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Paul J. Weitz

1932 - 2017

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Paul Joseph Weitz (July 25, 1932 – October 22, 2017) was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, who flew into space twice. He was a member of the three-man crew who flew on Skylab 2, the first crewed Skylab mission. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul J. Weitz has received more than 167,612 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul J. Weitz is the 159th most popular astronaut (down from 148th in 2019), the 6,572nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,718th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular American Astronaut.

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  • 170k

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  • 46.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Paul J. Weitz ranks 159 out of 524Before him are Elliot See, Charles Bassett, Story Musgrave, Owen Garriott, Yury Malyshev, and Edward Gibson. After him are Jack Lousma, Joe Engle, Reinhard Furrer, Aleksandr Viktorenko, C. Gordon Fullerton, and Christer Fuglesang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Paul J. Weitz ranks 305Before him are Jacques Roubaud, Antti Hyvärinen, Michel Leblond, Ugo Mifsud Bonnici, Irma Johansson, and Ferenc Sipos. After him are Lewis Binford, Peter Blake, Frank Beyer, Richard Herd, Oliver Nelson, and Josef Musil. Among people deceased in 2017, Paul J. Weitz ranks 327Before him are Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Dina Merrill, Eduard Mudrik, Viktor Tsaryov, Glenne Headly, and Peter Sarstedt. After him are Kjell Grede, Márta Rudas, Robert Guillaume, Danuta Szaflarska, Roy Dotrice, and Josef Musil.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul J. Weitz ranks 6,572 out of 18,182Before him are Florence Bascom (1862), Joel Roberts Poinsett (1779), Melinda Dillon (1939), Shane Dawson (1988), Evan Stone (1964), and James Michael Harvey (1949). After him are Mother Angelica (1923), Sean Parker (1979), Karl Logan (1965), J. Lawton Collins (1896), Robert Armstrong (1890), and John Corigliano (1938).

Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Paul J. Weitz ranks 63Before him are William E. Thornton (1929), Elliot See (1927), Charles Bassett (1931), Story Musgrave (1935), Owen Garriott (1930), and Edward Gibson (1936). After him are Jack Lousma (1936), Joe Engle (1932), C. Gordon Fullerton (1936), Theodore Freeman (1930), Clifton Williams (1932), and Eileen Collins (1956).