26 Notable alumni of National Polytechnic Institute
Updated: June 13, 2026 EliteDegrees
National Polytechnic Institute is 571st in the world, 1st in North America, and 2st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 26 notable alumni from National Polytechnic Institute sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with National Polytechnic Institute won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Cuauhtémoc de Anda Gutiérrez
1938-. (aged 88)
politician
Cuauhtémoc Anda Gutiérrez is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served as a deputy in the 51st Congress, representing the 23rd district of the Federal District, and the 54th Congress, representing the 31st district of the State of Mexico.
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2. Ryah Ludins
1896-1957 (aged 61)
printmaker
muralist
painter
writer
art educator
Ryah Ludins was a Ukrainian-born American muralist, painter, printmaker, art teacher, and writer. She made murals for post offices and other government buildings during the Great Depression and also obtained commissions for murals from Mexican authorities and an industrial concern. Unusually versatile in her technique, she made murals in fresco, mixed media, and wood relief, as well as on canvas...
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3. Víctor Bravo Ahuja
1918-1990 (aged 72)
politician
Víctor Bravo Ahuja was a Mexican politician and academician who served as Secretary of Public Education in the administration of Luis Echeverría (1970–76), as Governor of Oaxaca (1968–70) and as Director General (1951–55) and then Rector (1955–58) of the Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM).
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4. Miguel Borge Martín
1943-. (aged 83)
politician
Miguel Borge Martín is a Mexican politician member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Between 1987 and 1993 he served as governor of the state of Quintana Roo. Prior to his election as governor, he held a seat in the Senate, representing his home state.
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5. Luis de la Peña
1931-. (aged 95)
physicist
Luis Fernando de la Peña-Auerbach known as Luis de la Peña is a Mexican physicist, born in Mexico City in 1931. He is a researcher of the Institute of Physics and professor of the Faculty of Sciences of the National Autonomous University of Mexico and is a member of the Science Advisory Council of the Presidency of Mexico.
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6. José Manuel del Río
1954-. (aged 72)
politician
José Manuel del Río Virgen is a Mexican politician affiliated with Convergence who served in the lower house of the Congress from 2000 to 2003 and again from 2006 to 2009.
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7. Eugenio Méndez Docurro
1923-2015 (aged 92)
engineer
politician
Eugenio Méndez Docurro was a Mexican engineer and politician. He served as the Secretary of Communications and Transportation from 1970 to 1976 during the administration of former President Luis Echeverría. He also served as the director of the Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN) from 1959 until 1962, as well as the first director of the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología...
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8. Javier Bolaños Aguilar
1965-. (aged 61)
politician
Edmundo Javier Bolaños Aguilar is a Mexican politician from the National Action Party (PAN). He served as a federal deputy to the LXIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress, representing the first district of Morelos, and was additionally the President of the Chamber of Deputies for part of the second year of the legislature, in 2016 and 2017.
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9. Suzanne Guité
1926-1981 (aged 55)
sculptor
painter
textile artist
Suzanne Guité RCA was a Canadian artist who lived in Percé, Quebec.
10. Raymix
1991-. (aged 35)
electronic musician
military flight engineer
Edmundo Gómez Moreno, known professionally as Raymix, is a Mexican musician and aerospace engineer. Nicknamed El Rey de la Electrocumbia ("The King of Electrocumbia"), he started his music career in the early 2010s as part of the trance project Light & Wave, alongside two other Mexican musicians. Their song "Feeling the City" was featured on A State of Trance, a...
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11. Salomón Jara Cruz
1959-. (aged 67)
politician
Salomón Jara Cruz is a Mexican politician. Currently affiliated with National Regeneration Movement (Morena), he previously belonged to the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). Since December 2022, he is the governor of Oaxaca.
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12. Ruy Pérez Tamayo
1924-2022 (aged 98)
university teacher
pathologist
physician
Ruy Pérez Tamayo was a Mexican medical pathologist, immunologist, researcher, science communicator and academic.
