ASTRONAUT

Kalpana Chawla

1961 - 2003

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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. Chawla expressed an interest in aerospace engineering from an early age and took engineering classes at Dayal Singh College and Punjab Engineering College in India. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kalpana Chawla has received more than 13,456,787 page views. Her biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Kalpana Chawla is the 51st most popular astronaut (down from 38th in 2019), the 258th most popular biography from India (down from 194th in 2019) and the most popular Indian Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Kalpana Chawla ranks 51 out of 556. Before her are Viktor Patsayev, Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, Vladimir Dzhanibekov, Ellison Onizuka, Walter Cunningham, and Vladimir Shatalov. After her are Wally Schirra, Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, Valentin Bondarenko, Ronald Evans, Pavel Belyayev, and Valentina Ponomaryova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Kalpana Chawla ranks 81. Before her are Heather Locklear, Bidhya Devi Bhandari, Frans Timmermans, Tom Sizemore, Joan Chen, and Boy George. After her are Jennifer Coolidge, Billy Ray Cyrus, Chad Smith, Kim Tok-hun, Abdourahamane Tchiani, and Elizabeth McGovern. Among people deceased in 2003, Kalpana Chawla ranks 90. Before her are Michael Kamen, Qusay Hussein, Sébastien Japrisot, Mohamed Choukri, Canaan Banana, and Rik Van Steenbergen. After her are Prince Carl Bernadotte, Gertrude Ederle, Maurice Pialat, Massimo Girotti, John Ritter, and Johanna Budwig.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kalpana Chawla ranks 258 out of 1,861. Before her are Bal Thackeray (1926), Chandrakirti (600), Sanghamitta (-281), Farrukhsiyar (1685), Eknath (1533), and Velu Nachiyar (1730). After her are Vandana Shiva (1952), Guru Amar Das (1479), Zakir Naik (1965), Mahinda (-285), Akbar II (1760), and Salim Ali (1896).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In India

Among astronauts born in India, Kalpana Chawla ranks 1. After her are Rakesh Sharma (1949).

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