1932 - Today
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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Among astronauts, David Scott ranks 14 out of 524. Before 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.
1930 - 1999
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 8
1934 - 2019
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 9
1923 - 1998
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 10
1921 - 2016
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 11
1935 - 2000
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 12
1940 - Present
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 13
1932 - Present
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 14
1928 - Present
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 15
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 16
1935 - Present
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 17
1937 - 2019
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 18
1929 - 2004
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 19
1958 - Present
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 20
Among people born in 1932, David Scott ranks 66. Before 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.
1932 - 2009
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 60
1932 - 1999
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 61
1932 - 2013
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 62
1932 - Present
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 63
1932 - 1971
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 64
1932 - Present
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 65
1932 - Present
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 66
1932 - 1970
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 67
1932 - 2007
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 68
1932 - 2004
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 69
1932 - Present
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 70
1932 - Present
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 71
1932 - Present
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 72
Among people born in United States, David Scott ranks 1,109 out of 18,182. Before 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).
1965 - Present
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 1,103
1934 - 2015
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 1,104
1913 - 1999
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 1,105
1926 - 2017
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 1,106
1903 - 1983
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 1,107
1895 - 1963
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 1,108
1932 - Present
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 1,109
1820 - 1891
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 1,110
1915 - 1998
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 1,111
1959 - Present
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 1,112
1947 - Present
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 1,113
1943 - Present
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 1,114
1951 - Present
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 1,115
Among astronauts born in United States, David Scott ranks 8. Before 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).
1930 - Present
HPI: 72.64
Rank: 2
1934 - 2017
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 3
1930 - 1999
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 4
1923 - 1998
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 5
1921 - 2016
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 6
1940 - Present
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 7
1932 - Present
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 8
1928 - Present
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 9
1935 - Present
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 10
1926 - 1967
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 11
1930 - 1991
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 12
1930 - 2016
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 13
1930 - 1967
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 14