1956 - 2003
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.
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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.
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 142
1931 - Present
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 143
1950 - 1986
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 144
1952 - 2021
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 145
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.48
Rank: 146
1935 - 2010
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 147
1956 - 2003
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 148
1953 - Present
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 149
1933 - 2023
HPI: 47.09
Rank: 150
1929 - 2021
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 151
1952 - Present
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 152
1927 - 1966
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 153
1931 - 1966
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 154
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.
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 243
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 244
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 245
1956 - 1995
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 246
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 247
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 248
1956 - 2003
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 249
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 250
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 251
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 252
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 253
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 254
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 255
1962 - 2003
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 202
1910 - 2003
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 203
1917 - 2003
HPI: 47.47
Rank: 204
1922 - 2003
HPI: 47.47
Rank: 205
1917 - 2003
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 206
1928 - 2003
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 207
1956 - 2003
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 208
1915 - 2003
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 209
1908 - 2003
HPI: 47.09
Rank: 210
1926 - 2003
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 211
1927 - 2003
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 212
1931 - 2003
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 213
1912 - 2003
HPI: 46.77
Rank: 214
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).
1898 - 1959
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 6,194
1977 - Present
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 6,195
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 6,196
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 6,197
1968 - Present
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 6,198
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 6,199
1956 - 2003
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 6,200
1981 - Present
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 6,201
1916 - 1990
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 6,202
1780 - 1849
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 6,203
1934 - 1991
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 6,204
1929 - 2009
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 6,205
1894 - 1958
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 6,206
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).
1957 - 2003
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 50
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 51
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 52
1931 - Present
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 53
1950 - 1986
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 54
1952 - 2021
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 55
1956 - 2003
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 56
1929 - 2021
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 57
1927 - 1966
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 58
1931 - 1966
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 59
1935 - Present
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 60
1930 - 2019
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 61
1936 - Present
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 62