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Karl Gordon Henize

1926 - 1993

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Karl Gordon Henize (; October 17, 1926 – October 5, 1993) was an American astronomer, space scientist, NASA astronaut, and professor at Northwestern University. He was stationed at several observatories around the world, including McCormick Observatory, Lamont–Hussey Observatory (South Africa), Mount Wilson Observatory, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and Mount Stromlo Observatory (Australia). He was a member of the astronaut support crew for Apollo 15 and Skylab 2, 3, and 4. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Gordon Henize has received more than 220,671 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Gordon Henize is the 288th most popular astronaut (down from 266th in 2019), the 10,849th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,631st in 2019) and the 125th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Karl Gordon Henize ranks 288 out of 524. Before him are Kathryn C. Thornton, Klaus-Dietrich Flade, Shannon Walker, Oleg Novitsky, Umberto Guidoni, and Michael Coats. After him are Oleg Kotov, Jean-Jacques Favier, George Nelson, Ulrich Walter, David Wolf, and Tamara E. Jernigan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Karl Gordon Henize ranks 455. Before him are Jan Morris, R. L. Burnside, James Lipton, Jane Withers, Joe Paterno, and Jimmy Bryan. After him are Beverly Garland, Valentin Kuzin, H. R. F. Keating, Cathy Downs, Bob Sweikert, and Peter Broeker. Among people deceased in 1993, Karl Gordon Henize ranks 263. Before him are Arsène Auguste, Ray Gillen, Ben Klassen, Irene Sharaff, Clifford Jordan, and Hap Sharp. After him are Ruby Keeler, Viola Myers, Joe Fortenberry, Charles Adkins, Bob Crosby, and Archie Williams.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Karl Gordon Henize ranks 10,849 out of 18,182. Before him are Sonequa Martin-Green (1985), Helen Gurley Brown (1922), Carmit Bachar (1974), Cheryl Strayed (1968), Charles Dumas (1937), and Michael Coats (1946). After him are Arthur Jensen (1923), Elena Kagan (1960), Eddie Cibrian (1973), Joseph Kosinski (1974), Anthony Lake (1939), and Austin Butler (1991).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Karl Gordon Henize ranks 125. Before him are Loren Shriver (1944), Joseph M. Acaba (1967), David M. Walker (1944), Kathryn C. Thornton (1952), Shannon Walker (1965), and Michael Coats (1946). After him are George Nelson (1950), David Wolf (1956), Tamara E. Jernigan (1959), Jeffrey A. Hoffman (1944), Pamela Melroy (1961), and Byron K. Lichtenberg (1948).

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