1949 - 1986
Judith Arlene Resnik (April 5, 1949 – January 28, 1986) was an American electrical engineer, software engineer, biomedical engineer, pilot and NASA astronaut who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. She was the fourth woman, the second American woman and the first Jewish woman of any nationality to fly in space, logging 145 hours in orbit. Recognized while still a child for her intellectual brilliance, Resnik was accepted at Carnegie Institute of Technology after becoming only the sixteenth woman in the history of the United States to have attained a perfect score on the SAT exam. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Judith Resnik has received more than 2,177,886 page views. Her biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Judith Resnik is the 60th most popular astronaut (up from 63rd in 2019), the 2,922nd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,026th in 2019) and the 31st most popular American Astronaut.
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Among astronauts, Judith Resnik ranks 60 out of 524. Before her are Viktor Patsayev, Phạm Tuân, Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa, Viktor Gorbatko, Richard F. Gordon Jr., and Sally Ride. After her are Ronald Evans, Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, Dick Scobee, Georgi Ivanov, Aleksei Gubarev, and Viktor Savinykh.
1933 - 1971
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 54
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 55
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 56
1934 - 2017
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 57
1929 - 2017
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 58
1951 - 2012
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 59
1949 - 1986
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 60
1933 - 1990
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 61
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 62
1939 - 1986
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 63
1940 - Present
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 64
1931 - 2015
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 65
1940 - Present
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 66
Among people born in 1949, Judith Resnik ranks 165. Before her are Alexander Godunov, John Savage, Clodoaldo, Trương Tấn Sang, John Wetton, and Walid Jumblatt. After her are Jeremy Corbyn, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Nebojša Radmanović, Phil Lynott, Massimo D'Alema, and Slavenka Drakulić. Among people deceased in 1986, Judith Resnik ranks 98. Before her are Michael J. Smith, Elsa Lanchester, Princess Anne of Orléans, Vitaly Abalakov, Helen B. Taussig, and Valentin Kataev. After her are Scatman Crothers, Princess Yolanda of Savoy, Phil Lynott, Dick Scobee, Raúl Prebisch, and Elisabeth Bergner.
1949 - 1995
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 159
1949 - Present
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 160
1949 - Present
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 161
1949 - Present
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 162
1949 - 2017
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 163
1949 - Present
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 164
1949 - 1986
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 165
1949 - Present
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 166
1949 - Present
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 167
1949 - Present
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 168
1949 - 1986
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 169
1949 - Present
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 170
1949 - Present
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 171
1945 - 1986
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 92
1902 - 1986
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 93
1906 - 1986
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 94
1906 - 1986
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 95
1898 - 1986
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 96
1897 - 1986
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 97
1949 - 1986
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 98
1910 - 1986
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 99
1901 - 1986
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 100
1949 - 1986
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 101
1939 - 1986
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 102
1901 - 1986
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 103
1897 - 1986
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 104
Among people born in United States, Judith Resnik ranks 2,922 out of 18,182. Before her are John Kennedy Toole (1937), Robert Garrett (1875), Nichelle Nichols (1932), Frank Stallone (1950), George Huntington (1850), and Clarence Brown (1890). After her are Carol W. Greider (1961), Audre Lorde (1934), Stephen Smale (1930), Terence McKenna (1946), J. P. Guilford (1897), and Don Norman (1935).
1937 - 1969
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 2,916
1875 - 1961
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 2,917
1932 - 2022
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 2,918
1950 - Present
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 2,919
1850 - 1916
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 2,920
1890 - 1987
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 2,921
1949 - 1986
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 2,922
1961 - Present
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 2,923
1934 - 1992
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 2,924
1930 - Present
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 2,925
1946 - 2000
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 2,926
1897 - 1987
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 2,927
1935 - Present
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 2,928
Among astronauts born in United States, Judith Resnik ranks 31. Before her are Gordon Cooper (1927), Wally Schirra (1923), Thomas P. Stafford (1930), Michael J. Smith (1945), Richard F. Gordon Jr. (1929), and Sally Ride (1951). After her are Ronald Evans (1933), Dick Scobee (1939), Charles Duke (1935), Joseph A. Walker (1921), Gregory Jarvis (1944), and Deke Slayton (1924).
1927 - 2004
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 25
1923 - 2007
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 26
1930 - Present
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 27
1945 - 1986
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 28
1929 - 2017
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 29
1951 - 2012
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 30
1949 - 1986
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 31
1933 - 1990
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 32
1939 - 1986
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 33
1935 - Present
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 34
1921 - 1966
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 35
1944 - 1986
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 36
1924 - 1993
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 37