The Most Famous
ASTRONOMERS from Mexico
This page contains a list of the greatest Mexican Astronomers. The pantheon dataset contains 644 Astronomers, 1 of which were born in Mexico. This makes Mexico the birth place of the 50th most number of Astronomers behind Czech Republic, and Indonesia.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Mexican Astronomers of all time. This list of famous Mexican Astronomers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Guillermo Haro (1913 - 1988)
With an HPI of 47.17, Guillermo Haro is the most famous Mexican Astronomer. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages on wikipedia.
Guillermo Haro Barraza (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡiˈʝeɾmo ˈaɾo βaˈrasa]; 21 March 1913 – 26 April 1988) was a Mexican astronomer. Through his own astronomical research and the formation of new institutions, Haro was influential in the development of modern observational astronomy in Mexico. Internationally, he is best known for his contribution to the discovery of Herbig–Haro objects.
2. Silvia Torres-Peimbert (b. 1940)
With an HPI of 41.41, Silvia Torres-Peimbert is the 2nd most famous Mexican Astronomer. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Silvia Torres-Peimbert (also known as Silvia Linda Torres Castilleja, born in 1940) is a Mexican astronomer. She won the L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science in 2011 for Latin America for her work determining the chemical composition of nebulae.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Mexican astronomers born between 1913 and 1940. Of these 2, 1 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Mexican astronomers include Silvia Torres-Peimbert. The most famous deceased Mexican astronomers include Guillermo Haro. As of April 2024, 1 new Mexican astronomers have been added to Pantheon including Silvia Torres-Peimbert.
