The most famous people in United States associated with Astronomy right now — ranked by the public attention they command across search, news, Wikipedia, and social.
| # | Δ | Person | Country | Category | Fame | Momentum | ~ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | new | Carl Sagan | Scientists | 82.1 | 0.0 | ||
| #2 | new | Edwin Hubble | Scientists | 66.7 | 0.0 | ||
| #3 | new | ![]() Luis Walter Alvarez | Scientists | 64.8 | 17.4 | ||
| #4 | new | ![]() Neil deGrasse Tyson | Scientists | 63.2 | 1.4 | ||
| #5 | new | ![]() Robert Woodrow Wilson | Scientists | 61.7 | 2.3 | ||
| #6 | new | ![]() Harold Urey | Scientists | 58.9 | 0.8 | ||
| #7 | new | ![]() George Smoot | Scientists | 58.4 | 0.0 | ||
| #8 | new | ![]() Clyde Tombaugh | Scientists | 57.9 | 0.0 | ||
| #9 | new | ![]() Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. | Scientists | 55.8 | 0.7 | ||
| #10 | new | ![]() Vesto Slipher | Scientists | 53.9 | 3.0 | ||
| #11 | new | ![]() Asaph Hall | Scientists | 53.7 | 0.5 | ||
| #12 | new | ![]() Samuel Pierpont Langley | Scientists | 53.6 | 0.4 | ||
| #13 | new | ![]() Charles Greeley Abbot | Scientists | 51.9 | 1.2 |

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