SettingsMembers of El Colegio Nacional
Agustín Yáñez
Agustín Yáñez Delgadillo (1904 in Guadalajara, Jalisco – 1980 in Mexico City) was a notable Mexican writer and politician who served as Governor of Jalisco and Secretary of Public Education duri...
Agustín Yáñez Delgadillo (1904 in Guadalajara, Jalisco – 1980 in Mexico City) was a notable Mexican writer and politician who served as Governor of Jalisco and Secretary of Public Education duri...
Alejandro Rossi
Alejandro Rossi (Alessandro Rossi, September 22, 1932 - June 5, 2009.
Alejandro Rossi (Alessandro Rossi, September 22, 1932 - June 5, 2009.
Alfonso Caso y Andrade
Alfonso Caso y Andrade was an archaeologist who made important contributions to pre-Columbian studies in his native Mexico.
Alfonso Caso y Andrade was an archaeologist who made important contributions to pre-Columbian studies in his native Mexico.
Alfonso García Robles
Alfonso García Robles was a Mexican diplomat and politician who, in conjunction with Sweden's Alva Myrdal, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982.
Alfonso García Robles was a Mexican diplomat and politician who, in conjunction with Sweden's Alva Myrdal, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982.
Antonio Alatorre
Antonio Alatorre Chávez (July 25, 1922 October 21, 2010) was a Mexican writer, philologist and translator, famous due to his influential academic essays about Spanish literature, and because of...
Antonio Alatorre Chávez (July 25, 1922 October 21, 2010) was a Mexican writer, philologist and translator, famous due to his influential academic essays about Spanish literature, and because of...
Antonio Carrillo Flores
Antonio Carrillo Flores (June 23, 1909 – March 20, 1986) was a Mexican statesman, born in Mexico City.
Antonio Carrillo Flores (June 23, 1909 – March 20, 1986) was a Mexican statesman, born in Mexico City.
Antonio Castro Leal
Antonio Castro Leal (March 2, 1896 - January 7, 1981) was a Mexican diplomat and intellectual.
Antonio Castro Leal (March 2, 1896 - January 7, 1981) was a Mexican diplomat and intellectual.
Arcadio Poveda
Arcadio Poveda Ricalde is a prominent Mexican astronomer who developed a method to calculate the mass of elliptical galaxies.
Arcadio Poveda Ricalde is a prominent Mexican astronomer who developed a method to calculate the mass of elliptical galaxies.
Arturo Rosenblueth
Arturo Rosenblueth Stearns (October 2, 1900 – September 20, 1970) was a Mexican researcher, physician and physiologist, who is known as one of the pioneers of cybernetics.
Arturo Rosenblueth Stearns (October 2, 1900 – September 20, 1970) was a Mexican researcher, physician and physiologist, who is known as one of the pioneers of cybernetics.
Carlos Chávez
Carlos Antonio de Padua Chávez y Ramírez (13 June 1899 – 2 August 1978) was a Mexican composer, conductor, music theorist, educator, journalist, and founder and director of the Mexican Sym...
Carlos Antonio de Padua Chávez y Ramírez (13 June 1899 – 2 August 1978) was a Mexican composer, conductor, music theorist, educator, journalist, and founder and director of the Mexican Sym...
Daniel Cosío Villegas
Daniel Cosío Villegas was a prominent Mexican economist, essayist, historian and diplomat.
Daniel Cosío Villegas was a prominent Mexican economist, essayist, historian and diplomat.
Diego Rivera
Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez better known simply as Diego Rivera was a prominent Mexican painter born in Guanajuato,...
Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez better known simply as Diego Rivera was a prominent Mexican painter born in Guanajuato,...
Eduardo Mata
Eduardo Mata (September 5, 1942 – January 4, 1995) was a Mexican conductor and composer.
Eduardo Mata (September 5, 1942 – January 4, 1995) was a Mexican conductor and composer.
Eduardo Matos Moctezuma
Eduardo Matos Moctezuma (born December 11, 1940) is a prominent Mexican archaeologist.
Eduardo Matos Moctezuma (born December 11, 1940) is a prominent Mexican archaeologist.
Enrique González Martínez
Enrique González Martínez (April 13, 1871 in Guadalajara, Jalisco – February 19, 1952 in Mexico City) was a Mexican poet, diplomat, surgeon and obstetrician.
Enrique González Martínez (April 13, 1871 in Guadalajara, Jalisco – February 19, 1952 in Mexico City) was a Mexican poet, diplomat, surgeon and obstetrician.
