ASTRONOMER
Jane Luu
1963 - Today
Jane Luu
Jane X. Luu (Vietnamese: Lưu Lệ Hằng; born July 1963) is a Vietnamese-American astronomer and defense systems engineer. She was awarded the Kavli Prize (shared with David C. Jewitt and Michael Brown) for 2012 "for discovering and characterizing the Kuiper Belt and its largest members, work that led to a major advance in the understanding of the history of our planetary system". Luu immigrated to the United States as a refugee in 1975, when the South Vietnamese government fell. She and her family lived in refugee camps and motels before they settled in Kentucky, where she had relatives. Read more on Wikipedia
Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jane Luu is the 430th most popular astronomer (up from 507th in 2019), the 87th most popular biography from Vietnam (up from 99th in 2019) and the most popular Vietnamese Astronomer.
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Among ASTRONOMERS
Among astronomers, Jane Luu ranks 430 out of 644. Before her are Jean Richer, Mary Adela Blagg, Christopher Hansteen, Catherine Cesarsky, Robert Emden, and George Henry Peters. After her are Henry L. Giclas, Herbert Hall Turner, Cuno Hoffmeister, Adrien Auzout, Horace W. Babcock, and Erika Böhm-Vitense.
Most Popular Astronomers in Wikipedia
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Jean Richer
1630 - 1696
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 424
Mary Adela Blagg
1858 - 1944
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 425
Christopher Hansteen
1784 - 1873
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 426
Catherine Cesarsky
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 427
Robert Emden
1862 - 1940
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 428
George Henry Peters
1863 - 1947
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 429
Jane Luu
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 430
Henry L. Giclas
1910 - 2007
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 431
Herbert Hall Turner
1861 - 1930
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 432
Cuno Hoffmeister
1892 - 1968
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 433
Adrien Auzout
1622 - 1691
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 434
Horace W. Babcock
1912 - 2003
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 435
Erika Böhm-Vitense
1923 - 2017
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 436
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1963, Jane Luu ranks 215. Before her are Marc Jacobs, Maria Ressa, Joe Exotic, Simon Wright, Wang Shu, and Masuyo Shiraishi. After her are Jon Brion, Edie Falco, Jan Heintze, Edu Marangon, Alessandro Safina, and Sergey Kozlov.
Others Born in 1963
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Marc Jacobs
FASHION DESIGNER
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 209
Maria Ressa
JOURNALIST
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 210
Joe Exotic
CELEBRITY
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 211
Simon Wright
MUSICIAN
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 212
Wang Shu
ARCHITECT
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 213
Masuyo Shiraishi
SOCCER PLAYER
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 214
Jane Luu
ASTRONOMER
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 215
Jon Brion
SINGER
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 216
Edie Falco
ACTOR
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 217
Jan Heintze
SOCCER PLAYER
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 218
Edu Marangon
SOCCER PLAYER
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 219
Alessandro Safina
SINGER
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 220
Sergey Kozlov
POLITICIAN
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 221
In Vietnam
Among people born in Vietnam, Jane Luu ranks 87 out of 136. Before her are Trần Nhân Tông (1258), Hồ Xuân Hương (1772), Phan Văn Khải (1934), Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ (1908), Võ Văn Kiệt (1922), and Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh (1959). After her are Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn (1938), Hoàng Văn Thái (1915), Henri Laborit (1914), Dương Thu Hương (1947), Trần Văn Trà (1919), and Phan Thanh Giản (1796).
Others born in Vietnam
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Trần Nhân Tông
POLITICIAN
1258 - 1308
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 81
Hồ Xuân Hương
WRITER
1772 - 1822
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 82
Phan Văn Khải
POLITICIAN
1934 - 2018
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 83
Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ
POLITICIAN
1908 - 1976
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 84
Võ Văn Kiệt
POLITICIAN
1922 - 2008
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 85
Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh
POLITICIAN
1959 - Present
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 86
Jane Luu
ASTRONOMER
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 87
Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1938 - Present
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 88
Hoàng Văn Thái
POLITICIAN
1915 - 1986
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 89
Henri Laborit
CHEMIST
1914 - 1995
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 90
Dương Thu Hương
WRITER
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 91
Trần Văn Trà
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1919 - 1996
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 92
Phan Thanh Giản
PHILOSOPHER
1796 - 1867
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 93
Among ASTRONOMERS In Vietnam
Among astronomers born in Vietnam, Jane Luu ranks 1.
