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Allan Sandage

1926 - 2010

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Allan Rex Sandage (June 18, 1926 – November 13, 2010) was an American astronomer. He was Staff Member Emeritus with the Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena, California. He determined the first reasonably accurate values for the Hubble constant and the age of the universe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Allan Sandage is the 331st most popular astronomer (down from 282nd in 2019), the 4,756th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,109th in 2019) and the 61st most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Allan Sandage ranks 331 out of 644. Before him are Takeshi Urata, George Van Biesbroeck, Brian G. Marsden, Caterina Scarpellini, Freimut Börngen, and John Machin. After him are Nils Christoffer Dunér, Maria Clara Eimmart, Franz Kaiser, Beatrice Tinsley, James Challis, and Julius Schiller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Allan Sandage ranks 227. Before him are Cedella Booker, Mickey Hargitay, Joseíto, Jon Vickers, Borys Romanchenko, and Juan Hohberg. After him are Driss Chraïbi, Rudi Gutendorf, Stanley Cavell, Avraham Adan, James Hillman, and Bhupen Hazarika. Among people deceased in 2010, Allan Sandage ranks 178. Before him are Bobbejaan Schoepen, Farooq Leghari, Tom Bosley, Armand Razafindratandra, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, and Brian G. Marsden. After him are Larry Evans, Alan Sillitoe, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Egon Klepsch, Kevin McCarthy, and Bernard Giraudeau.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Allan Sandage ranks 4,756 out of 20,380. Before him are Nick Cassavetes (1959), Tim Meadows (1961), Booker T. Washington (1856), Billy Sheehan (1953), Clifton James (1920), and Marcian Hoff (1937). After him are Michael Winslow (1958), James Denton (1963), Deborah Birx (1956), Tommy Thayer (1960), Chester Barnard (1886), and Dean Corll (1939).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Allan Sandage ranks 61. Before him are Frank Muller (1862), Charles Dillon Perrine (1867), Michael H. Hart (1932), Frank Elmore Ross (1874), Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824), and Milton L. Humason (1891). After him are James L. Elliot (1943), Carl A. Wirtanen (1910), Stephen P. Synnott (1946), Albert George Wilson (1918), Alvan Clark (1804), and Seth Carlo Chandler (1846).

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