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Luis E. Miramontes

1925 - 2004

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Luis Ernesto Miramontes Cárdenas (March 16, 1925 – September 13, 2004) was a Mexican chemist known as co-inventor and the first to synthesize an oral contraceptive, progestin norethisterone. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luis E. Miramontes has received more than 141,839 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Luis E. Miramontes is the 435th most popular chemist, the 189th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 199th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Mexican Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Luis E. Miramontes ranks 435 out of 509. Before him are Prafulla Chandra Ray, Johann Schweigger, Jean Stas, Arthur Aikin, Walter Noddack, and Oswald Schmiedeberg. After him are Archibald Scott Couper, Jacques-Louis Soret, Michael Grätzel, Ferdinand Reich, Anna Sundström, and Peter Woulfe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Luis E. Miramontes ranks 265. Before him are Yasushi Akutagawa, Veikko Hakulinen, Antoine Duhamel, Luis Herrera Campins, Bert Bolin, and Antony C. Sutton. After him are Tajuddin Ahmad, William Wharton, Roy Haynes, Vojtěch Jasný, Oldřich Lajsek, and Harry Guardino. Among people deceased in 2004, Luis E. Miramontes ranks 161. Before him are Alexander Ragulin, Evelyn Mase, Rogelio Domínguez, Christl Cranz, Rodney Dangerfield, and Alicia Markova. After him are Gennadi Strekalov, Bryce DeWitt, Hasse Ekman, Bror Mellberg, Daniel J. Boorstin, and Augusto da Costa.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Luis E. Miramontes ranks 189 out of 585. Before him are Canelo Álvarez (1990), Luis Hernández (1968), Fernando del Paso (1935), José María Bocanegra (1787), Andrés Quintana Roo (1787), and Juan Sandoval Íñiguez (1933). After him are Juan Carreño (1909), Adela Noriega (1969), Mariano Paredes (1797), Guillermo Arriaga (1958), Manuel Gómez Pedraza (1789), and Eight Deer Jaguar Claw (1063).

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Among CHEMISTS In Mexico

Among chemists born in Mexico, Luis E. Miramontes ranks 2. Before him are Mario J. Molina (1943). After him are Henry Eyring (1901).

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