ASTRONAUT
Ilan Ramon
1954 - 2003
Ilan Ramon
Ilan Ramon (Hebrew: אילן רמון; pronounced [(ʔ)iˈlan ʁaˈmon], born Ilan Wolfferman (אילן וולפרמן); June 20, 1954 – February 1, 2003) was an Israeli fighter pilot and later the first Israeli astronaut. He served as a Space Shuttle payload specialist on STS-107, the fatal mission of Columbia, in which he and the six other crew members were killed when the spacecraft disintegrated during re-entry. At 48, Ramon was the oldest member of the crew. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ilan Ramon has received more than 1,275,953 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Ilan Ramon is the 28th most popular astronaut (up from 33rd in 2019), the 138th most popular biography from Israel (up from 142nd in 2019) and the most popular Israeli Astronaut.
Memorability Metrics
1.3M
Page Views (PV)
57.76
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
47
Languages Editions (L)
5.57
Effective Languages (L*)
3.52
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
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Among ASTRONAUTS
Among astronauts, Ilan Ramon ranks 28 out of 524. Before him are Pavel Popovich, Gus Grissom, James Irwin, Edgar Mitchell, Ed White, and Valery Bykovsky. After him are Michael P. Anderson, Bruce McCandless II, Georgy Dobrovolsky, Roger B. Chaffee, Alan Bean, and Frank Borman.
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Pavel Popovich
1930 - 2009
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 22
Gus Grissom
1926 - 1967
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 23
James Irwin
1930 - 1991
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 24
Edgar Mitchell
1930 - 2016
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 25
Ed White
1930 - 1967
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 26
Valery Bykovsky
1934 - 2019
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 27
Ilan Ramon
1954 - 2003
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 28
Michael P. Anderson
1959 - 2003
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 29
Bruce McCandless II
1937 - 2017
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 30
Georgy Dobrovolsky
1928 - 1971
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 31
Roger B. Chaffee
1935 - 1967
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 32
Alan Bean
1932 - 2018
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 33
Frank Borman
1928 - 2023
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 34
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1954, Ilan Ramon ranks 64. Before him are Michael Dudikoff, Eric Gerets, Bernard Hinault, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Mordechai Vanunu, and Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior. After him are Lee Child, Chris Evert, Kailash Satyarthi, Uli Stielike, Katsuhiro Otomo, and Hermann Tilke. Among people deceased in 2003, Ilan Ramon ranks 62. Before him are Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza, Walt Whitman Rostow, Anna Lindh, John Schlesinger, Vasil Bykaŭ, and Georg Henrik von Wright. After him are Michael P. Anderson, Moktar Ould Daddah, Alan Bates, Donald O'Connor, Uday Hussein, and Fred Rogers.
Others Born in 1954
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Michael Dudikoff
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 58
Eric Gerets
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 59
Bernard Hinault
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 60
Stevie Ray Vaughan
1954 - 1990
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 61
Mordechai Vanunu
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 62
Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 63
Ilan Ramon
1954 - 2003
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 64
Lee Child
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 65
Chris Evert
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 66
Kailash Satyarthi
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 67
Uli Stielike
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 68
Katsuhiro Otomo
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 69
Hermann Tilke
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 70
Others Deceased in 2003
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Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza
1911 - 2003
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 56
Walt Whitman Rostow
1916 - 2003
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 57
Anna Lindh
1957 - 2003
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 58
John Schlesinger
1926 - 2003
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 59
Vasil Bykaŭ
1924 - 2003
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 60
Georg Henrik von Wright
1916 - 2003
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 61
Ilan Ramon
1954 - 2003
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 62
Michael P. Anderson
1959 - 2003
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 63
Moktar Ould Daddah
1924 - 2003
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 64
Alan Bates
1934 - 2003
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 65
Donald O'Connor
1925 - 2003
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 66
Uday Hussein
1964 - 2003
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 67
Fred Rogers
1928 - 2003
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 68
In Israel
Among people born in Israel, Ilan Ramon ranks 138 out of 430. Before him are Yigal Allon (1918), Saint Petronilla (50), Naftali Bennett (1972), Israel Tal (1924), Al-Afdal Shahanshah (1066), and Ali Hassan Salameh (1940). After him are Shoghi Effendi (1897), Ghassan Kanafani (1936), Jonathan Apphus (-200), Avram Grant (1955), Haya Harareet (1931), and Menahem Golan (1929).
Others born in Israel
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Yigal Allon
1918 - 1980
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 132
Saint Petronilla
50 - 100
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 133
Naftali Bennett
1972 - Present
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 134
Israel Tal
1924 - 2010
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 135
Al-Afdal Shahanshah
1066 - 1121
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 136
Ali Hassan Salameh
1940 - 1979
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 137
Ilan Ramon
1954 - 2003
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 138
Shoghi Effendi
1897 - 1957
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 139
Ghassan Kanafani
1936 - 1972
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 140
Jonathan Apphus
200 BC - 143 BC
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 141
Avram Grant
1955 - Present
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 142
Haya Harareet
1931 - 2021
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 143
Menahem Golan
1929 - 2014
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 144
Among ASTRONAUTS In Israel
Among astronauts born in Israel, Ilan Ramon ranks 1.
