atoyac de Álvarez – Juan Álvarez
* Buenavista de Cuéllar – General Rafael A. Cuellar, Governor
* Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero – Ignacio Manuel Altamirano
* Chilpancingo de los Bravo – Leonardo Bravo (1764–1812), general during the independence movement, and his sons Nicolás Bravo (1786–1854), independence leader and 11th President; and Víctor Bravo, independence leader
* Coahuayutla de José María Izazaga – es:José María Izazaga, insurgent
* Coyuca de Benítez – María Faustina Benítez, wife of Juan Álvarez
* Coyuca de Catalán – Nicolás Catalán
* Eduardo Neri – Eduardo Neri Reynoso (1887–1973)
* Florencio Villarreal – Col. Florencio Villarreal, who drafted the Plan of Ayutla
* General Canuto A. Neri – Canuto A. Neri (1840-1895), a republican general
* General Heliodoro Castillo – a Zapatist general, Heliodoro Castillo Castro (1887-1917)
* Huitzuco de los Figueroa – named after the Figueroa family, such as Rubén Figueroa Figueroa, (1908–1991), governor of Guerrero, Ignacio Figueroa (1834–1873), liberal military, and Prof. Francisco Figueroa Mata (1870–1936), teacher and governor of Guerrero
* Ixcateopan de Cuauhtémoc – Cuauhtémoc
* José Joaquín de Herrera (municipality) – José Joaquín de Herrera, President
* Juan R. Escudero (municipality) – Juan Ranulfo Escudero (1890–1923), a trade unionist leader, worker and statesman
* La Unión de Isidoro Montes de Oca – Isidoro Montes de Oca, insurgent
* Leonardo Bravo (municipality) – General Leonardo Bravo, an Independence hero
* Mártir de Cuilapán – Vicente Guerrero Saldaña
* Pedro Ascencio Alquisiras – Pedro Ascencio Alquisiras, insurgent
* San Luis Acatlán – Louis IX of France
* San Marcos Municipality, Guerrero – Mark the Evangelist
* Taxco de Alarcón – Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, writer
* Tecpan de Galeana (municipality) – Hermenegildo Galeana
* Tepecoacuilco de Trujano – Valerio Trujano
* Tixtla de Guerrero (municipality) – Vicente Guerrero
* Tlapa de Comonfort – Ignacio Comonfort
* Tlalixtaquilla de Maldonado – Caritino Maldonado Pérez, Governor
* Zihuatanejo de Azueta – es:José Azueta (1895–1914), Artillery Tactical Lieutenant during the Battle of Veracruz of 1914
* Zirándaro de los Chávez – Rodolfo Chávez Sánchez (1895–1995) and Dr. Ignacio Chávez Sánchez

## Hidalgo

* Free and Sovereign State of Hidalgo – Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, (1753–1811), leader of the Mexican independence movement
* Agua Blanca de Iturbide - Juan de Iturbide, Franciscan friar
* Cuautepec de Hinojosa – Pedro Hinojosa
* Emiliano Zapata, Hidalgo – Emiliano Zapata
* Fraccionamiento Jesús Ángeles Contreras (Pachuca) - Lic. Jesús Ángeles Contreras (1921-2006)
* Francisco I. Madero Municipality, Hidalgo – Francisco I. Madero, President
* Huasca de Ocampo, Tepeji del Río de Ocampo – Melchor Ocampo
* Huejutla de Reyes – Antonio Reyes Cabrera (1831–1866)
* Javier Rojo Gómez (Hidalgo) – Javier Rojo Gómez, Governor of Hidalgo
* Manuel Ávila Camacho (Hidalgo) – Manuel Ávila Camacho, President
* Nicolás Flores, Hidalgo – General Nicolás Flores Rubio (1873–1934)
* Omitlán de Juárez, Juárez, Hidalgo, Zapotlán de Juárez – Benito Juárez, President
* Pachuca de Soto – Manuel Fernando Soto, lawyer
* Progreso de Obregón – Álvaro Obregón, President
* San Agustín Tlaxiaca – Augustine of Hippo
* San Bartolo Tutotepec – Bartholomew the Apostle
* San Salvador, Hidalgo – Jesus
* Santiago de Anaya – James the Great and Pedro Maria Anaya, President
* Santiago Tulantepec - James the Great
* Tenango de Doria – Juan Cristodomo Doria, first governor
* Tepehuacán de Guerrero - Vicente Guerrero
* Tezontepec de Aldama – Juan Aldama
* Tula de Allende – Ignacio Allende
* Tulantepec de Lugo Guerrero – José Lugo Guerrero (1897–1980), Governor
* Zacualtipan de Ángeles – General Felipe Ángeles
* Zapotlán de Juárez – Benito Juárez

## Jalisco

* Acatlán de Juárez, Valle de Juárez – Benito Juárez
* Ahualulco de Mercado – José María Mercado
* Atemajac de Brizuela – Coronel Miguel Brizuela
* Autlán de Navarro – revolutionary Paulino Navarro
* Bolaños, Jalisco – Toribio de Bolanos, conquistator
* Casimiro Castillo – peasant leader Casimiro Castillo Vigil (1883–1925)
* Cañadas de Obregón – Álvaro Obregón
* Ciudad Guzmán – es:Gordiano Guzmán (1789-1854), insurgent
* Cuautitlán de García Barragán – General Marcelino García Barragán (1895–1979), Governor of Jalisco
* Degollado – Santos Degollado
* Emiliano Zapata, Jalisco – Emiliano Zapata
* Encarnación de Díaz – Porfirio Díaz, Mexican dictator
* Gómez Farías, Jalisco – Valentín Gómez Farías
* Juan Gil Preciado (Jalisco) – Prof. Juan Gil Preciado (1909–1999), governor of Jalisco
* Lagos de Moreno – Pedro Moreno (soldier) (1775–1817), insurgent
* Lázaro Cárdenas, Jalisco – Lázaro Cárdenas
* Puerto Vallarta – Ignacio Luis Vallarta (Governor)
* San Cristóbal de la Barranca – Saint Christopher
* San Diego de Alejandría – Saint James the Major
* San Ignacio Cerro Gordo – Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556)
* San Juan de los Lagos – John the Baptist
* San Juanito de Escobedo – John the Apostle and Antonio Escobedo, governor (1844)
* San Julián, Jalisco – Julian of Antioch (d. c. AD 308)
* San Marcos, Jalisco – Mark the Evangelist
* San Martín de Bolaños – Martin of Braga (AD 520–580)
* San Martín de Hidalgo – Miguel Hidalgo
* San Miguel el Alto - Saint Michael
* San Sebastián del Oeste – Saint Sebastian (AD 256-288)
* Santa María de los Ángeles and Santa María del Oro, Jalisco – Mary
* Talpa de Allende – Ignacio Allende
* Teocuitatlán de Corona, Villa Corona – Ramón Corona
* Tepatitlán de Morelos – José María Morelos
* Tlajomulco de Zúñiga – General Eugenio Zúñiga
* Valle de Juárez – Benito Juárez
* Villa Guerrero, Jalisco – Vicente Guerrero
* Villa Hidalgo, Jalisco – Miguel Hidalgo
* Yahualica de González Gallo – José González Gallo (Governor)
* Zapotitlán de Vadillo – Basilio Vadillo (1895–1935)
* Zapotlán del Rey – King Philip II of Spain

