1930 - 2012
Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who became the first person to walk on the Moon in 1969. 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 26,735,669 page views. His biography is available in 157 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 151 in 2019). Neil Armstrong is the 2nd most popular astronaut, the 9th most popular biography from United States (up from 17th in 2019) and the most popular American Astronaut.
Neil Armstrong is most famous for being the first person to walk on the moon.
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Among astronauts, Neil Armstrong ranks 2 out of 524. Before him are Yuri Gagarin. After him are Michael Collins, Valentina Tereshkova, Buzz Aldrin, Gene Cernan, Vladimir Komarov, Pete Conrad, Alexei Leonov, Alan Shepard, John Glenn, and Gherman Titov.
1934 - 1968
HPI: 85.94
Rank: 1
1930 - 2012
HPI: 84.89
Rank: 2
1930 - 2021
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 3
1937 - Present
HPI: 77.01
Rank: 4
1930 - Present
HPI: 72.64
Rank: 5
1934 - 2017
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 6
1927 - 1967
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 7
1930 - 1999
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 8
1934 - 2019
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 9
1923 - 1998
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 10
1921 - 2016
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 11
1935 - 2000
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1930, Neil Armstrong ranks 1. After him are Sean Connery, Clint Eastwood, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, Michael Collins, Warren Buffett, Helmut Kohl, George Soros, Pierre Bourdieu, Jean-Luc Godard, Ray Charles, and Jacques Derrida. Among people deceased in 2012, Neil Armstrong ranks 1. After him are Oscar Niemeyer, Norodom Sihanouk, Wisława Szymborska, Ray Bradbury, Whitney Houston, Ahmed Ben Bella, Eric Hobsbawm, Carroll Shelby, Michael Clarke Duncan, Theo Angelopoulos, and Jon Lord.
1930 - 2012
HPI: 84.89
Rank: 1
1930 - 2020
HPI: 79.73
Rank: 2
1930 - Present
HPI: 78.95
Rank: 3
1930 - 2002
HPI: 78.57
Rank: 4
1930 - 2021
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 5
1930 - Present
HPI: 77.27
Rank: 6
1930 - 2017
HPI: 77.06
Rank: 7
1930 - Present
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 8
1930 - 2002
HPI: 75.53
Rank: 9
1930 - Present
HPI: 74.15
Rank: 10
1930 - 2004
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 11
1930 - 2004
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 12
1930 - 2012
HPI: 84.89
Rank: 1
1907 - 2012
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 2
1922 - 2012
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 3
1923 - 2012
HPI: 72.25
Rank: 4
1920 - 2012
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 5
1963 - 2012
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 6
1916 - 2012
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 7
1917 - 2012
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 8
1923 - 2012
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 9
1957 - 2012
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 10
1935 - 2012
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 11
1941 - 2012
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, Neil Armstrong ranks 9 out of 18,182. Before him are Muhammad Ali (1942), Jimmy Carter (1924), Edgar Allan Poe (1809), Steve Jobs (1955), Abraham Lincoln (1809), and Marilyn Monroe (1926). After him are Sylvester Stallone (1946), Grace Kelly (1929), Ulysses S. Grant (1822), Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882), Malcolm X (1925), and Steven Spielberg (1946).
1942 - 2016
HPI: 89.51
Rank: 3
1924 - Present
HPI: 87.46
Rank: 4
1809 - 1849
HPI: 86.74
Rank: 5
1955 - 2011
HPI: 85.63
Rank: 6
1809 - 1865
HPI: 85.22
Rank: 7
1926 - 1962
HPI: 85.04
Rank: 8
1930 - 2012
HPI: 84.89
Rank: 9
1946 - Present
HPI: 84.86
Rank: 10
1929 - 1982
HPI: 84.60
Rank: 11
1822 - 1885
HPI: 84.29
Rank: 12
1882 - 1945
HPI: 83.98
Rank: 13
1925 - 1965
HPI: 83.94
Rank: 14
1946 - Present
HPI: 83.80
Rank: 15
Among astronauts born in United States, Neil Armstrong ranks 1. After him are Buzz Aldrin (1930), Gene Cernan (1934), Pete Conrad (1930), Alan Shepard (1923), John Glenn (1921), Dennis Tito (1940), David Scott (1932), Jim Lovell (1928), Harrison Schmitt (1935), Gus Grissom (1926), and James Irwin (1930).
1930 - 2012
HPI: 84.89
Rank: 1
1930 - Present
HPI: 72.64
Rank: 2
1934 - 2017
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 3
1930 - 1999
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 4
1923 - 1998
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 5
1921 - 2016
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 6
1940 - Present
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 7
1932 - Present
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 8
1928 - Present
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 9
1935 - Present
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 10
1926 - 1967
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 11
1930 - 1991
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 12