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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 ...
Katarina Mary Johnson-Thompson was born in the Woolton suburb of Liverpool on 9 January 1993, [3] the daughter of English mother Tracey Johnson and Bahamian father Ricardo Thompson (died November 2017). [4] Her mother is a former dancer, while her father worked as a production assistant for the Bahamian television station ZNS-TV. [5] [6]
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Her middle name was inspired after Hanks’ mother, Audrey Mae Williams. ... Hank and Mary welcomed their daughter Katherine Williams-Dunning on Oct. 21, 1992. ... 2020. Katherine and her husband ...
James shares his father’s real first name and alma mater, Michigan State University. ... Jim and Sarah welcomed their daughter Katherine Harbaugh on Dec. 17, 2010.
One of them, Katherine Johnson, calculated rocket trajectories for the Mercury and Apollo missions. [9] Johnson successfully "took matters into her own hands" [9] by being assertive with her supervisor. When her mathematical abilities were recognized, Johnson was allowed into what had previously been all-male meetings at NASA. [9] [10]
As an actor, writer and producer, Mindy Kaling has a long list of accomplishments attached to her name — and she is also a mother of three. “The Office” alum has a 6-year-old daughter ...