1936 - Today
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 154,458 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Edward Gibson is the 158th most popular astronaut (up from 171st in 2019), the 6,545th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,540th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular American Astronaut.
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Among astronauts, Edward Gibson ranks 158 out of 524. Before him are Chiaki Mukai, Elliot See, Charles Bassett, Story Musgrave, Owen Garriott, and Yury Malyshev. After him are Paul J. Weitz, Jack Lousma, Joe Engle, Reinhard Furrer, Aleksandr Viktorenko, and C. Gordon Fullerton.
1952 - Present
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 152
1927 - 1966
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 153
1931 - 1966
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 154
1935 - Present
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 155
1930 - 2019
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 156
1941 - 1999
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 157
1936 - Present
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 158
1932 - 2017
HPI: 46.61
Rank: 159
1936 - Present
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 160
1932 - Present
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 161
1940 - 1995
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 162
1947 - 2023
HPI: 46.29
Rank: 163
1936 - 2013
HPI: 46.23
Rank: 164
Among people born in 1936, Edward Gibson ranks 356. Before him are Georg Sterzinsky, Henck Arron, László Szabó, Eddie Colman, Iya Savvina, and Néstor Gonçalves. After him are Larry Cohen, Kjell Grede, Théodore-Adrien Sarr, Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz, Trevor Taylor, and Marin Sorescu.
1936 - 2011
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 350
1936 - 2000
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 351
1936 - Present
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 352
1936 - 1958
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 353
1936 - 2011
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 354
1936 - 2016
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 355
1936 - Present
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 356
1936 - 2019
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 357
1936 - 2017
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 358
1936 - Present
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 359
1936 - 2021
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 360
1936 - 2010
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 361
1936 - 1996
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 362
Among people born in United States, Edward Gibson ranks 6,545 out of 18,182. Before him are Gladys West (1930), Richard Bass (1929), John Hammond (1910), Brian Setzer (1959), Dane DeHaan (1986), and Sabrina Carpenter (1999). After him are Sam Webb (1945), James E. Gunn (1923), Buck Adams (1955), Shawn Wayans (1971), Lucretia Garfield (1832), and Jaroslav Pelikan (1923).
1930 - Present
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 6,539
1929 - 2015
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 6,540
1910 - 1987
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 6,541
1959 - Present
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 6,542
1986 - Present
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 6,543
1999 - Present
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 6,544
1936 - Present
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 6,545
1945 - Present
HPI: 46.65
Rank: 6,546
1923 - 2020
HPI: 46.65
Rank: 6,547
1955 - 2008
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 6,548
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 6,549
1832 - 1918
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 6,550
1923 - 2006
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 6,551
Among astronauts born in United States, Edward Gibson ranks 62. Before him are David M. Brown (1956), William E. Thornton (1929), Elliot See (1927), Charles Bassett (1931), Story Musgrave (1935), and Owen Garriott (1930). After him are Paul J. Weitz (1932), Jack Lousma (1936), Joe Engle (1932), C. Gordon Fullerton (1936), Theodore Freeman (1930), and Clifton Williams (1932).
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
1932 - 2017
HPI: 46.61
Rank: 63
1936 - Present
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 64
1932 - Present
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 65
1936 - 2013
HPI: 46.23
Rank: 66
1930 - 1964
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 67
1932 - 1967
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 68