ASTRONAUT

Lodewijk van den Berg

1932 - 2022

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Lodewijk van den Berg (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈloːdəʋɛik fɑn də(m) ˈbɛr(ə)x]; March 24, 1932 – October 16, 2022) was a Dutch-born American chemical engineer. He studied crystal growth and flew on a 1985 Space Shuttle Challenger mission as a payload specialist. Van den Berg was born in the Netherlands and was an astronaut; he was a naturalized American and not a Dutch citizen when he flew on the Challenger. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lodewijk van den Berg has received more than 128,314 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Lodewijk van den Berg is the 174th most popular astronaut (up from 177th in 2019), the 748th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 714th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Dutch Astronaut.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Lodewijk van den Berg ranks 174 out of 556. Before him are Léopold Eyharts, Boris Morukov, Yuri Malenchenko, Paul J. Weitz, Anna Lee Fisher, and Yury Malyshev. After him are Franco Malerba, John E. Blaha, Elliot See, Patrick Baudry, Claudie Haigneré, and Satoshi Furukawa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Lodewijk van den Berg ranks 324. Before him are Vasili Kuznetsov, József Csermák, Paul J. Weitz, Luis Ayala, Lygia Bojunga Nunes, and Mario Cuomo. After him are Pedro Rubiano Sáenz, Ferenc Machos, Imre Polyák, Josef Musil, Leonid Spirin, and Tinka Kurti. Among people deceased in 2022, Lodewijk van den Berg ranks 350. Before him are Jô Soares, Bob Falkenburg, Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, Anatoly Alyabyev, Zhang Jie, and Nicholas Evans. After him are Orlando de la Torre, George Cohen, Mary Alice, Luigi De Magistris, Giuseppe Wilson, and Jesús del Muro.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Lodewijk van den Berg ranks 748 out of 1,646. Before him are Femke Halsema (1966), Yolanda Hadid (1964), Betje Wolff (1738), Sef Vergoossen (1947), Willy den Ouden (1918), and Jan Zwartkruis (1926). After him are Herman Heijermans (1864), Louis Meijer (1809), Henri Alexis Brialmont (1821), Jan Heemskerk (1818), Johannes de Jong (1885), and Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau (1968).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Netherlands

Among astronauts born in Netherlands, Lodewijk van den Berg ranks 2. Before him are Wubbo Ockels (1946). After him are André Kuipers (1958).

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