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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 194,050 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Dafydd Williams is the 455th most popular astronaut (up from 497th in 2019), the 887th most popular biography from Canada (down from 846th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Canadian Astronaut.

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  • 190k

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  • 32.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Dafydd Williams ranks 455 out of 524. Before him are Jeanette J. Epps, Michael Foreman, Sherwood C. Spring, Kimiya Yui, John D. Olivas, and Richard N. Richards. After him are David Leestma, G. David Low, Paul Lockhart, Stephen Bowen, Raja Chari, and Jeffrey Ashby.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Dafydd Williams ranks 622. Before him are James F. Reilly, Tommy Tuberville, Brad Little, Yoshiaki Shimojo, Abida Parveen, and Jerry Moran. After him are Jeffrey Ashby, Susan Huggett, Mary Fallin, Bob McDonnell, Doug Jones, and Kevin P. Chilton.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Dafydd Williams ranks 887 out of 1,350. Before him are Kurt Browning (1966), Patrick Marleau (1979), Erin O'Toole (1973), Luke Kirby (1978), Maryse Ouellet (1983), and Sasha Clements (1990). After him are Bianca Andreescu (2000), Tristan Thompson (1991), Michelle MacLaren (1965), Roxanne McKee (1980), Rosa Mendes (1979), and Evan Goldberg (1982).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Canada

Among astronauts born in Canada, Dafydd Williams ranks 7. Before him are Roberta Bondar (1945), Chris Hadfield (1959), Steve MacLean (1954), Robert Thirsk (1953), David Saint-Jacques (1970), and Gregory Chamitoff (1962).

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