page_title: French Mexicans
section_title: Notable French-Mexicans
hierarchical_section_title: French Mexicans / Notable French-Mexicans
caption_attribution_description: Español: manequins with 19th century dress at the San Rafael Museum in San Rafael, Veracruz
context_page_description: French Mexicans are Mexican citizens of full or partial French ancestry. French nationals make up the second largest European immigrant group in Mexico, after Spaniards.
context_section_description: Luis G. Abbadie, writer
  León Aillaud, governor of Veracruz
  Miirrha Alhambra, French-born Mexican pianist
  Pita Amor, poet, of French descent
  Ramón Arnaud, Mexican Army and the last Mexican governor of Clipperton Island; of French descent
  Lucero, Mexican singer and actress, of French descent
  Aracely Arámbula, Mexican actress, model, and singer; of French and Basque descent
  Alberto Baillères, third-richest man in Mexico
  Angelique Boyer, Mexican, French-born telenovela actress
  Linda Christian, movie actress, of French descent
  Manuel Clouthier, businessman and politician
  Tatiana Clouthier, politician, writer, and entrepreneur
  Ignacio Comonfort, 25th president of Mexico
  Carlos Loret de Mola, Mexican journalist of French descent
  Edgar de Evia, Mexican-born American photographer
  Grey DeLisle, American-born actress of mixed French-Mexican descent
  Eugenio Derbez, actor, comedian, and film director; of French descent on his great grandmother's side (Gilly)
  Consuelo Duval, Mexican actress of French descent
  Yolanda Vargas Dulché, writer, mother of French origin
  Roberto Heinze Flamand, sprint canoeist, of French descent
  Vicente Fox, 55th president of Mexico, of French descent on his grand-grandmother
  Eugène Goupil, French-born Mexican philanthropist and collector
  Francisco Romano Guillemin, artist, of French descent
  Ralph Heinze,  sprint canoeist, of French descent
  Claude Heller, ambassador, of German and French descent
  Saturnino Herrán, painter
  Lourdes Grobet, photographer
  José de la Borda, French-born Mexican philanthropist
  Gustavo Huet, Mexican-born American athlete, of French descent
  Emilio Azcárraga Jean, businessman, of French descent
  Frédéric-Yves Jeannet, French-born Mexican writer and professor
  Elizabeth Katz, actress and former model, of French descent
  Michelito Lagravere, child bullfighter, to French father
  Alberto Ruz Lhuillier, French-born Mexican archaeologist
  Ángel Navarro, French-born leading Spanish settler in New Spain
  Montserrat Olivier, actress, television presenter, and former fashion model
  Roberto Palazuelos, actor, mother of French origin
  Elena Poniatowska, French-born Mexican journalist and author; French and Mexican noble descent
  Antonio Enríquez Savignac, politician
  Laurette Séjourné, Italian-born Mexican archaeologist and ethnologist, of French descent
  Eugenio Toussaint, composer, arranger, and jazz musician
  Eduardo Troconis, race-car driver
  Adrián Woll, 19th-century Mexican general, born and died in France
  José Youshimatz, Mexican-born American, retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer; of French descent
caption: Clothing worn by 19th century French migrants
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