Sodi is a well-known Mexican family who are descendants of Demetrio Sodi Candiani, son of Italian engineer Carlos Sodi, (From Liberal To Revolutionary Oaxaca, page 250) major landlord of the Mexican southern state of Oaxaca and federal senator for the state of Michoacán for about 25 years, during the government of General Porfirio Díaz.
Among others, some notable members of that family are:
Demetrio Sodi Guergue, a lawyer who defended José de León Toral, the killer of President Álvaro Obregón.
Federico Sodi Romero (Demetrio’s half-brother), a well known criminal lawyer
Demetrio Sodi Pallares, a cardiologist, son of Demetrio
Demetrio Sodi de la Tijera, a politician, son of Demetrio Sodi Pallares, a well known trapecista
Maria Elena Sodi Pallares, daughter of Demetrio Sodi Guergue. She was one of the first advocates for women rights in Mexico.
Ernesto Sodi Pallares, a criminologist, the grandson of Jacinto Pallares
Yolanda Miranda Mange de Sodi, wife of Guillermo Zapata and Ernesto Sodi
Thalía Sodi Miranda, a famous singer and actress, daughter of Ernesto and wife of Tommy Mottola
Laura Zapata de Sodi, an actress, wife of Juan Eduardo Sodi de la Tijera
Ernestina Sodi, a writer, daughter of Ernesto
Camila Sodi, an actress, daughter of Ernestina and Diego Luna’s ex-wife
Giovanni Sodi, an actor and singer, adopted son of Ernestina
Claudio Sodi Zapata and Patricio Sodi Zapata (Mexican pro skater), sons of Laura and Juan Eduardo
Lorena Sodi, motorcycle and speedboat designer
Gabriela Sodi, a famous artist daughter of Ernesto, oil painter and important art historian, mother of a famous banker
Carlos Sodi, son of Federico, a famous civil, commercial and family litigation lawyer and also a journalist
Adriana Sodi Talavera, photographer and writer
Fernando Sodi Pallares, philosopher and professor
Federica Sodi Miranda, famous archeologist who specializes in iconography, Director of the Chichen Itza archeological zone in 2005-2006 and Director of the National Institute of Anthropology and History in Yucatán in 2006-2009