13. Raúl Rojas
1955-. (aged 71)
computer scientist
economist
university teacher
mathematician
Raúl Rojas González is a Mexican emeritus professor of Computer Science and Mathematics at the Free University of Berlin, and a renowned specialist in artificial neural networks. The FU-Fighters, football-playing robots he helped build, were world champions in 2004 and 2005. He is now leading an autonomous car project called Spirit of Berlin.
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14. Jesús Kumate Rodríguez
1924-2018 (aged 94)
minister
politician
surgeon
Jesús Kumate Rodríguez was a Mexican physician and politician. He served as the Secretary of Health during the presidency of Carlos Salinas de Gortari.
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15. Leonardo Rodríguez Alcaine
1919-2005 (aged 86)
trade unionist
politician
Leonardo Rodríguez Alcaine was a Mexican trade union leader and a long-serving legislator of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. He presided over the Confederation of Mexican Workers (CTM) from July 21, 1997, until his death at the age of 86.
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16. Héctor García Cobo
1923-2012 (aged 89)
photographer
photojournalist
Hector Garcia Cobo was a Mexican photographer and photojournalist who had a sixty-year career chronicling Mexico's social classes, Mexico City and various events of the 20th century, such as the 1968 student uprising. He was born poor but discovered photography in his teens and early 20s, deciding to study it seriously after his attempt to photograph the death of a...
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17. Jesús Ortega Martínez
1952-. (aged 74)
politician
Jesús Ortega Martínez is a Mexican centre-left politician affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). He has served in the lower and upper house of the Mexican Congress. He was elected president of the PRD in 2008. He served as president until he was succeeded by Jesús Zambrano Grijalva in 2011.
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18. Francisco Luna Kan
1925-2023 (aged 98)
politician
physician
Francisco Epigmenio Luna Kan was a Mexican politician who served as the Governor of Yucatán from 1976 to 1982.
19. Guillermo González Camarena
1917-1965 (aged 48)
engineer
Guillermo González Camarena was a Mexican electrical engineer who invented color television.
20. Juan Manuel Bernal Chávez
1967-. (aged 59)
film actor
television actor
stage actor
Juan Manuel Bernal Chávez is a Mexican actor.
21. Ernesto Zedillo
1951-. (aged 75)
author
economist
university teacher
politician
Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León is a Mexican economist and politician. He was the 61st president of Mexico from 1994 to 2000, as the last of the uninterrupted 71-year line of Mexican presidents from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Father of Modern Democracy in Mexico, his non-interventionist policy yielded transparent results on the 2000 Mexican general election.
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22. Reyes Tamez
1952-. (aged 74)
politician
immunologist
Reyes Tamez Guerra is a Mexican immunochemist and politicians. He is a former Secretary of Education for the State of Nuevo León, a former president of the Autonomous University of Nuevo León (UANL) and a former Secretary of Education in the cabinet of Vicente Fox (2000–2006).
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23. Cuitlahuac Garcia
1968-. (aged 58)
teacher
mechanical engineer
politician
Cuitláhuac García Jiménez is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) who currently serves as Governor of Veracruz. Previously, he represented Veracruz's tenth district as a federal deputy in the 63rd session of Congress.
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24. Verónica Cruz Sánchez
1971-. (aged 55)
human rights defender
Verónica Cruz Sánchez is a Mexican human rights defender. She was the first Mexican to be awarded the Defender of Human Rights award from Human Rights Watch. In 2006, she was awarded the honor for her work with women's right to access legal and medical services. She brings public awareness to the situation of predominantly uneducated, indigenous and impoverished women...
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25. José Guadalupe Osuna Millán
1955-. (aged 71)
politician
José Guadalupe Osuna Millán is a Mexican economist and politician member of the National Action Party (PAN) who served as Governor of Baja California.
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26. Esther Orozco
1945-. (aged 81)
teacher
politician
botanist
citizen
Vocera de Salinas Priego
María Esther Orozco Orozco is a Mexican chemist, bacteriologist, parasitologist and teacher. Her research has been the mechanisms by which Entamoeba histolytica causes disease. She is currently the Minister of International Cooperation in Science and Technology at the Mexican Embassy in France.
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