ASTRONAUT

Christopher Ferguson

1961 - Today

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Christopher J. "Fergy" Ferguson (born September 1, 1961) is a Boeing commercial astronaut and a retired United States Navy captain and NASA astronaut. He was the pilot of Space Shuttle Atlantis on his first mission to space, STS-115, which launched on September 9, 2006, and returned to Earth on September 21, 2006. He then commanded STS-126 aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christopher Ferguson has received more than 251,275 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Christopher Ferguson is the 290th most popular astronaut (up from 401st in 2019), the 10,962nd most popular biography from United States (up from 13,365th in 2019) and the 125th most popular American Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Christopher Ferguson ranks 290 out of 556. Before him are Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, Norman Thagard, William E. Thornton, S. David Griggs, Ellen Ochoa, and Steven Lindsey. After him are Jeffrey Williams, Umberto Guidoni, William H. Dana, Sergei Treshchov, Donald E. Williams, and Susan Helms.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Christopher Ferguson ranks 496. Before him are Bodil Jørgensen, Andrea Pollack, Andy Taylor, Gyrðir Elíasson, Mahamat Saleh Haroun, and Brad Gilbert. After him are Yuji Sugano, Tetyana Dorovskikh, Scott Cohen, Tatiana de Rosnay, Angelo Colombo, and Kim Wayans.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Christopher Ferguson ranks 10,962 out of 20,380. Before him are Rory Cochrane (1972), Henry Proctor (1929), Amos Eaton (1776), Alan Rachins (1942), Worthington Whittredge (1820), and Gerrit Graham (1948). After him are Chester Morris (1901), Macklemore (1983), J. Donald Cameron (1833), James Badge Dale (1978), Sheb Wooley (1921), and Henriette Avram (1919).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Christopher Ferguson ranks 125. Before him are Richard O. Covey (1946), Norman Thagard (1943), William E. Thornton (1929), S. David Griggs (1939), Ellen Ochoa (1958), and Steven Lindsey (1960). After him are Jeffrey Williams (1958), William H. Dana (1930), Donald E. Williams (1942), Susan Helms (1958), Donald Pettit (1955), and David M. Walker (1944).

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