1936 - Today
Thomas Kenneth Mattingly II (born March 17, 1936) is an American former aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, rear admiral in the United States Navy and astronaut who flew on the Apollo 16, STS-4 and STS-51-C missions. Mattingly had been scheduled to fly on the Apollo 13 mission, but three days prior to launch, he was held back and replaced by Jack Swigert due to exposure to German measles (which Mattingly did not contract). Mattingly later flew as Command Module Pilot for Apollo 16 and made 64 lunar orbits, making him one of 24 people to have flown to the Moon. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ken Mattingly has received more than 1,757,236 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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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.
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
1937 - 1961
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 45
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 46
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 47
1927 - 2004
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 48
1923 - 2007
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 49
1930 - Present
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 50
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 51
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 52
1945 - 1986
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 53
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.
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 131
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 132
1936 - 2021
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 133
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 134
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 135
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 136
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 137
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 138
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 139
1936 - 2019
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 140
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 141
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 142
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 143
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).
1930 - 2010
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 2,510
1966 - Present
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 2,511
1902 - 1969
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 2,512
1910 - 2012
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 2,513
1832 - 1907
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 2,514
1813 - 1895
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 2,515
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 2,516
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 2,517
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 2,518
1934 - 2017
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 2,519
1959 - Present
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 2,520
1969 - Present
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 2,521
1941 - 2010
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 2,522
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).
1932 - 2018
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 18
1928 - Present
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 19
1930 - 2018
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 20
1946 - 1986
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 21
1948 - 1986
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 22
1933 - Present
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 23
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 24
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