ASTRONAUT

Leroy Chiao

1960 - Today

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Leroy Chiao (born August 28, 1960) is an American chemical engineer, retired NASA astronaut, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and engineering consultant. Chiao flew on three Space Shuttle flights, and was the commander of Expedition 10, where he lived on board the International Space Station from October 13, 2004 to April 24, 2005. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leroy Chiao has received more than 215,268 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Leroy Chiao is the 355th most popular astronaut (down from 333rd in 2019), the 12,891st most popular biography from United States (down from 11,957th in 2019) and the 168th most popular American Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Leroy Chiao ranks 355 out of 556. Before him are Don L. Lind, Maurizio Cheli, Kathryn P. Hire, Evgeny Tarelkin, Douglas G. Hurley, and Andrei Borisenko. After him are Jean-François Clervoy, James Buchli, Lisa Nowak, Linda M. Godwin, Alexander Gerst, and Richard Mastracchio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Leroy Chiao ranks 587. Before him are Terence Winter, Marco Albarello, Svetlana Kitova, Ivailo Marinov, Igor Ponomaryov, and Grant Morrison. After him are Katrina Leskanich, Olivia Brown, Beate Eriksen, Richard Mastracchio, Zurab Azmaiparashvili, and Philippe Sands.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Leroy Chiao ranks 12,891 out of 20,380. Before him are Barbara Britton (1920), Bob Boozer (1937), Joe Boyd (1942), Sarah Hyland (1990), Henry Heth (1825), and Don Edmunds (1930). After him are Dan Ariely (1967), Kathleen Hanna (1968), Kay Bailey Hutchison (1943), JoAnna Garcia (1979), Laird Cregar (1913), and Marion Mahony Griffin (1871).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Leroy Chiao ranks 168. Before him are David Wolf (1956), Mary Ellen Weber (1962), Scott Altman (1959), Don L. Lind (1930), Kathryn P. Hire (1959), and Douglas G. Hurley (1966). After him are James Buchli (1945), Lisa Nowak (1963), Linda M. Godwin (1952), Richard Mastracchio (1960), Kathryn C. Thornton (1952), and James S. Voss (1949).

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