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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

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luis E. Miramontes is the 512th most popular chemist (down from 478th in 2019), the 257th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 221st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Mexican Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Luis E. Miramontes ranks 512 out of 602. Before him are Ludwig Knorr, Jan Szczepanik, Helen Murray Free, Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig, William Hallowes Miller, and Hermann Wilhelm Vogel. After him are Zdenko Hans Skraup, Jacob Volhard, Heinrich Caro, Albert Eschenmoser, Alexey Favorsky, and David MacMillan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Luis E. Miramontes ranks 355. Before him are Colette Marchand, Simone Segouin, Iwao Takamoto, Joseph Engelberger, Vladimir Shainsky, and Lyuben Berov. After him are Joseph Sargent, Margaretha Krook, Klara Luchko, Medgar Evers, Borislav Stanković, and Pyotr Todorovsky. Among people deceased in 2004, Luis E. Miramontes ranks 227. Before him are Skeeter Davis, José Luis Cuciuffo, Terry Melcher, André Hazes, Frank Thomas, and Lennox Miller. After him are Adolf Ehrnrooth, Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu, Tom Turesson, Albert Mol, Daniel J. Boorstin, and Anna Lee.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Luis E. Miramontes ranks 257 out of 729. Before him are Gilbert Roland (1905), Pedro María de Anaya (1795), Emmanuel Lubezki (1964), Abraham Laboriel (1947), Lucas Alamán (1792), and Chimalpahin (1579). After him are Guillermo Haro (1913), Mario Van Peebles (1957), Paulina Rubio (1971), Leticia Calderón (1968), Moisés Solana (1935), and Ana Gabriel (1955).

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Among CHEMISTS In Mexico

Among chemists born in Mexico, Luis E. Miramontes ranks 3. Before him are Mario J. Molina (1943), and Henry Eyring (1901).

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