## Mexico (state)

* Acolman de Nezahualcóyotl – Nezahualcoyotl (1402–1472), poet
* Almoloya de Alquisiras – Pedro Ascencio Alquisiras, an Independence hero
* Almoloya de Juárez, Amecameca de Juárez, Chicoloapan de Juárez and Chiconcuac de Juárez – Benito Juárez, President
* Apaxco de Ocampo – Melchor Ocampo, politician and philosopher
* Atizapán de Zaragoza – Ignacio Zaragoza
* Atlacomulco de Fabela, Tlazala de Fabela – Isidro Fabela, writer, politician and academician
* Chapa de Mota – conquistator Jeronimo Ruiz de la Mota
* Ciudad López Mateos – Adolfo López Mateos, President
* Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl – Nezahualcóyotl
* Coacalco de Berriozábal – Felipe Berriozábal, Governor of State of Mexico
* Donato Guerra, State of Mexico – Donato Guerra, Soldier
* Ecatepec de Morelos and Morelos, State of Mexico – José María Morelos
* Jilotepec de Molina Enríquez – Andrés Molina Enríquez
* Luvianos – Cristobal Luvianos (founder)
* Melchor Ocampo, State of Mexico – Melchor Ocampo
* Otumba de Gómez Farías – Valentín Gómez Farías
* Rayón, State of Mexico – Ignacio López Rayón, an Independence hero
* San Antonio la Isla – Anthony of Padua (1195–1231)
* San Felipe del Progreso – Philip the Apostle
* San José del Rincón – Saint Joseph
* San José Villa de Allende – Saint Joseph and Ignacio Allende, an Independence hero
* San Martín de las Pirámides – Martin of Braga
* San Mateo Atenco – Matthew the Apostle
* San Simón de Guerrero – Simon the Zealot and Vicente Guerrero, president (1839)
* Santo Tomás de los Plátanos – Thomas the Apostle
* Temascalcingo de José Maria Velasco – José María Velasco Gómez, painter
* Texcoco de Mora – José María Luis Mora (1794–1850), priest and liberal idealist
* Tlalnepantla de Baz – Dr. Gustavo Baz Prada, Revolutionary and governor
* Toluca de Lerdo – Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, President
* Tultitlán de Mariano Escobedo – General Mariano Escobedo
* Valle de Bravo – Nicolás Bravo, President
* Villa Guerrero, State of Mexico – Vicente Guerrero, President
* Villa Victoria – Guadalupe Victoria, President

## Mexico City
### Álvaro Obregón

* Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City – Álvaro Obregón, who was assassinated in that area in 1928
* Abraham M. González – Abraham González, former governor of Chihuahua (1912–1913)
* Alfonso XIII – Alfonso XIII, king of Spain (1886–1931)
* Francisco Villa – Pancho Villa, leader of División del Norte (1913–1920)
* Galeana – Hermenegildo Galeana, (1762–1814), hero of the Mexican War of Independence
* Hidalgo and Miguel Hidalgo – Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753–1811), Father of the Nation
* José María Pino Suárez – José María Pino Suárez, (1869–1913), Vice President of Mexico (1911–1913)
* Margarita Masa de Juárez – Margarita Maza (1826–1871), First Lady of Mexico (1858–1864 and 1867–1871)
* Mártires de Tacubaya – The soldiers and civilians who were shot as a result of their defeat in the Battle of Tacubaya on April 11, 1859.
* Merced Gómez – Merced Gomez, Sr., bullfighter (1884–1923)
* Ponciano Arriaga – José Ponciano Arriaga Mejía (1811–1865), lawyer and radical liberal politician
* Reacomodo Valentín Gómez Farías – Valentín Gómez Farías, five-time President of Mexico (1830s, 1846–1847)

### Azcapotzalco

* U. H. Francisco Villa – Pancho Villa
* U. H. Lázaro Cárdenas – Lázaro Cárdenas, President of Mexico (1934–1940)
* U. H. Lerdo de Tejada – Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, President of Mexico (1872–1876)
* U. H. Miguel Hidalgo – Miguel Hidalgo
* U. H. Rosendo Salazar – Rosendo Salazar Álamo (1888–1971), journalist and writer, promoter of organized labor

### Benito Juárez

* Benito Juárez, Mexico City – Benito Pablo Juárez García, President of Mexico (1858–1872)
* General Pedro María Anaya – Pedro María de Anaya, general and twice-president (1847 and 1848)
* Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez – Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez ″La Corregidora″, (1768–1829), hero of the Mexican War of Independence
* Merced Gómez – Merced Gomez, Sr.
* Miguel Alemán – Miguel Alemán Valdés or his father Miguel Alemán González (1884–1929), general in the Mexican Revolution
* Niños Héroes – Niños Héroes: Juan de la Barrera, Juan Escutia, Francisco Márquez, Agustín Melgar, Fernando Montes de Oca, and Vicente Suárez, cadets who died at the Battle of Chapultepec in 1847

### Coyoacán

* Adolfo Ruiz Cortines – Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, President (1952–1958)
* Emiliano Zapata – Emiliano Zapata Salazar (1879–1919), leader of the Liberation Army of the South
* Espartaco – Spartacus (c. 111–71 BC), gladiator who led a slave rebellion against the Roman Republic (73–71 BC)
* Nueva Díaz Ordaz – Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, President (1964–1970)

### Cuajimalpa

* Cuajimalpa de Morelos – José María Teclo Morelos Pérez y Pavón (1765–1815), leader of Mexican War of Independence
* Adolfo López Mateos – Adolfo López Mateos, President (1958–1964)

### Cuauhtémoc

* Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City – Cuauhtémoc, Tlatoani of Tenochtitlan (1520–1521)
* Condesa – María Magdalena Dávalos de Bracamontes y Orozco, Countess of Miravalle (1701–1777)
* Colonia Doctores – Dr. Lavista and Dr. Río de la Loza
* Colonia Guerrero – Vicente Ramón Guerrero Saldaña, Independence leader and 2nd President (1829)
* Colonia Juárez, Mexico City – Benito Juárez
* Colonia Maza – José Maza, owner of La Vaquita Ranch
* Colonia Morelos – José María Morelos
* Colonia Paulino Navarro – Paulino Navarro, soldier in the Mexican Revolution

### Gustavo A. Madero

* Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City – Gustavo Adolfo Madero González (1875–1913), Francisco I. Madero's brother

### Miguel Hidalgo

* Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City – Miguel Hidalgo

### Venustiano Carranza

* Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City – Venustiano Carranza, leader of the Constitutional Army during the Revolution, Head of State (1914–1916) and President of Mexico (1916–1920)
* Colonia Valle Gómez – Modesto del Valle and Rafael B. Gomez, real estate developers (1890s)

## Michoacán

* Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo – Melchor Ocampo, liberal politician
* Álvaro Obregón Municipality – President Álvaro Obregón
* Arteaga, Michoacán – José María Arteaga, 19th century national hero
* Coalcomán de Vázquez Pallares – Natalio Vázquez Pallares (1913–1981), Mexican lawyer
* Cojumatlán de Régules – Nicolás de Régules, a general who fought against the French intervention in Mexico
* Carácuaro de Morelos – José María Morelos
* Ciudad Hidalgo, Michoacán – Miguel Hidalgo
* Epitacio Huerta – General Epitacio Huerta (1827–1904)
* Gabriel Zamora – Gabriel Zamora (1897–1933), Farm work and civil rights activist
* Jiménez, Michoacán – Mariano Jiménez, twice governor of Michoacán
* Juárez Municipality, Michoacán – President Benito Juárez
* Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán – President Lázaro Cárdenas
* Marcos Castellanos – Father Marcos Castellanos, an Independence hero
* Morelia – José María Morelos
* Múgica Municipality – Francisco J. Múgica (1884–1954)
* Ocampo Municipality – Melchor Ocampo
* Paracho de Verduzco – José Sixto Verduzco, an Independence hero
* Pastor Ortiz – Pastor Ortiz Avila (1902–1930)
* Quiroga, Michoacán – Vasco de Quiroga, Bishop of Michoacan
* San Juan Huetamo de Núñez – Saint John the Baptist and José Silverio Núñez (1802-1858), hero of the Reform war
* Jacona de Plancarte – Francisco Plancarte y Navarrete (1856–1920), archbishop born in Zamora, Michoacán
* Jiménez, Michoacán – Mariano Jiménez, governor of Michoacán (1885–1892)
* Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán – Lázaro Cárdenas del Río, president (1934–1940)
* Santa Ana Maya – Saint Anne
* Santa Clara del Cobre (a.k.a. Salvador Escalante) – Clare of Assisi and General Salvador Escalante Pérez Gil, Revolutionary leader
* San Lucas Municipality, Michoacán – Saint Luke
* Tiquicheo de Nicolás Romero – Nicolás Romero, liberal general during the Reform War
* Venustiano Carranza, Michoacán – José Venustiano Carranza De La Garza, president (1916–1920)
* Villa Madero – Francisco I. Madero, president (1911–1913)
* Villa Victoria – Guadalupe Victoria, first president (1824–1829)
* Villamar Municipality – Eligio Villamar, hero of the Mexican–American War.
* Vista Hermosa de Negrete – José María Martínez Negrete, landowner and benefactor
* Zamora de Hidalgo – Miguel Hidalgo

