| A | B |
|---|
| Hernando Cortes | Conquest of the Aztec Empire |
| Jose Maria _Morelos_ | Roman Catholic Priest and Leader in the Mexican War of Independence |
| Vincente Guerrero | Second President of Mexico, Leading General in the Mexican War of Independence |
| Agustin de Iturbide | Emporer of Mexico 1822-1823, General in Mexican War of Independence |
| Guadalupe _Victoria_ (formerly Jose Fernandez) | First President of Mexico, 1824-1829 |
| Antonio Lopez de _Santa Anna_ | Political leader and General, fought at the Battle of the Alamo |
| Benito Pablo _Juarez_ Garcia | President 5 times between 1858 and 1872. First Mexican leader without a military background |
| _Maximilian I_ (Ferdinand Maximilian, or Maximilian von Habsburg) | Austrian leader of Mexico, put in power by Napoleon III during the 1860s |
| Porfirio Diaz | President and "Strong Man" 1876 - 1911 |
| Francisco I. Madero | Led revolution against Porfiro Diaz. Became President 1911 |
| Pancho Villa | Mexican Revolutionary general of the North. Launched attacks on America |
| Emiliano Zapata | Mexican Revolutionary General of the Southern Army |
| Venustiano _Carranza_ Garza | President 1914-1920. Drafted the current constitution of Mexico |
| Victoriano _Huerta_ Ortega | President/Dictator 1913-1914. Oversaw invasion of Mexico by Wilson |
| Plutarco Elias _Calles_ | Founder of the National Mexican Party, ending the civil war in Mexico in 1929 |
| Vincente Fox | President. 2000-2006. Head of the "Alliance for Change" coalition |
| Lazaro Cardenas | President in 1935. Ended Military influence in politics |
| Felipe _Calderon_ Hinojosa | Current President of Mexico |
| Carlos _Salinas_ de Gortari | President. 1988-1994. Negotiated NAFTA |
| Ernesto Zedillo | President. 1994-2000. Face a potential economic breakdown |
