ASTRONAUT

Laurel Clark

1961 - 2003

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Laurel Blair Clark (née Salton; March 10, 1961 – February 1, 2003) was an American NASA astronaut, medical doctor, United States Navy captain, and Space Shuttle mission specialist. She died along with her six fellow crew members in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Laurel Clark has received more than 967,328 page views. Her biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Laurel Clark is the 213th most popular astronaut (down from 171st in 2019), the 8,112th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,064th in 2019) and the 84th most popular American Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 970k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Laurel Clark ranks 213 out of 556. Before her are Yelena Kondakova, Charles Bassett, Catherine Coleman, Joseph P. Kerwin, Koichi Wakata, and Story Musgrave. After her are Hans Schlegel, Takao Doi, James P. Bagian, Roberto Vittori, David M. Brown, and Marcos Pontes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Laurel Clark ranks 317. Before her are Louise Mushikiwabo, Iñigo Urkullu, Josimar, Yelena Davydova, Hari Varešanović, and Yordanka Donkova. After her are Kjell Westö, Boško Gjurovski, Steven Moffat, Cédric Klapisch, Takao Kobayashi, and Simon West. Among people deceased in 2003, Laurel Clark ranks 275. Before her are Abdul Qadir al-Badri, Edwin Starr, Armand Borel, Mirza Tahir Ahmad, Daijiro Kato, and Daphne Oram. After her are Gene Anthony Ray, José Craveirinha, Jim Siedow, Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak, Emil Pažický, and Vladimír Vašíček.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Laurel Clark ranks 8,112 out of 20,380. Before her are Elisabeth Moore (1876), Ty Hardin (1930), Carla Laemmle (1909), The Fabulous Moolah (1923), James P. Johnson (1894), and Ferde Grofé (1892). After her are Mary Brian (1906), Theodore Van Kirk (1921), Wilbur Ross (1937), Donald Gibb (1954), Mike Patton (1968), and Kyle Eastwood (1968).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Laurel Clark ranks 84. Before her are Rick Husband (1957), Henry Hartsfield (1933), Charles Bassett (1931), Catherine Coleman (1960), Joseph P. Kerwin (1932), and Story Musgrave (1935). After her are James P. Bagian (1952), David M. Brown (1956), Bonnie J. Dunbar (1949), Jerry L. Ross (1948), Joseph P. Allen (1937), and Robert A. Parker (1936).

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