ASTRONAUT

Dafydd Williams

1954 - Today

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Dafydd Rhys "David" Williams (born May 16, 1954) is a Canadian physician, public speaker, author and retired CSA astronaut. Williams was a mission specialist on two Space Shuttle missions. His first spaceflight, STS-90 in 1998, was a 16-day mission aboard Space Shuttle Columbia dedicated to neuroscience research. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dafydd Williams has received more than 192,521 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Dafydd Williams is the 473rd most popular astronaut (down from 455th in 2019), the 958th most popular biography from Canada (down from 886th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Canadian Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Dafydd Williams by language

Over the past year Dafydd Williams has had the most page views in the with 16,865 views, followed by French (885), and Russian (775). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (112.12%), Galician (93.96%), and Simple English (66.44%)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Dafydd Williams ranks 473 out of 556. Before him are Konstantin Kozeyev, David Saint-Jacques, Sultan Al Neyadi, Robert L. Behnken, Patrick G. Forrester, and Rex J. Walheim. After him are Mark N. Brown, Terry Hart, Frederick W. Sturckow, Michael Foreman, Victor J. Glover, and Charles E. Brady Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Dafydd Williams ranks 723. Before him are John O'Hurley, James F. Reilly, Renuka Chowdhury, Kent Benson, Honey Irani, and Susan Huggett. After him are Ken MacLeod, Gale Norton, Ben Barres, Beverley Whitfield, Namadi Sambo, and Yoshiaki Shimojo.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Dafydd Williams ranks 958 out of 1,622. Before him are Stan Rogers (1949), Samantha Ferris (1968), David Saint-Jacques (1970), Greg Rusedski (1973), Autumn Phillips (1978), and Mort Sahl (1927). After him are Evan Goldberg (1982), Kristin Lehman (1972), Annie Cotton (1975), Kenny Omega (1983), Shawn Roberts (1984), and Dave Trottier (1906).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Canada

Among astronauts born in Canada, Dafydd Williams ranks 6. Before him are Roberta Bondar (1945), Chris Hadfield (1959), Steve MacLean (1954), Robert Thirsk (1953), and David Saint-Jacques (1970). After him are Gregory Chamitoff (1962), and Jeremy Hansen (1976).

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