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John Glenn

1921 - 2016

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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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  • 12M

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  • 65.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 72

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, John Glenn ranks 11 out of 524Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, John Glenn ranks 27Before 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 29Before 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.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Glenn ranks 601 out of 18,182Before 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).

Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, John Glenn ranks 6Before 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).