1925 - 2018
Nancy Grace Roman (May 16, 1925 – December 25, 2018) was an American astronomer who made important contributions to stellar classification and motions. The first female executive at NASA, Roman served as NASA's first Chief of Astronomy throughout the 1960s and 1970s, establishing her as one of the "visionary founders of the US civilian space program".Roman created NASA's space astronomy program and is known to many as the "Mother of Hubble" for her foundational role in planning the Hubble Space Telescope. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nancy Roman has received more than 254,300 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Nancy Roman is the 227th most popular astronomer (up from 303rd in 2019), the 3,407th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,608th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular American Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Nancy Roman ranks 227 out of 531. Before her are James Ferguson, Antonín Mrkos, Walter Lewin, Tamara Smirnova, Milton L. Humason, and George Ellery Hale. After her are Thomas Gold, John Michell, Agrippa, Henri Debehogne, Eleanor F. Helin, and James Glaisher.
1797 - 1867
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 221
1918 - 1996
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 222
1936 - Present
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 223
1935 - 2001
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 224
1891 - 1972
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 225
1868 - 1938
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 226
1925 - 2018
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 227
1920 - 2004
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 228
1724 - 1793
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 229
100 - 1
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 230
1928 - 2007
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 231
1932 - 2009
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 232
1809 - 1903
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 233
Among people born in 1925, Nancy Roman ranks 170. Before her are François-Xavier Ortoli, Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh, Arnaldo Forlani, Jimmy Smith, René Moawad, and Elmore Leonard. After her are Jørgen Ingmann, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Farley Granger, Giovanni Spadolini, Julie Harris, and Edward Gorey. Among people deceased in 2018, Nancy Roman ranks 150. Before her are Moshé Mizrahi, Choi Eun-hee, Harlan Ellison, Ola Ullsten, Ara Güler, and Dan Gurney. After her are John Sulston, Kirin Kiki, Walter Laqueur, David C. H. Austin, Lyudmila Alexeyeva, and Venantino Venantini.
1925 - 2007
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 164
1925 - 2009
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 165
1925 - 2023
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 166
1925 - 2005
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 167
1925 - 1989
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 168
1925 - 2013
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 169
1925 - 2018
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 170
1925 - 2015
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 171
1925 - 2007
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 172
1925 - 2011
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 173
1925 - 1994
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 174
1925 - 2013
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 175
1925 - 2000
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 176
1931 - 2018
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 144
1926 - 2018
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 145
1934 - 2018
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 146
1931 - 2018
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 147
1928 - 2018
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 148
1931 - 2018
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 149
1925 - 2018
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 150
1942 - 2018
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 151
1943 - 2018
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 152
1921 - 2018
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 153
1926 - 2018
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 154
1927 - 2018
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 155
1930 - 2018
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 156
Among people born in United States, Nancy Roman ranks 3,407 out of 18,182. Before her are Dave Grusin (1934), Willie Garson (1964), Chris McCandless (1968), Bill Nelson (1942), Elmore Leonard (1925), and Dennis Weaver (1924). After her are Chuck Feeney (1931), Josh Radnor (1974), Lucius D. Clay (1898), John Gilbert (1895), Marie Colvin (1956), and Helen Kane (1904).
1934 - Present
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 3,401
1964 - 2021
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 3,402
1968 - 1992
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 3,403
1942 - Present
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 3,404
1925 - 2013
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 3,405
1924 - 2006
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 3,406
1925 - 2018
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 3,407
1931 - 2023
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 3,408
1974 - Present
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 3,409
1898 - 1978
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 3,410
1895 - 1936
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 3,411
1956 - 2012
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 3,412
1904 - 1966
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 3,413
Among astronomers born in United States, Nancy Roman ranks 42. Before her are William Wallace Campbell (1862), James W. Christy (1938), Seth Barnes Nicholson (1891), Heber Doust Curtis (1872), Milton L. Humason (1891), and George Ellery Hale (1868). After her are Eleanor F. Helin (1932), Halton Arp (1927), James Edward Keeler (1857), Fred Lawrence Whipple (1906), William Cranch Bond (1789), and Seth Carlo Chandler (1846).
1862 - 1938
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 36
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 37
1891 - 1963
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 38
1872 - 1942
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 39
1891 - 1972
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 40
1868 - 1938
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 41
1925 - 2018
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 42
1932 - 2009
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 43
1927 - 2013
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 44
1857 - 1900
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 45
1906 - 2004
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 46
1789 - 1859
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 47
1846 - 1913
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 48