1957 - Today
Wendy Laurel Freedman (born July 17, 1957) is a Canadian-American astronomer, best known for her measurement of the Hubble constant, and as director of the Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena, California, and Las Campanas, Chile. She is now the John & Marion Sullivan University Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wendy Freedman has received more than 58,506 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Wendy Freedman is the 546th most popular astronomer (down from 520th in 2019), the 806th most popular biography from Canada (down from 755th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Canadian Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Wendy Freedman ranks 546 out of 531. Before her are Naoto Satō, Alan Hale, Chad Trujillo, Miloš Tichý, David J. Tholen, and Satoru Otomo. After her are Gary Hug, Debra Fischer, Marc William Buie, Osamu Muramatsu, Matthew J. Holman, and Lenka Kotková.
1953 - Present
HPI: 36.79
Rank: 540
1958 - Present
HPI: 36.70
Rank: 541
1973 - Present
HPI: 36.05
Rank: 542
1966 - Present
HPI: 35.85
Rank: 543
1955 - Present
HPI: 35.71
Rank: 544
1957 - Present
HPI: 35.55
Rank: 545
1957 - Present
HPI: 35.21
Rank: 546
1950 - Present
HPI: 35.15
Rank: 547
1951 - Present
HPI: 34.56
Rank: 548
1958 - Present
HPI: 34.47
Rank: 549
1949 - Present
HPI: 34.46
Rank: 550
1967 - Present
HPI: 34.40
Rank: 551
1973 - Present
HPI: 34.33
Rank: 552
Among people born in 1957, Wendy Freedman ranks 597. Before her are Mark Gordon, Satoru Otomo, Irina Nazarova, Peeter Järvelaid, Vasyl Arkhypenko, and Shirley Babashoff. After her are Jermaine Stewart, Taylor Negron, William G. Gregory, Yoshiyuki Matsuoka, David Beasley, and Scott J. Horowitz.
1957 - Present
HPI: 35.58
Rank: 591
1957 - Present
HPI: 35.55
Rank: 592
1957 - Present
HPI: 35.42
Rank: 593
1957 - Present
HPI: 35.32
Rank: 594
1957 - Present
HPI: 35.31
Rank: 595
1957 - Present
HPI: 35.27
Rank: 596
1957 - Present
HPI: 35.21
Rank: 597
1957 - 1997
HPI: 35.17
Rank: 598
1957 - 2015
HPI: 35.14
Rank: 599
1957 - Present
HPI: 35.13
Rank: 600
1957 - Present
HPI: 35.04
Rank: 601
1957 - Present
HPI: 35.02
Rank: 602
1957 - Present
HPI: 34.98
Rank: 603
Among people born in Canada, Wendy Freedman ranks 806 out of 1,350. Before her are Cœur de pirate (1989), Michael Mando (1981), Mark Lee (1999), Alexander Hurd (1910), Kate Vernon (1961), and Eugenie Bouchard (1994). After her are Bianca Beauchamp (1977), Paul Kariya (1974), Shawn Roberts (1984), Jean-Luc Brassard (1972), Emeraude Toubia (1989), and Yasmeen Ghauri (1971).
1989 - Present
HPI: 35.34
Rank: 800
1981 - Present
HPI: 35.32
Rank: 801
1999 - Present
HPI: 35.30
Rank: 802
1910 - 1982
HPI: 35.26
Rank: 803
1961 - Present
HPI: 35.26
Rank: 804
1994 - Present
HPI: 35.24
Rank: 805
1957 - Present
HPI: 35.21
Rank: 806
1977 - Present
HPI: 35.20
Rank: 807
1974 - Present
HPI: 35.18
Rank: 808
1984 - Present
HPI: 35.11
Rank: 809
1972 - Present
HPI: 35.06
Rank: 810
1989 - Present
HPI: 35.01
Rank: 811
1971 - Present
HPI: 34.99
Rank: 812
Among astronomers born in Canada, Wendy Freedman ranks 6. Before her are Arthur B. McDonald (1943), Hubert Reeves (1932), James Craig Watson (1838), John Stanley Plaskett (1865), and David H. Levy (1948). After her are Sara Seager (1971), Brett J. Gladman (1966), and Dale Frail (1961).
1943 - Present
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 1
1932 - 2023
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 2
1838 - 1880
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 3
1865 - 1941
HPI: 45.50
Rank: 4
1948 - Present
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 5
1957 - Present
HPI: 35.21
Rank: 6
1971 - Present
HPI: 31.10
Rank: 7
1966 - Present
HPI: 30.27
Rank: 8
1961 - Present
HPI: 28.59
Rank: 9