1960 - Today
Peggy Annette Whitson (born February 9, 1960) is an American biochemistry researcher, and astronaut working for Axiom Space. She retired from NASA in 2018, after serving as Chief Astronaut . Over all her missions, Whitson has a total of 675 days in space, more than any other American or woman.Her first NASA space mission was in 2002: an extended stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as a crew member of Expedition 5. On her second mission, Expedition 16 in 2007-2008, she became the first woman to command the ISS. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peggy Whitson has received more than 1,317,390 page views. Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Peggy Whitson is the 142nd most popular astronaut (down from 136th in 2019), the 5,836th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,321st in 2019) and the 52nd most popular American Astronaut.
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Among astronauts, Peggy Whitson ranks 142 out of 524. Before her are Gennady Sarafanov, Barbara Morgan, Vitaly Zholobov, Anatoly Levchenko, Rick Husband, and William Shepherd. After her are Vance D. Brand, Ronald McNair, Michael R. Clifford, Roberta Bondar, Vitaly Sevastyanov, and David M. Brown.
1942 - 2005
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 136
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 137
1937 - Present
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 138
1941 - 1988
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 139
1957 - 2003
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 140
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 141
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 142
1931 - Present
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 143
1950 - 1986
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 144
1952 - 2021
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 145
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.48
Rank: 146
1935 - 2010
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 147
1956 - 2003
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 148
Among people born in 1960, Peggy Whitson ranks 198. Before her are Hiam Abbass, Mikael Håfström, Linford Christie, Oksana Zabuzhko, Kelly LeBrock, and Gabriel Calderón. After her are Doug Hutchison, Igor Sechin, Jean-Marc Barr, Rimas Kurtinaitis, Adrián Campos, and Andrés Gómez.
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 192
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 193
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.95
Rank: 194
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 195
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 196
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 197
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 198
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 199
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 200
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 201
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 202
1960 - 2021
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 203
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 204
Among people born in United States, Peggy Whitson ranks 5,836 out of 18,182. Before her are Seán Patrick O'Malley (1944), Jack Sherman (1956), Anna Sui (1952), Gilbert Gottfried (1955), Colleen Camp (1953), and George Peabody (1795). After her are Doug Hutchison (1960), Marni Nixon (1930), John Hopcroft (1939), John Thomas (1941), Alex Rodriguez (1975), and Tim Blake Nelson (1964).
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 5,830
1956 - 2020
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 5,831
1952 - Present
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 5,832
1955 - 2022
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 5,833
1953 - Present
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 5,834
1795 - 1869
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 5,835
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 5,836
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 5,837
1930 - 2016
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 5,838
1939 - Present
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 5,839
1941 - 2013
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 5,840
1975 - Present
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 5,841
1964 - Present
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 5,842
Among astronauts born in United States, Peggy Whitson ranks 52. Before her are Kathryn D. Sullivan (1951), Anna Lee Fisher (1949), Mae Jemison (1956), Barbara Morgan (1951), Rick Husband (1957), and William Shepherd (1949). After her are Vance D. Brand (1931), Ronald McNair (1950), Michael R. Clifford (1952), David M. Brown (1956), William E. Thornton (1929), and Elliot See (1927).
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 46
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 47
1956 - Present
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 48
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 49
1957 - 2003
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 50
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 51
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 52
1931 - Present
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 53
1950 - 1986
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 54
1952 - 2021
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 55
1956 - 2003
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 56
1929 - 2021
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 57
1927 - 1966
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 58