Fernando del Paso
Fernando del Paso Morante (born April 1, 1935) is a Mexican novelist, essayist and poet.
Fernando del Paso Morante (born April 1, 1935) is a Mexican novelist, essayist and poet.
Francisco Bolívar Zapata
Francisco Gonzalo Bolívar Zapata (Mexico City, March 1948) is a Mexican biochemist and professor.
Francisco Gonzalo Bolívar Zapata (Mexico City, March 1948) is a Mexican biochemist and professor.
Gabriel Zaid
Gabriel Zaid is a Mexican writer, poet and intellectual.
Gabriel Zaid is a Mexican writer, poet and intellectual.
Guillermo Haro
Professor Guillermo Haro (March 21, 1913 – April 26, 1988) was born in Mexico City where he grew during the time of the Mexican Revolution.
Professor Guillermo Haro (March 21, 1913 – April 26, 1988) was born in Mexico City where he grew during the time of the Mexican Revolution.
Ignacio Bernal
Ignacio Bernal (February 13, 1910 in Paris - January 24, 1992 in Mexico City) was an eminent Mexican anthropologist and archaeologist.
Ignacio Bernal (February 13, 1910 in Paris - January 24, 1992 in Mexico City) was an eminent Mexican anthropologist and archaeologist.
Ignacio Chávez Sánchez
Dr. Ignacio Chávez Sánchez (b.
Dr. Ignacio Chávez Sánchez (b.
Jaime Torres Bodet
Jaime Torres Bodet was a prominent Mexican politician and writer who served in the executive cabinet of three Presidents of Mexico.
Jaime Torres Bodet was a prominent Mexican politician and writer who served in the executive cabinet of three Presidents of Mexico.
Jesús Silva Herzog
Jesús Silva Herzog (14 November 1892 – 13 March 1985) was a Mexican economist and historian specialized in the Mexican Revolution and a member of The National College.
Jesús Silva Herzog (14 November 1892 – 13 March 1985) was a Mexican economist and historian specialized in the Mexican Revolution and a member of The National College.
José Clemente Orozco
José Clemente Orozco was a Mexican social realist painter, who specialized in bold murals that established the Mexican Mural Renaissance together with murals by Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Si...
José Clemente Orozco was a Mexican social realist painter, who specialized in bold murals that established the Mexican Mural Renaissance together with murals by Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Si...
José Emilio Pacheco
José Emilio Pacheco Berny is a Mexican essayist, novelist and short story writer.
José Emilio Pacheco Berny is a Mexican essayist, novelist and short story writer.
José Vasconcelos
José Vasconcelos Calderón (28 February 1882 – 30 June 1959) was a Mexican writer, philosopher and politician.
José Vasconcelos Calderón (28 February 1882 – 30 June 1959) was a Mexican writer, philosopher and politician.
José Villagrán García
José Villagrán García was a Mexican architect.
José Villagrán García was a Mexican architect.
José Ádem
José Ádem Chaín (born in Tuxpan, Veracruz, October 27, 1921; died February 14, 1991) was a Mexican mathematician who worked in algebraic topology, and proved the Ádem relations between Steenro...
José Ádem Chaín (born in Tuxpan, Veracruz, October 27, 1921; died February 14, 1991) was a Mexican mathematician who worked in algebraic topology, and proved the Ádem relations between Steenro...
Leopoldo García-Colín
Leopoldo García-Colín Scherer (born on 27 November 1930 in Mexico City) is a Mexican scientist specialized in Thermodynamics who has been recognized with the National Prize for Arts and Sciences...
Leopoldo García-Colín Scherer (born on 27 November 1930 in Mexico City) is a Mexican scientist specialized in Thermodynamics who has been recognized with the National Prize for Arts and Sciences...
Manuel Sandoval Vallarta
Manuel Sandoval Vallarta (11 February 1899 – 18 April 1977) was a Mexican physicist.
Manuel Sandoval Vallarta (11 February 1899 – 18 April 1977) was a Mexican physicist.
Manuel Uribe y Troncoso
Manuel Uribe y Troncoso (17 June 1867, Toluca, Estado de México – 21 January 1959, New York City, USA) was a Mexican ophthalmologist.
Manuel Uribe y Troncoso (17 June 1867, Toluca, Estado de México – 21 January 1959, New York City, USA) was a Mexican ophthalmologist.
