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Lodewijk van den Berg

1932 - 2022

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Lodewijk van den Berg (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈloːdəʋɛik fɑn dəm 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 124,431 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Lodewijk van den Berg is the 177th most popular astronaut (down from 163rd in 2019), the 716th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 623rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Dutch Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Lodewijk van den Berg ranks 177 out of 524Before him are Laurel Clark, Patrick Baudry, Yuri Malenchenko, Claudie Haigneré, Robert Crippen, and Piers Sellers. After him are Boris Morukov, Paolo Nespoli, Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov, Frank De Winne, John Oliver Creighton, and Sergei Avdeyev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Lodewijk van den Berg ranks 338Before him are Sándor Mátrai, K. C. Jones, Ray Reardon, Cesare Perdisa, Ludovico Avio, and Vasili Kuznetsov. After him are Paul Anderson, Bruce Glover, Raymond Kaelbel, Richard Mulligan, Tom Kibble, and Howard Hodgkin. Among people deceased in 2022, Lodewijk van den Berg ranks 313Before him are Henry Lincoln, Martin Bangemann, Leslie Phillips, Harrison Birtwistle, Víctor Benítez, and Antonio Martino. After him are Manuel Göttsching, Alzhan Zharmukhamedov, Ramsey Lewis, Hudson Austin, Giuseppe Wilson, and Ela Bhatt.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Lodewijk van den Berg ranks 716 out of 1,427Before him are Ernie Brandts (1956), Femke Halsema (1966), Khalid Boulahrouz (1981), Ireen Wüst (1986), Gerrie Knetemann (1951), and Anna Enquist (1945). After him are Albert Mol (1917), Henriette Roland Holst (1869), Bas van Fraassen (1941), Nordin Amrabat (1987), Johan Boskamp (1948), and Simone Simons (1985).

Among ASTRONAUTS In Netherlands

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