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Guion Bluford

1942 - Today

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Guion Stewart Bluford Jr. (born November 22, 1942) is an American aerospace engineer, retired United States Air Force (USAF) officer and fighter pilot, and former NASA astronaut, in which capacity he became the first African American to go to space. While assigned to NASA, he remained a USAF officer rising to the rank of colonel. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Guion Bluford has received more than 1,069,162 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Guion Bluford is the 253rd most popular astronaut (up from 258th in 2019), the 9,658th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,474th in 2019) and the 106th most popular American Astronaut.

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.70

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  • 4.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Guion Bluford ranks 253 out of 524. Before him are Janice E. Voss, Dale Gardner, John L. Phillips, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Salizhan Sharipov, and Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin. After him are Zhai Zhigang, Jean-Pierre Haigneré, Karen Nyberg, Catherine Coleman, Yury Usachov, and Mikhail Kornienko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Guion Bluford ranks 562. Before him are Per Stig Møller, Allen Daviau, Mridula Sinha, Neil Kinnock, Tommy Roe, and Elvin Bishop. After him are Danny Ongais, Mirja Lehtonen, Eugène Camara, Lyle Campbell, Sila María Calderón, and Munyoro Nyamau.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Guion Bluford ranks 9,658 out of 18,182. Before him are Richard Grieco (1965), Wendell Pierce (1963), Cliff DeYoung (1945), Pauline Starke (1901), Miriam A. Ferguson (1875), and Nelson W. Aldrich (1841). After him are Charley Borah (1906), Ellen Hansell (1869), Don Meineke (1930), Colton Haynes (1988), Frank Greer (1879), and Bart Conner (1958).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Guion Bluford ranks 106. Before him are Mike Massimino (1962), John Casper (1943), Janice E. Voss (1956), Dale Gardner (1948), John L. Phillips (1951), and Margaret Rhea Seddon (1947). After him are Karen Nyberg (1969), Catherine Coleman (1960), William B. Lenoir (1939), Joseph P. Allen (1937), Thomas Marshburn (1960), and S. David Griggs (1939).

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