ASTRONAUT

Helen Sharman

1963 - Today

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Helen Patricia Sharman (born 30 May 1963) is a British chemist and cosmonaut who became the first British person, first Western European woman and first privately funded woman in space, as well as the first woman to visit the Mir space station, in May 1991. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helen Sharman has received more than 1,015,911 page views. Her biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Helen Sharman is the 397th most popular astronaut (down from 332nd in 2019), the 6,272nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,480th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular British Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Helen Sharman ranks 397 out of 556. Before her are Carlos I. Noriega, Anton Shkaplerov, Brent W. Jett Jr., Michael R. Clifford, Clayton Anderson, and Wang Yaping. After her are Jerome Apt, Roy D. Bridges Jr., Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., Richard N. Richards, Mario Runco Jr., and Mark L. Polansky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Helen Sharman ranks 714. Before her are Lou, Shawn Lane, Waldemar Legień, Paul Kipkoech, Manuela Machado, and Wouter Bos. After her are Olga Chernyavskaya, Charles Oakley, Giovanni Francini, Oğuz Çetin, Russell T Davies, and Cristina Marcos.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Helen Sharman ranks 6,272 out of 8,785. Before her are Maxwell Caulfield (1959), Stuart Milner-Barry (1906), Angela Buxton (1934), Chris Sawyer (1961), Rosemarie Frankland (1943), and Calum Scott (1988). After her are Arthur Owen (1915), Martin Carthy (1941), James, Viscount Severn (2007), Grant Shapps (1968), Shaka Hislop (1969), and Lady Gabriella Kingston (1981).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United Kingdom

Among astronauts born in United Kingdom, Helen Sharman ranks 3. Before her are Piers Sellers (1955), and Michael Foale (1957). After her are Gregory H. Johnson (1962), Tim Peake (1972), and Nicholas Patrick (1964).

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