Astronomer

Ruby Payne-Scott

Australian radio astronomer

1912 - 1981

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Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2024). Ruby Payne-Scott is the 506th most popular astronomer (up from 537th in 2024), the 247th most popular biography from Australia (up from 313th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Australian Astronomer.

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Ruby Payne-Scott is one of only 118 women among the 644 Astronomers in Pantheon.

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Ruby Payne-Scott shares a May 28 birthday with Selim II, George I of Great Britain, and Edvard Beneš.

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Among Astronomers

Among astronomers, Ruby Payne-Scott ranks 506 out of 644. Before her are Charles Piazzi Smyth, Charlotte Moore Sitterly, Robert H. McNaught, Edwin Foster Coddington, Frederik Kaiser, and William Henry Smyth. After her are DeLisle Stewart, Giuseppe Asclepi, Miguel Itzigsohn, Julie Vinter Hansen, Ľudmila Pajdušáková, and William Christie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Ruby Payne-Scott ranks 312. Before her are Karl Kreutzberg, Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, Phạm Hùng, Simón Lecue, Reta Shaw, and Ollie Johnston. After her are Horst Fischer, Georgia Coleman, Dagny Carlsson, Juan Antonio Ipiña, Gordon Parks, and Matthias Heidemann. Among people deceased in 1981, Ruby Payne-Scott ranks 204. Before her are Nils Asther, José María Minella, Crisant Bosch, Wilfried Puis, Gregory Breit, and Sergio Amidei. After her are Irving Jaffee, Durgabai Deshmukh, Tadeusz Baird, Paul Bontemps, Karl Struss, and Roy Cochran.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Ruby Payne-Scott ranks 247 out of 1,143. Before her are Mark Schwarzer (1972), Bob Daisley (1950), Earle Page (1880), Marjorie Jackson-Nelson (1931), Fred Schepisi (1939), and Costas Mandylor (1965). After her are Abbie Cornish (1982), Dawn Fraser (1937), Portia de Rossi (1973), William Deane (1931), Nia Jax (1984), and Rodney Heath (1884).

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Among Astronomers In Australia

Among astronomers born in Australia, Ruby Payne-Scott ranks 2. Before her is Walter Frederick Gale (1865). After her are John Broughton (1952), Frank B. Zoltowski (1957), and Terry Lovejoy (1966).

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