ASTRONAUT

James van Hoften

1944 - Today

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James Dougal Adrianus "Ox" van Hoften (born June 11, 1944) is an American civil and hydraulic engineer, retired U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James van Hoften has received more than 76,348 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). James van Hoften is the 331st most popular astronaut (down from 317th in 2019), the 12,173rd most popular biography from United States (down from 11,716th in 2019) and the 152nd most popular American Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 76k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, James van Hoften ranks 331 out of 556. Before him are Naoko Yamazaki, Oleg Artemyev, George D. Zamka, Joan Higginbotham, Alvin Drew, and Oleg Novitsky. After him are Robert L. Gibson, Roman Romanenko, Mike Melvill, Mike Mullane, Yuri Shargin, and Aleksandr Skvortsov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, James van Hoften ranks 698. Before him are Mike Enzi, Marta Kristen, Ann Oakley, Shelley Fabares, Magdaleno Mercado, and Mel Daniels. After him are Tony Orlando, Ernest Moniz, Neil Young, Nicolas Chumachenco, Jan Brewer, and Cathy Lee Crosby.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James van Hoften ranks 12,173 out of 20,380. Before him are Beverly Cleary (1916), Patty McCormack (1945), Paula Cole (1968), John Shelby Spong (1931), Rusty Wailes (1926), and Michele Bachmann (1956). After him are William Gilmore (1895), Willa Fitzgerald (1991), David Darling (1941), Ross Marquand (1981), Al Hirschfeld (1903), and Arielle Kebbel (1985).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, James van Hoften ranks 152. Before him are Frederick D. Gregory (1941), Joseph M. Acaba (1967), Robert D. Cabana (1949), George D. Zamka (1962), Joan Higginbotham (1964), and Alvin Drew (1962). After him are Robert L. Gibson (1946), Mike Mullane (1945), Guy Gardner (1948), Michael J. Bloomfield (1959), Gregory C. Johnson (1954), and Anthony W. England (1942).

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