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Michael E. Fossum

1957 - Today

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Michael Edward Fossum (born December 19, 1957, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota) is a former American astronaut, engineer, and the Chief Operating Officer of Texas A&M University at Galveston. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael E. Fossum has received more than 106,227 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Michael E. Fossum is the 416th most popular astronaut (up from 426th in 2019), the 14,267th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,906th in 2019) and the 212th most popular American Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Michael E. Fossum ranks 416 out of 556. Before him are Dmitri Kondratyev, Sonny Carter, Scott J. Horowitz, Andy Thomas, Steven Hawley, and Michael A. Baker. After him are Bruce E. Melnick, Christopher Cassidy, Steve MacLean, Kimiya Yui, F. Drew Gaffney, and Robert Thirsk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Michael E. Fossum ranks 677. Before him are Cindy Wilson, Keena Rothhammer, Scott J. Horowitz, Maurice Kottelat, Bill Cassidy, and Cheryl Lynn. After him are Bernhard Glass, Elmar Borrmann, Éva Tardos, Nikolay Larionov, Pasquale Passarelli, and Roy Cooper.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael E. Fossum ranks 14,267 out of 20,380. Before him are Stephanie Niznik (1967), Michael Dante DiMartino (1974), Ralph Yarborough (1903), Daniella Pineda (1987), Michael A. Baker (1953), and Jessica Pegula (1994). After him are Anna Todd (1989), William R. Moses (1959), John Salley (1964), Emily Wickersham (1984), Ned Lamont (1954), and Willow Smith (2000).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Michael E. Fossum ranks 212. Before him are Jon McBride (1943), Barry E. Wilmore (1962), Sonny Carter (1947), Scott J. Horowitz (1957), Steven Hawley (1951), and Michael A. Baker (1953). After him are Bruce E. Melnick (1949), Christopher Cassidy (1970), F. Drew Gaffney (1946), Kenneth D. Cameron (1949), Michael L. Gernhardt (1956), and Joseph R. Tanner (1950).

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