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David M. Brown

1956 - 2003

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David McDowell Brown (April 16, 1956 – February 1, 2003) was a United States Navy captain and NASA astronaut. He died on his first spaceflight, when the Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-107) disintegrated during orbital reentry into the Earth's atmosphere. Brown became an astronaut in 1996 but had not served on a space mission prior to the Columbia disaster. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David M. Brown has received more than 637,937 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). David M. Brown is the 148th most popular astronaut (up from 174th in 2019), the 6,200th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,724th in 2019) and the 56th most popular American Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 640k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, David M. Brown ranks 148 out of 524. Before him are Peggy Whitson, Vance D. Brand, Ronald McNair, Michael R. Clifford, Roberta Bondar, and Vitaly Sevastyanov. After him are Pavel Vinogradov, Valentina Ponomaryova, William E. Thornton, Chiaki Mukai, Elliot See, and Charles Bassett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, David M. Brown ranks 249. Before him are Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Nicanor Duarte, Tim McInnerny, Vladislav Listyev, Hanka Paldum, and Mayawati. After him are Peter Šťastný, Mitsugu Nomura, Sergei Sukhoruchenkov, Matt Craven, Alan Ruck, and Ahmad Zia Massoud. Among people deceased in 2003, David M. Brown ranks 208. Before him are Lana Clarkson, Rachel de Queiroz, Fidel Sánchez Hernández, Stellan Nilsson, Kriangsak Chamanan, and Flóra Kádár. After him are Stu Hart, Marina Ladynina, Carlos Roberto Reina, Althea Gibson, Jaime Ramírez, and Horace W. Babcock.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David M. Brown ranks 6,200 out of 18,182. Before him are Blind Willie McTell (1898), Kerry Washington (1977), John Ashcroft (1942), Michael Andretti (1962), Vanessa Marcil (1968), and Steve Porcaro (1957). After him are Chad Michael Murray (1981), Irving Wallace (1916), Edward Hicks (1780), James Franciscus (1934), Marilyn French (1929), and Estelle Taylor (1894).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, David M. Brown ranks 56. Before him are Rick Husband (1957), William Shepherd (1949), Peggy Whitson (1960), Vance D. Brand (1931), Ronald McNair (1950), and Michael R. Clifford (1952). After him are William E. Thornton (1929), Elliot See (1927), Charles Bassett (1931), Story Musgrave (1935), Owen Garriott (1930), and Edward Gibson (1936).

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