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Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Neil deGrasse Tyson (US: də-GRASS or UK: də-GRAHSS; born October 5, 1958) is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. Tyson studied at Harvard University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Columbia University. From 1991 to 1994, he was a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University. In 1994, he joined the Hayden Planetarium as a staff scientist and the Princeton faculty as a visiting research scientist and lecturer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Neil deGrasse Tyson is the 28th most popular astronomer (down from 19th in 2019), the 396th most popular biography from United States (down from 262nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Astronomer.

Neil deGrasse Tyson is most famous for being an astrophysicist, science communicator, and science popularizer. He is the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Neil deGrasse Tyson ranks 28 out of 644. Before him are Aryabhata, Caroline Herschel, Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Charles Messier, and Giuseppe Piazzi. After him are Roger Joseph Boscovich, Riccardo Giacconi, Charles Greeley Abbot, Giovanni Schiaparelli, Heinrich Louis d'Arrest, and Johann Palisa.

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Among people born in 1958, Neil deGrasse Tyson ranks 9. Before him are Ursula von der Leyen, Droupadi Murmu, Olaf Scholz, Andrea Bocelli, Kate Bush, and Sharon Stone. After him are Tim Burton, Albert II, Prince of Monaco, Gary Oldman, Mehmet Ali Ağca, Prince, and Viggo Mortensen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Neil deGrasse Tyson ranks 396 out of 20,380. Before him are Colonel Sanders (1890), Dianne Wiest (1946), J. D. Vance (1984), Robert Wadlow (1918), Marilyn Manson (1969), and Samuel Colt (1814). After him are Owen Chamberlain (1920), Edward Thorndike (1874), Rocky Marciano (1923), John Ford (1894), Lee Van Cleef (1925), and Audie Murphy (1925).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Neil deGrasse Tyson ranks 4. Before him are Edwin Hubble (1889), Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. (1941), and Carl Sagan (1934). After him are Charles Greeley Abbot (1872), Robert Woodrow Wilson (1936), Vesto Slipher (1875), Asaph Hall (1829), Clyde Tombaugh (1906), William Alfred Fowler (1911), Edward Emerson Barnard (1857), and Vera Rubin (1928).

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