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Christine Darden

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Christine Darden (née Mann; born September 10, 1942) is an American aeronautical engineer who devoted much of her 40-year career in aerodynamics at NASA to research supersonic flight and sonic booms. She was the first African-American woman at NASA's Langley Research Center to be promoted to the Senior Executive Service, the top rank in the federal civil service. Darden is one of the researchers featured in the book Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race (2016), a history of some of the influential African-American women mathematicians and engineers at NASA in the mid-20th century, by Margot Lee Shetterly. In 2019, Darden was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Christine Darden is the 908th most popular mathematician (down from 791st in 2024), the 10,413th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,653rd in 2019) and the 79th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Christine Darden ranks 908 out of 1,004. Before her are Claire Voisin, Hjalmar Mellin, Volker Strassen, Artur Avila, James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, and Elon Lindenstrauss. After her are Armand Borel, Richard Borcherds, David Blackwell, Mark Kac, Salomon Bochner, and Philip Hall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Christine Darden ranks 619. Before her are Honorino Landa, Guus Kuijer, Paul Churchland, Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez, Steve Wynn, and Jan Halvarsson. After her are Harald Norpoth, Dan Haggerty, Munyoro Nyamau, Mallikarjun Kharge, Jimmy Miller, and Eddie Kramer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Christine Darden ranks 10,415 out of 20,380. Before her are Larry Williams (1935), Taboo (1975), Brewster Kahle (1960), Ethan Phillips (1955), Neal Morse (1960), and Janine Turner (1962). After her are Richard Shelby (1934), Asia Kate Dillon (1984), Hope Sandoval (1966), Dan Lauria (1947), Judy Tyler (1932), and Lil Yachty (1997).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Christine Darden ranks 79. Before her are Phillip Griffiths (1938), Erna Schneider Hoover (1926), Gilbert Strang (1934), George Mostow (1923), Elwyn Berlekamp (1940), and Clifford Truesdell (1919). After her are David Blackwell (1919), Martin David Kruskal (1925), Evelyn Boyd Granville (1924), Richard Garfield (1963), Barry Mazur (1937), and Carl Pomerance (1944).

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