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Hugh Latimer Dryden

1898 - 1965

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Hugh Latimer Dryden (July 2, 1898 – December 2, 1965) was an American aeronautical scientist and civil servant. He served as NASA Deputy Administrator from August 19, 1958, until his death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hugh Latimer Dryden is the 337th most popular engineer (down from 319th in 2019), the 10,079th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,339th in 2019) and the 39th most popular American Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Hugh Latimer Dryden ranks 337 out of 389. Before him are Ove Arup, Jesse Ramsden, Verghese Kurien, John Monash, Da-Wen Sun, and Isaac Roberts. After him are Octave Chanute, Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, T. Keith Glennan, Julius Kühn, R. J. Mitchell, and Harry Ricardo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Hugh Latimer Dryden ranks 280. Before him are Alla Tarasova, Irving Rapper, Roberto Larraz, Norma Varden, Eleanor Boardman, and Clara González. After him are Wallace Ford, Curtis Stevens, Norman Z. McLeod, Elemér Somfay, Robert Keith, and Ferreira de Castro. Among people deceased in 1965, Hugh Latimer Dryden ranks 211. Before him are Myra Hess, Ingrid Jonker, Ludwig Wrede, Søren Marinus Jensen, Chris Berger, and Óscar Cristi. After him are Spike Jones, Samuel King Allison, Gilbert Colgate, Frances Perkins, Halvdan Koht, and Ray Collins.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hugh Latimer Dryden ranks 10,081 out of 20,380. Before him are Jim Montgomery (1955), Jim Risch (1943), Sean Murray (1977), Patton Oswalt (1969), Eddie Floyd (1937), and Dax Shepard (1975). After him are Naomi Wolf (1962), Judy Blume (1938), Chick Webb (1905), Mckenna Grace (2006), Suzy Parker (1932), and Justin Hartley (1977).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Hugh Latimer Dryden ranks 39. Before him are Robert H. Dennard (1932), K. Eric Drexler (1955), Sidney Darlington (1906), Preston Tucker (1903), Gordon Bell (1934), and Beatrice Hicks (1919). After him are T. Keith Glennan (1905), Chuck Peddle (1937), Robert R. Gilruth (1913), Tom Dowd (1925), Robert Zubrin (1952), and David S. Johnson (1945).

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