Mario Molina. Chemist. Nobel Prize 1995

Mario Molina (left) receiving the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Mario Jose Molina-Pasquel Henriquez

He and Sherwood Rowland made important discoveries on the impact of ChloroFluorCarbon (CFC) gases (formerly used as aerosol propelants and refrigerants) on the atmospheric ozone layer that protect us from the sun´s ultraviolet (UV) rays. They published an article about their discoveries in Nature magazine in 1974

He received the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement granted by the John and Alice Tyler Foundation and the University of Southern California in 1983

He received the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal in 1989

He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Sherwood Rowland and Paul Crutzen in 1995

He was accepted as member of Mexico's National College in 2003

He has been granted Honorary Doctorates by more than 30 universities, among them: the National University of Mexico in 1996, Yale University in 1997 and Harvard University in 2012

He has been condecorated by the Kingdom of Spain (Great Cross of the Order of Isabel the Catholic) in 2008, the Kingdom of Netherlands (Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau) in 2010  and the French Republic (Chevalier of the Order of the Legion of Honor) in 2012

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Mario Molina in wikipedia

Hugo Sanchez. Football (soccer) forward. European Golden Shoe 1990

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Hugo Sanchez

Won Concacaf Champions Cup playing at Pumas in 1980 and playing at America in 1992

Won the Interamerican Cup (played between Concacaf Champions Club and Libertadores Cup champions) playing at Pumas in 1981

Top scorer of Spanish League in 1984/1985 with 19 goals, 1985/1986 with 22 goals, 1986/1987 with 34 goals, 1987/1988 with 29 goals and 1989/1990 with 38 goals

Won the King's Cup of Spain playing at Atletico de Madrid in 1985 and playing at Real Madrid in 1989

Won the Spanish League playing at Real Madrid in 1985/1986, 1986/1987, 1987/1988, 1988/1989 and 1989/1990

Won the UEFA Cup (currently Europa Cup) playing at Real Madrid in 1986

Won Spain's Supercup playing at Real Madrid at 1988, 1989 and 1990

Received the European Golden Shoe as the top goal scorer of the 1989/1990 season in european football leagues with 38 goals

Was inducted to the Football Hall of Fame en 2011

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Carlos Slim. Businessman. World's wealthiest person since 2010

Photo from El Porvenir

In 2008 the government of Lebanon grants him the Order of the National Cedar in Grand Officer's degree

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Copa Telmex received the Record Guinness as the Largest Amateur Tournament for 5th consecutive year in 2011

The Soumaya Museum is opened in 2011

Slim's daughter (right) receives the Sorolla medal. Photo from New York Social Diary

In 2011 the Hispanic Society of America grants Fundacion Carlos Slim the Sorolla Medal

Forbes magazine ranks Carlos Slim as the world's wealthiest person for fourth consecutive year in 2013

George Washington University grants him the Honorary Doctorate in Public Service in 2012

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Carlos Slim in wikipedia