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Helen Sharman

1963 - Today

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Helen Patricia Sharman, CMG, OBE, HonFRSC (born 30 May 1963) is a British chemist and astronaut 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 954,264 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Helen Sharman is the 332nd most popular astronaut (up from 363rd in 2019), the 5,493rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,097th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 950k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Helen Sharman ranks 332 out of 524. Before her are William S. McArthur, Yury Lonchakov, Alexander Gerst, Sergei Zalyotin, Jean-François Clervoy, and Aleksandr Skvortsov. After her are Leroy Chiao, Fei Junlong, Stephen Robinson, Ken Bowersox, John Herrington, and Michael Barratt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Helen Sharman ranks 556. Before her are Michael Cuesta, Joan Plaza, Adrián Fernández, Maja Gojković, Sean Lock, and Seyran Ateş. After her are Markus Wasmeier, Stephen Elop, Luis Carlos Perea, Débora Bloch, Mandakini, and Tudor Casapu.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Helen Sharman ranks 5,493 out of 7,765. Before her are John Stones (1994), Cheryl (1983), George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews (1962), Sean Lock (1963), Mark Noble (1987), and Lynne Ramsay (1969). After her are Marsha Thomason (1976), Richard Coyle (1974), Henry Cockburn (1921), Tracey Thorn (1962), Brett Anderson (1967), and Jim Crawford (1948).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United Kingdom

Among astronauts born in United Kingdom, Helen Sharman ranks 2. Before her are Piers Sellers (1955). After her are Michael Foale (1957), Gregory H. Johnson (1962), Tim Peake (1972), and Nicholas Patrick (1964).

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