Luis Ernesto Miramontes

Luis Ernesto Miramontes (1925–2004) was a chemist trained at UNAM. In 1951, at the Syntex laboratory in Mexico City, he synthesized norethisterone, the compound that became the basis of the first oral contraceptive pill; he shares the credit with Carl Djerassi and George Rosenkranz.

His contribution, the oral contraceptive, is one of the Mexican inventions with the greatest impact worldwide.