1934 - 2017
Eugene Andrew Cernan (; March 14, 1934 – January 16, 2017) was an American astronaut, naval aviator, electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, and fighter pilot. During the Apollo 17 mission, Cernan became the 11th human being to walk on the Moon. As he re-entered the Apollo Lunar Module after Harrison Schmitt on their third and final lunar excursion, he remains the most recent person to walk on the Moon. Before becoming an astronaut, Cernan graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University in Indiana, and joined the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gene Cernan has received more than 1,583,557 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 54 in 2019). Gene Cernan is the 6th most popular astronaut, the 198th most popular biography from United States (down from 177th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Astronaut.
Gene Cernan is most famous for being the last man to walk on the moon.
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Among astronauts, Gene Cernan ranks 6 out of 524. Before him are Yuri Gagarin, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Valentina Tereshkova, and Buzz Aldrin. After him are Vladimir Komarov, Pete Conrad, Alexei Leonov, Alan Shepard, John Glenn, and Gherman Titov.
1934 - 1968
HPI: 85.94
Rank: 1
1930 - 2012
HPI: 84.89
Rank: 2
1930 - 2021
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 3
1937 - Present
HPI: 77.01
Rank: 4
1930 - Present
HPI: 72.64
Rank: 5
1934 - 2017
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 6
1927 - 1967
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 7
1930 - 1999
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 8
1934 - 2019
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 9
1923 - 1998
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 10
1921 - 2016
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 11
1935 - 2000
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1934, Gene Cernan ranks 11. Before him are Maggie Smith, Leonard Cohen, Albert II of Belgium, Giorgio Armani, Judi Dench, and Carl Sagan. After him are Leonid Kravchuk, Nana Mouskouri, Daniel Kahneman, Shirley MacLaine, Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, and Jane Goodall. Among people deceased in 2017, Gene Cernan ranks 7. Before him are Charles Manson, Helmut Kohl, Roger Moore, Stanislav Petrov, Zygmunt Bauman, and Michael I of Romania. After him are David Rockefeller, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Jeanne Moreau, Salvatore Riina, Raymond Kopa, and Chuck Berry.
1934 - Present
HPI: 75.86
Rank: 5
1934 - 2016
HPI: 75.78
Rank: 6
1934 - Present
HPI: 74.24
Rank: 7
1934 - Present
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 8
1934 - Present
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 9
1934 - 1996
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 10
1934 - 2017
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 11
1934 - 2022
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 12
1934 - Present
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 13
1934 - Present
HPI: 70.55
Rank: 14
1934 - Present
HPI: 69.51
Rank: 15
1934 - 2018
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 16
1934 - Present
HPI: 68.73
Rank: 17
1934 - 2017
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 1
1930 - 2017
HPI: 77.06
Rank: 2
1927 - 2017
HPI: 75.87
Rank: 3
1939 - 2017
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 4
1925 - 2017
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 5
1921 - 2017
HPI: 71.78
Rank: 6
1934 - 2017
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 7
1915 - 2017
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 8
1928 - 2017
HPI: 70.64
Rank: 9
1928 - 2017
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 10
1930 - 2017
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 11
1931 - 2017
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 12
1926 - 2017
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 13
Among people born in United States, Gene Cernan ranks 198 out of 18,182. Before him are John Rawls (1921), Whitney Houston (1963), John Jay (1745), George Lucas (1944), Alec Baldwin (1958), and Samuel P. Huntington (1927). After him are Ben Affleck (1972), B. F. Skinner (1904), Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803), Barry White (1944), Henry Fonda (1905), and David Rockefeller (1915).
1921 - 2002
HPI: 71.69
Rank: 192
1963 - 2012
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 193
1745 - 1829
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 194
1944 - Present
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 195
1958 - Present
HPI: 71.61
Rank: 196
1927 - 2008
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 197
1934 - 2017
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 198
1972 - Present
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 199
1904 - 1990
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 200
1803 - 1882
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 201
1944 - 2003
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 202
1905 - 1982
HPI: 71.52
Rank: 203
1915 - 2017
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 204
Among astronauts born in United States, Gene Cernan ranks 3. Before him are Neil Armstrong (1930) and Buzz Aldrin (1930). After him are Pete Conrad (1930), Alan Shepard (1923), John Glenn (1921), Dennis Tito (1940), David Scott (1932), Jim Lovell (1928), Harrison Schmitt (1935), Gus Grissom (1926), and James Irwin (1930).
1930 - 2012
HPI: 84.89
Rank: 1
1930 - Present
HPI: 72.64
Rank: 2
1934 - 2017
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 3
1930 - 1999
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 4
1923 - 1998
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 5
1921 - 2016
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 6
1940 - Present
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 7
1932 - Present
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 8
1928 - Present
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 9
1935 - Present
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 10
1926 - 1967
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 11
1930 - 1991
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 12