ASTRONAUT

James Irwin

1930 - 1991

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James Benson Irwin (March 17, 1930 – August 8, 1991) was an American astronaut, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and a United States Air Force pilot. He served as Lunar Module pilot for Apollo 15, the fourth human lunar landing. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Irwin has received more than 953,913 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). James Irwin is the 19th most popular astronaut (up from 24th in 2019), the 1,255th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,522nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Astronaut.

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  • 6.89

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  • 3.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, James Irwin ranks 19 out of 556. Before him are Dennis Tito, Svetlana Savitskaya, Valeri Polyakov, Andriyan Nikolayev, David Scott, and Harrison Schmitt. After him are Frank Borman, Sigmund Jähn, Jim Lovell, Alan Bean, Gus Grissom, and Pavel Popovich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, James Irwin ranks 75. Before him are Ivan Silayev, Magdalena Abakanowicz, David Dacko, Chinua Achebe, Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma, and Sonia Rykiel. After him are Gérard Genette, Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen, Richard Donner, Ben Gazzara, Luce Irigaray, and Thomas Williams. Among people deceased in 1991, James Irwin ranks 41. Before him are Claudio Arrau, Wilhelm Kempff, Stan Getz, Leo Fender, Don Siegel, and Gino Colaussi. After him are Tom of Finland, Gene Tierney, Ivan Kozhedub, Salvador Luria, Mohammed Abdel Wahab, and Shapour Bakhtiar.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Irwin ranks 1,255 out of 20,380. Before him are Jacque Fresco (1916), Marvin Minsky (1927), Edward C. Tolman (1886), Charles Sweeney (1919), Ethan Hawke (1970), and Mary Todd Lincoln (1818). After him are Mike Shinoda (1977), Tecumseh (1768), Jaco Pastorius (1951), Otis Redding (1941), Phil Hill (1927), and Courtney Love (1964).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, James Irwin ranks 10. Before him are Pete Conrad (1930), John Glenn (1921), Alan Shepard (1923), Dennis Tito (1940), David Scott (1932), and Harrison Schmitt (1935). After him are Frank Borman (1928), Jim Lovell (1928), Alan Bean (1932), Gus Grissom (1926), Ed White (1930), and Roger B. Chaffee (1935).

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