CHEMIST

Luis E. Miramontes

1925 - 2004

Photo of Luis E. Miramontes

Icon of person Luis E. Miramontes

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 153,411 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Luis E. Miramontes is the 478th most popular chemist (down from 435th in 2019), the 221st most popular biography from Mexico (down from 189th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Mexican Chemist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Luis E. Miramontes ranks 478 out of 602. Before him are Peter Woulfe, Robert Havemann, Archibald Scott Couper, Jan Szczepanik, Hans Peter Jørgen Julius Thomsen, and Ludwig Knorr. After him are Albert Kluyver, Charles Blagden, David MacMillan, William Hallowes Miller, Alfred Stock, and Christian Konrad Sprengel.

Most Popular Chemists in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Luis E. Miramontes ranks 308. Before him are Amparo Rivelles, David A. Huffman, Peter R. Hunt, José Parra Martínez, Joseph Engelberger, and Roy Haynes. After him are Henri Oreiller, Mahmoud Fayad, Raymond Impanis, Juan Francisco Lombardo, Carla Del Poggio, and Francesco Colasuonno. Among people deceased in 2004, Luis E. Miramontes ranks 205. Before him are Alan Bullock, Leonel Brizola, Bagrat Shinkuba, John Randolph, Carlo Di Palma, and Eugenio Garin. After him are Jacques Noël, Ancel Keys, Terry Melcher, Kenneth E. Iverson, Mahmut Atalay, and Gunder Hägg.

Others Born in 1925

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2004

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Luis E. Miramontes ranks 221 out of 729. Before him are Juan de Oñate (1550), José Mariano Salas (1797), Juan Aldama (1774), Sergio Pitol (1933), Arturo Márquez (1950), and Gilbert Roland (1905). After him are Irma Serrano (1933), Diego Luna (1979), Rodolfo Neri Vela (1952), Juan Álvarez (1790), Jorge Ibargüengoitia (1928), and Lupita Nyong'o (1983).

Others born in Mexico

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

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).

Mexican born Chemists

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous