Carolyn S. Shoemaker

Carolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker was an American astronomer and a co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9. She discovered 32 comets and more than 500 asteroids.

24 June 1929

Born on the same birth day (24 June): Betty Jackson • Ernesto Sabato • John Ross (Royal Navy officer) • Kathryn Lasky • Marcus Coco • Teklemariam Medhin • Yukina Shirakawa

Born in the same month (June 1929): Anne Weale • E. O. Wilson • Francesco Marchisano • Fred Bruemmer • Johnny Ace • Karolos Papoulias • Nargis • Oriana Fallaci • Pete George • Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah • Yang Ti-liang