## Morelos
### State

* Morelos – José María Morelos (1765–1815), priest and independence leader

### Municipalities and municipal seats

* Ciudad Ayala – Francisco Ayala (1760–1812), independence leader
* Emiliano Zapata, Morelos (previously called San Francisco Zacualpan and San Vicente Zacualpan) – Emiliano Zapata (1879–1919), revolutionary general (Francis of Assisi (1182–1226) and Saint Vincent)
* Santo Domingo Hueyapan – Saint Dominic
* Jantetelco de Matamoros – Mariano Matamoros (1770–1814), priest and independence leader
* Jojutla de Juárez – Benito Juárez (1806–1872), president (1858–1872)
* Jonacatepec de Leondro Valle – Leandro Valle Martínez (1833–1861), general and liberal politician
* Tlaltizapán de Zapata – Emiliano Zapata
* Totolapan de Montes de Oca – Fernando de Montes de Oca (c. 1830–1847), one of the Niños Héroes
* Yautepec de Zaragoza – Ignacio Zaragoza (1829–1862), led the defense in the Battle of Puebla (1862)
* Zacatepec of Hidalgo – Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753–1811), priest and Father of the Nation

### Colonies, neighborhoods, and towns

* Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, Cuernavaca – Adolfo Ruiz Cortines (1889–1973), president (1952–1958) PRI
* Amatlán de Quetzalcóatl, Tepoztlán – Quetzalcoatl, prehispanic god
* Antonio Barona, Cuernavaca – es:Antonio Barona Rojas (1886–1915), revolutionary general
* Ángel Bocanegra, Tepoztlán – José María Bocanegra, third president (December 1829)
* Alfredo V. Bonfil, Tlaquiltenango; and Alfredo V. Bonfil, Yautepec – es:Alfredo V. Bonfil (1936–1973), politician and peasant leader
* Benito Juárez, Cuernavaca – Benito Juárez
* Diego Ruiz, Zapata – General Diego Ruiz, who was killed in a battle in 1915
* Dr. José G. Parres, Jiutepec – José G. Parres (1888–1949), politician
* Emiliano Zapata, Zacualpan – Emiliano Zapata
* Felipe Neri, Tlalnepantla – Felipe Neri (1884–1914), revolutionary general
* Gloria Almada de Bejarano, Cuernavaca – es:Gloria Bejarano Almada (b. 1952), Costa Rican politician and First Lady of Costa Rica (1990–1994)
* Guadalupe Victoria, Zacualpan – Guadalupe Victoria (1786–1843), first president (1824–1829)
* López Mateos, Cuautla and Adolfo López Mateos, Cuernavaca – Adolfo López Mateos (1909–1969), president (1958–1964) PRI
* José López Portillo, Cuernavaca – José López Portillo (1920–2004), president (1976–1982) PRI
* Juan Morales, Yecapixtla – Juan Esteban Morales, general who led the defense during the Battle of Veracruz in 1914
* Margarita Maza de Juárez, Cuernavaca – Margarita Maza (1826–1871), First Lady of Mexico (1858–1864 and 1867–1871)
* Mariano Escobedo, Zacualpan – Mariano Escobedo (1826–1902), liberal general
* Narciso Mendoza and Niño Artillero, Cuautla – es:Narciso Mendoza (1800–1888), eleven-year-old soldier during the Siege of Cuautla
* Otilio Montaño, Cuautla, and Otilio Montaño, Jiutepec – Otilio Montaño Sánchez (1887–1917), revolutionary general
* Paraíso Montessori, Cuernavaca – Maria Montessori (1870–1952), Italian educator
* Rancho Cortes – Hernán Cortés (1485–1547), Spanish conquistador and 1st Marquess of the Valley of Oaxaca
* Ricardo Flores Magón, Cuernavaca – Ricardo Flores Magón (1874–1922), anarchist and social reformer
* Rodolfo López de Nava, Cuernavaca – Rodolfo López de Nava, Governor of Morelos (1952–1958)
* Rubén Jaramillo, Temixco – Rubén Jaramillo (1900–1962), peasant leader
* San Antón Analco, Cuernavaca – Anthony of Padua (1195–1231), Franciscan priest and friar
* San Lorenzo Chamilpa, Cuernavaca – Saint Lawrence (AD 225-258)
* San Nicolás Galeana, Zacatepec – Hermenegildo Galeana (1762–1814), independence leader
* Santa María Ahuacatitlán – Mary
* Shaya Michan, Xoxocotla – Shaya Michan, naturalist doctor
* Tres Marias, Huitzilac – The Three Marys present at the Crucifixion
* Valle de Vázquez and Lorenzo Vázquez, Tlalnepantla – es:Lorenzo Vázquez Herrera (1879–1917), revolutionary general
* Vicente Estrada Cajigal, Cuernavaca – Vicente Estrada Cajigal, first modern governor (1930–1932)
* Vicente Guerrero, Cuernavaca – Vicente Guerrero (1782–1831), independence leader and second president (1829)
* Villa Nicolás Zapata, Totolapan – es:Nicolás Zapata Aguilar (1906–1979), politician PRI

### Other

* Benito Juárez, Xochitepec – Benito Juárez
* Cliserio Alanís, San Gaspar, Jiutepec – Cliserio Alanís, revolutionary general; Caspar, one of the Three Kings
* Estadio Agustín "Coruco" Díaz – Agustín "Coruco" Díaz (1935–1960), soccer player
* Estadio Isidro Gil Tapia – Isidro Gil Tapia, soccer player
* Estadio Mariano Matamoros – Mariano Matamoros
* Francisco Villa, Xochitepec – Pancho Villa (1878–1923), general, leader of División del Norte
* General Mariano Matamoros Airport – Mariano Matamoros
* Borda Garden, Cuernavaca – José de la Borda (c. 1699–1778), a miner in Taxco, New Spain
* La Hacienda de San Gabriel Las Palmas, Amacuzac – Archangel Gabriel
* La hacienda de Santa Lucía, Temoac – Saint Lucy
* Melchor Ocampo park, Cuernavaca – Melchor Ocampo (1814–1861), liberal politician
* Miguel Hidalgo, Xochitepec – Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
* Nueva Morelos, Xochitepec – José María Morelos
* San José Vista Hermosa (ex-hacienda), Jojutla – Saint Joseph
* Siqueiros park, Cuernavaca – David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896–1974), muralist
* Unidad Deportiva Fidel Velázquez, Cuernavaca – Fidel Velázquez Sánchez (1900–1997), union leader

## Nayarit

* El Nayar – Tribal chief, Nayar
* Ruiz, Nayarit – Mariano Ruiz Montañez (1846–1932), last political leader of the Porfiriato and of arms of the territory of Tepic (Nayarit)
* Salvador Allende (Nayarit) – Dr. Salvador Allende, Chilean president who visited in Mexico in 1972
* San Blas, Nayarit – Saint Blaise
* San Pedro Lagunillas – Saint Peter
* Santa María del Oro, Nayarit – Mary
* Santiago Ixcuintla – James the Great (died AD 44)
* Villa Hidalgo (Nayarit) – Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753-1811), Father of the Nation
* Villa Juárez, Nayarit – Benito Juárez, liberal president (1858-1872)

