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Bruce C. Murray

1931 - 2013

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Bruce Churchill Murray (November 30, 1931 – August 29, 2013) was an American planetary scientist. He was a director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and co-founder of The Planetary Society. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bruce C. Murray is the 588th most popular astronomer (down from 558th in 2019), the 11,782nd most popular biography from United States (down from 10,618th in 2019) and the 122nd most popular American Astronomer.

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Among astronomers, Bruce C. Murray ranks 588 out of 644. Before him are Peter Goldreich, Dorrit Hoffleit, Philip Herbert Cowell, Osamu Muramatsu, Satoru Otomo, and Silvia Torres-Peimbert. After him are A. E. Douglass, Alan Hale, Jana Tichá, Christian Pollas, Matthew J. Holman, and Gary Hug.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Bruce C. Murray ranks 577. Before him are Clement Arrindell, Isidore Mankofsky, Teresa Brewer, Barbara Barrie, Ricardo Vidal, and John Shelby Spong. After him are Rip Taylor, Nirupa Roy, Bob Kenney, Alfred Kuchevsky, John Kerr, and Josephine Tewson. Among people deceased in 2013, Bruce C. Murray ranks 464. Before him are Bill Smith, Don Meineke, José María Maguregui, Vladimir Vikulov, Marina Solodkin, and Robin Sachs. After him are Wilbur Thompson, Vern Mikkelsen, Michel Knuysen, José Cardona, Lajos Für, and John Kerr.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bruce C. Murray ranks 11,784 out of 20,380. Before him are Christy Walton (1949), Rob Morrow (1962), William D'Amico (1910), Steve Walsh (1951), B-Real (1970), and Vanness Wu (1978). After him are Nicholas Brendon (1971), Richard Maibaum (1909), Joanna Going (1963), Nadine Sierra (1988), Roy Acuff (1903), and Oguchi Onyewu (1982).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Bruce C. Murray ranks 122. Before him are Lawrence H. Aller (1913), Thomas Bopp (1949), John August Anderson (1876), David Rittenhouse (1732), Peter Goldreich (1939), and Dorrit Hoffleit (1907). After him are A. E. Douglass (1867), Christian Pollas (1947), Matthew J. Holman (1967), David J. Tholen (1955), Chad Trujillo (1973), and Jan Kleyna (2000).

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