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Margot Lee Shetterly

1969 - Today

Margot Lee Shetterly

Margot Lee Shetterly (born June 30, 1969) is an American nonfiction writer who has also worked in investment banking and media startups. Her first book, Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Who Helped Win the Space Race (2016), is about African-American women mathematicians working at NASA who were instrumental to the success of the United States space program. She sold the movie rights while still working on the book, and it was adapted as a feature film of the same name, Hidden Figures (2016). For several years Shetterly and her husband lived and worked in Mexico, where they founded and published Inside Mexico, a magazine directed to English-speaking readers. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 14 different languages on Wikipedia. Margot Lee Shetterly is the 7,258th most popular writer, the 17,540th most popular biography from United States and the 1,166th most popular American Writer.

Margot Lee Shetterly is most famous for her book "Hidden Figures," which tells the story of African American women mathematicians who worked at NASA during the Space Race. The book was adapted into a successful film, further popularizing the contributions of these women to science and technology.

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Among writers, Margot Lee Shetterly ranks 7,258 out of 7,302. Before her are Laura Gallego García, Denise Mina, Djaili Amadou Amal, Stefan Molyneux, A. L. Kennedy, and Gints Zilbalodis. After her are Tom Bergeron, Nirupama Rao, Najat El Hachmi, Kristin Cashore, Chuck Hogan, and Hitomi Kanehara.

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Laura Gallego García
1977 - Present
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 7,252
Denise Mina
1966 - Present
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 7,253
Djaili Amadou Amal
1975 - Present
HPI: 42.22
Rank: 7,254
Stefan Molyneux
1966 - Present
HPI: 42.21
Rank: 7,255
A. L. Kennedy
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.19
Rank: 7,256
Gints Zilbalodis
1994 - Present
HPI: 42.18
Rank: 7,257
Margot Lee Shetterly
1969 - Present
HPI: 42.09
Rank: 7,258
Tom Bergeron
1955 - Present
HPI: 42.09
Rank: 7,259
Nirupama Rao
1950 - Present
HPI: 42.06
Rank: 7,260
Najat El Hachmi
1979 - Present
HPI: 42.02
Rank: 7,261
Kristin Cashore
1976 - Present
HPI: 42.02
Rank: 7,262
Chuck Hogan
1967 - Present
HPI: 42.01
Rank: 7,263
Hitomi Kanehara
1983 - Present
HPI: 42.01
Rank: 7,264

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Margot Lee Shetterly ranks 1,126. Before her are Ebele Okoye, Yasushi Matsumoto, José Alves dos Santos Júnior, Takeshi Yonezawa, Andrew Breitbart, and Ryo Adachi. After her are Yuji Okuma, Vadim Khamuttskikh, Ye Chong, Erika Alexander, Jonathan LaPaglia, and Natasha Little.

Others Born in 1969

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Ebele Okoye
PAINTER
1969 - Present
HPI: 42.13
Rank: 1,120
Yasushi Matsumoto
SOCCER PLAYER
1969 - Present
HPI: 42.13
Rank: 1,121
José Alves dos Santos Júnior
SOCCER PLAYER
1969 - Present
HPI: 42.12
Rank: 1,122
Takeshi Yonezawa
SOCCER PLAYER
1969 - Present
HPI: 42.11
Rank: 1,123
Andrew Breitbart
JOURNALIST
1969 - 2012
HPI: 42.10
Rank: 1,124
Ryo Adachi
SOCCER PLAYER
1969 - Present
HPI: 42.09
Rank: 1,125
Margot Lee Shetterly
WRITER
1969 - Present
HPI: 42.09
Rank: 1,126
Yuji Okuma
SOCCER PLAYER
1969 - Present
HPI: 42.08
Rank: 1,127
Vadim Khamuttskikh
VOLLEYBALL PLAYER
1969 - 2021
HPI: 42.08
Rank: 1,128
Ye Chong
ATHLETE
1969 - Present
HPI: 42.07
Rank: 1,129
Erika Alexander
ACTOR
1969 - Present
HPI: 42.04
Rank: 1,130
Jonathan LaPaglia
ACTOR
1969 - Present
HPI: 42.02
Rank: 1,131
Natasha Little
ACTOR
1969 - Present
HPI: 42.02
Rank: 1,132