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Jay C. Buckey

1956 - Today

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Jay Clark Buckey, Jr. (born June 6, 1956, in New York City) is an American physician and astronaut who flew aboard one Space Shuttle mission (STS-90) as a Payload Specialist. Buckey briefly ran for the Democratic nomination to challenge New Hampshire Senator John E. Sununu, a first term Republican, when he was up for re-election in 2008. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jay C. Buckey has received more than 42,707 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jay C. Buckey is the 507th most popular astronaut (down from 506th in 2019), the 15,427th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,020th in 2019) and the 283rd most popular American Astronaut.

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  • 43k

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  • 30.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Jay C. Buckey ranks 507 out of 524Before him are Lee Morin, Daniel T. Barry, Kenneth Ham, Norishige Kanai, Charles Camarda, and James M. Kelly. After him are Gregory J. Harbaugh, Richard A. Searfoss, Gregory H. Johnson, Garrett Reisman, James D. Halsell, and Donald A. Thomas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Jay C. Buckey ranks 663Before him are Jay Nixon, Tara Buckman, Darrell Pace, Joni Huntley, Danny Hillis, and Tim Flannery. After him are Gregory J. Harbaugh, Richard A. Searfoss, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Deborah Birx, S. Scott Bullock, and Ann Curry.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jay C. Buckey ranks 15,427 out of 18,182Before him are James M. Kelly (1964), Bob Casey Jr. (1960), Fat Lever (1960), Patrick Kane (1988), Keke Palmer (1993), and Terry Butler (1967). After him are Jesse James (1989), Kali Uchis (1994), Chris Masters (1983), Karen Bass (1953), Sarah Wright (1983), and Gregory J. Harbaugh (1956).

Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Jay C. Buckey ranks 283Before him are Michael J. Bloomfield (1959), Lee Morin (1952), Daniel T. Barry (1953), Kenneth Ham (1964), Charles Camarda (1952), and James M. Kelly (1964). After him are Gregory J. Harbaugh (1956), Richard A. Searfoss (1956), Garrett Reisman (1968), James D. Halsell (1956), Donald A. Thomas (1955), and Terence T. Henricks (1952).