ASTRONAUT
Leland D. Melvin
1964 - Today
Leland D. Melvin
Leland Devon Melvin (born February 15, 1964) is an American engineer and a retired NASA astronaut. He served on board the Space Shuttle Atlantis as a mission specialist on STS-122, and as mission specialist 1 on STS-129. Melvin was named the NASA Associate Administrator for Education in October 2010. Prior to joining NASA, he was a professional football player. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Leland D. Melvin is the 519th most popular astronaut (down from 494th in 2019), the 956th most popular biography from Greece (up from 15,152nd in 2019) and the most popular Greek Astronaut.
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Among ASTRONAUTS
Among astronauts, Leland D. Melvin ranks 519 out of 556. Before him are Charles D. Gemar, Daniel T. Barry, Mark T. Vande Hei, Stanley G. Love, Sergey Ryazansky, and Loral O'Hara. After him are Norishige Kanai, Donald A. Thomas, Scott E. Parazynski, Michael S. Hopkins, Sidney M. Gutierrez, and Gregory J. Harbaugh.
Most Popular Astronauts in Wikipedia
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Charles D. Gemar
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.95
Rank: 513
Daniel T. Barry
1953 - Present
HPI: 41.88
Rank: 514
Mark T. Vande Hei
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 515
Stanley G. Love
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.65
Rank: 516
Sergey Ryazansky
1974 - Present
HPI: 41.58
Rank: 517
Loral O'Hara
1983 - Present
HPI: 41.58
Rank: 518
Leland D. Melvin
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.55
Rank: 519
Norishige Kanai
1976 - Present
HPI: 41.55
Rank: 520
Donald A. Thomas
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.54
Rank: 521
Scott E. Parazynski
1961 - Present
HPI: 41.51
Rank: 522
Michael S. Hopkins
1968 - Present
HPI: 41.43
Rank: 523
Sidney M. Gutierrez
1951 - Present
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 524
Gregory J. Harbaugh
1956 - Present
HPI: 41.38
Rank: 525
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1964, Leland D. Melvin ranks 866. Before him are Carolyn Waldo, Anthony Scaramucci, Vasilios Kotronias, Amor Towles, Cheryl Miller, and Christer Majbäck. After him are Corrado Sanguineti, TobyMac, Mikko Kolehmainen, Stephen Frick, Zsolt Gyulay, and Lydia de Vega.
Others Born in 1964
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Carolyn Waldo
SWIMMER
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.74
Rank: 860
Anthony Scaramucci
POLITICIAN
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.74
Rank: 861
Vasilios Kotronias
CHESS PLAYER
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.73
Rank: 862
Amor Towles
WRITER
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 863
Cheryl Miller
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.59
Rank: 864
Christer Majbäck
SKIER
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.58
Rank: 865
Leland D. Melvin
ASTRONAUT
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.55
Rank: 866
Corrado Sanguineti
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.49
Rank: 867
TobyMac
SINGER
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 868
Mikko Kolehmainen
ATHLETE
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.28
Rank: 869
Stephen Frick
ASTRONAUT
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 870
Zsolt Gyulay
ATHLETE
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.12
Rank: 871
Lydia de Vega
ATHLETE
1964 - 2022
HPI: 41.07
Rank: 872
In Greece
Among people born in Greece, Leland D. Melvin ranks 956 out of 1,024. Before him are Frank Klopas (1966), Dimosthenis Tampakos (1976), Sofia Bekatorou (1977), Giannis Maniatis (1986), Vasilios Kotronias (1964), and Georgios Fotakis (1981). After him are Marina Satti (1986), Anastasios Douvikas (1999), Ilias Atmatsidis (1969), Eleftherios Petrounias (1990), Kostas Antetokounmpo (1997), and Stavros Lambrinidis (1962).
Others born in Greece
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Frank Klopas
COACH
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.94
Rank: 950
Dimosthenis Tampakos
GYMNAST
1976 - Present
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 951
Sofia Bekatorou
ATHLETE
1977 - Present
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 952
Giannis Maniatis
SOCCER PLAYER
1986 - Present
HPI: 41.74
Rank: 953
Vasilios Kotronias
CHESS PLAYER
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.73
Rank: 954
Georgios Fotakis
SOCCER PLAYER
1981 - Present
HPI: 41.69
Rank: 955
Leland D. Melvin
ASTRONAUT
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.55
Rank: 956
Marina Satti
SINGER
1986 - Present
HPI: 41.53
Rank: 957
Anastasios Douvikas
SOCCER PLAYER
1999 - Present
HPI: 41.43
Rank: 958
Ilias Atmatsidis
SOCCER PLAYER
1969 - Present
HPI: 41.31
Rank: 959
Eleftherios Petrounias
GYMNAST
1990 - Present
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 960
Kostas Antetokounmpo
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1997 - Present
HPI: 41.24
Rank: 961
Stavros Lambrinidis
POLITICIAN
1962 - Present
HPI: 40.96
Rank: 962
Among ASTRONAUTS In Greece
Among astronauts born in Greece, Leland D. Melvin ranks 1.
