Astronaut

Walter Cunningham

American astronaut

1932 - 2023

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Walter Cunningham

His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2024). Walter Cunningham is the 89th most popular astronaut (down from 49th in 2024), the 3,608th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,564th in 2019) and the 51st most popular American Astronaut.

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Walter Cunningham is the most memorable of the 3 notable people born in Creston, Iowa, United States.

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Walter Cunningham's biography appears in 36 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 83% of all Astronauts.

Mar 16

Walter Cunningham shares a March 16 birthday with Josef Mengele, Georg Ohm, and Maxim Gorky.

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Among Astronauts

Among astronauts, Walter Cunningham ranks 89 out of 556. Before him are Vladimir Shatalov, Vladimir Aksyonov, Vyacheslav Zudov, Leonid Popov, Kalpana Chawla, and Aleksei Gubarev. After him are Vladimir Dzhanibekov, Vladimir Lyakhov, Stuart Roosa, Yury Romanenko, Yuri Artyukhin, and Scott Carpenter.

Most Popular Astronauts in Wikipedia

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Vladimir Shatalov
1927 - 2021
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 83
Vladimir Aksyonov
1935 - 2024
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 84
Vyacheslav Zudov
1942 - 2024
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 85
Leonid Popov
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 86
Kalpana Chawla
1961 - 2003
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 87
Aleksei Gubarev
1931 - 2015
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 88
Walter Cunningham
1932 - 2023
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 89
Vladimir Dzhanibekov
1942 - Present
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 90
Vladimir Lyakhov
1941 - 2018
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 91
Stuart Roosa
1933 - 1994
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 92
Yury Romanenko
1944 - Present
HPI: 61.43
Rank: 93
Yuri Artyukhin
1930 - 1998
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 94
Scott Carpenter
1925 - 2013
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 95

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Walter Cunningham ranks 178. Before him are Boris Shakhlin, Predrag Matvejević, Javier Echevarría Rodríguez, Chea Sim, John Paul Getty Jr., and Bronisław Geremek. After him are Henri Schwery, Nichelle Nichols, Miloslav Vlk, Richard Lester, Hassan Al-Turabi, and John Hillerman. Among people deceased in 2023, Walter Cunningham ranks 159. Before him are Robert Blake, Inna Churikova, Pedro Rodrigues Filho, Carla Bley, Ferran Olivella, and Juanita Castro. After him are Yuri Manin, María Kodama, Petar Nadoveza, Luboš Kohoutek, Ken Block, and Vera Krepkina.

Others Born in 1932

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Boris Shakhlin
GYMNAST
1932 - 2008
HPI: 61.84
Rank: 172
Predrag Matvejević
WRITER
1932 - 2017
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 173
Javier Echevarría Rodríguez
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1932 - 2016
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 174
Chea Sim
POLITICIAN
1932 - 2015
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 175
John Paul Getty Jr.
BUSINESSPERSON
1932 - 2003
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 176
Bronisław Geremek
POLITICIAN
1932 - 2008
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 177
Walter Cunningham
ASTRONAUT
1932 - 2023
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 178
Henri Schwery
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1932 - 2021
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 179
Nichelle Nichols
ACTOR
1932 - 2022
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 180
Miloslav Vlk
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1932 - 2017
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 181
Richard Lester
FILM DIRECTOR
1932 - Present
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 182
Hassan Al-Turabi
POLITICIAN
1932 - 2016
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 183
John Hillerman
ACTOR
1932 - 2017
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 184