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Frank Borman

1928 - 2023

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Frank Frederick Borman II (March 14, 1928 – November 7, 2023) was an American United States Air Force (USAF) colonel, aeronautical engineer, NASA astronaut, test pilot, and businessman. He was the commander of Apollo 8, the first mission to fly around the Moon, and together with crewmates Jim Lovell and William Anders, became the first of 24 humans to do so, for which he was awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. Four days before he graduated with the West Point Class of 1950, in which he was ranked eighth out of 670, Borman was commissioned in the USAF. He qualified as a fighter pilot and served in the Philippines. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Borman has received more than 1,956,224 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Frank Borman is the 34th most popular astronaut (down from 26th in 2019), the 2,030th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,696th in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Astronaut.

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  • 47

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  • 4.53

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Frank Borman ranks 34 out of 524Before him are Ilan Ramon, Michael P. Anderson, Bruce McCandless II, Georgy Dobrovolsky, Roger B. Chaffee, and Alan Bean. After him are John Young, Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Kalpana Chawla, Vladislav Volkov, and Valeri Kubasov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Frank Borman ranks 126Before him are Georgy Dobrovolsky, Burt Bacharach, Bo Diddley, Vladimir Beara, Humberto Maturana, and Petr Ginz. After him are Al Lettieri, Fred Rogers, Walter Tevis, Fumihiko Maki, Einojuhani Rautavaara, and Hans Blix. Among people deceased in 2023, Frank Borman ranks 77Before him are Gianni Vattimo, Mircea Snegur, Milan Milutinović, Burt Bacharach, David Crosby, and Antonio Carbajal. After him are Dubravka Ugrešić, Jan Jongbloed, Roger Whittaker, Kevin Mitnick, Mark Margolis, and Mary Quant.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Borman ranks 2,030 out of 18,182Before him are Jesse Livermore (1877), Bob Dole (1923), Christine Baranski (1952), Scottie Pippen (1965), Alice Walker (1944), and Justin Timberlake (1981). After him are Julius Erving (1950), Jerry Reed (1937), James Ellroy (1948), Jef Raskin (1943), Frank Borzage (1894), and Ted Danson (1947).

Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Frank Borman ranks 19Before him are Edgar Mitchell (1930), Ed White (1930), Michael P. Anderson (1959), Bruce McCandless II (1937), Roger B. Chaffee (1935), and Alan Bean (1932). After him are John Young (1930), Ellison Onizuka (1946), Christa McAuliffe (1948), Fred Haise (1933), Ken Mattingly (1936), and Gordon Cooper (1927).