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Charles Duke

1935 - Today

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Charles Moss Duke Jr. (born October 3, 1935) is an American former astronaut, United States Air Force (USAF) officer and test pilot. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Duke has received more than 1,420,066 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Charles Duke is the 33rd most popular astronaut (up from 67th in 2019), the 1,812th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,267th in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Charles Duke ranks 33 out of 556. Before him are Aleksandr Viktorenko, Roger B. Chaffee, Edgar Mitchell, Michael P. Anderson, Georgy Dobrovolsky, and Ken Mattingly. After him are Ilan Ramon, Valery Bykovsky, Fred Haise, Bruce McCandless II, Mirosław Hermaszewski, and Toktar Aubakirov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Charles Duke ranks 80. Before him are Maj Sjöwall, Marina Doria, Khalil al-Wazir, Lajos Tichy, Toni Sailer, and Armen Dzhigarkhanyan. After him are Floyd Patterson, Bent Larsen, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, Fritz Honka, Ron Paul, and Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Duke ranks 1,812 out of 20,380. Before him are Zack Snyder (1966), Christopher A. Sims (1942), Sonny Rollins (1930), Al Lettieri (1928), Paul Wolfowitz (1943), and Philip Abelson (1913). After him are Paul L. Smith (1936), Cole Porter (1891), Floyd Patterson (1935), Bob Fosse (1927), Robert C. Merton (1944), and Marcheline Bertrand (1950).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Charles Duke ranks 20. Before him are Gus Grissom (1926), Ed White (1930), Roger B. Chaffee (1935), Edgar Mitchell (1930), Michael P. Anderson (1959), and Ken Mattingly (1936). After him are Fred Haise (1933), Bruce McCandless II (1937), John Young (1930), Ellison Onizuka (1946), Walter Cunningham (1932), and Wally Schirra (1923).

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