ASTRONAUT

Gene Cernan

1934 - 2017

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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 1,752,250 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Gene Cernan is the 5th most popular astronaut (up from 6th in 2019), the 181st most popular biography from United States (up from 198th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Astronaut.

Gene Cernan is most famous for being the last man to walk on the moon.

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  • 55

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  • 16.36

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  • 1.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Gene Cernan ranks 5 out of 556. Before him are Yuri Gagarin, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Valentina Tereshkova. After him are Buzz Aldrin, Pete Conrad, Vladimir Komarov, Alexei Leonov, John Glenn, Gherman Titov, and Alan Shepard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Gene Cernan ranks 10. Before him are Charles Manson, Leonard Cohen, Albert II of Belgium, Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, Giorgio Armani, and Maggie Smith. After him are Carl Sagan, Nana Mouskouri, Daniel Kahneman, Judi Dench, Leonid Kravchuk, and Vavá. Among people deceased in 2017, Gene Cernan ranks 6. Before him are Charles Manson, Helmut Kohl, Michael I of Romania, Roger Moore, and Stanislav Petrov. After him are Zygmunt Bauman, Salvatore Riina, Ali Abdullah Saleh, David Rockefeller, Jalal Talabani, and Raymond Kopa.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gene Cernan ranks 181 out of 20,380. Before him are Linus Pauling (1901), James Watson (1928), Ray Bradbury (1920), Clark Gable (1901), Robert K. Merton (1910), and Geronimo (1829). After him are Tim Cook (1960), Edwin McMillan (1907), Jane Fonda (1937), Sigourney Weaver (1949), Robert Redford (1936), and James Madison (1751).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Gene Cernan ranks 2. Before him are Neil Armstrong (1930). After him are Buzz Aldrin (1930), Pete Conrad (1930), John Glenn (1921), Alan Shepard (1923), Dennis Tito (1940), David Scott (1932), Harrison Schmitt (1935), James Irwin (1930), Frank Borman (1928), and Jim Lovell (1928).

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