ASTRONAUT

Michael R. Clifford

1952 - 2021

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Michael Richard Clifford (October 13, 1952 – December 28, 2021) was a United States Army officer and NASA astronaut. Clifford was a Master Army Aviator and logged over 3,400 hours flying in a wide variety of fixed and rotary winged aircraft. He retired from the U.S. Army at the rank of lieutenant colonel. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael R. Clifford has received more than 106,345 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Michael R. Clifford is the 394th most popular astronaut (down from 145th in 2019), the 13,730th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,970th in 2019) and the 194th most popular American Astronaut.

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  • 110k

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  • 38.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Michael R. Clifford ranks 394 out of 556. Before him are Maksim Surayev, Anatoli Ivanishin, Frederick Hauck, Carlos I. Noriega, Anton Shkaplerov, and Brent W. Jett Jr.. After him are Clayton Anderson, Wang Yaping, Helen Sharman, Jerome Apt, Roy D. Bridges Jr., and Robert Henry Lawrence Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Michael R. Clifford ranks 721. Before him are Ute Hommola, John Carl Buechler, Zilya Valeeva, Jose Advincula, Manuel Nájera, and Magdalena Álvarez. After him are Joe Earl, Walter Murphy, Yuriy Kutsenko, Pedro Soto, Michael Fallon, and Irwin Keyes. Among people deceased in 2021, Michael R. Clifford ranks 673. Before him are Keshav Dutt, Storrs L. Olson, Jackie Mason, Terry Cooper, Theuns Jordaan, and Porfirio Armando Betancourt. After him are Jamal Al-Qabendi, Adrian Metcalfe, Rajiv Kapoor, Sayaka Kanda, Conn Findlay, and Dustin Diamond.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael R. Clifford ranks 13,730 out of 20,380. Before him are Joe Keery (1992), Ariana Jollee (1982), George Pérez (1954), John Crowe Ransom (1888), Redman (1970), and Sue Bird (1980). After him are Kirsten Price (1981), Billy Gunn (1963), Lamont Dozier (1941), Paul Sarbanes (1933), Noodles (1963), and Greg Foster (1958).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Michael R. Clifford ranks 194. Before him are Charles L. Veach (1944), Ken Bowersox (1956), Kevin A. Ford (1960), Frank L. Culbertson Jr. (1949), Frederick Hauck (1941), and Brent W. Jett Jr. (1958). After him are Clayton Anderson (1959), Jerome Apt (1949), Roy D. Bridges Jr. (1943), Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. (1935), Richard N. Richards (1946), and Mario Runco Jr. (1952).

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