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Nancy Roman

1925 - 2018

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Nancy Grace Roman (* 16. Mai 1925 in Nashville, Tennessee; † 25. Dezember 2018) war eine US-amerikanische Astronomin und der erste Chief of Astronomy and Relativity Programs der NASA. Da sie maßgeblich an der Planung für das Hubble-Weltraumteleskop beteiligt war, wird sie oft als Hubbles Mutter (englisch: Mother of Hubble) bezeichnet. Nach ihr ist das Nancy Grace Roman Space Teleskop benannt. Mehr auf Wikipedia lesen

Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Nancy Roman is the 200th most popular astronom (up from 230th in 2024), the 2,790th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,245th in 2019) and the 37th most popular American Astronom.

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Among Astronoms

Among astronoms, Nancy Roman ranks 200 out of 644. Before her are Francis Preserved Leavenworth, Maria Cunitz, Andrea M. Ghez, Andreas Cellarius, J. Allen Hynek, and Ali Qushji. After her are Félix Tisserand, Antonín Mrkos, George Mary Searle, Joel Hastings Metcalf, Giovanni Battista Donati, and Andrew Graham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Nancy Roman ranks 128. Before her are Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Antoine Gizenga, Lepa Radić, Luis Molowny, and François-Xavier Ortoli. After her are Robert Hardy, Michael Dummett, Pierre Bérégovoy, Gregorio Conrado Álvarez, Eva Klein, and Farley Granger. Among people deceased in 2018, Nancy Roman ranks 111. Before her are Ermanno Olmi, Big Van Vader, Margot Kidder, Belisario Betancur, Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, and Raymond Chow. After her are Paul Virilio, Robert Faurisson, Jozef Adamec, Joseph Kobzon, Oliver Dragojević, and Luis García Meza.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nancy Roman ranks 2,790 out of 20,380. Before her are Dan Inosanto (1936), James Levine (1943), Benjamin Spock (1903), E. E. Cummings (1894), Gordon Cooper (1927), and Richard Bassett (1745). After her are Robert B. Wilson (1937), Brittany Murphy (1977), Tito Jackson (1953), Dexter Gordon (1923), Ellison Onizuka (1946), and Rex Tillerson (1952).

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Among Astronoms In United States

Among astronoms born in United States, Nancy Roman ranks 37. Before her are Henry Draper (1837), George Phillips Bond (1825), George William Hill (1838), Francis Preserved Leavenworth (1858), Andrea M. Ghez (1965), and J. Allen Hynek (1910). After her are Joel Hastings Metcalf (1866), Seth Barnes Nicholson (1891), George Ellery Hale (1868), Fred Lawrence Whipple (1906), Horace Parnell Tuttle (1837), and William Wallace Campbell (1862).

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