## Nuevo León

* Abasolo, Nuevo León – Mariano Abasolo
* Alfredo V. Bonfil (Paras) – Alfredo Vladimir Bonfil (1936–1973), a peasant leader
* Allende, Nuevo León – Ignacio Allende
* Aquiles Serdán (Vallecillo) – Aquiles Serdán, revolutionary
* Aramberri, Nuevo León – José Silvestre Aramberri
* Cadereyta Jiménez, Nuevo León – José Mariano Jiménez
* Bustamante, Nuevo León – Anastasio Bustamante
* Cerralvo Municipality – Rodrigo Pacheco, 3rd Marquess of Cerralvo
* Ciénega de Flores – Don Pedro Flores
* Congregación Calles – Plutarco Elías Calles
* Doctor Arroyo – Dr. José Francisco Arroyo y Anda
* Doctor Coss – José María Cos, politician
* Doctor González, Nuevo León – José Eleuterio González, Governor and founder of the UANL
* Galeana, Nuevo León – Hermenegildo Galeana (1762–1814), a hero of the Mexican War of Independence
* García, Nuevo León – Joaquín García (Governor)
* General Bravo – Nicolás Bravo (1786–1854), 11th President of Mexico and hero of the War of Independence and the Mexican–American War
* General Escobedo – Mariano Escobedo
* General Treviño – Jerónimo Treviño (1835–1914)
* General Zaragoza – Ignacio Zaragoza (1829–1862), Mexican military commander of the 19th century
* General Zuazua – Juan Zuazua Esparza, who fought in the Reform War
* Hidalgo and Sabinas Hidalgo – Miguel Hidalgo
* Iturbide, Nuevo León – Agustín de Iturbide
* Juárez, Nuevo León – Benito Juárez
* Lampazos de Naranjo, Nuevo León – Francisco Naranjo
* Los Aldamas – Brothers Juan Aldama and Ignacio Aldama, heroes of the Mexican War of Independence
* Los Herreras – Brothers Herrera, heroes of the battle of the bridge of San Bernabe during the War of Independence
* Melchor Ocampo – Melchor Ocampo, liberal thinker and diplomat
* Mier y Noriega – Fray José Servando Teresa de Mier Noriega y Guerra (1765–1827), priest who helped draft the Mexican Constitution of 1824
* Monterrey – Gaspar de Zúñiga, 5th Count of Monterrey
* Morones Prieto (Nuevo León) – Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto (1899–1974), physician and governor
* Predio Alfonso Martínez Domínguez (Nuevo Leon) - Alfonso Martínez Domínguez, governor
* Salinas Victoria – Guadalupe Victoria, first president (1824-1829)
* San Pedro Garza García – St. Peter and Genaro Garza García (1837–1904), governor
* San Nicolás de los Garza – Saint Nicholas of Myra and Pedro de la Garza, benefactor of the town
* Santa Catarina – Catherine of Alexandria
* Santiago – Saint James the Greater

## Oaxaca
### Acatlán to Rojas de Cuauhtémoc

* Acatlán de Pérez Figueroa – Luis Pérez Figueroa
* Ánimas Trujano, Oaxaca – Valerio Trujano
* Ayoquezco de Aldama – Juan Aldama
* Capulalpam de Méndez – Miguel Méndez Hernández, initiator of Mexican Liberal Party
* Chiquihuitlán de Benito Juárez – Benito Juárez
* Cuilapan de Guerrero – Vicente Guerrero, who was executed here in 1831
* Ejutla de Crespo – Manuel Sabino Crespo (executed 1815), who fought with Morelos during the War of Independence
* Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón – Ricardo Flores Magón
* Evangelista Analco – A woman named Ana who founded the town in 1660
* Guadalupe de Ramírez – Francisco M. Ramírez (1867-1955), judge
* Guevea de Humboldt – Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), Prussian naturalist and explorer who visited the town
* Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (Oaxaca) – Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
* Huajuapan de León – Antonio de León, who fought in the War of Independence
* Huautla de Jiménez – General Mariano Jiménez, first governor of the state of Oaxaca (1884) and founder of the town
* Ixtlán de Juárez – Benito Juárez, who was baptized in the church of St Thomas in Ixtlán
* Juchitán de Zaragoza – Ignacio Zaragoza
* La Compañía – Named for the Jesuits
* Mariscala de Juárez – Benito Juárez, originally called Mariscala de Iturbide in honor of Agustín de Iturbide
* Mártires de Tacubaya – Liberal soldiers and civilians who were executed after the Battle of Tacubaya (1859)
* María Lombardo de Caso (Oaxaca) – María Lombardo de Caso (1905–1964), a Mexican narrator
* Matías Romero, Oaxaca – Matías Romero, politician and diplomat
* Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz, Santa María Chilapa de Diaz – Porfirio Díaz, seven-time President (1877–1880 and 1884–1911)
* Municipality of Guelatao de Juárez – Benito Juárez, who was born there in 1806
* Nejapa de Madero – Francisco I. Madero
* Oaxaca de Juárez – Benito Juárez
* Ocotlán de Morelos – José María Morelos
* Putla Villa de Guerrero – Vicente Guerrero
* Rojas de Cuauhtémoc – Cuauhtémoc

### San Agustín to San Simón

* San Agustín Amatengo and seven other municipalities named San Agustín – Augustine of Hippo (354–430), bishop, theologian and father of the Latin Catholic Church.
* San Andrés Cabecera Nueva and 14 other municipalities named San Andrés – Andrew the Apostle
* San Antonino Castillo Velasco – Anthony of Padua and José María Castillo Velasco, who was born here in 1820 and who played important roles in the Reform War and French intervention in Mexico
* San Antonino El Alto and seven other municipalities named San Antonino – Saint Anthony of Padua
* San Baltazar Chichicapam and two other municipalities named San Baltazar – Balthazar, one of the biblical Magi (Three Wise Men)
* San Bartolo Coyotepec and two other municipalities named San Bartolo – Bartholomew the Apostle
* San Bartolomé Ayautla and four other municipalities named San Bartolomé – Bartholomew the Apostle
* San Blas Atempa – Saint Blaise
* San Carlos Yautepec – Saint Charles
* San Cristóbal Amatlán and three other municipalities named San Cristóbal – Saint Christopher
* San Dionisio del Mar and three other municipalities named San Dionisio – Pope Dionysius (AD 259–268)
* San Esteban Atatlahuca – Saint Stephen (AD 5–34), first Christian martyr
* San Felipe Jalapa de Díaz – Philip the Apostle and Porfirio Díaz, president seven times (1877–1880 and 1884–1911)
* San Felipe Tejalapam and San Felipe Usila – Philip the Apostle
* San Francisco Cahuacúa and 15 other municipalities named San Francisco – Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan Order
* San Ildefonso Amatlán, San Ildefonso Sola, and San Ildefonso Villa Alta – Saint Ildefonsus (AD 607–667), archbishop of Toledo, Spain
* San Jacinto Amilpas and San Jacinto Tlacotepec – Saint Hyacinth, a Roman martyr
* San Jerónimo Coatlán and five other municipalities named San Jerónimo – Saint Jerome (c. 345–420), priest who translated the Bible into Latin
* San Jorge Nuchita – Saint George (d. AD 303), soldier immortalized in the legend of Saint George and the Dragon
* San José Ayuquila and eight other municipalities named San José – Saint Joseph
* San Juan Achiutla and 40 other municipalities named San Juan – Saint John
* San Juan Bautista Atatlahuca and ten other municipalities named San Juan Bautista – John the Baptist
* San Lorenzo, Oaxaca and nine other municipalities named San Lorenzo – Saint Lawrence (AD 225–258), deacon of Rome
* San Lucas Camotlán, San Lucas Ojitlán, San Lucas Zoquiapam – Luke the Evangelist
* San Luis Amatlán – Saint Louis IX of France
* San Marcial Ozolotepec – es:Marcial de Limoges (d. AD 273), bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Limoges
* San Marcos Arteaga – Mark the Evangelist
* San Martín de los Cansecos and seven other municipalities named San Martín – Saint Martin of Braga (c. 520–580), archbishop of Bracara Augusta in Gallaecia
* San Mateo Cajonos and seven other municipalities named San Mateo – Matthew the Apostle
* San Melchor Betaza – Melchor, one of the Biblical Magi
* San Nicolás, Oaxaca and San Nicolás Hidalgo – Saint Nicholas and Miguel Hidalgo
* San Pablo Coatlán and eight other municipalities named San Pablo – Paul the Apostle
* San Pedro Amuzgos and 36 other municipalities named San Pedro – Saint Peter, apostle and first pope
* San Pedro y San Pablo Ayutla, San Pedro y San Pablo Teposcolula, San Pedro y San Pablo Tequixtepec – Saints Peter and Paul
* San Raymundo Jalpan – Raymond of Fitero, monk and founder of the Order of Calatrava
* San Sebastián Abasolo and seven other municipalities named San Sebastián – Saint Sebastian, early martyr
* San Simón Almolongas and San Simón Zahuatlán – Simon the Zealot

