ASTRONAUT
Marcos Pontes
1963 - Today
Marcos Pontes
Marcos Cesar Pontes (born 11 March 1963) is a Brazilian Air Force pilot, engineer, AEB astronaut and author. He became the first South American and the first Lusophone to go into space when he docked onto the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-8 on March 30, 2006. He is the only Brazilian to have completed the NASA astronaut training program, although he switched to training in Russia after NASA's Space Shuttle program encountered problems. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marcos Pontes has received more than 152,757 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Marcos Pontes is the 209th most popular astronaut (down from 205th in 2019), the 640th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 512th in 2019) and the most popular Brazilian Astronaut.
Memorability Metrics
150k
Page Views (PV)
56.38
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
32
Languages Editions (L)
1.84
Effective Languages (L*)
4.80
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Page views of Marcos Pontes by language
Among ASTRONAUTS
Among astronauts, Marcos Pontes ranks 209 out of 524. Before him are Story Musgrave, Takao Doi, Mikhail Tyurin, Ivan Bella, Piers Sellers, and Rodolfo Neri Vela. After him are William C. McCool, Sergei Avdeyev, James C. Adamson, Valery Korzun, Steven R. Nagel, and Hans Schlegel.
Most Popular Astronauts in Wikipedia
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Story Musgrave
1935 - Present
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 203
Takao Doi
1954 - Present
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 204
Mikhail Tyurin
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 205
Ivan Bella
1964 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 206
Piers Sellers
1955 - 2016
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 207
Rodolfo Neri Vela
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 208
Marcos Pontes
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 209
William C. McCool
1961 - 2003
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 210
Sergei Avdeyev
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 211
James C. Adamson
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 212
Valery Korzun
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 213
Steven R. Nagel
1946 - 2014
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 214
Hans Schlegel
1951 - Present
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 215
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1963, Marcos Pontes ranks 320. Before him are Slobodan Dubajić, David Koepp, Olha Bryzhina, Dmitry Rogozin, Vasile Tarlev, and John Delaney. After him are Edie Falco, Diosdado Cabello, Thomas Brezina, Konrad Krajewski, Lars Elstrup, and Holt McCallany.
Others Born in 1963
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Slobodan Dubajić
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 314
David Koepp
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 315
Olha Bryzhina
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 316
Dmitry Rogozin
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 317
Vasile Tarlev
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 318
John Delaney
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 319
Marcos Pontes
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 320
Edie Falco
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 321
Diosdado Cabello
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 322
Thomas Brezina
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 323
Konrad Krajewski
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 324
Lars Elstrup
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 325
Holt McCallany
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 326
In Brazil
Among people born in Brazil, Marcos Pontes ranks 640 out of 1,947. Before him are Rodrygo (2001), Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (1976), Nélson Luís Kerchner (1962), Donato Gama da Silva (1962), Lucas Leiva (1987), and Alexandre Levy (1864). After him are Carlos Saldanha (1965), Marcelinho Paraíba (1975), Raul Boesel (1957), Geraldo Alckmin (1952), Mirandinha (1959), and Lília Cabral (1957).
Others born in Brazil
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Rodrygo
2001 - Present
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 634
Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
1976 - Present
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 635
Nélson Luís Kerchner
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 636
Donato Gama da Silva
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 637
Lucas Leiva
1987 - Present
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 638
Alexandre Levy
1864 - 1892
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 639
Marcos Pontes
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 640
Carlos Saldanha
1965 - Present
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 641
Marcelinho Paraíba
1975 - Present
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 642
Raul Boesel
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 643
Geraldo Alckmin
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 644
Mirandinha
1959 - Present
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 645
Lília Cabral
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 646
Among ASTRONAUTS In Brazil
Among astronauts born in Brazil, Marcos Pontes ranks 1.
