ASTRONAUT

Jim Wetherbee

1952 - Today

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James Donald "Wxb" Wetherbee (born November 27, 1952) (Capt, USN, Ret.), is a retired United States Navy officer and aviator, test pilot, aerospace engineer, and NASA astronaut. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jim Wetherbee has received more than 95,747 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Jim Wetherbee is the 197th most popular astronaut (up from 432nd in 2019), the 7,388th most popular biography from United States (up from 14,011th in 2019) and the 75th most popular American Astronaut.

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  • 54.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Jim Wetherbee ranks 197 out of 556. Before him are Gerald Carr, C. Gordon Fullerton, Aleksandr Kaleri, Robert Crippen, Barbara Morgan, and Samantha Cristoforetti. After him are Paolo Nespoli, Dale Gardner, Pedro Duque, Michael J. Adams, Yi So-yeon, and Rick Husband.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Jim Wetherbee ranks 408. Before him are Monika Zehrt, Mohamed Abu al-Qasim al-Zwai, Anna Sui, Ján Kubiš, Vaughan Jones, and Didi Senft. After him are Manuel Göttsching, David Richards, Didier Raoult, Mustafa Cerić, Michael Behe, and Jorge Luis Pinto.

Others Born in 1952

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jim Wetherbee ranks 7,388 out of 20,380. Before him are Glenn Hardin (1910), Robert A. Taft (1889), Leonard Slatkin (1944), Richard Powers (1957), Janet Moreau (1927), and Jerry Rubin (1938). After him are Mary Martin (1913), Nicholas Gonzalez (1976), DeAndre Yedlin (1993), Oliver Nelson (1932), Jack Weston (1924), and Rick Yune (1971).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Jim Wetherbee ranks 75. Before him are José M. Hernández (1962), Jack Lousma (1936), Gerald Carr (1932), C. Gordon Fullerton (1936), Robert Crippen (1937), and Barbara Morgan (1951). After him are Dale Gardner (1948), Michael J. Adams (1930), Rick Husband (1957), Henry Hartsfield (1933), Charles Bassett (1931), and Catherine Coleman (1960).

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