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Richard H. Truly

1937 - 2024

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Richard Harrison Truly (November 12, 1937 – February 27, 2024) was an American fighter pilot, engineer and astronaut who served as a vice admiral in the United States Navy and as the eighth administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) from 1989 to 1992. He was the first former astronaut to head the space agency. After his departure from NASA, he led the Georgia Tech Research Institute from 1992 to 1997, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory from 1997 to 2005. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard H. Truly is the 13,760th most popular politician (up from 14,824th in 2019), the 6,287th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,160th in 2019) and the 505th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Richard H. Truly ranks 13,760 out of 19,576. Before him are Georg von Habsburg, Yemi Osinbajo, Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla, Peada of Mercia, Carlos Veiga, and Hamengkubuwono IX. After him are Emmanouil Tsouderos, Ivan Kostov, Reino Kuuskoski, Lajos Dinnyés, Mario Echandi Jiménez, and Konstantinos Tsaldaris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Richard H. Truly ranks 322. Before him are Jorge Cafrune, Teresa Ciepły, Yukio Endo, Harry Wu, Glen A. Larson, and Joe Henderson. After him are Roger Penske, Galimzyan Khusainov, Clodovil Hernandes, Guram Kostava, Francis George, and Andrei Bitov. Among people deceased in 2024, Richard H. Truly ranks 303. Before him are Jan A. P. Kaczmarek, Christopher Priest, Levan Tediashvili, Anita Bryant, Ruth Westheimer, and Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. After him are George Eastham, Richard Simmons, Francisco Rodríguez, Charles Shyer, Pedro Rubiano Sáenz, and Michel Jazy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard H. Truly ranks 6,288 out of 20,380. Before him are Dick Boushka (1934), Shawn Crahan (1969), Rance Howard (1928), Marilynne Robinson (1943), Ed Wynn (1886), and Mike Bloomfield (1943). After him are Edmund Beecher Wilson (1856), Vivien Thomas (1910), Hal B. Wallis (1898), Genevieve Cortese (1981), Deirdre McCloskey (1942), and Ronnie Radke (1983).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Richard H. Truly ranks 505. Before him are William Cohen (1940), Marty Walsh (1967), Janet Jagan (1920), Florence Bascom (1862), Mike Huckabee (1955), and Daniel Morgan (1736). After him are Bobby Seale (1936), Black Kettle (1803), Henry Lee III (1756), Danny Davis (1941), John Adair (1757), and Salmon P. Chase (1808).

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