1929 - 2021
Carolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker (June 24, 1929 – August 13, 2021) was an American astronomer and a co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9. She discovered 32 comets (then a record for the most by an individual) and more than 500 asteroids. Having earned degrees in history, political science, and English literature, she had little interest in planetary science until she met and married geologist Eugene Merle Shoemaker. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carolyn S. Shoemaker has received more than 240,089 page views. Her biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Carolyn S. Shoemaker is the 109th most popular astronomer (up from 260th in 2019), the 1,712th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,896th in 2019) and the 21st most popular American Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Carolyn S. Shoemaker ranks 109 out of 531. Before her are Reinhard Genzel, Frank Drake, Edward Charles Pickering, George Biddell Airy, Ernst Öpik, and Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin. After her are Heinrich Schwabe, Arthur Auwers, Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf, E. M. Antoniadi, Édouard Stephan, and Henry Norris Russell.
1952 - Present
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 103
1930 - 2022
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 104
1846 - 1919
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 105
1801 - 1892
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 106
1893 - 1985
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 107
1900 - 1979
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 108
1929 - 2021
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 109
1789 - 1875
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 110
1838 - 1915
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 111
1526 - 1580
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 112
1870 - 1944
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 113
1837 - 1923
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 114
1877 - 1957
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 115
Among people born in 1929, Carolyn S. Shoemaker ranks 104. Before her are Nicolai Ghiaurov, Bob Denard, John Polanyi, June Carter Cash, Kjell Askildsen, and Věra Chytilová. After her are Eva Schloss, Chespirito, Isabel Sarli, David Kelly, Lorenzo Buffon, and Robert Faurisson. Among people deceased in 2021, Carolyn S. Shoemaker ranks 107. Before her are Walter Mondale, Nino Vaccarella, Tamara Press, Kjell Askildsen, David Yonggi Cho, and Igor Oistrakh. After her are Christa Ludwig, Kurt Westergaard, Toshihide Maskawa, Nino Castelnuovo, Stephen Sondheim, and Djivan Gasparyan.
1929 - 2004
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 98
1929 - 2007
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 99
1929 - Present
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 100
1929 - 2003
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 101
1929 - 2021
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 102
1929 - 2014
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 103
1929 - 2021
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 104
1929 - Present
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 105
1929 - 2014
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 106
1929 - 2019
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 107
1929 - 2012
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 108
1929 - Present
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 109
1929 - 2018
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 110
1928 - 2021
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 101
1933 - 2021
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 102
1937 - 2021
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 103
1929 - 2021
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 104
1936 - 2021
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 105
1931 - 2021
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 106
1929 - 2021
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 107
1928 - 2021
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 108
1935 - 2021
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 109
1940 - 2021
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 110
1936 - 2021
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 111
1930 - 2021
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 112
1928 - 2021
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 113
Among people born in United States, Carolyn S. Shoemaker ranks 1,712 out of 18,182. Before her are Wilbur Scoville (1865), Jessye Norman (1945), Richard Jenkins (1947), Adrien Brody (1973), Jerry Stiller (1927), and Michael Spence (1943). After her are Floyd Patterson (1935), Jim Rogers (1942), Edwin S. Porter (1870), Barbara W. Tuchman (1912), Edward Albee (1928), and A. L. Kroeber (1876).
1865 - 1942
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 1,706
1945 - 2019
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 1,707
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 1,708
1973 - Present
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 1,709
1927 - 2020
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 1,710
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 1,711
1929 - 2021
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 1,712
1935 - 2006
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 1,713
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.53
Rank: 1,714
1870 - 1941
HPI: 58.53
Rank: 1,715
1912 - 1989
HPI: 58.53
Rank: 1,716
1928 - 2016
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 1,717
1876 - 1960
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 1,718
Among astronomers born in United States, Carolyn S. Shoemaker ranks 21. Before her are Eugene Merle Shoemaker (1928), Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. (1941), J. Allen Hynek (1910), James Van Allen (1914), Frank Drake (1930), and Edward Charles Pickering (1846). After her are Henry Norris Russell (1877), Harlow Shapley (1885), Maria Mitchell (1818), Annie Jump Cannon (1863), George Phillips Bond (1825), and Vesto Slipher (1875).
1928 - 1997
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 15
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 16
1910 - 1986
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 17
1914 - 2006
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 18
1930 - 2022
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 19
1846 - 1919
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 20
1929 - 2021
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 21
1877 - 1957
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 22
1885 - 1972
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 23
1818 - 1889
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 24
1863 - 1941
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 25
1825 - 1865
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 26
1875 - 1969
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 27