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Russell Alan Hulse

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Russell Alan Hulse (born November 28, 1950) is an American physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, shared with his thesis advisor Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., "for the discovery of a new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Russell Alan Hulse is the 77th most popular astronomer (up from 80th in 2019), the 989th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,066th in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Russell Alan Hulse ranks 77 out of 644. Before him are Simon Marius, Vera Rubin, Albert Marth, Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander, Pierre Méchain, and Pierre Janssen. After him are Wilhelm Tempel, Ejnar Hertzsprung, Antony Hewish, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, John Russell Hind, and Percival Lowell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Russell Alan Hulse ranks 32. Before him are Richard Dean Anderson, Bill Murray, Flavio Briatore, Ron Perlman, Zhang Yimou, and William Hurt. After him are William H. Macy, Joe Hisaishi, Suzi Quatro, Daniel Auteuil, Choe Ryong-hae, and Jörg Haider.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Russell Alan Hulse ranks 989 out of 20,380. Before him are Theodore Schultz (1902), Ruth Handler (1916), Sinclair Lewis (1885), Chet Baker (1929), Renée Zellweger (1969), and Stanley B. Prusiner (1942). After him are Woody Guthrie (1912), Benny Goodman (1909), Talia Shire (1946), Burt Reynolds (1936), Jules Dassin (1911), and Frances McDormand (1957).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Russell Alan Hulse ranks 13. Before him are Vesto Slipher (1875), Asaph Hall (1829), Clyde Tombaugh (1906), William Alfred Fowler (1911), Edward Emerson Barnard (1857), and Vera Rubin (1928). After him are Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868), Percival Lowell (1855), Eugene Merle Shoemaker (1928), George O. Abell (1927), Henry Norris Russell (1877), and Edward Charles Pickering (1846).

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