ASTRONAUT

Edward Gibson

1936 - Today

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Edward George Gibson (born November 8, 1936) is a former NASA astronaut, pilot, engineer, and physicist. Before becoming an astronaut, Gibson graduated from the University of Rochester and the California Institute of Technology. He became a research assistant in jet propulsion while completing his studies, and eventually became a research scientist for Philco Corporation until joining NASA in 1965. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Gibson has received more than 170,073 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Edward Gibson is the 149th most popular astronaut (up from 158th in 2019), the 5,512th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,531st in 2019) and the 54th most popular American Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Edward Gibson ranks 149 out of 556. Before him are Christer Fuglesang, Viktor Savinykh, William R. Pogue, Vladimir Solovyov, Valeri Tokarev, and Pavel Vinogradov. After him are Tatyana Kuznetsova, Peggy Whitson, Vladimir Kovalyonok, Thomas Reiter, William Shepherd, and Chiaki Mukai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Edward Gibson ranks 312. Before him are Henri Richard, Oreste Corbatta, Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim, Jan Němec, Susana Duijm, and Ihor Turchyn. After him are Touria Chaoui, Rachid Mekhloufi, Henck Arron, Conchita Bautista, Giora Feidman, and Brian Blessed.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward Gibson ranks 5,512 out of 20,380. Before him are Conrad Aiken (1889), Holcombe Ward (1878), Earle Meadows (1913), Charles Dvorak (1878), Anna Louise Strong (1885), and Diahnne Abbott (1945). After him are Ray Bolger (1904), Gabrielle Carteris (1961), Richard Jaeckel (1926), Ida Saxton McKinley (1847), Geoff Pierson (1949), and Suzy Amis Cameron (1962).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Edward Gibson ranks 54. Before him are Jeffrey A. Hoffman (1944), Vance D. Brand (1931), Sunita Williams (1965), Mae Jemison (1956), Kenneth Cockrell (1950), and William R. Pogue (1930). After him are Peggy Whitson (1960), William Shepherd (1949), Ronald McNair (1950), Eileen Collins (1956), Owen Garriott (1930), and Joe Engle (1932).

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