1924 - 1993
Donald Kent "Deke" Slayton (March 1, 1924 – June 13, 1993) was an American Air Force pilot, aeronautical engineer, and test pilot who was selected as one of the original NASA Mercury Seven astronauts. He went on to become NASA's first Chief of the Astronaut Office and Director of Flight Crew Operations, responsible for NASA crew assignments. Slayton joined the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II, and flew in Europe and the Pacific. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Deke Slayton has received more than 2,456,947 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Deke Slayton is the 80th most popular astronaut (down from 68th in 2019), the 3,504th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,184th in 2019) and the 37th most popular American Astronaut.
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Among astronauts, Deke Slayton ranks 80 out of 524. Before him are Yevgeny Khrunov, Shannon Lucid, Konstantin Feoktistov, Yury Romanenko, Georgy Grechko, and Leonid Popov. After him are Claude Nicollier, Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Leonid Kizim, Scott Carpenter, Yuri Artyukhin, and Anatoly Berezovoy.
1933 - 2000
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 74
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 75
1926 - 2009
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 76
1944 - Present
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 77
1931 - 2017
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 78
1945 - Present
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 79
1924 - 1993
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 80
1944 - Present
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 81
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 82
1941 - 2010
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 83
1925 - 2013
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 84
1930 - 1998
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 85
1942 - 2014
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 86
Among people born in 1924, Deke Slayton ranks 174. Before him are Shintaro Abe, Dennis Weaver, Fud Leclerc, Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, Billy Wright, and Friaça. After him are Abderrahmane Youssoufi, Gohar Gasparyan, Michel Constantin, Viktor Astafyev, Grégoire Kayibanda, and Basil Bernstein. Among people deceased in 1993, Deke Slayton ranks 93. Before him are GG Allin, Raymond Burr, Sun Ra, Marian Anderson, Monte Melkonian, and Bruno Rossi. After him are Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo, Sebastiano Baggio, Anna Sten, Józef Czapski, Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov, and Euronymous.
1924 - 1991
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 168
1924 - 2006
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 169
1924 - 2010
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 170
1924 - 2016
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 171
1924 - 1994
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 172
1924 - 2009
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 173
1924 - 1993
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 174
1924 - 2020
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 175
1924 - 2007
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 176
1924 - 2003
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 177
1924 - 2001
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 178
1924 - 1976
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 179
1924 - 2000
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 180
1956 - 1993
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 87
1917 - 1993
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 88
1914 - 1993
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 89
1897 - 1993
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 90
1957 - 1993
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 91
1905 - 1993
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 92
1924 - 1993
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 93
1926 - 1993
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 94
1913 - 1993
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 95
1908 - 1993
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 96
1896 - 1993
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 97
1906 - 1993
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 98
1968 - 1993
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 99
Among people born in United States, Deke Slayton ranks 3,504 out of 18,182. Before him are Sally Hemings (1773), Erroll Garner (1923), Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915), Adam Levine (1979), Edward Bellamy (1850), and Steve Perry (1949). After him are Stephen Cole Kleene (1909), Carmen Electra (1972), Seth MacFarlane (1973), John Paul Getty III (1956), Tim Buckley (1947), and Michael Graves (1934).
1773 - 1835
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 3,498
1923 - 1977
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 3,499
1915 - 1973
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 3,500
1979 - Present
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 3,501
1850 - 1898
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 3,502
1949 - Present
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 3,503
1924 - 1993
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 3,504
1909 - 1994
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 3,505
1972 - Present
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 3,506
1973 - Present
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 3,507
1956 - 2011
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 3,508
1947 - 1975
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 3,509
1934 - 2015
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 3,510
Among astronauts born in United States, Deke Slayton ranks 37. Before him are Judith Resnik (1949), Ronald Evans (1933), Dick Scobee (1939), Charles Duke (1935), Joseph A. Walker (1921), and Gregory Jarvis (1944). After him are Scott Carpenter (1925), Stuart Roosa (1933), Alfred Worden (1932), Walter Cunningham (1932), Sunita Williams (1965), and Donn F. Eisele (1930).
1949 - 1986
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 31
1933 - 1990
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 32
1939 - 1986
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 33
1935 - Present
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 34
1921 - 1966
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 35
1944 - 1986
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 36
1924 - 1993
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 37
1925 - 2013
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 38
1933 - 1994
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 39
1932 - 2020
HPI: 51.57
Rank: 40
1932 - 2023
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 41
1965 - Present
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 42
1930 - 1987
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 43