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Ken Mattingly

1936 - 2023

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Thomas Kenneth Mattingly II (March 17, 1936 – October 31, 2023) was an American aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, rear admiral in the United States Navy, and astronaut who flew on Apollo 16 and Space Shuttle STS-4 and STS-51-C missions. Mattingly was scheduled to fly on the Apollo 13 mission, but three days before launch, he was replaced by Jack Swigert because he was exposed to German measles (which Mattingly did not contract). Mattingly flew as Command Module Pilot for Apollo 16 and made 64 lunar orbits, making him one of 24 people to fly to the Moon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ken Mattingly has received more than 2,122,566 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Ken Mattingly is the 47th most popular astronaut (down from 40th in 2019), the 2,516th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,269th in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Astronaut.

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  • 55.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Ken Mattingly ranks 47 out of 524. Before him are Fred Haise, Vladimir Dzhanibekov, Vladimir Shatalov, Pavel Belyayev, Valentin Bondarenko, and Jean-Loup Chrétien. After him are Gordon Cooper, Wally Schirra, Thomas P. Stafford, Mirosław Hermaszewski, Toktar Aubakirov, and Michael J. Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Ken Mattingly ranks 137. Before him are Louis Gossett Jr., Zeynab Khanlarova, Robert Downey Sr., A. B. Yehoshua, Julio María Sanguinetti, and Jacques Charrier. After him are Hifikepunye Pohamba, Arend Lijphart, Klaus Kinkel, Leonel Sánchez, Glenda Jackson, and Philippe Sollers. Among people deceased in 2023, Ken Mattingly ranks 96. Before him are Ruslan Khasbulatov, Federico Bahamontes, Amitai Etzioni, Chaim Topol, Lisa Marie Presley, and Piper Laurie. After him are Oleg Protopopov, Glenda Jackson, Marc Augé, Philippe Sollers, Vakhtang Kikabidze, and Treat Williams.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ken Mattingly ranks 2,516 out of 18,182. Before him are Robert Culp (1930), Dean Cain (1966), Thelma Ritter (1902), Dorothea Tanning (1910), William Le Baron Jenney (1832), and James Dwight Dana (1813). After him are Rob Schneider (1963), Aldrich Ames (1941), Kate Millett (1934), Marcia Gay Harden (1959), Paul Rudd (1969), and Captain Beefheart (1941).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Ken Mattingly ranks 24. Before him are Alan Bean (1932), Frank Borman (1928), John Young (1930), Ellison Onizuka (1946), Christa McAuliffe (1948), and Fred Haise (1933). After him are Gordon Cooper (1927), Wally Schirra (1923), Thomas P. Stafford (1930), Michael J. Smith (1945), Richard F. Gordon Jr. (1929), and Sally Ride (1951).

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