ASTRONAUT

Neil Armstrong

1930 - 2012

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Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who, in 1969, became the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor. Armstrong was born and raised in Wapakoneta, Ohio. He entered Purdue University, studying aeronautical engineering, with the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Neil Armstrong has received more than 31,650,230 page views. His biography is available in 164 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 157 in 2019). Neil Armstrong is the 2nd most popular astronaut, the 29th most popular biography from United States (down from 9th in 2019) and the most popular American Astronaut.

Neil Armstrong is most famous for being the first person to walk on the moon.

Memorability Metrics

  • 32M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 85.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 164

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Neil Armstrong ranks 2 out of 556. Before him are Yuri Gagarin. After him are Michael Collins, Valentina Tereshkova, Gene Cernan, Buzz Aldrin, Pete Conrad, Vladimir Komarov, Alexei Leonov, John Glenn, Gherman Titov, and Alan Shepard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Neil Armstrong ranks 1. After him are Clint Eastwood, Sean Connery, Michael Collins, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, Helmut Kohl, Warren Buffett, Pierre Bourdieu, George Soros, Jacques Derrida, Ray Charles, and Jean-Luc Godard. Among people deceased in 2012, Neil Armstrong ranks 1. After him are Oscar Niemeyer, Norodom Sihanouk, Wisława Szymborska, Ray Bradbury, Whitney Houston, Yitzhak Shamir, Griselda Blanco, Ahmed Ben Bella, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Tony Scott, and Michael Clarke Duncan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Neil Armstrong ranks 29 out of 20,380. Before him are Joe Biden (1942), Grace Kelly (1929), Franklin Pierce (1804), Elvis Presley (1935), Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882), and John F. Kennedy (1917). After him are Benjamin Franklin (1706), Eleanor Roosevelt (1884), Ronald Reagan (1911), Pocahontas (1595), George Washington (1732), and Ernest Hemingway (1899).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Neil Armstrong ranks 1. After him are Gene Cernan (1934), Buzz Aldrin (1930), Pete Conrad (1930), John Glenn (1921), Alan Shepard (1923), Dennis Tito (1940), David Scott (1932), Harrison Schmitt (1935), James Irwin (1930), Frank Borman (1928), and Jim Lovell (1928).

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