1932 - 2022
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, Lodewijk van den Berg ranks 177 out of 524. Before 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.
1961 - 2003
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 171
1946 - Present
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 172
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 173
1957 - Present
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 174
1937 - Present
HPI: 45.67
Rank: 175
1955 - 2016
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 176
1932 - 2022
HPI: 45.61
Rank: 177
1950 - 2015
HPI: 45.61
Rank: 178
1957 - Present
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 179
1951 - Present
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 180
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 181
1943 - Present
HPI: 45.46
Rank: 182
1956 - Present
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 183
Among people born in 1932, Lodewijk van den Berg ranks 338. Before 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 313. Before 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.
1932 - 2002
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 332
1932 - 2020
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 333
1932 - Present
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 334
1932 - 1998
HPI: 45.77
Rank: 335
1932 - 1996
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 336
1932 - 2001
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 337
1932 - 2022
HPI: 45.61
Rank: 338
1932 - 1994
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 339
1932 - Present
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 340
1932 - 2007
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 341
1932 - 2000
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 342
1932 - 2016
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 343
1932 - 2017
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 344
1930 - 2022
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 307
1934 - 2022
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 308
1924 - 2022
HPI: 45.77
Rank: 309
1934 - 2022
HPI: 45.77
Rank: 310
1935 - 2022
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 311
1942 - 2022
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 312
1932 - 2022
HPI: 45.61
Rank: 313
1952 - 2022
HPI: 45.50
Rank: 314
1944 - 2022
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 315
1935 - 2022
HPI: 45.42
Rank: 316
1938 - 2022
HPI: 45.40
Rank: 317
1945 - 2022
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 318
1933 - 2022
HPI: 45.18
Rank: 319
Among people born in Netherlands, Lodewijk van den Berg ranks 716 out of 1,427. Before 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).
1956 - Present
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 710
1966 - Present
HPI: 45.67
Rank: 711
1981 - Present
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 712
1986 - Present
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 713
1951 - 2004
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 714
1945 - Present
HPI: 45.61
Rank: 715
1932 - 2022
HPI: 45.61
Rank: 716
1917 - 2004
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 717
1869 - 1952
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 718
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 719
1987 - Present
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 720
1948 - Present
HPI: 45.50
Rank: 721
1985 - Present
HPI: 45.46
Rank: 722
Among astronauts born in Netherlands, Lodewijk van den Berg ranks 2. Before him are Wubbo Ockels (1946). After him are André Kuipers (1958).
1946 - 2014
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 1
1932 - 2022
HPI: 45.61
Rank: 2
1958 - Present
HPI: 43.23
Rank: 3