ASTRONAUT

James McDivitt

1929 - 2022

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James Alton McDivitt Jr. (June 10, 1929 – October 13, 2022) was an American test pilot, United States Air Force (USAF) pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut in the Gemini and Apollo programs. He joined the USAF in 1951 and flew 145 combat missions in the Korean War. In 1959, after graduating first in his class with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Michigan through the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James McDivitt has received more than 622,718 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). James McDivitt is the 85th most popular astronaut (up from 188th in 2019), the 3,413th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,499th in 2019) and the 38th most popular American Astronaut.

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  • 33

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  • 3.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, James McDivitt ranks 85 out of 556. Before him are Rakesh Sharma, Judith Resnik, Rusty Schweickart, Viktor Afanasyev, Boris Volynov, and Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov. After him are Yevgeny Khrunov, William Anders, Anatoly Filipchenko, Donn F. Eisele, Dick Scobee, and Leonid Kizim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, James McDivitt ranks 189. Before him are Karl Koller, Eric Carle, Tayeb Salih, Anna Walentynowicz, Edison Denisov, and Christoph von Dohnányi. After him are Hind Rostom, Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar, Benny Golson, Hong Song-nam, Nadja Tiller, and James R. Schlesinger. Among people deceased in 2022, James McDivitt ranks 174. Before him are Fidel Ramos, Ciriaco De Mita, Alec John Such, Vadim Bakatin, Yi-Fu Tuan, and Earnie Shavers. After him are Chrysostomos II of Cyprus, Anatoly Filipchenko, Carl, Duke of Württemberg, Kitten Natividad, Herman Van Springel, and Joseph Delaney.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James McDivitt ranks 3,413 out of 20,380. Before him are Earnie Shavers (1944), Machine Gun Kelly (1990), Fred Quimby (1886), Hyman Minsky (1919), Bobby Brown (1969), and Frederic Forrest (1936). After him are Damon Wayans (1960), Amy Beach (1867), Henry Hazlitt (1894), Red Buttons (1919), Bruce Davison (1946), and Jerry Siegel (1914).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, James McDivitt ranks 38. Before him are Thomas P. Stafford (1930), Michael J. Smith (1945), Mary L. Cleave (1947), Sally Ride (1951), Judith Resnik (1949), and Rusty Schweickart (1935). After him are Donn F. Eisele (1930), Dick Scobee (1939), Alfred Worden (1932), Stuart Roosa (1933), Kathryn D. Sullivan (1951), and Deke Slayton (1924).

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