### Santa Ana to Zimatlán de Álvarez

* Santa Ana, Oaxaca and seven other municipalities named Santa Ana – Saint Anne, grandmother of Jesus
* Santa Catalina Quierí and seven other municipalities named Santa Catalina – Catherine of Alexandria, virgin and martyr
* Santa Gertrudis Municipality – Gertrude the Great (1256–1302), Benedictine nun and theologian
* Santa Inés del Monte and Santa Inés Yatzeche – Agnes of Rome (AD 291–304), virgin and martyr
* Santa Inés de Zaragoza – Ignacio Zaragoza (1829–1862), Mexican military commander of the 19th century
* Santa Lucía del Camino and three other municipalities named Santa Lucía – Saint Lucy of Syracuse (AD 283–304)
* Santa Magdalena Jicotlán – Mary Magdalene
* Santa María Alotepec and 52 other municipalities named Santa María – Mary, mother of Jesus
* Santa María Jalapa del Marqués – Hernán Cortés (1485–1547), 1st Marquess of the Valley of Oaxaca
* Santa María Chilapa de Diaz – Mary (Mother of Jesus) and Porfirio Diaz
* Santiago Amoltepec and 52 other municipalities named Santiago – James the Great, apostle and patron of Spain
* Santo Domingo Albarradas and 19 other municipalities named Santo Domingo – Saint Dominic (1170–1221), founder of the Dominican Order
* Santos Reyes Nopala and four other municipalities named Santos Reyes – the Three Kings
* Santo Tomás Jalieza and three other municipalities named Santo Tomás – Thomas the Apostle
* San Vicente Coatlán, San Vicente Lachixío, San Vicente Nuñú – Vincent of Saragossa (d. c. AD 304), deacon and martyr
* Tataltepec de Valdés – Antonio Valdés (d. 1811), soldier in the War of Independence who was born in the town
* Teococuilco de Marcos Pérez – Marcos Pérez
* Teotitlán de Flores Magón – Ricardo Flores Magón and Enrique Flores Magón
* Tepelmeme Villa de Morelos – José María Morelos
* Tlacolula de Matamoros – Mariano Matamoros (1770–1814), priest and general in the War of Independence
* Totontepec Villa de Morelos – José María Morelos
* Unión Hidalgo – Miguel Hidalgo
* Villa Díaz Ordaz – José María Díaz Ordaz, politician
* Villa de Tututepec de Melchor Ocampo – Melchor Ocampo (1814–1861), radical liberal and diplomat (McLane–Ocampo Treaty)
* Yutanduchi de Guerrero – Vicente Guerrero
* Zimatlán de Álvarez – Juan Álvarez, caudillo who fought in the War of Independence and the Pastry War, liberal president (1855)

## Puebla
### Acatlán to Rafael Lara Grajales

* Acatlán de Osorio – Joaquín Osorio
* Acatzingo de Hidalgo – Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753–1811), initiator of the Mexican War of Independence
* Albino Zertuche and Acaxtlahuacán de Albino Zertuche – Albino Zertuche
* Ayotoxco de Guerrero, Totoltepec de Guerrero, Vicente Guerrero, Puebla – Vicente Guerrero (1782–1831), leader of the Mexican War of Independence and 2nd president (1829)
* Cañada Morelos Municipality and Morelos Cañada – José María Morelos (1765–1815), leader of the Mexican War of Independence
* Carmen Serdán – Carmen Serdán, a Mexican Revolutionary heroine
* Ciudad Serdán – Aquiles Serdán leader of the Mexican Revolution
* Cuapiaxtla de Madero – Francisco I. Madero (1873–1913), initiator of the Mexican Revolution and president (1911-1913)
* Domingo Arenas – Revolutionary Domingo Arenas (1888–1916)
* Emilio Portes Gil (Puebla) – Emilio Portes Gil, President of Mexico (1928–1930)
* Francisco Z. Mena – Francisco Zacarias Mena (1841–1908), general
* General Felipe Ángeles – Felipe Ángeles (1868–1919), Revolutionary general
* Guadalupe Victoria, Puebla – Guadalupe Victoria (1786–1843), general and first president (1824–1829)
* Hermenegildo Galeana, Puebla, Tuzamapan de Galeana – Hermenegildo Galeana (1762–1814), general in the War of Independence
* Huitzilan de Serdán – Aquiles Serdán (1876–1910), Maderista Mexican politician and revolutionary from Puebla who took part in the first action of the Mexican Revolution
* Izúcar de Matamoros (municipality) – Mariano Matamoros (1770–1814), Lieutenant general who won the Battle of Izúcar in the War of Independence
* Juan C. Bonilla (municipality) – Juan Crisóstomo Bonilla
* Juan Galindo (municipality) – Juan Galindo (1840–1888), liberal coronel born in Cuacuila, Puebla, who led the Batalion of Huauchinango at the Battle of Puebla
* Juan N. Méndez (municipality), Zapotitlán de Méndez – Juan N. Méndez, liberal general, governor of Puebla (1863, 1867), Porfiriast, president (1876–1877)
* Rafael J. García – Rafael J. García (1821-1883), liberal politician
* Lafragua – José María Lafragua (1813–1875), liberal lawyer born in Puebla (city)
* La Magdalena Tlatlauquitepec – Mary Magdalene
* Nicolás Bravo (municipality), Palmar de Bravo, Xayacatlán de Bravo – Nicolás Bravo (1786–1854), general during the Mexican–American War and president (1839, 1842–1843, 1846)
* Rafael Lara Grajales – Rafael Lara Grajales, a revolutionary who was assassinated in 1933

### San Andrés to Santo Tomás

* San Andrés Calpan, San Andrés Cholula (municipality) – Andrew the Apostle
* San Buenaventura Nealticán – Giovanni di Fidanza (1221–1274), medieval Franciscan, scholastic theologian and philosopher
* San Diego la Meza Tochimiltzingo – Didacus of Alcalá (d. 1463), missionary to the Canary Islands
* San Felipe Teotlalcingo, San Felipe Tepatlán – Philip the Apostle
* San Francisco Mixtla – Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan Order
* San Gregorio Atzompa – Pope Gregory I
* San Jerónimo Tecuanipan, San Jerónimo Xayacatlán – Saint Jerome, translator of the Bible into Latin
* San José Acateno – Saint Joseph
* San Juan Epatlán and four other municipalities named San Juan – Saint John
* San Martín Atexcal, San Martín Texmelucan, San Martín Totoltepec – Martin of Braga
* San Matías Tlalancaleca – Saint Matthias (died c. AD 80)
* San Nicolás Buenos Aires – Saint Nicholas
* San Pablo Anicano – Paul the Apostle
* San Pedro Cholula, San Pedro Yeloixtlahuaca – Saint Peter
* San Salvador el Seco, San Salvador Huixcolotla, San Salvador Huixcolotla – Jesus
* San Sebastián Tlacotepec, San Sebastián Zinacatepec – Saint Sebastian (c. AD 256–288), Christian saint and martyr
* San Vicente Coyotepec – Vincent of Saragossa
* Santa Catarina Tlaltempan – Catherine of Siena (1347–1380), a lay member of the Dominican Order
* Santa Clara Huitziltepec, Santa Clara Ocoyucan – Clare of Assisi (1194–1253), founder of the Poor Clares
* Santa Inés Ahuatempan – Agnes of Rome
* Santa Isabel Cholula – Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist
* Santa María Cohetzala, Santa María Coronango, Santa María Coyomeapan – Mary, mother of Jesus
* Santa Rita Tlahuapan – Rita of Cascia (1381–1457) Augustinian nun
* Santiago Atzitzihuacán, Santiago Miahuatlán – James the Great
* Santo Domingo Huehuetlán – Saint Dominic, founder of the Dominican Order
* Santo Tomás Hueyotlipan (municipality) – Thomas the Apostle

