ASTRONAUT

Charles Bassett

1931 - 1966

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Charles Arthur "Charlie" Bassett II (December 30, 1931 – February 28, 1966), (Major, USAF), was an American electrical engineer and United States Air Force test pilot. He went to Ohio State University for two years and later graduated from Texas Tech University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. He joined the Air Force as a pilot and graduated from both the Air Force's Experimental Test Pilot School and the Aerospace Research Pilot School. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Bassett has received more than 397,163 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Charles Bassett is the 208th most popular astronaut (down from 154th in 2019), the 7,786th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,345th in 2019) and the 80th most popular American Astronaut.

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  • 46.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Charles Bassett ranks 208 out of 556. Before him are Yi So-yeon, Rick Husband, Henry Hartsfield, Yuri Baturin, Valery Korzun, and Yelena Kondakova. After him are Catherine Coleman, Joseph P. Kerwin, Koichi Wakata, Story Musgrave, Laurel Clark, and Hans Schlegel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Charles Bassett ranks 438. Before him are Andrija Fuderer, E. C. George Sudarshan, Jiří Feureisl, Marina Popovich, Nelly Kaplan, and Gilles Perrault. After him are Peter Kirby, Marjorie Jackson-Nelson, Naci Erdem, Pál Várhidi, Rupert Hollaus, and Henry Källgren. Among people deceased in 1966, Charles Bassett ranks 185. Before him are Jakub Szynkiewicz, Zoltán Ozoray Schenker, Giorgi Leonidze, Bill Carr, Alice Pearce, and Gösta Åsbrink. After him are Hans Christian Branner, Juan Natalicio González, Gösta Olson, Albert W. Hull, René Barbier, and Dimitar Dimov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Bassett ranks 7,786 out of 20,380. Before him are Alice Pearce (1917), Catherine Oxenberg (1961), Diane Warren (1956), Mandy Moore (1984), Daniel Kinsey (1902), and Joseph Paul Franklin (1950). After him are John Lipsky (1947), Billy Cunningham (1943), Willard Scott (1934), Dorothy Cheney (1916), Hélène de Pourtalès (1868), and Esther Phillips (1935).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Charles Bassett ranks 80. Before him are Barbara Morgan (1951), Jim Wetherbee (1952), Dale Gardner (1948), Michael J. Adams (1930), Rick Husband (1957), and Henry Hartsfield (1933). After him are Catherine Coleman (1960), Joseph P. Kerwin (1932), Story Musgrave (1935), Laurel Clark (1961), James P. Bagian (1952), and David M. Brown (1956).

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