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Leonardo López Luján

1964 - Today

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Leonardo Náuhmitl López Luján (born 31 March 1964 in Mexico City) is an archaeologist and one of the leading researchers of pre-Hispanic Central Mexican societies and the history of archaeology in Mexico. He is director of the Templo Mayor Project in Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) since 1991 and son of renowned historian Alfredo López Austin. He is fellow of El Colegio Nacional, the British Academy, the Society of Antiquaries of London, the Real Academia de la Historia in Madrid, the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, the Archaeological Institute of America, and the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres in Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 16 in 2024). Leonardo López Luján is the 151st most popular archaeologist, the 601st most popular biography from Mexico (down from 591st in 2019) and the most popular Mexican Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Leonardo López Luján ranks 151 out of 151. Before him are Alexey Okladnikov, Salima Ikram, Jacquetta Hawkes, Augustus Pitt Rivers, Barry Cunliffe, and William G. Dever. After him are Thomas R. Holtz Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Leonardo López Luján ranks 1,019. Before him are Gia Carides, Jens Heppner, Rodney Rowland, Daran Norris, Elisabet Gustafson, and Veronika Stallmaier. After him are Walter Berry, Lela Rochon, Charles Robinson, Sefi Atta, Józef Tracz, and Corrado Sanguineti.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Leonardo López Luján ranks 600 out of 729. Before him are José Luis Salgado (1966), Bernardo Segura (1970), Mario González (1969), Irán Castillo (1977), and Yalitza Aparicio (1993). After him are Pablo Montero (1974), Henry Martín (1992), Ana Guevara (1977), Camila Sodi (1986), Paulina Gaitán (1991), Andrea Meza (1994), and Daniel Aceves (1964).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In Mexico

Among archaeologists born in Mexico, Leonardo López Luján ranks 1. 

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