### Tepango de Rodriguez to Xochitlan

* Tepango de Rodriguez Municipality – Abelardo L. Rodríguez, president (1932–1934)
* Tepeyahualco de Cuauhtemoc – Cuauhtémoc, last Aztec ruler (tlatoani) of Tenochtitlan (1520–1521)
* Tetela de Ocampo (municipality) – Melchor Ocampo (1814–1861), liberal politician and diplomat
* Teteles de Avila Castillo – Manuel Avila Castillo (1860-1908), father of President Manuel Ávila Camacho (1940-1946)
* Tlacotepec de Benito Juárez, Los Reyes de Juárez, Mazapiltepec de Juárez, Xicotepec de Juárez –Benito Juárez, Liberal Party president (1858–1872)
* Venustiano Carranza Municipality, Puebla – Venustiano Carranza, president who was assassinated in Tlaxcalatongo, Puebla in 1920
* Villa Ávila Camacho– Rafael Ávila Camacho (1904–1975), Governor of Puebla
* Villa Lázaro Cárdenas – Lázaro Cárdenas, military and statesman
* Xochitlán de Vicente Suárez – Vicente Suárez (born in Puebla, Puebla, 1833), hero of Battle of Chapultepec (1847)

## Querétaro

* Amealco de Bonfil – Alfredo Vladimir Bonfil (1936–1973), a peasant leader
* Cadereyta de Montes – Lope Díez de Armendáriz, 1st Marquess of Cadreita and Ezequiel Montes, lawyer and politician
* Colón, Querétaro – Christopher Columbus
* Corregidora Municipality – Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez
* Ezequiel Montes, Querétaro – es:Ezequiel Montes Ledesma (1820–1883), politician and diplomat
* Jalpan de Serra – Fray Junípero Serra
* Landa de Matamoros – Mariano Matamoros
* Pedro Escobedo – Dr. Pedro Escobedo (1798–1844)
* San Joaquín Municipality, Querétaro – Joachim, grandfather of Jesus
* Santiago de Querétaro – James the Great
* San Juan del Río Municipality, Querétaro – Saint John

## Quintana Roo

* Benito Juárez, Quintana Roo – Benito Juárez
* Carlos A. Madrazo – Carlos A. Madrazo (1915–1969), Governor of Tabasco (1959–1964)
* Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo – Felipe Carrillo Puerto, socialist leader
* Javier Rojo Gómez – Javier Rojo Gómez (1896–1970), lawyer and politician
* José María Morelos, Quintana Roo, Puerto Morelos – José María Morelos, leader of the Mexican War of Independence
* Lázaro Cárdenas, Quintana Roo – Lázaro Cárdenas, president (1934–1940)
* Othón P. Blanco, Quintana Roo – Othón P. Blanco Núñez de Cáceres (1868–1959), founder of Chetumal

## San Luis Potosí

* Adolfo López Mateos – Adolfo López Mateos, President of Mexico (1958-1964)
* Ahualulco de Sonido 13 – Julián Carrillo (1875–1965), composer
* Armadillo de los Infante – Named for the Infante family, who owned the first printing business in the state
* Axtla de Terrazas – Alfredo M. Terrazas, revolutionary
* Cárdenas, San Luis Potosi – Luis de Cardenas (founder)
* Cerro de San Pedro – Saint Peter
* Ciudad Fernández – Zenón Fernández (1792–1833), general who supported a federal government
* Ildefonso Turrubiartes (San Luis Potosi) – General Ildefonso Turrubiartes (1890–1963)
* Mexquitic de Carmona – General Damian Carmona
* Moctezuma, San Luis Potosí – General José Esteban Moctezuma
* Rayón, San Luis Potosí – Ignacio López Rayón (1773–1832), leader during the War of Independence
* Real de Catorce – Named to honor 14 Spanish soldiers killed during the Chichimeca War (1550–90)
* Salinas de Hidalgo, Villa de Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí – Miguel Hidalgo
* San Ciro de Acosta – Saint Cyrus (d. c. AD 307), martyr and revolutionary Miguel Acosta (1891–1947)
* San Luis Potosí City – King Louis IX of France
* San Martín Chalchicuautla – Martin of Braga (AD 520–580)
* San Nicolás Tolentino – Saint Nicholas of Myra (c. AD 270–343), bishop
* San Vicente Tancuayalab – Vincent Ferrer (1350–1419), Valencian Dominican missionary and logician
* Santa Catarina, San Luis Potosí – Catherine of Siena (1347–1380), mystic, lay member of the Dominican Order
* Santa María del Río, San Luis Potosí, Villa de Guadalupe, San Luis Potosí – Mary, mother of Jesus
* Santo Domingo, San Luis Potosí – Saint Dominic (1170–1221), founder of the Dominican Order
* Soledad de Graciano Sánchez – Prof. Graciano Sánchez Romo (1888–1957), a Mexican peasant and politician and founder of Peasant National Confederation
* Tancanhuitz de Santos – es:Pedro Antonio de los Santos Rivera (1887–1913), supporter of the Anti-Re-election Movement (1908–1909)
* Tanquián de Escobedo – Mariano Escobedo, governor
* Villa de Arista – Mariano Arista, republican and liberal president (1851–1853)
* Villa de Arriaga – Ponciano Arriaga (1811–1865), lawyer and radical liberal politician from San Luis Potosí
* Villa de Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí – Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753–1811), Father of the Nation
* Villa Juárez, San Luis Potosí – Benito Juárez, liberal president (1858-1872)
* Zaragoza, San Luis Potosí – Ignacio Zaragoza, general at the Battle of Puebla (1862)

## Sinaloa

* Adolfo Ruiz Cortines (Sinaloa) – President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
* Alfonso G. Calderón (Sinaloa) – Alfonso Calderón Velarde (1913–1990), Governor of Sinaloa
* Escuinapa de Hidalgo – Miguel Hidalgo
* Gabriel Leyva Solano, (Sinaloa) – Gabriel Leyva Solano (1871–1910), promartyr
* Juan José Ríos, Sinaloa – General Juan José Ríos (1882–1954), revolutionary
* Miguel Alemán (Sinaloa) – Miguel Alemán Valdés
* Salvador Alvarado – Salvador Alvarado, revolutionary
* San Ignacio Municipality, Sinaloa – Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556), founder of the Society of Jesus
* Sinaloa de Leyva – Gabriel Leyva Solano

## Sonora

* Adolfo Oribe de Alva – Ing. Adolfo Orive Alba (1907–2000), Mexican engineer
* Alejandro Carrillo Marcor (Sonora) – Alejandro Carrillo Marcor (1908–1998), Governor of Sonora
* Benjamín Hill, Sonora – Benjamín G. Hill (1874–1920), military leader during the Mexican Revolution
* Cajeme Municipality – Cajemé (1835–1887), Yaqui indian rebel
* Campodónico (Sonora) – Rodolfo Campodónico, compositor
* Carbó – José Guillermo Carbó, military commander
* Ciudad Obregón – Álvaro Obregón, president (1920–1924)
* Emiliano Zapata (Sonora) – Emiliano Zapata (1879–1919), military leader during the Mexican Revolution
* Hermosillo – José María González Hermosillo
* Magdalena de Kino – Father Eusebio Kino (1645–1711), Jesuit, missionary and explorer
* Miguel Alemán (Sonora) – Miguel Alemán Valdés, president (1946–1952)
* Moctezuma, Sonora – Moctezuma Xocoyotzin (1466–1520), ninth tlatoani (ruler) of the Aztec Empire (1502 or 1503–1520)
* Nacozari de García – Jesús García (1881–1907), railroad brakeman who died while preventing a train loaded with dynamite from exploding near Nacozari
* Plutarco Elías Calles, Sonora – Plutarco Elías Calles, president (1924–1928)
* Rayón, Sonora – Ignacio López Rayón (1773–1832), general during the Mexican War of Independence
* San Felipe de Jesús Municipality – Philip of Jesus (1572–1597), priest and martyr, first Mexican saint
* San Ignacio Río Muerto Municipality – Ignatius of Loyola, co-founder of the Society of Jesus
* San Javier Municipality, Sonora – Francis Xavier (1506–1552), co-founder of the Society of Jesus
* San Luis Río Colorado Municipality – Louis IX of France
* San Pedro de la Cueva Municipality – Saint Peter
* Santa Ana Municipality, Sonora – Saint Anne, grandmother of Jesus
* Villa Hidalgo, Sonora – Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753–1811), Father of the Nation
* Villa Juárez, Sonora – Benito Pablo Juárez García (1806-1872), liberal president during the Reform War and Second French intervention in Mexico
* Villa Pesqueira – Ignacio Pesqueira Garcia

## Tabasco

* Benito Juárez (Macuspana) – Benito Juárez, president (1858–1872)
* Cárdenas, Tabasco – José Eduardo de Cárdenas (1765–1821) priest, theologian, and politician
* Carlos A. Madrazo (Tabasco) – Carlos A. Madrazo (1915–1969), governor (1959–1964)
* Carlos Pellicer Cámara (Tabasco) - Carlos Pellicer Cámara, poet
* Carlos Rovirosa (Tulipán) – Carlos Rovirosa (1901–1930), an aviator pilot
* Ejido Gustavo Diaz Ordaz (Tabasco) – Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, president
* Emiliano Zapata Municipality, Tabasco – Emiliano Zapata, revolutionary general
* Francisco J. Santamaria (Jalapa) – Francisco Javier Santamaria (1886–1963), governor
* Jalpa de Méndez – Coronel Gregorio Mendez Magana, who fought against the Second French intervention in Mexico
* Luis Gil Pérez (Tabasco) – Professor Luis Gil Pérez (1871–1911)
* Sánchez Magallanes – Coronel Andrés Sánchez Magallanes, a leader in the French Intervention in Mexico
* Tenosique de Pino Suárez – José María Pino Suárez, Vice President of Mexico under Francisco I. Madero (1911–1913)
* Venustiano Carranza (Tabasco) – Venustiano Carranza, president (1916–1920)

## Tamaulipas

* Abasolo, Tamaulipas – Mariano Abasolo
* Aldama, Tamaulipas – Juan Aldama, leader of the Mexican War of Independence
* Antiguo Morelos Municipality, Nuevo Morelos, Tamaulipas – José María Morelos, leader of the Mexican War of Independence
* Bustamante Municipality – Anastasio Bustamante
* Ciudad Madero – Francisco I. Madero, initiator of the Mexican Revolution and president (1911–1913)
* Ciudad Mier – Servando Teresa de Mier (1765–1827), priest and politician during the Mexican War of Independence
* Ciudad Miguel Alemán – Miguel Alemán Valdés, president
* Ciudad Victoria – Guadalupe Victoria, first president
* Gómez Farías Municipality, Tamaulipas – Valentín Gómez Farías, president
* Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Tamaulipas – Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, president (1964–1970)
* Hidalgo, Tamaulipas – Miguel Hidalgo y Castillo, initiator of the Mexican War of Independence
* Jiménez, Tamaulipas – Colonel Juan Nepomuceno Jiménez (b. 1787), leader of the Mexican War of Independence
* Mainero, Tamaulipas – General Guadalupe Mainero Juárez (1856–1901), governor
* Marte R. Gómez (Tamaulipas) – Ing. Marte R. Gómez (1896–1973), governor
* Matamoros, Tamaulipas – Mariano Matamoros, leader of the Mexican War of Independence
* Nueva Ciudad Guerrero – Vicente Guerrero, leader of the Mexican War of Independence
* Ocampo, Tamaulipas – Melchor Ocampo, liberal politician and diplomat
* San Carlos Municipality, Tamaulipas – Charles of Sezze (1613–1670), friar of the Franciscan Order
* San Fernando, Tamaulipas – Ferdinand III of Castile
* San Nicolás Municipality, Tamaulipas – Saint Nicholas, bishop
* Úrsulo Galván (Tamaulipas) – Úrsulo Galván Reyes (1893–1930)
* Xicoténcatl, Tamaulipas – Xicotencatl II (d. 1522), Tlacochcalcatl (prince) and warlord of Tizatlan, Tlaxcala

## Tlaxcala

* Acuamanala de Miguel Hidalgo – Miguel Hidalgo y Castillo, priest and initiator of the Mexican War of Independence
* Amaxac de Guerrero – Vicente Guerrero, general and leader of the Mexican War of Independence and 2nd president
* Benito Juárez Municipality, Tlaxcala – Benito Juárez, liberal president (1858–1872)
* Emiliano Zapata Municipality, Tlaxcala – Emiliano Zapata (d. 1919), general and leader of the Mexican Revolution
* Ixtacuixtla de Mariano Matamoros – Mariano Matamoros, priest and general of the Mexican War of Independence
* Lázaro Cárdenas Municipality, Tlaxcala, Sanctorum de Lázaro Cárdenas – Lázaro Cárdenas, president (1934–1940)
* La Magdalena Tlaltelulco – Mary Magdalen
* Mazatecochco de José María Morelos – José María Morelos, priest and general of the Mexican War of Independence
* Muñoz de Domingo Arenas – Domingo Arenas (1888–1918), revolutionary from the state of Tlaxcala
* Nanacamilpa de Mariano Arista – Mariano Arista (1802–1855), soldier and president (1851–1853)
* Papalotla de Xicohténcatl, Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl – Xicotencatl I (1425–1522), tlatoani (king) of Tizatlan, confederacy of Tlaxcala
* San Damián Texoloc – Saint Damian (died c. AD 287) Arab physician Christian martyr
* San Francisco Tetlanohcan – Francis of Assisi
* San Jerónimo Zacualpan – Saint Jerome, translator of the Bible
* San Juan Huactzinco, San Juan Totolac – John the Apostle
* San Lorenzo Axocomanitla – Saint Lawrence
* San Lucas Tecopilco – Luke the Evangelist
* San Pablo del Monte – Paul the Apostle
* Santa Ana Chiautempan, Santa Ana Nopalucan – Saint Anne, grandmother of Jesus
* Santa Apolonia Teacalco – Saint Apollonia (d. AD 249)
* Santa Catarina Ayometla – Catherine of Siena, member of the Dominican Order
* Santa Isabel Xiloxoxtla – Saint Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist
* Tepetitla de Lardizabal – Miguel de Lardizabal, statesman
* Zitlaltepec de Trinidad Sánchez Santos – Trinidad Sánchez Santos, politician

