Margherita Hack

Margherita Hack was an Italian astrophysicist and scientific disseminator. The asteroid 8558 Hack, discovered in 1995, was named in her honour.

12 June 1922

Born on the same birth day (12 June): Bobby Gould • Chips Moman • Diego Milito • Eddie Adams (photographer) • Edmond Hébert • Emma Eliasson • Flávio Conceição • Gwen Torrence • Ibrahim Jeilan • John Wetton • Junior Brown • Kevin Billington • Len Barry • Martine Dugrenier • Maurice Perrault • Oğuz Abadan • Patrick Gass • Paul Guldin • Paul Stenning • Samuel Cooper (general) • Wade Redden

Born in the same month (June 1922): Aage Bohr • Bill Kerr • Claude Helffer • George Axelrod • Hein Eersel • Jean Sutherland Boggs • John Postgate (microbiologist) • Johnny Smith • Joseph Ki-Zerbo • Judy Garland • Mitchell Wallace • Vasko Popa • Walter Farley