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Nancy Roman

1925 - 2018

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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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  • 52.95

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  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Nancy Roman ranks 227 out of 531Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Nancy Roman ranks 170Before 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 150Before 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.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nancy Roman ranks 3,407 out of 18,182Before 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).

Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Nancy Roman ranks 42Before 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).