Luis E. Miramontes

Luis E. Miramontes
Luis E. Miramontes c. 1953
Born	Luis Ernesto Miramontes Cárdenas (1925-03-16)16 March 1925 Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico
Died	13 September 2004(2004-09-13) (aged 79) Mexico City, Mexico
Alma mater	National Autonomous University of Mexico
Known for	Synthesis of norethisterone, the progestin used in one of the first oral contraceptives
Awards	Mexican National Prize in Chemistry (1986) Top Chemical Engineer of all times (2011)
Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry, chemical engineering
Institutions	Syntex G. D. Searle & Company National Autonomous University of Mexico Universidad Iberoamericana Mexican Institute of Petroleum

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.