ASTRONAUT

Norman Thagard

1943 - Today

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Norman Earl Thagard (born July 3, 1943; Capt, USMC, Ret.) is an American scientist and former U.S. Marine Corps officer and naval aviator and NASA astronaut. He is the first American to ride to space on board a Russian vehicle, and can be considered the first American cosmonaut. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Norman Thagard has received more than 146,875 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Norman Thagard is the 285th most popular astronaut (down from 232nd in 2019), the 10,833rd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,099th in 2019) and the 120th most popular American Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Norman Thagard ranks 285 out of 556. Before him are William B. Lenoir, Vasily Tsibliyev, Brewster H. Shaw, Tamara E. Jernigan, Richard O. Covey, and Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor. After him are William E. Thornton, S. David Griggs, Ellen Ochoa, Steven Lindsey, Christopher Ferguson, and Jeffrey Williams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Norman Thagard ranks 646. Before him are Charles Saatchi, Mary Woronov, Tony Esposito, José del Castillo, Jackson C. Frank, and Guillermo Yávar. After him are Rolf Edling, James L. Jones, Al Foster, Gita Mehta, Pedro González, and John Hunter.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Norman Thagard ranks 10,833 out of 20,380. Before him are Larry Myricks (1956), Maria Pitillo (1965), Kimberly Williams-Paisley (1971), Marisol Nichols (1973), Earl Eby (1894), and Chino Moreno (1973). After him are Lowell George (1945), John Russell Pope (1874), Alison Bechdel (1960), Benjamin N. Cardozo (1870), Robert Herman (1914), and Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Norman Thagard ranks 120. Before him are Bryan D. O'Connor (1946), Margaret Rhea Seddon (1947), William B. Lenoir (1939), Brewster H. Shaw (1945), Tamara E. Jernigan (1959), and Richard O. Covey (1946). After him are William E. Thornton (1929), S. David Griggs (1939), Ellen Ochoa (1958), Steven Lindsey (1960), Christopher Ferguson (1961), and Jeffrey Williams (1958).

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