ASTRONAUT

Muhammed Faris

1951 - 2024

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Muhammed Ahmed Faris (Arabic: محمد أحمد فارس, Muḥammad ʾAḥmad Fāris; 26 May 1951 – 19 April 2024) was a Syrian military aviator and astronaut. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Muhammed Faris has received more than 190,800 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Muhammed Faris is the 122nd most popular astronaut (down from 99th in 2019), the 135th most popular biography from Syria (down from 118th in 2019) and the most popular Syrian Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Muhammed Faris ranks 122 out of 556. Before him are Leonid Kadeniuk, Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Jeffrey A. Hoffman, Vitaly Sevastyanov, Anatoly Levchenko, and Aleksandr Ivanchenkov. After him are Shannon Lucid, Boris Yegorov, Toyohiro Akiyama, Aleksei Yeliseyev, Vitaly Zholobov, and Anatoly Solovyev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Muhammed Faris ranks 231. Before him are Natsuo Kirino, Corey Yuen, Oleg Gazmanov, Stephen Tobolowsky, Bernie Marsden, and Alexei Uchitel. After him are Iván Fischer, Dave Benton, Ramón Puerta, Phil Manzanera, Radia Perlman, and Steve Perryman. Among people deceased in 2024, Muhammed Faris ranks 215. Before him are Liam Payne, Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Roland Dumas, Stefan Abadzhiev, Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, and John Bruton. After him are Paul Alexander, Yukio Kasaya, Damo Suzuki, Jorge Griffa, Edna O'Brien, and Mihaela Peneș.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Muhammed Faris ranks 135 out of 210. Before him are Maryana Marrash (1848), Najah al-Attar (1933), Lu'ay al-Atassi (1926), Bassel al-Assad (1962), Cosmas of Maiuma (675), and Alopen (600). After him are Ghada al-Samman (1942), Émile Eddé (1883), Khalid Bakdash (1912), Sami al-Hinnawi (1898), Ignatius Joseph III Yonan (1944), and Buhturi (819).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Syria

Among astronauts born in Syria, Muhammed Faris ranks 1. 

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