1936 - Today
RADM Thomas Kenneth Mattingly II, USN, Ret. (born March 17, 1936) is a former American 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 Apollo 13, but three days prior to launch, he was held back and removed from the mission due to exposure to German measles (which he did not contract). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ken Mattingly has received more than 1,294,756 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Ken Mattingly is the 40th most popular astronaut (up from 52nd in 2019), the 2,270th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,482nd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular American Astronaut.
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Among astronauts, Ken Mattingly ranks 40 out of 524. Before him are Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, Michael P. Anderson, William Anders, Charles Duke, and Thomas P. Stafford. After him are Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Michael J. Smith, Jean-Loup Chrétien, Alfred Worden, and Viktor Patsayev.
1928 - 1971
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 34
1935 - 1971
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 35
1959 - 2003
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 36
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 37
1935 - Present
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 38
1930 - Present
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 39
1936 - Present
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 40
1946 - 1986
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 41
1948 - 1986
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 42
1945 - 1986
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 43
1938 - Present
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 44
1932 - 2020
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 45
1933 - 1971
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 46
Among people born in 1936, Ken Mattingly ranks 123. Before him are Koji Sasaki, Aleida March, A. B. Yehoshua, Charles Dutoit, Frances Shand Kydd, and J. Michael Bishop. After him are Andrew Grove, Costas Simitis, Glenda Jackson, Carol Gilligan, Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, and Dean Stockwell.
1936 - Present
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 117
1936 - Present
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 118
1936 - Present
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 119
1936 - Present
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 120
1936 - 2004
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 121
1936 - Present
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 122
1936 - Present
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 123
1936 - 2016
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 124
1936 - Present
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 125
1936 - Present
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 126
1936 - Present
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 127
1936 - Present
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 128
1936 - Present
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 129
Among people born in United States, Ken Mattingly ranks 2,270 out of 15,968. Before him are Dean Cain (1966), Lisa Marie Presley (1968), Oliver Winchester (1810), Joan Allen (1956), Leslie White (1900), and George Lakoff (1941). After him are George Segal (1934), Stephen Foster (1826), Steve Fossett (1944), Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. (1886), William Bates (1860), and Harold Bloom (1930).
1966 - Present
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 2,264
1968 - Present
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 2,265
1810 - 1880
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 2,266
1956 - Present
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 2,267
1900 - 1971
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 2,268
1941 - Present
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 2,269
1936 - Present
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 2,270
1934 - Present
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 2,271
1826 - 1864
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 2,272
1944 - 2007
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 2,273
1886 - 1945
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 2,274
1860 - 1931
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 2,275
1930 - 2019
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 2,276
Among astronauts born in United States, Ken Mattingly ranks 23. Before him are Frank Borman (1928), Alan Bean (1932), Bruce McCandless II (1937), Michael P. Anderson (1959), Charles Duke (1935), and Thomas P. Stafford (1930). After him are Ellison Onizuka (1946), Christa McAuliffe (1948), Michael J. Smith (1945), Alfred Worden (1932), Gordon Cooper (1927), and Ronald Evans (1933).
1928 - Present
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 17
1932 - 2018
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 18
1937 - 2017
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 19
1959 - 2003
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 20
1935 - Present
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 21
1930 - Present
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 22
1936 - Present
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 23
1946 - 1986
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 24
1948 - 1986
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 25
1945 - 1986
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 26
1932 - 2020
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 27
1927 - 2004
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 28
1933 - 1990
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 29