1928 - Today
James Arthur Lovell Jr. (; born March 25, 1928) is an American retired astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot and mechanical engineer. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8, he became, with Frank Borman and William Anders, one of the first three astronauts to fly to and orbit the Moon. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jim Lovell has received more than 5,408,855 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Jim Lovell is the 14th most popular astronaut (up from 18th in 2019), the 873rd most popular biography from United States (up from 997th in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Astronaut.
Jim Lovell is most famous for being the commander of the Apollo 13 mission. The Apollo 13 mission is the third manned mission to land on the moon. The mission was aborted because of an explosion in the service module.
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Among astronauts, Jim Lovell ranks 14 out of 524. Before him are Pete Conrad, Alexei Leonov, Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Gherman Titov, and Dennis Tito. After him are John Young, Sigmund Jähn, David Scott, Harrison Schmitt, Andriyan Nikolayev, and Edgar Mitchell.
1930 - 1999
HPI: 76.13
Rank: 8
1934 - 2019
HPI: 75.98
Rank: 9
1923 - 1998
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 10
1921 - 2016
HPI: 73.11
Rank: 11
1935 - 2000
HPI: 72.87
Rank: 12
1940 - Present
HPI: 72.75
Rank: 13
1928 - Present
HPI: 71.44
Rank: 14
1930 - 2018
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 15
1937 - 2019
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 16
1932 - Present
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 17
1935 - Present
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 18
1929 - 2004
HPI: 69.33
Rank: 19
1930 - 2016
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 20
Among people born in 1928, Jim Lovell ranks 47. Before him are Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Peyo, Carlos Fuentes, Kim Yong-nam, Maya Angelou, and Manfred Gerlach. After him are Manfred Rommel, Jacques Rivette, James Ivory, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Francesco Cossiga, and Karlheinz Böhm.
1928 - 2017
HPI: 72.27
Rank: 41
1928 - 1992
HPI: 72.20
Rank: 42
1928 - 2012
HPI: 72.10
Rank: 43
1928 - Present
HPI: 72.04
Rank: 44
1928 - 2014
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 45
1928 - 2011
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 46
1928 - Present
HPI: 71.44
Rank: 47
1928 - 2013
HPI: 70.96
Rank: 48
1928 - 2016
HPI: 70.94
Rank: 49
1928 - Present
HPI: 70.85
Rank: 50
1928 - 1979
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 51
1928 - 2010
HPI: 70.69
Rank: 52
1928 - 2014
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 53
Among people born in United States, Jim Lovell ranks 873 out of 15,968. Before him are Michael Mann (1943), Anne Rice (1941), Ferid Murad (1936), Willard Libby (1908), John Sherman (1823), and Jamie Lee Curtis (1958). After him are Angela Davis (1944), Ron Perlman (1950), Charles H. Townes (1915), Sheldon Lee Glashow (1932), Jon Bon Jovi (1962), and John J. Pershing (1860).
1943 - Present
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 867
1941 - Present
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 868
1936 - Present
HPI: 71.46
Rank: 869
1908 - 1980
HPI: 71.46
Rank: 870
1823 - 1900
HPI: 71.45
Rank: 871
1958 - Present
HPI: 71.45
Rank: 872
1928 - Present
HPI: 71.44
Rank: 873
1944 - Present
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 874
1950 - Present
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 875
1915 - 2015
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 876
1932 - Present
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 877
1962 - Present
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 878
1860 - 1948
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 879
Among astronauts born in United States, Jim Lovell ranks 8. Before him are Buzz Aldrin (1930), Gene Cernan (1934), Pete Conrad (1930), Alan Shepard (1923), John Glenn (1921), and Dennis Tito (1940). After him are John Young (1930), David Scott (1932), Harrison Schmitt (1935), Edgar Mitchell (1930), Ed White (1930), and James Irwin (1930).
1930 - Present
HPI: 79.13
Rank: 2
1934 - 2017
HPI: 78.79
Rank: 3
1930 - 1999
HPI: 76.13
Rank: 4
1923 - 1998
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 5
1921 - 2016
HPI: 73.11
Rank: 6
1940 - Present
HPI: 72.75
Rank: 7
1928 - Present
HPI: 71.44
Rank: 8
1930 - 2018
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 9
1932 - Present
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 10
1935 - Present
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 11
1930 - 2016
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 12
1930 - 1967
HPI: 68.51
Rank: 13
1930 - 1991
HPI: 68.15
Rank: 14