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Mexico 1,427
93,203 JM José Mariano Mociño Mexican Botanist 1757–1819
111,263 JA 
José Antonio de Alzate y Ramírez Mexican Astronomer 1737–1799
José Antonio de Alzate y Ramírez Mexican Astronomer 1737–1799 164,195 JÁ José Ádem Mexican Mathematician 1921–1991
168,121 GM Guido Münch Mexican Astronomer 1921–2020
206,014 GA Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán Mexican Anthropologist 1908–1996
211,388 AM 
Andrés Molina Enríquez Mexican Sociologist 1868–1940
Andrés Molina Enríquez Mexican Sociologist 1868–1940 229,896 AJ 
Antonio José Martínez Mexican Educator 1793–1867
Antonio José Martínez Mexican Educator 1793–1867 237,188 EO 
Esther Orozco Mexican Biologist b. 1945
Esther Orozco Mexican Biologist b. 1945 249,679 FA 
Fernando Altamirano Mexican Botanist 1848–1908
Fernando Altamirano Mexican Botanist 1848–1908 267,906 FB Francisco Bolívar Zapata Mexican Biochemist b. 1948
274,994 MV 
Manuel Velasco Suárez Mexican Neurologist 1914–2001
Manuel Velasco Suárez Mexican Neurologist 1914–2001 305,583 AB 
Alfredo Barrera Vásquez Mexican Anthropologist 1900–1980
Alfredo Barrera Vásquez Mexican Anthropologist 1900–1980 310,251 JG 
Jesús García Mexican Engineer 1883–1907
Jesús García Mexican Engineer 1883–1907 318,106 GM 
George McJunkin Mexican Anthropologist 1851–1922
George McJunkin Mexican Anthropologist 1851–1922 405,044 CG Carlos Graef Fernández Mexican Mathematician 1911–1988
425,230 RZ Rosaura Zapata Mexican Educator 1876–1963
443,418 AU 
Aureliano Urrutia Mexican Physician 1872–1975
Aureliano Urrutia Mexican Physician 1872–1975 443,466 OD Orlandina de Oliveira Mexican Sociologist b. 1943
462,395 TC Thomas Calvo Mexican Academic b. 1944
501,799 BB 
Baxter Black Mexican Physician b. 1945
Baxter Black Mexican Physician b. 1945 652,190 DT Domingo Tirado Benedí Mexican Educator 1898–1971
676,983 RR 
Rafael Ramírez Castañeda Mexican Educator 1885–1959
Rafael Ramírez Castañeda Mexican Educator 1885–1959 697,547 MD María del Socorro González Elizondo Mexican Botanist b. 1953
748,534 AB Amancio Bolaño e Isla Mexican Academic 1896–1971
797,551 MR Maximiliano Ruiz Castañeda Mexican Physician 1898–1992
854,627 IG Ignacio González Guzmán Mexican Physician 1898–1972
1,002,723 RK Roberto Kobeh González Mexican Engineer b. 1943
1,011,911 AD Antonio del Castillo Patiño Mexican Engineer 1820–1895
1,136,601 FD Felipe de Zúñiga y Ontiveros Mexican Scientist 1717–1793
1,221,881 JA José Antonio Garrido Nataren Mexican Engineer b. 1952
1,278,221 SS 
Sarah Stewart (cancer researcher) Mexican Virologist 1905–1976
Sarah Stewart (cancer researcher) Mexican Virologist 1905–1976 1,345,533 FQ Fernando Quiroz (médico) Mexican Physician 1889–1966
1,427,307 FA Félix Agramont Cota Mexican Engineer 1918–2013
1,605,567 JL 
Juan L. Maldonado Mexican Academic 1948–2018
Juan L. Maldonado Mexican Academic 1948–2018 1,609,709 EV 
Esteban Villegas Villarreal Mexican Surgeon b. 1976
Esteban Villegas Villarreal Mexican Surgeon b. 1976 1,676,996 EA 
Eduardo Aguirre Pequeño Mexican Scientist 1904–1988
Eduardo Aguirre Pequeño Mexican Scientist 1904–1988 1,970,705 MA Maximiliano Arellano Mexican Physician b. 2000
2,031,760 MA María Agustina Batalla Zepeda Mexican Biologist 1913–2000
2,091,755 RN Rosa Navarro Flores Mexican Educator 1850–1892
2,621,093 AP Antonio Peñafiel Mexican Scientist 1839–1922
2,633,318 RB Rosario Barroso Moguel Mexican Physician 1921–2006
2,660,171 JG José Guadalupe Novelo Mexican Education 1891–1968
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