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ASTRONAUT

George Nelson

1950 - Today

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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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  • 39.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, George Nelson ranks 291 out of 524Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, George Nelson ranks 541Before 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.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Nelson ranks 10,948 out of 18,182Before 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).

Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, George Nelson ranks 126Before 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).