1950 - Today
George Driver "Pinky" Nelson (born July 13, 1950) is an American physicist, astronomer, science educator, and retired NASA astronaut. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Nelson has received more than 21,761 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). George Nelson is the 291st most popular astronaut (down from 285th in 2019), the 10,948th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,117th in 2019) and the 126th most popular American Astronaut.
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Among astronauts, George Nelson ranks 291 out of 524. Before him are Oleg Novitsky, Umberto Guidoni, Michael Coats, Karl Gordon Henize, Oleg Kotov, and Jean-Jacques Favier. After him are Ulrich Walter, David Wolf, Tamara E. Jernigan, Carlos I. Noriega, Jeffrey A. Hoffman, and Pamela Melroy.
1971 - Present
HPI: 40.14
Rank: 285
1954 - Present
HPI: 40.14
Rank: 286
1946 - Present
HPI: 40.12
Rank: 287
1926 - 1993
HPI: 40.12
Rank: 288
1965 - Present
HPI: 40.12
Rank: 289
1949 - 2023
HPI: 40.10
Rank: 290
1950 - Present
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 291
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.93
Rank: 292
1956 - Present
HPI: 39.84
Rank: 293
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.73
Rank: 294
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.70
Rank: 295
1944 - Present
HPI: 39.68
Rank: 296
1961 - Present
HPI: 39.65
Rank: 297
Among people born in 1950, George Nelson ranks 541. Before him are Jurelang Zedkaia, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Graham Parker, Lansana Kouyaté, Danny Kirwan, and Laura Ziskin. After him are Jerzy Radziwiłowicz, Masami Kuwashima, Deepa Mehta, Chris Taylor, John Patrick Shanley, and Asa Hutchinson.
1950 - 2015
HPI: 40.08
Rank: 535
1950 - Present
HPI: 40.07
Rank: 536
1950 - Present
HPI: 40.01
Rank: 537
1950 - Present
HPI: 39.99
Rank: 538
1950 - 2018
HPI: 39.99
Rank: 539
1950 - 2011
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 540
1950 - Present
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 541
1950 - Present
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 542
1950 - Present
HPI: 39.93
Rank: 543
1950 - Present
HPI: 39.90
Rank: 544
1950 - Present
HPI: 39.90
Rank: 545
1950 - Present
HPI: 39.81
Rank: 546
1950 - Present
HPI: 39.75
Rank: 547
Among people born in United States, George Nelson ranks 10,948 out of 18,182. Before him are Laura Ziskin (1950), Jack Ragland (1913), Nicole Ari Parker (1970), Norman I. Platnick (1951), Bill Fagerbakke (1957), and Cory Booker (1969). After him are Andy Dick (1965), Marie Wilson (1916), Brook Benton (1931), Fairuza Balk (1974), Jodi Benson (1961), and Mike Colter (1976).
1950 - 2011
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 10,942
1913 - 1996
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 10,943
1970 - Present
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 10,944
1951 - 2020
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 10,945
1957 - Present
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 10,946
1969 - Present
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 10,947
1950 - Present
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 10,948
1965 - Present
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 10,949
1916 - 1972
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 10,950
1931 - 1988
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 10,951
1974 - Present
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 10,952
1961 - Present
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 10,953
1976 - Present
HPI: 39.93
Rank: 10,954
Among astronauts born in United States, George Nelson ranks 126. Before him are Joseph M. Acaba (1967), David M. Walker (1944), Kathryn C. Thornton (1952), Shannon Walker (1965), Michael Coats (1946), and Karl Gordon Henize (1926). After him are David Wolf (1956), Tamara E. Jernigan (1959), Jeffrey A. Hoffman (1944), Pamela Melroy (1961), Byron K. Lichtenberg (1948), and Frederick Hauck (1941).
1967 - Present
HPI: 40.45
Rank: 120
1944 - 2001
HPI: 40.44
Rank: 121
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.30
Rank: 122
1965 - Present
HPI: 40.22
Rank: 123
1946 - Present
HPI: 40.12
Rank: 124
1926 - 1993
HPI: 40.12
Rank: 125
1950 - Present
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 126
1956 - Present
HPI: 39.84
Rank: 127
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.73
Rank: 128
1944 - Present
HPI: 39.68
Rank: 129
1961 - Present
HPI: 39.65
Rank: 130
1948 - Present
HPI: 39.60
Rank: 131
1941 - Present
HPI: 39.44
Rank: 132