Marcos Moshinsky
Marcos Moshinsky (1921-2009) was a Mexican physicist of Ukrainian and Jewish origin whose work in the field of elementary particles won him the Prince of Asturias Prize for Scientific and Techni...
Marcos Moshinsky (1921-2009) was a Mexican physicist of Ukrainian and Jewish origin whose work in the field of elementary particles won him the Prince of Asturias Prize for Scientific and Techni...
Mariano Azuela
Mariano Azuela González (January 1, 1873 in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco – March 1, 1952 in Mexico City) was a Mexican author and physician, best known for his fictional stories of the Mexican...
Mariano Azuela González (January 1, 1873 in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco – March 1, 1952 in Mexico City) was a Mexican author and physician, best known for his fictional stories of the Mexican...
Mario J. Molina
Mario José Molina-Pasquel Henríquez is a Mexican chemist and one of the most prominent precursors to the discovering of the Antarctic ozone hole.
Mario José Molina-Pasquel Henríquez is a Mexican chemist and one of the most prominent precursors to the discovering of the Antarctic ozone hole.
Mario Lavista
Mario Lavista (born April 3, 1943, Mexico City) is a Mexican composer and writer.
Mario Lavista (born April 3, 1943, Mexico City) is a Mexican composer and writer.
Miguel León-Portilla
Miguel León-Portilla (born in Mexico City, February 22, 1926) is a Mexican anthropologist and historian, and a prime authority on Nahuatl thought and literature.
Miguel León-Portilla (born in Mexico City, February 22, 1926) is a Mexican anthropologist and historian, and a prime authority on Nahuatl thought and literature.
Octavio Novaro
Octavio Augusto Novaro Peñalosa is a prominent theoretical physicist specialized in theoretical catalysis, physical chemistry, biophysics and geophysics.
Octavio Augusto Novaro Peñalosa is a prominent theoretical physicist specialized in theoretical catalysis, physical chemistry, biophysics and geophysics.
Octavio Paz
Octavio Paz Lozano was a Mexican writer, poet, and diplomat, and the winner of the 1982 Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature.
Octavio Paz Lozano was a Mexican writer, poet, and diplomat, and the winner of the 1982 Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature.
Pablo Rudomín Zevnovaty
Pablo Rudomin Zevnovaty, PhD (born 1934 in Mexico City) is a Mexican neuroscientist.
Pablo Rudomin Zevnovaty, PhD (born 1934 in Mexico City) is a Mexican neuroscientist.
Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz
Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz (29 August 1921 – 31 March 2006) was a Mexican psychiatrist who chaired the National Academy of Medicine of Mexico (1959), served as vice-president of World Psychiatric ...
Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz (29 August 1921 – 31 March 2006) was a Mexican psychiatrist who chaired the National Academy of Medicine of Mexico (1959), served as vice-president of World Psychiatric ...
Ramón Xirau
Ramon Xirau Subias (; born in Barcelona, Spain on 20 January 1924) is a Mexican poet, philosopher and literary critic.
Ramon Xirau Subias (; born in Barcelona, Spain on 20 January 1924) is a Mexican poet, philosopher and literary critic.
Rubén Bonifaz Nuño
Rubén Bonifaz Nuño (born 12 November 1923) is a Mexican poet and classical scholar.
Rubén Bonifaz Nuño (born 12 November 1923) is a Mexican poet and classical scholar.
Rufino Tamayo
Rufino Tamayo (August 26, 1899 – June 24, 1991) was a Mexican painter of Zapotec heritage, born in Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico.
Rufino Tamayo (August 26, 1899 – June 24, 1991) was a Mexican painter of Zapotec heritage, born in Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico.
Salvador Elizondo
Salvador Elizondo Alcalde (Mexico City, December 19, 1932 - March 29, 2006) was a Mexican writer of the 60s Generation of Mexican literature.
Salvador Elizondo Alcalde (Mexico City, December 19, 1932 - March 29, 2006) was a Mexican writer of the 60s Generation of Mexican literature.
Samuel Ramos
Dr. Samuel Ramos (1897 – June 20, 1959) was a Mexican philosopher and writer.
Dr. Samuel Ramos (1897 – June 20, 1959) was a Mexican philosopher and writer.
Silvio Zavala
Silvio Arturo Zavala Vallado is a pioneer in law history studies and Mexico’s institutions.
Silvio Arturo Zavala Vallado is a pioneer in law history studies and Mexico’s institutions.