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David Scott

1932 - Today

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David Randolph Scott (born June 6, 1932) is an American retired test pilot and NASA astronaut who was the seventh person to walk on the Moon. Selected as part of the third group of astronauts in 1963, Scott flew to space three times and commanded Apollo 15, the fourth lunar landing; he is one of four surviving Moon walkers and the only living commander of a spacecraft that landed on the Moon.Before becoming an astronaut, Scott graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and joined the Air Force. After serving as a fighter pilot in Europe, he graduated from the Air Force Experimental Test Pilot School (Class 62C) and the Aerospace Research Pilot School (Class IV). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Scott has received more than 1,475,451 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). David Scott is the 14th most popular astronaut (up from 17th in 2019), the 1,109th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,134th in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Astronaut.

David Scott is most famous for being the first American to walk in space.

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  • 44

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, David Scott ranks 14 out of 524Before him are Pete Conrad, Alexei Leonov, Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Gherman Titov, and Dennis Tito. After him are Jim Lovell, Svetlana Savitskaya, Harrison Schmitt, Sigmund Jähn, Andriyan Nikolayev, and Sergei Krikalev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, David Scott ranks 66Before him are John Updike, Anatoliy Solovianenko, Nagisa Oshima, Peter Eisenman, Pier Angeli, and Sheldon Lee Glashow. After him are Sonny Liston, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Thomas Klestil, Petula Clark, Walter Gilbert, and Rainer Weiss.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Scott ranks 1,109 out of 18,182Before him are Brooke Shields (1965), Marshall Rosenberg (1934), Mary Ainsworth (1913), Harry Dean Stanton (1926), Haldan Keffer Hartline (1903), and Richard Barthelmess (1895). After him are William Tecumseh Sherman (1820), Bob Kane (1915), Kyle MacLachlan (1959), Jonathan Banks (1947), Vint Cerf (1943), and Jill Biden (1951).

Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, David Scott ranks 8Before him are Buzz Aldrin (1930), Gene Cernan (1934), Pete Conrad (1930), Alan Shepard (1923), John Glenn (1921), and Dennis Tito (1940). After him are Jim Lovell (1928), Harrison Schmitt (1935), Gus Grissom (1926), James Irwin (1930), Edgar Mitchell (1930), and Ed White (1930).