1961 - 2003
Kalpana Chawla (17 March 1962 – 1 February 2003) was an Indian-born American astronaut and aerospace engineer who was the first woman of Indian origin to fly to space. She first flew on Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997 as a mission specialist and primary robotic arm operator aboard STS-87.Chawla's second flight was on STS-107, the final flight of Columbia, in 2003. She was one of the seven crew members who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster when the spacecraft disintegrated during its re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere on 1 February 2003. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kalpana Chawla has received more than 12,594,705 page views. Her biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Kalpana Chawla is the 38th most popular astronaut (up from 62nd in 2019), the 197th most popular biography from India (up from 246th in 2019) and the most popular Indian Astronaut.
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Among astronauts, Kalpana Chawla ranks 38 out of 524. Before her are Roger B. Chaffee, Alan Bean, Frank Borman, John Young, Ellison Onizuka, and Christa McAuliffe. After her are Vladislav Volkov, Valeri Kubasov, Fred Haise, Vladimir Dzhanibekov, Vladimir Shatalov, and Pavel Belyayev.
1935 - 1967
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 32
1932 - 2018
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 33
1928 - 2023
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 34
1930 - 2018
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 35
1946 - 1986
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 36
1948 - 1986
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 37
1961 - 2003
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 38
1935 - 1971
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 39
1935 - 2014
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 40
1933 - Present
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 41
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 42
1927 - 2021
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 43
1925 - 1970
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 44
Among people born in 1961, Kalpana Chawla ranks 53. Before her are Andy Lau, Enzo Francescoli, Macky Sall, Boy George, Ben Johnson, and Iain Glen. After her are Arnaldur Indriðason, Ian Rush, Tite, Martin Gore, Íngrid Betancourt, and Wade Williams. Among people deceased in 2003, Kalpana Chawla ranks 72. Before her are Donald O'Connor, Uday Hussein, Fred Rogers, Kinji Fukasaku, Elem Klimov, and Michael Jeter. After her are Michael Kamen, Valeriy Brumel, Fritz Fischer, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Waichiro Omura, and Ramón Serrano Suñer.
1961 - Present
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 47
1961 - Present
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 48
1961 - Present
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 49
1961 - Present
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 50
1961 - Present
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 51
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 52
1961 - 2003
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 53
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 54
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 55
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 56
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 57
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 58
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 59
1925 - 2003
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 66
1964 - 2003
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 67
1928 - 2003
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 68
1930 - 2003
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 69
1933 - 2003
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 70
1952 - 2003
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 71
1961 - 2003
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 72
1948 - 2003
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 73
1942 - 2003
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 74
1912 - 2003
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 75
1907 - 2003
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 76
1933 - 2003
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 77
1901 - 2003
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 78
Among people born in India, Kalpana Chawla ranks 197 out of 1,493. Before her are Periyar E. V. Ramasamy (1879), Nana Sahib (1824), Mata Amritanandamayi (1953), Ajay Devgn (1969), Eknath (1533), and Śāntarakṣita (725). After her are Dharmendra (1935), Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905), Shilpa Shetty (1975), Ibrahim Lodi (1450), Amrish Puri (1932), and Hema Malini (1948).
1879 - 1973
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 191
1824 - 1859
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 192
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 193
1969 - Present
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 194
1533 - 1599
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 195
725 - 788
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 196
1961 - 2003
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 197
1935 - Present
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 198
1905 - 1977
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 199
1975 - Present
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 200
1450 - 1526
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 201
1932 - 2005
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 202
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 203
Among astronauts born in India, Kalpana Chawla ranks 1. After her are Rakesh Sharma (1949).