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Robert R. Gilruth

1913 - 2000

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Robert Rowe Gilruth (October 8, 1913 – August 17, 2000) was an American aerospace engineer and an aviation/space pioneer who was the first director of NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center, later renamed the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. He worked for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) from 1937 to 1958 and its successor NASA, until his retirement in 1973. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert R. Gilruth has received more than 293,148 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert R. Gilruth is the 366th most popular engineer, the 13,088th most popular biography from United States and the 44th most popular American Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Robert R. Gilruth ranks 366 out of 389. Before him are Mike Gascoyne, Mike Coughlan, C. H. Douglas, Bob Bell, John Scott Russell, and Tessy Thomas. After him are David S. Johnson, Tom Kilburn, Charles Ingram, John Rennie the Elder, Naoki Hattori, and Peter Hirsch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Robert R. Gilruth ranks 408. Before him are Bob Crosby, Ali Sardar Jafri, R. S. Thomas, Walt Kelly, Laird Cregar, and Kurt Dossin. After him are Henry Banks, Kofi Abrefa Busia, Janis Carter, Sam Ruben, Frances Langford, and Helen Mack. Among people deceased in 2000, Robert R. Gilruth ranks 362. Before him are John Lindsay, Ali Sardar Jafri, R. S. Thomas, Joan Marsh, A. H. Albut, and Tex Beneke. After him are Frances Drake, Gail Fisher, Vincent Canby, Marguerite Churchill, George Armstrong, and David Dukes.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert R. Gilruth ranks 13,088 out of 20,380. Before him are Alex Groza (1926), Jake Johnson (1978), Mark Warner (1954), Kathleen Rose Perkins (1974), Curtis Brown (1956), and Tom Everett Scott (1970). After him are John Francis Dillon (1884), Steve Cherundolo (1979), Frank Lautenberg (1924), Eddie Cibrian (1973), Harry Anderson (1952), and Lee Daniels (1959).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Robert R. Gilruth ranks 44. Before him are John Houbolt (1919), Chuck Peddle (1937), Sidney Darlington (1906), Robert Zubrin (1952), Tom Dowd (1925), and Gordon Bell (1934). After him are David S. Johnson (1945), Beatrice Hicks (1919), Henry M. Morris (1918), Ted Jensen (1954), Douglas H. Wheelock (1960), and Jonathan James (1983).

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