Famous Persons from Peto, Yucatán, Mexico
- Sivenathi Mabuya - Born on April 26, 1993 - Television presenter, Model, and Actor
- Ryan Smith - Born on August 19, 1991 - Canadian football player
- Nathan Bauman - Born on June 22, 1987 - Drummer
- Lunathi Mampofu - Born on March 7, 1987 - Fashion designer, Singer, and Actor
- Megan Boone - Born on April 29, 1983 - Film actor, Television actor, Environmentalist, Stage actor, and Actor
- Jim Slater - Born on December 9, 1982 - Ice hockey player
- Mitch Maier - Born on June 30, 1982 - Baseball player
- Redaric Williams - Born on June 8, 1981 - Television actor, and Model
- David Richman - Born on May 1, 1978 - Basketball coach
- Jeff Irwin - Born on June 19, 1977 - Politician
- Laurence Schache - Born on October 17, 1967 - Australian rules football player (died: October 5, 2002)
- Alfredo Rodríguez y Pacheco - Born on August 11, 1959 - Politician (died: October 5, 2002)
- David Malpass - Born on March 8, 1956 - Economist (died: October 5, 2002)
- Martinus Smit - Born on February 27, 1956 - Cricketer (died: October 5, 2002)
- Cindy Schreiber-Beck - Born on December 13, 1954 - Politician (died: October 5, 2002)
- Sam Anderson - Born on April 2, 1947 - Film actor, Television actor, and Actor (died: October 5, 2002)
- Judith Barker - Born on March 19, 1947 - Researcher (died: March 28, 2023)
- Herb Orvis - Born on October 17, 1946 - American football player (died: August 14, 2020)
- Roger Neich - Born on February 28, 1944 - Anthropologist, Ethnologist, Curator, and Professor - Fellow of Auckland War Memorial Museum (died: September 27, 2010)
- Neville Jordan - Born on May 15, 1943 - Academic, and Electrical engineer - Companion of the Royal Society of New Zealand | Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit | Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (died: September 27, 2010)
- Përparim Hysi - Born on January 21, 1943 - Writer (died: September 27, 2010)
- Clark Williams - Born on July 12, 1942 - Politician (died: November 16, 2020)
- Mickey Walker - Born on October 14, 1939 - American football player (died: July 19, 2014)
- Jon Trimmer - Born on September 18, 1939 - Ballet dancer - Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit | Member of the Order of the British Empire (died: October 26, 2023)
- János Iváncsics - Born on November 11, 1938 - University teacher - honorary doctorate of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (died: July 8, 2002)
- Rosa Elena Baduy Isaac - Born on March 20, 1938 - Politician (died: July 8, 2002)
- Kel Glare - Born on January 6, 1938 - Barrister, and Police officer - Officer of the Order of Australia (died: July 8, 2002)
- Béla Rózsa - Born on August 16, 1936 - Critic, Journalist, and Librarian (died: August 27, 1985)
- Jerry Armstrong - Born on June 26, 1936 - Boxer (died: May 7, 2023)
- Nándor Ikvai - Born on March 17, 1935 - Ethnographer, and Museologist (died: January 29, 1988)
- Ellis Samols - Born on February 11, 1935 - Physician (died: May 16, 2006)
- Jean Coulston - Born on October 8, 1934 - Cricketer (died: January 30, 2001)
- Steve Myhra - Born on April 2, 1934 - American football player (died: August 4, 1994)
- Bob Blair - Born on June 23, 1932 - Cricketer (died: August 4, 1994)
- Jerome G. Miller - Born on December 8, 1931 - Criminologist, and Social worker (died: August 7, 2015)
- Jim Blair - Born on May 21, 1931 - Sports executive, Cricketer, and Athletics competitor - Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (died: August 7, 2015)
- Magdalena Swanepoel - Born on November 7, 1930 - Athletics competitor (died: June 2, 2007)
- Ian Brennan - Born on July 17, 1930 - Cricketer (died: June 2, 2007)
- Alexia Pickering - Born on May 20, 1930 - Disability rights activist (died: April 27, 2017)
- Graham Perkin - Born on December 16, 1929 - Newspaper editor, and Journalist (died: October 16, 1975)
- Jack Chivers - Born on December 25, 1928 - Volunteer - Queen's Service Medal | Member of the Order of Saint John (died: May 26, 2020)
- Dick Rifenburg - Born on August 21, 1926 - American football player (died: December 5, 1994)
- George Gniel - Born on April 6, 1919 - Australian rules football player - John Nicholls Medal (died: September 12, 1989)
- Eddie Robertson - Born on January 21, 1919 - Scientist - Shirtcliffe Fellowship | Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi | Commander of the Order of the British Empire | Officer of the Order of the British Empire | Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal (died: October 31, 2022)
- F. A. Venter - Born on November 27, 1916 - Journalist, and Writer (died: July 8, 1997)
- Hal Smith - Born on August 24, 1916 - Dub actor, Television actor, Film actor, Voice actor, Disc jockey, Actor, and Screenwriter (died: January 28, 1994)
- Claude Shannon - Born on April 30, 1916 - Cryptographer, Geneticist, University teacher, Inventor, Mathematician, Computer scientist, and Engineer - Edwin Howard Armstrong Achievement Award | Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences | John Fritz Medal | Foreign Member of the Royal Society | Harold Pender Award | Stuart Ballantine Medal | Harvey Prize | Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship | National Inventors Hall of Fame | Claude E. Shannon Award | National Medal of Science | IEEE Medal of Honor | IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award | Marconi Prize (died: February 24, 2001)
- Frank S. Tomkins - Born on June 24, 1915 - Chemist - Fellow of the Optical Society | William F. Meggers Award | Guggenheim Fellowship (died: July 14, 1999)
- Robert Coveyou - Born on February 9, 1915 - Chess player, and Mathematician (died: February 19, 1996)
- Claude Arthur Knight - Born on October 17, 1914 - Virologist, Biochemist, and University teacher (died: January 1, 1983)
- Blaar Coetzee - Born on May 14, 1914 - Journalist, Politician, and Businessperson (died: August 29, 1974)
- Tom Gale - Born on October 14, 1912 - Australian rules football player (died: March 20, 1986)
- Henry May - Born on April 13, 1912 - Politician (died: April 22, 1995)
- Harold Pollock - Born on September 7, 1909 - Rugby union player (died: January 10, 1984)
- Roly Tasker - Born on August 28, 1907 - Australian rules football player (died: August 29, 1972)
- Mary Shaw Shorb - Born on January 11, 1907 - Biochemist, Researcher, and Teacher - Maryland Women's Hall of Fame (died: August 18, 1990)
- Reginald Uren - Born on March 5, 1906 - Architect - Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (died: February 17, 1988)
- Neville Ramsbottom-Isherwood - Born on July 13, 1905 - Test pilot - Distinguished Flying Cross (died: April 24, 1950)