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Katherine Johnson Johnson in 1983 Born Creola Katherine Coleman (1918-08-26) August 26, 1918 White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, U.S. Died February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24) (aged 101) Newport News, Virginia, U.S. Other names Katherine Goble Education West Virginia State University (BS) Occupation Mathematician Employers NACA NASA (1953–1986) Known for Calculating trajectories for NASA ...
Hidden Figures is a 2016 American biographical drama film directed by Theodore Melfi and written by Melfi and Allison Schroeder.It is loosely based on the 2016 non-fiction book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly about three female African-American mathematicians: Katherine Goble Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer), and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe), who worked ...
Taraji P. Henson starred as mathematician Katherine Johnson, Octavia Spencer played Dorothy Vaughan, an African-American mathematician who worked for NASA in 1949, and Janelle Monáe played Mary Jackson, the first female African-American engineer to work for NASA. [16] The movie made US$231.3 million. The budget of the film was US$25 million.
Katherine Johnson's great-granddaughter, Nakia Boykin, opens up about the late NASA mathematician's legacy for Women's History Month.
Mr. and Mrs. David Collins Johnson of New York and Watch Hill, Rhode Island announce the engagement of their daughter, Katherine Ann, of New York, to George H. Shepherd, also of New York.
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
Self-identifies as homosexual. He is among the earliest gay main characters included in an American television series. When Coleman took over the role, his change in appearance was explained by plastic surgery due to an oil rig explosion. [38] 1981–1989 Jack Coleman (started in season 3) Ted Dinard: Mark Withers
On Thursday, Nov. 7, the Rebel Ridge star, 74, sat down with the talk show host, 56, on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, where Don revealed that his actress daughter, Dakota Johnson, 35, was a "very eventful ...