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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 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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  • 150k

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  • 46.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Edward Gibson ranks 158 out of 524Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Edward Gibson ranks 356Before 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.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward Gibson ranks 6,545 out of 18,182Before 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).

Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Edward Gibson ranks 62Before 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).