ASTRONAUT

Pete Conrad

1930 - 1999

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Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. (June 2, 1930 – July 8, 1999) was an American NASA astronaut, aeronautical engineer, naval officer, aviator, and test pilot who commanded the Apollo 12 mission, on which he became the third person to walk on the Moon. Conrad was selected for NASA's second astronaut class in 1962. Despite having dyslexia, Conrad earned his Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from Princeton University—being the first Ivy League astronaut—and joined the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pete Conrad has received more than 2,008,065 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Pete Conrad is the 7th most popular astronaut (up from 8th in 2019), the 260th most popular biography from United States (up from 343rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Astronaut.

Pete Conrad was an astronaut who was the third person to walk on the moon.

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  • 70.33

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  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 15.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Pete Conrad ranks 7 out of 556. Before him are Yuri Gagarin, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Valentina Tereshkova, Gene Cernan, and Buzz Aldrin. After him are Vladimir Komarov, Alexei Leonov, John Glenn, Gherman Titov, Alan Shepard, and Dennis Tito.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Pete Conrad ranks 19. Before him are Mobutu Sese Seko, Hafez al-Assad, Baudouin of Belgium, Steve McQueen, Buzz Aldrin, and Salvatore Riina. After him are Gene Hackman, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Philippe Noiret, Tu Youyou, Richard Harris, and Ion Iliescu. Among people deceased in 1999, Pete Conrad ranks 5. Before him are Stanley Kubrick, Hassan II of Morocco, Scatman John, and Franjo Tuđman. After him are Hussein of Jordan, Mario Puzo, Gertrude B. Elion, Joaquín Rodrigo, Amália Rodrigues, Wilt Chamberlain, and Yehudi Menuhin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Pete Conrad ranks 260 out of 20,380. Before him are Pearl S. Buck (1892), George Gershwin (1898), Lee Van Cleef (1925), John Howard Northrop (1891), Dianne Wiest (1946), and Ernest Lawrence (1901). After him are Irvin D. Yalom (1931), Neil deGrasse Tyson (1958), Gary Cooper (1901), Gene Hackman (1930), James Brown (1933), and Jesse Owens (1913).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Pete Conrad ranks 4. Before him are Neil Armstrong (1930), Gene Cernan (1934), and Buzz Aldrin (1930). After him are 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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