Carl Sagan

Astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, science communicator/educator, author, raddest human being to have ever lived
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, NY
Birthday: November 9, 1934
Education and after: Attended University of Chicago earning a PhD in astronomy and astrophysics in 1960. He became a full professor at Cornell in 1971, and he directed the Laboratory for Planetary Studies there. From 1972 to 1981, Sagan was the Associate Director of the Center for Radiophysics and Space Research (CRSR) at Cornell.
Notable achievements: discovery of the high surface temperatures of the planet Venus, among the first to hypothesize that Saturn's moon Titan might possess oceans of liquid compounds on its surface and that Jupiter's moon Europa might possess subsurface oceans of water, making Europa potentially habitable.
Spouse: Ann Druyan - American author and producer specializing in productions about cosmology and popular science.
Kids: Dorion, Jeremy, Nick, Sasha, and Samuel Sagan
Interests: Everything SCIENCE..and dandelions.