1951 in Mexico

Decades:	1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s;
See also:	History of Mexico; List of years in Mexico; Timeline of Mexican history;

Events in the year 1951 in Mexico.

Incumbents

The Faustino Miranda Botanical Garden is founded under the trusteeship of Dr. Faustino Miranda.
March 9: The Mexico City trolleybus system starts operating.

January 6 – Fishman (wrestler) (d. 2017)
January 31 — Manuel Ángel Núñez Soto, Governor of Hidalgo 1999-2005
February 3 — Felipe Muñoz, swimmer
April 8 – Joan Sebastian, singer-songwriter (7 Latin Grammy Awards and 5 Grammy Awards, (d. July 13, 2015)
August 11 – Carlos Alvarado Perea, progressive rock musician (d. January 13, 2020)^[1]
August 14 — Dulce María Sauri Riancho, politician (PRI); first female Governor of Yucatán Governor of Yucatán
October 22 — Carlos Frenk, cosmologist^[2]
November 17 — Eduardo Ibarrola Nicolín, Mexican-born diplomat^[3])
November 26 – Óscar Lara Aréchiga, politician (PRI) (d. 2017).
December 27 – Ernesto Zedillo, economist and politician (PRI); 54th President of Mexico (1994-2000)^[4]
Date unknown
- Emilio Alvarado Badillo, photographer, civil engineer, public servant and académic (ITESM, State of Mexico) (d. 2017).
- Saúl Montoya Beltrán, baseball player; (d. 2018).
- Curro Rivera Agüero, bullfighter; (d. 2001).^[5]^[6]

^ Muere el músico Carlos Alvarado Perea La Jornada, 14 Jan 2020
^ Carlos Frenk
^ "EDUARDO IBARROLA-NICOLÍN" (PDF). Nederlands Centrum voor Handelsbevordering. Retrieved 4 July 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Ernesto Zedillo" (in Spanish). Busca Biografias. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
^ "Apuntes biográficos de Curro Rivera, figura mexicana del toreo". Mundotoro (in Spanish). 2001-01-24. Archived from the original on 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
^ "CURRO RIVERA, torero mexicain". Le Monde (in French). 2001-01-27. Retrieved 2021-07-06.