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Alan G. Poindexter

1961 - 2012

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Alan Goodwin "Dex" Poindexter (November 5, 1961 – July 1, 2012) was an American naval officer and a NASA astronaut. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan G. Poindexter has received more than 179,022 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Alan G. Poindexter is the 301st most popular astronaut (up from 422nd in 2019), the 11,448th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,882nd in 2019) and the 133rd most popular American Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Alan G. Poindexter ranks 301 out of 556. Before him are Donald E. Williams, Susan Helms, Donald Pettit, David M. Walker, Aidyn Aimbetov, and Pamela Melroy. After him are John Herrington, Reinhold Ewald, Jing Haipeng, Ulrich Walter, Loren Shriver, and Robert L. Stewart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Alan G. Poindexter ranks 524. Before him are Soane Patita Paini Mafi, Andrei Khomutov, Erez Tal, Lauren Tom, Javed Iqbal, and Pamela Melroy. After him are Sugao Kambe, Lynn Hill, Ann Coulter, Pierre Habumuremyi, Kim Leine, and Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass. Among people deceased in 2012, Alan G. Poindexter ranks 448. Before him are Elyse Knox, Colin Davis, Elizabeth Catlett, Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn, Phyllis Thaxter, and Josef Kloimstein. After him are Phillip V. Tobias, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Milt Campbell, Ronald Stretton, Barry Unsworth, and Joe Paterno.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alan G. Poindexter ranks 11,448 out of 20,380. Before him are Bert I. Gordon (1922), Jim Byrnes (1948), Fandango (1981), Gregory Harrison (1950), John Hencken (1954), and Ron Harper (1964). After him are Mauri Rose (1906), James Seddon (1815), Sonny Perdue (1946), Marsha Blackburn (1952), David Silverman (1957), and Bob Kulick (1950).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Alan G. Poindexter ranks 133. Before him are William H. Dana (1930), Donald E. Williams (1942), Susan Helms (1958), Donald Pettit (1955), David M. Walker (1944), and Pamela Melroy (1961). After him are John Herrington (1958), Loren Shriver (1944), Robert L. Stewart (1942), Christina Koch (1979), Andrew M. Allen (1955), and John M. Fabian (1939).

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