ASTRONAUT

Gregory Jarvis

1944 - 1986

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Gregory Bruce Jarvis (August 24, 1944 – January 28, 1986) was an American engineer and astronaut who died during the January 28, 1986 destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L, where he was serving as payload specialist for Hughes Aircraft. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gregory Jarvis has received more than 993,603 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Gregory Jarvis is the 113th most popular astronaut (down from 73rd in 2019), the 4,250th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,424th in 2019) and the 46th most popular American Astronaut.

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  • 51.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Gregory Jarvis ranks 113 out of 556. Before him are Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Yury Glazkov, Bertalan Farkas, Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov, Talgat Musabayev, and Gennady Padalka. After him are Joseph A. Walker, Vladimir Aksyonov, Leonid Kadeniuk, Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Jeffrey A. Hoffman, and Vitaly Sevastyanov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Gregory Jarvis ranks 325. Before him are Momčilo Perišić, Takeshi Ono, José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, Orhan Gencebay, Günter Verheugen, and Thom Mayne. After him are Connie Booth, Bruno Platter, Yoshitada Yamaguchi, Roberto Miranda, Patti LaBelle, and Harun Farocki. Among people deceased in 1986, Gregory Jarvis ranks 124. Before him are Hoàng Văn Thái, Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari, David Cooper, Robert Stevenson, Géza von Radványi, and Vasily Ignatenko. After him are Mary Eristavi, Adolfo Baloncieri, Mika Antić, Valerian Zorin, D. R. Kaprekar, and Teddy Wilson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gregory Jarvis ranks 4,250 out of 20,380. Before him are Gary Coleman (1968), Pat Benatar (1953), Sarah Goodridge (1788), John Paine (1870), Walter Short (1880), and Carl Wilson (1946). After him are Samuel Little (1940), Paul Shenar (1936), Ellen Swallow Richards (1842), Jordan Rudess (1956), Beatrice Straight (1914), and James Gunn (1966).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Gregory Jarvis ranks 46. Before him are Dick Scobee (1939), Alfred Worden (1932), Stuart Roosa (1933), Kathryn D. Sullivan (1951), Deke Slayton (1924), and Scott Carpenter (1925). After him are Joseph A. Walker (1921), Jeffrey A. Hoffman (1944), Vance D. Brand (1931), Sunita Williams (1965), Mae Jemison (1956), and Kenneth Cockrell (1950).

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