## Veracruz
### Alto Lucero to Mixtla

* Alto Lucero de Gutiérrez Barrios – Fernando Gutiérrez Barrios (governor)
* Alvarado, Veracruz – Pedro de Alvarado
* Ángel R. Cabada – Ángel Rosario Cabada, agrarian leader
* Benito Juárez, Veracruz – Benito Juárez
* Camarón de Tejeda, Chicontepec de Tejeda – Adalberto Tejeda Olivares, Politician
* Camerino Z. Mendoza (municipality) – es:Camerino Z. Mendoza (1879–1913), general during the Mexican Revolution
* Carlos A. Carrillo, Veracruz – Carlos A. Carrillo (1855–1893), educator from Córdoba, Veracruz
* Carrillo Puerto (municipality) – Felipe Carrillo Puerto
* Cazones de Herrera – Gral. Vicente Herrera Hernandez (1874–1947)
* Chicontepec de Tejeda – Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, liberal president (1872–1876)
* Chinampa de Gorostiza – Manuel Eduardo de Gorostiza
* Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Veracruz – Cuauhtémoc (c. 1502–1525), last tlatoani (emperor or leader) of the Aztecs
* Cosautlán de Carvajal – Ángel Carvajal Bernal (Governor)
* Coscomatepec de Bravo – Nicolás Bravo, general and three-time president
* Emiliano Zapata Municipality, Veracruz – Emiliano Zapata
* Filomeno Mata – Filomeno Mata Rodríguez (1845–1911), educator
* Gutiérrez Zamora – Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora
* Hueyapan de Ocampo – Melchor Ocampo, liberal intellectual and diplomat
* Huiloapan de Cuauhtémoc – Cuauhtémoc, last emperor of the Aztecs
* Ignacio de la Llave (Municipality) – Ignacio de la Llave (governor)
* Ixhuatlán de Madero – Francisco I. Madero
* Jáltipan de Morelos – José María Morelos y Pavón (d. 1813), priest and general during the War of Independence
* Jesús Carranza, Veracruz – Jesús Carranza, father of Venustiano Carranza
* José Azueta, Veracruz – es:José Azueta, naval cadet who fought at the Battle of Veracruz in 1914
* José Cardel, Veracruz – José Cardel, founder of a sugar-cane mill in 1923
* Juan de la Luz Enriquez, Veracruz – 19th century governor Juan de la Luz Enríquez
* Juan Rodríguez Clara – Juan Rodríguez Clara
* Juchique de Ferrer – Jaume Ferrer, Majorcan sailor who explored the West African coast
* Landero y Coss – Francisco Landero y Coss (1828–1900), governor of Veracruz
* Lerdo de Tejada – Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada
* Magdalena Municipality, Veracruz – Mary Magdalene
* Manlio Fabio Altamirano, Veracruz – es:Manlio Fabio Altamirano Flores (1892–1936), radical politician born in Xalapa
* Marco Antonio Muñoz, Veracruz – Lic. Marco Antonio Muñoz Turnbull (1914–2001), governor of Veracruz
* Mariano Escobedo, Veracruz – Mariano Escobedo
* Minatitlán, Veracruz – Martín Javier Mina y Larrea
* Mixtla de Altamirano – Ignacio Manuel Altamirano

### Naolinco to Zontecomatlán

* Naolinco de Victoria – Guadalupe Victoria, first president
* Ozuluama de Mascareñas (municipality) – Colonel Francisco Esteban Mascareñas, who was born here and fought on the Liberal side in the Reform War
* Papantla de Serafin Olarte – Serafin Olarte, guerrilla leader during the War for Independence
* Platón Sánchez – Rafael Platón Sánchez (1831–1867), a native of the area who fought in the Battle of Puebla
* Poza Rica de Hidalgo – Miguel Hidalgo de Castillo, initiator of the War of Independence
* Progreso de Zaragoza – Ignacio Zaragoza (1829–1862), military commander at the Battle of Puebla
* Rafael Delgado, Veracruz – Rafael Delgado (author)
* Rafael Lucio – Rafael Lucio, doctor from Xalapa
* San Andrés Tenejapan, San Andrés Tuxtla – Andrew the Apostle
* San Juan Evangelista – John the Evangelist
* Sayula de Alemán – Miguel Alemán Valdés (1900–1983), president (1946–1952), born in Sayula
* Soledad de Doblado – Manuel Doblado, Minister of Foreign Affairs who signed a preliminary peace agreement in Soledad with representatives of England, Spain and France on February 19, 1862
* Tatahuicapan de Juárez – Benito Juarez
* Tempoal de Sánchez, Veracruz – Rafael Platón Sánchez (1831–1867), a native of the area who chaired the court martial that sentenced Emperor Maximilian to death by firing squad
* Tlacotepec de Mejía – José Antonio Mexía (1800-1839), general born in Xalapa who fought at the Anahuac Disturbances in Texas and against Santa Ana in the Battle of Tampico in 1835
* Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano – Enrique Rodríguez Cano (b. 1912 - d. 1955), native of Tuxpan who was the secretary to President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
* Úrsulo Galván – es:Úrsulo Galván Reyes (1893–1930), agrarian leader and member of the Mexican Communist Party born in Tlacotepec de Mejía
* Xalapa-Enríquez – Juan de la Luz Enríquez, governor (1884–1892)
* Vega de Alatorre – es:Ignacio R. Alatorre, general during the Reform War
* Villa Aldama – Juan Aldama (1774–1811), captain during the War of Independence and participant in the Cry of Dolores in 1810
* Zaragoza, Veracruz – Ignacio Zaragoza (1829–1862), military commander at the Battle of Puebla
* Zontecomatlán de López y Fuentes – Gregorio López y Fuentes (b. 1897 in La Huasteca), writer and chronicler of the Mexican Revolution

## Yucatán

* Lázaro Cárdenas – Lázaro Cárdenas, president (1934–1940)
* Motul de Carrillo Puerto – Felipe Carrillo Puerto, governor (1922–1924)
* Quintana Roo Municipality – Andrés Quintana Roo (1787–1851), writer, leader of the Mexican War of Independence, liberal politician
* San Felipe Municipality, Yucatán – Philip the Apostle
* Santa Elena Municipality – Helena, mother of Constantine I (AD c. 247 – c. 330)
* Suma de Hidalgo – Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (d. 1811), initiator of the War of Independence
* Tekax de Álvaro Obregón – Álvaro Obregón (1880–1928), president (1920–1924) and President-elect when he was assassinated in 1928

## Zacatecas

* Anacleto López – General Anacleto López (1894–1970), chief of military operations in Tepetongo
* Calera de Víctor Rosales – Víctor Rosales (1776–1817), one of the thirteen founding fathers of Mexico
* Cuauhtémoc Municipality, Zacatecas – Cuauhtémoc (d. 1521), last emperor of Tenochtitlan
* El Plateado de Joaquín Amaro – Joaquín Amaro, revolutionary
* El Salvador – Jesus
* Florencia de Benito Juárez – Benito Juárez, president
* Genaro Codina – Genaro Codina, composer of the state anthem, "Marcha de Zacatecas"
* General Enrique Estrada – Enrique Estrada (1890–1942) was a general, politician, and Secretary of National Defense.
* General Francisco R. Murguía – Francisco R. Murguía (1873–1922), governor of Zacatecas
* General Juan José Ríos – Juan José Ríos (1882–1954), revolutionary
* General Pánfilo Natera – Pánfilo Natera (1882–1951), revolutionary
* Guadalupe Municipality, Zacatecas – Virgin Mary
* Jerez de García Salinas – Francisco García Salinas, governor born in Jerez (1829–1834)
* Juan Aldama, Zacatecas – Juan Aldama, a leader of the War of Independence
* Lázaro Cárdenas (Zacatecas) – Lázaro Cárdenas, president (1934–1940)
* Luis Moya, Zacatecas – es:Luis Moya Regis (1855–1911), revolutionary
* Miguel Alemán, Zacatecas – Miguel Alemán Valdés, president
* Miguel Auza Municipality – General Miguel Auza Arrenechea (1822–1892), who was born in Sombrerete and fought in the Reform War and at the 1863 Siege of Puebla
* Manuel Ávila Camacho – Manuel Ávila Camacho, president
* Matías Ramos – Matías Ramos Santos (1891–1962), Secretary of National Defense under Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
* Melchor Ocampo – Melchor Ocampo, liberal politician
* Morelos – Jose Maria Morelos y Pavon (d. 1813), a leader of the War of Independence
* Moyahua de Estrada – Enrique Estrada, revolutionary
* Presa Leobardo Reynoso – Leobardo Reynoso Gutierrez (1902–1993), Governor of Zacatecas
* San Cayatano – Saint Cajetan (1480–1547)
* San Pedro Piedra Gorda – Saint Peter
* Santa María de la Paz – Mary, mother of Jesus
* Teúl de González Ortega Municipality and Villa González Ortega – Jesús González Ortega (1822–1881), general who defended Puebla during the 1863 siege, governor of Zacatecas
* Trinidad García de la Cadena – José Trinidad García de la Cadena Varela (1823–1886), liberal general from Zacatecas who supported the Plan de la Noria in 1871
* Villa de Cos – Doctor José María Cos, born in Zacatecas in 1770
* Villa García, Zacatecas – Francisco García Salinas, governor
* Villa Hidalgo, Zacatecas – Miguel Hidalgo (d.1811)