1951 - Today
Barbara Radding Morgan (born November 28, 1951) is an American teacher and a former NASA astronaut. She participated in the Teacher in Space program as backup to Christa McAuliffe for the 1986 ill-fated STS-51-L mission of the Space Shuttle Challenger. She then trained as a mission specialist, and flew on STS-118 in August 2007. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barbara Morgan has received more than 856,779 page views. Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Barbara Morgan is the 137th most popular astronaut (up from 158th in 2019), the 5,562nd most popular biography from United States (up from 6,284th in 2019) and the 49th most popular American Astronaut.
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Among astronauts, Barbara Morgan ranks 137 out of 524. Before her are Valery Ryumin, Gennadi Strekalov, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Anna Lee Fisher, Mae Jemison, and Gennady Sarafanov. After her are Vitaly Zholobov, Anatoly Levchenko, Rick Husband, William Shepherd, Peggy Whitson, and Vance D. Brand.
1939 - 2022
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 131
1940 - 2004
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 132
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 133
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 134
1956 - Present
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 135
1942 - 2005
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 136
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 137
1937 - Present
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 138
1941 - 1988
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 139
1957 - 2003
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 140
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 141
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 142
1931 - Present
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 143
Among people born in 1951, Barbara Morgan ranks 258. Before her are Marcel Iureș, Vladimír Špidla, Anthony Phillips, Radia Perlman, Jalil Zandi, and Tom Hamilton. After her are Claudio Baglioni, Guy Lafleur, Tatyana Kazankina, V. S. Ramachandran, Ajahn Brahm, and Tom Wopat.
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 252
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 253
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 254
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 255
1951 - 2001
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 256
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 257
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 258
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 259
1951 - 2022
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 260
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 261
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 262
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 263
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 264
Among people born in United States, Barbara Morgan ranks 5,562 out of 18,182. Before her are Dorothy Arzner (1897), David Ellefson (1964), Loretta Lynn (1932), Almon Brown Strowger (1839), Alvin Ailey (1931), and Lewis Powell (1844). After her are Lee Meriwether (1935), Ancel Keys (1904), Stan Kenton (1911), Will Rogers (1879), Tony Accardo (1906), and Ray Allen (1975).
1897 - 1979
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 5,556
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 5,557
1932 - 2022
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 5,558
1839 - 1902
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 5,559
1931 - 1989
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 5,560
1844 - 1865
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 5,561
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 5,562
1935 - Present
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 5,563
1904 - 2004
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 5,564
1911 - 1979
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 5,565
1879 - 1935
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 5,566
1906 - 1992
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 5,567
1975 - Present
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 5,568
Among astronauts born in United States, Barbara Morgan ranks 49. Before her are Donn F. Eisele (1930), William R. Pogue (1930), Rusty Schweickart (1935), Kathryn D. Sullivan (1951), Anna Lee Fisher (1949), and Mae Jemison (1956). After her are Rick Husband (1957), William Shepherd (1949), Peggy Whitson (1960), Vance D. Brand (1931), Ronald McNair (1950), and Michael R. Clifford (1952).
1930 - 1987
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 43
1930 - 2014
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 44
1935 - Present
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 45
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 46
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 47
1956 - Present
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 48
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 49
1957 - 2003
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 50
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 51
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 52
1931 - Present
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 53
1950 - 1986
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 54
1952 - 2021
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 55