1948 - Today
Jerry Lynn Ross (born January 20, 1948, Crown Point, Indiana) is a retired United States Air Force officer, engineer, and a former NASA astronaut. Ross is a veteran of 7 Space Shuttle missions, making him the joint record holder for most spaceflights (a record he shares with Franklin Chang-Diaz). His papers, photographs, and many personal items are in the Barron Hilton Flight and Space Exploration Archives at Purdue University. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jerry L. Ross has received more than 212,628 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Jerry L. Ross is the 211th most popular astronaut (up from 239th in 2019), the 8,312th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,824th in 2019) and the 87th most popular American Astronaut.
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Among astronauts, Jerry L. Ross ranks 211 out of 524. Before him are Hans Schlegel, Marsha Ivins, Daniel Brandenstein, James C. Adamson, Franco Malerba, and Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper. After him are James P. Bagian, Michael López-Alegría, Bonnie J. Dunbar, Karol J. Bobko, Yi So-yeon, and Rodolfo Neri Vela.
1951 - Present
HPI: 44.14
Rank: 205
1951 - Present
HPI: 44.14
Rank: 206
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.12
Rank: 207
1946 - Present
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 208
1946 - Present
HPI: 44.00
Rank: 209
1963 - Present
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 210
1948 - Present
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 211
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.79
Rank: 212
1958 - Present
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 213
1949 - Present
HPI: 43.51
Rank: 214
1937 - 2023
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 215
1978 - Present
HPI: 43.46
Rank: 216
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.46
Rank: 217
Among people born in 1948, Jerry L. Ross ranks 501. Before him are Rudy Tomjanovich, Walter Smith, Tommy Söderberg, Itzhak Shum, Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, and Arnie Robinson. After him are Jon Amiel, Norbert Nigbur, Nadezhda Tkachenko, Ian Hodder, István Tarlós, and Alexei Starobinsky.
1948 - Present
HPI: 43.97
Rank: 495
1948 - 2021
HPI: 43.93
Rank: 496
1948 - Present
HPI: 43.93
Rank: 497
1948 - Present
HPI: 43.92
Rank: 498
1948 - Present
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 499
1948 - 2020
HPI: 43.89
Rank: 500
1948 - Present
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 501
1948 - Present
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 502
1948 - Present
HPI: 43.86
Rank: 503
1948 - Present
HPI: 43.86
Rank: 504
1948 - Present
HPI: 43.82
Rank: 505
1948 - Present
HPI: 43.79
Rank: 506
1948 - 2023
HPI: 43.79
Rank: 507
Among people born in United States, Jerry L. Ross ranks 8,312 out of 18,182. Before him are Constance Talmadge (1898), Herbert Stothart (1885), Arnie Robinson (1948), Bisher Al-Khasawneh (1969), Katie Cassidy (1986), and Ralph Meeker (1920). After him are Dominique Swain (1980), Damon Runyon (1880), John Clauser (1942), Haley Bennett (1988), Bill Camp (1961), and Dick Durbin (1944).
1898 - 1973
HPI: 43.90
Rank: 8,306
1885 - 1949
HPI: 43.90
Rank: 8,307
1948 - 2020
HPI: 43.89
Rank: 8,308
1969 - Present
HPI: 43.89
Rank: 8,309
1986 - Present
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 8,310
1920 - 1988
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 8,311
1948 - Present
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 8,312
1980 - Present
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 8,313
1880 - 1946
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 8,314
1942 - Present
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 8,315
1988 - Present
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 8,316
1961 - Present
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 8,317
1944 - Present
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 8,318
Among astronauts born in United States, Jerry L. Ross ranks 87. Before him are William C. McCool (1961), Millie Hughes-Fulford (1945), Marsha Ivins (1951), Daniel Brandenstein (1943), James C. Adamson (1946), and Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper (1963). After him are James P. Bagian (1952), Bonnie J. Dunbar (1949), Karol J. Bobko (1937), Steven R. Nagel (1946), Donald H. Peterson (1933), and Henry Hartsfield (1933).
1961 - 2003
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 81
1945 - 2021
HPI: 44.15
Rank: 82
1951 - Present
HPI: 44.14
Rank: 83
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.12
Rank: 84
1946 - Present
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 85
1963 - Present
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 86
1948 - Present
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 87
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.79
Rank: 88
1949 - Present
HPI: 43.51
Rank: 89
1937 - 2023
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 90
1946 - 2014
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 91
1933 - 2018
HPI: 43.35
Rank: 92
1933 - 2014
HPI: 43.09
Rank: 93