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Jack Swigert

1931 - 1982

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John Leonard Swigert Jr. (August 30, 1931 – December 27, 1982) was an American NASA astronaut, test pilot, mechanical engineer, aerospace engineer, United States Air Force pilot, and politician. In April 1970, as command module pilot of Apollo 13, he became one of 24 astronauts who flew to the Moon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack Swigert has received more than 3,318,225 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Jack Swigert is the 83rd most popular engineer (down from 75th in 2019), the 1,831st most popular biography from United States (down from 1,790th in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Engineer.

Jack Swigert was an astronaut who flew on the Apollo 13 mission. He was the one who famously said "Houston, we have a problem" when the crew found out that an oxygen tank had exploded.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Jack Swigert ranks 83 out of 389. Before him are Józef Bem, Henri Farman, Edward A. Murphy Jr., André Courrèges, Henry Royce, and Kurt Tank. After him are Mikhail Mil, Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr., Viktor Bryukhanov, Nicola Romeo, and Fedor Tokarev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Jack Swigert ranks 92. Before him are Sergio Sebastiani, Nikolai Chernykh, Johnny Kitagawa, Anthony de Mello, Samir Amin, and Tomi Ungerer. After him are John Charles, Juan Goytisolo, Mike Nichols, Angie Dickinson, Lamberto Dini, and Márta Mészáros. Among people deceased in 1982, Jack Swigert ranks 72. Before him are Leopold Trepper, Pierre Mendès France, Patrick Dewaere, Elis Regina, Ville Ritola, and Pierre Balmain. After him are Tadj ol-Molouk, Jakov Gotovac, Leonid Kogan, Wifredo Lam, Werner Naumann, and Roberto Calvi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack Swigert ranks 1,831 out of 20,380. Before him are Tex Avery (1908), Dean Cain (1966), Cab Calloway (1907), Dorothea Klumpke (1861), Sam Raimi (1959), and Axl Rose (1962). After him are Count Basie (1904), Patch Adams (1945), Mary Steenburgen (1953), Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848), Tom Regan (1938), and Marcia Cross (1962).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Jack Swigert ranks 8. Before him are Leslie Groves (1896), Jack Kilby (1923), Howard H. Aiken (1900), Vannevar Bush (1890), Henry Gantt (1861), and Jimmy Doolittle (1896). After him are Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr. (1868), J. Walter Christie (1865), Joseph Strauss (1870), Eugene Stoner (1922), Emily Warren Roebling (1843), and Gene Kranz (1933).

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