ASTRONAUT

Andy Thomas

1951 - Today

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Andrew Sydney Withiel Thomas, AO (born 18 December 1951) is an Australian and American aerospace engineer and a former NASA astronaut. He has dual nationality; he became a U.S. citizen in December 1986, hoping to gain entry to NASA's astronaut program. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andy Thomas has received more than 289,956 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Andy Thomas is the 413th most popular astronaut (down from 399th in 2019), the 518th most popular biography from Australia (down from 449th in 2019) and the most popular Australian Astronaut.

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  • 290k

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  • 46.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Andy Thomas ranks 413 out of 556. Before him are Karen Nyberg, Jon McBride, Barry E. Wilmore, Dmitri Kondratyev, Sonny Carter, and Scott J. Horowitz. After him are Steven Hawley, Michael A. Baker, Michael E. Fossum, Bruce E. Melnick, Christopher Cassidy, and Steve MacLean.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Andy Thomas ranks 694. Before him are Elena Poptodorova, Enzo Escobar, Julia Duffy, Pascal Koupaki, Jim Brewer, and Bill Walker. After him are Peter Chernin, Steven Hawley, Maria Klawe, Morgan Brittany, Dianne Holum, and Miguel Ángel Gamboa.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Andy Thomas ranks 518 out of 1,143. Before him are Vida Goldstein (1869), Jon Henricks (1935), Havana Brown (1985), Jessica McNamee (1986), Hamilton Hume (1797), and John Fitzgerald (1960). After him are Larry Perkins (1950), James Mackay (1984), Angus McLaren (1988), Alvin Ceccoli (1974), Lucas Neill (1978), and Steve Keen (1953).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Australia

Among astronauts born in Australia, Andy Thomas ranks 1. After him are Paul Scully-Power (1944).

Australian born Astronauts

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