ASTRONAUT

Bruce McCandless II

1937 - 2017

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Bruce McCandless II (born Byron Willis McCandless; June 8, 1937 – December 21, 2017) was an American Navy officer and aviator, electrical engineer, and NASA astronaut. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bruce McCandless II has received more than 1,082,091 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Bruce McCandless II is the 37th most popular astronaut (down from 30th in 2019), the 1,930th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,926th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Bruce McCandless II ranks 37 out of 556. Before him are Georgy Dobrovolsky, Ken Mattingly, Charles Duke, Ilan Ramon, Valery Bykovsky, and Fred Haise. After him are Mirosław Hermaszewski, Toktar Aubakirov, Vladislav Volkov, Valeri Kubasov, Yury Romanenko, and John Young.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Bruce McCandless II ranks 93. Before him are Yoshirō Mori, Maryse Condé, Cornelius A. Smith, Rifaat al-Assad, Franz Vranitzky, and Boris Pugo. After him are Billy Dee Williams, Ronald Venetiaan, Neeme Järvi, Keizō Obuchi, Francis Veber, and Jean-Pierre Beltoise. Among people deceased in 2017, Bruce McCandless II ranks 99. Before him are Tom Regan, Juan Goytisolo, Robert Hardy, Emma Morano, Loalwa Braz, and George Young. After him are Pierre Bergé, Dick Bruna, Bill Paxton, Christine Kaufmann, Manuel Marín, and Hans Schäfer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bruce McCandless II ranks 1,930 out of 20,380. Before him are Whitey Bulger (1929), Frances Conroy (1953), Nancy Fraser (1947), Armand Assante (1949), Natalie Zemon Davis (1928), and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807). After him are Henry A. Wallace (1888), Maria Branyas (1907), Ted Turner (1938), Moby (1965), Mick Foley (1965), and Connie Francis (1938).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Bruce McCandless II ranks 22. Before him are Roger B. Chaffee (1935), Edgar Mitchell (1930), Michael P. Anderson (1959), Ken Mattingly (1936), Charles Duke (1935), and Fred Haise (1933). After him are John Young (1930), Ellison Onizuka (1946), Walter Cunningham (1932), Wally Schirra (1923), Ronald Evans (1933), and Richard F. Gordon Jr. (1929).

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