1921 - 2016
John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator, engineer, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space, and the first American to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962. Following his retirement from NASA, he served from 1974 to 1999 as a U.S. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Glenn has received more than 11,846,887 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 71 in 2019). John Glenn is the 11th most popular astronaut, the 601st most popular biography from United States (up from 651st in 2019) and the 6th most popular American Astronaut.
John Glenn is most famous for becoming the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962.
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Among astronauts, John Glenn ranks 11 out of 524. Before him are Buzz Aldrin, Gene Cernan, Vladimir Komarov, Pete Conrad, Alexei Leonov, and Alan Shepard. After him are Gherman Titov, Dennis Tito, David Scott, Jim Lovell, Svetlana Savitskaya, and Harrison Schmitt.
1930 - Present
HPI: 72.64
Rank: 5
1934 - 2017
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 6
1927 - 1967
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 7
1930 - 1999
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 8
1934 - 2019
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 9
1923 - 1998
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 10
1921 - 2016
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 11
1935 - 2000
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 12
1940 - Present
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 13
1932 - Present
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 14
1928 - Present
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 15
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 16
1935 - Present
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 17
Among people born in 1921, John Glenn ranks 27. Before him are Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Peter Ustinov, Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, Aaron T. Beck, Deborah Kerr, and Satyajit Ray. After him are Vasily Stalin, Lotfi A. Zadeh, Gianni Agnelli, Nancy Reagan, Kenneth Arrow, and Patricia Highsmith. Among people deceased in 2016, John Glenn ranks 29. Before him are João Havelange, Alvin Toffler, Elie Wiesel, Prince, Harper Lee, and Pierre Boulez. After him are Andrzej Żuławski, Carrie Fisher, Nancy Reagan, Věra Čáslavská, Bernardo Provenzano, and Gene Wilder.
1921 - 1990
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 21
1921 - 2004
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 22
1921 - 2011
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 23
1921 - 2021
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 24
1921 - 2007
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 25
1921 - 1992
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 26
1921 - 2016
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 27
1921 - 1962
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 28
1921 - 2017
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 29
1921 - 2003
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 30
1921 - 2016
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 31
1921 - 2017
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 32
1921 - 1995
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 33
1916 - 2016
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 23
1928 - 2016
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 24
1928 - 2016
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 25
1958 - 2016
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 26
1926 - 2016
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 27
1925 - 2016
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 28
1921 - 2016
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 29
1940 - 2016
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 30
1956 - 2016
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 31
1921 - 2016
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 32
1942 - 2016
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 33
1933 - 2016
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 34
1933 - 2016
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 35
Among people born in United States, John Glenn ranks 601 out of 18,182. Before him are Philip Glass (1937), Demi Moore (1962), Glenn Miller (1904), Jim Mattis (1950), Bill Evans (1929), and Michael Keaton (1951). After him are Michael Landon (1936), Louis Zamperini (1917), Sean Penn (1960), Janet Leigh (1927), Nat King Cole (1919), and Marshall Warren Nirenberg (1927).
1937 - Present
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 595
1962 - Present
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 596
1904 - 1944
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 597
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 598
1929 - 1980
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 599
1951 - Present
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 600
1921 - 2016
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 601
1936 - 1991
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 602
1917 - 2014
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 603
1960 - Present
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 604
1927 - 2004
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 605
1919 - 1965
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 606
1927 - 2010
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 607
Among astronauts born in United States, John Glenn ranks 6. Before him are Neil Armstrong (1930), Buzz Aldrin (1930), Gene Cernan (1934), Pete Conrad (1930), and Alan Shepard (1923). After him are Dennis Tito (1940), David Scott (1932), Jim Lovell (1928), Harrison Schmitt (1935), Gus Grissom (1926), and James Irwin (1930).
1930 - 2012
HPI: 84.89
Rank: 1
1930 - Present
HPI: 72.64
Rank: 2
1934 - 2017
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 3
1930 - 1999
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 4
1923 - 1998
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 5
1921 - 2016
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 6
1940 - Present
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 7
1932 - Present
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 8
1928 - Present
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 9
1935 - Present
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 10
1926 - 1967
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 11
1930 - 1991
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 12