# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mario-molina
# Generated: 2026-09-02T10:47:08.787Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mario-molina"
name: "Mario Molina"
slug: "mario-molina"
description: "Mario José Molina-Pasquel Henríquez was a Mexican physical chemist. He played a pivotal role in the discovery of the Antarctic ozone hole, and was a co-recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his role in discovering the threat to the Earth's ozone layer from chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) gases. He was the first Mexican-born scientist to receive a Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the third Mexican-born person to receive a Nobel prize."
tagline: "Mexican chemical engineer (1943–2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mario_Molina_1c389_8387.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
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birthDate: "1943-03-19"
deathDate: "2020-10-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-country-fill