ASTRONAUT

Charles D. Walker

1948 - Today

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Charles David "Charlie" Walker (born August 29, 1948) is an American engineer and astronaut who flew on three Space Shuttle missions in 1984 and 1985 as a Payload Specialist for the McDonnell Douglas Corporation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles D. Walker has received more than 138,736 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Charles D. Walker is the 380th most popular astronaut (up from 443rd in 2019), the 13,433rd most popular biography from United States (up from 14,093rd in 2019) and the 185th most popular American Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Charles D. Walker ranks 380 out of 556. Before him are Carl E. Walz, Sandra Magnus, Liu Wang, Sergei Zalyotin, John M. Grunsfeld, and Jeffrey Ashby. After him are William S. McArthur, Aleksey Ovchinin, Mark Kelly, Charles L. Veach, Ken Bowersox, and Kevin A. Ford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Charles D. Walker ranks 742. Before him are Errol Morris, N. T. Wright, Tino Insana, Slavko Obadov, Eladio Reyes, and Leonid Levin. After him are Paul LePage, Aruna Shanbaug case, Joe Corrigan, Judith Miller, Hurley Haywood, and Amani Abeid Karume.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles D. Walker ranks 13,433 out of 20,380. Before him are Noah Lyles (1997), Jared Fogle (1977), Patrick M. Shanahan (1962), Jennifer Lien (1974), Michael Dokes (1958), and Danny Woodburn (1964). After him are Jaime Bergman (1975), Jeremy Soule (1975), Mark Stevens (1916), William S. McArthur (1951), Mercy Otis Warren (1728), and Edward Bates (1793).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Charles D. Walker ranks 185. Before him are Michael Barratt (1959), Nancy J. Currie-Gregg (1958), Carl E. Walz (1955), Sandra Magnus (1964), John M. Grunsfeld (1958), and Jeffrey Ashby (1954). After him are William S. McArthur (1951), Mark Kelly (1964), Charles L. Veach (1944), Ken Bowersox (1956), Kevin A. Ford (1960), and Frank L. Culbertson Jr. (1949).

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