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Wendy Freedman

1957 - Today

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Wendy Laurel Freedman (born July 17, 1957) is a Canadian-American astronomer, best known for her measurement of the Hubble constant, and as director of the Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena, California, and Las Campanas, Chile. She is now the John & Marion Sullivan University Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago. Her principal research interests are in observational cosmology, focusing on measuring both the current and past expansion rates of the universe, and on understanding if there is missing physics in the standard (Lambda Cold Dark Matter) cosmological model. In 2025, Time magazine listed her as one of the world's 100 most influential people. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wendy Freedman is the 599th most popular astronomer (down from 597th in 2019), the 758th most popular biography from Canada (up from 766th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Canadian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Wendy Freedman ranks 599 out of 644. Before her are Matthew J. Holman, Gary Hug, Lenka Kotková, Debra Fischer, Arnold Wolfendale, and David J. Tholen. After her are Fernand Rigaux, Merieme Chadid, Chad Trujillo, William Kwong Yu Yeung, Richard van der Riet Woolley, and Stefano Sposetti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Wendy Freedman ranks 591. Before her are Kazuhito Mochizuki, Irina Nazarova, Elmar Borrmann, Alberto Alesina, Bill Fagerbakke, and Cam Clarke. After her are Pedrinho, Benoît Potier, Amy Goodman, Ini Kamoze, Scott Hahn, and Nitin Gadkari.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Wendy Freedman ranks 758 out of 1,622. Before her are Bill Reid (1920), Richard Louis Duckett (1884), Joe Sakic (1969), Gerald Emmett Carter (1912), William Edmond Logan (1798), and S. I. Hayakawa (1906). After her are Jay Baruchel (1982), Christophe Beck (1972), Sarah Gadon (1987), Hazel McCallion (1921), Jason Reitman (1977), and Sylvia Fedoruk (1927).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Canada

Among astronomers born in Canada, Wendy Freedman ranks 7. Before her are Arthur B. McDonald (1943), James Craig Watson (1838), Hubert Reeves (1932), David H. Levy (1948), Carlyle S. Beals (1899), and John Stanley Plaskett (1865). After her are Brett J. Gladman (1966), Sara Seager (1971), Dale Frail (1961), and Linda A. Morabito (1953).

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