ASTRONAUT
Piers Sellers
1955 - 2016
Piers Sellers
Piers John Sellers (11 April 1955 – 23 December 2016) was a British-American meteorologist, NASA astronaut and Director of the Earth Science Division at NASA/GSFC. He was a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions. Sellers attended Cranbrook School, Cranbrook, Kent, United Kingdom, until 1973, and achieved a bachelor's degree in ecological science from the University of Edinburgh in 1976. In 1981 he gained a doctorate in biometeorology from the University of Leeds. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Piers Sellers has received more than 350,055 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Piers Sellers is the 224th most popular astronaut (down from 176th in 2019), the 4,433rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,740th in 2019) and the most popular British Astronaut.
Memorability Metrics
350k
Page Views (PV)
45.26
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
29
Languages Editions (L)
4.71
Effective Languages (L*)
3.42
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among ASTRONAUTS
Among astronauts, Piers Sellers ranks 224 out of 556. Before him are David M. Brown, Marcos Pontes, Bonnie J. Dunbar, Jerry L. Ross, Joseph P. Allen, and Ivan Bella. After him are André Kuipers, Vladimir Vasyutin, Liu Yang, Taylor Wang, Robert A. Parker, and Yury Onufriyenko.
Most Popular Astronauts in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsDavid M. Brown
1956 - 2003
HPI: 45.67
Rank: 218
Marcos Pontes
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 219
Bonnie J. Dunbar
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 220
Jerry L. Ross
1948 - Present
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 221
Joseph P. Allen
1937 - Present
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 222
Ivan Bella
1964 - Present
HPI: 45.39
Rank: 223
Piers Sellers
1955 - 2016
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 224
André Kuipers
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.23
Rank: 225
Vladimir Vasyutin
1952 - 2002
HPI: 45.22
Rank: 226
Liu Yang
1978 - Present
HPI: 45.19
Rank: 227
Taylor Wang
1940 - Present
HPI: 45.11
Rank: 228
Robert A. Parker
1936 - Present
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 229
Yury Onufriyenko
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 230
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1955, Piers Sellers ranks 401. Before him are Agostino Di Bartolomei, Matthias Herget, Michael Steele, Nestor Serrano, Nicolas Hulot, and Muriel Robin. After him are Pascal Dusapin, Howard Jones, Pavel Cebanu, Nikolay Zimyatov, William Hope, and Bruno Barreto. Among people deceased in 2016, Piers Sellers ranks 438. Before him are Roger Dumas, Dušanka Sifnios, Rita Barberá, Larry Drake, Gisela May, and Wim van der Voort. After him are Bobby Hutcherson, Guillaume Bieganski, Denton Cooley, Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, Francisco Flores Pérez, and Jean-Marie Doré.
Others Born in 1955
Go to all RankingsAgostino Di Bartolomei
SOCCER PLAYER
1955 - 1994
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 395
Matthias Herget
SOCCER PLAYER
1955 - Present
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 396
Michael Steele
MUSICIAN
1955 - Present
HPI: 45.42
Rank: 397
Nestor Serrano
ACTOR
1955 - Present
HPI: 45.40
Rank: 398
Nicolas Hulot
POLITICIAN
1955 - Present
HPI: 45.29
Rank: 399
Muriel Robin
ACTOR
1955 - Present
HPI: 45.28
Rank: 400
Piers Sellers
ASTRONAUT
1955 - 2016
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 401
Pascal Dusapin
COMPOSER
1955 - Present
HPI: 45.23
Rank: 402
Howard Jones
MUSICIAN
1955 - Present
HPI: 45.17
Rank: 403
Pavel Cebanu
SOCCER PLAYER
1955 - Present
HPI: 45.12
Rank: 404
Nikolay Zimyatov
ATHLETE
1955 - Present
HPI: 45.07
Rank: 405
William Hope
ACTOR
1955 - Present
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 406
Bruno Barreto
FILM DIRECTOR
1955 - Present
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 407
Others Deceased in 2016
Go to all RankingsRoger Dumas
ACTOR
1932 - 2016
HPI: 45.42
Rank: 432
Dušanka Sifnios
DANCER
1933 - 2016
HPI: 45.41
Rank: 433
Rita Barberá
POLITICIAN
1948 - 2016
HPI: 45.39
Rank: 434
Larry Drake
ACTOR
1950 - 2016
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 435
Gisela May
ACTOR
1924 - 2016
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 436
Wim van der Voort
SKATER
1923 - 2016
HPI: 45.28
Rank: 437
Piers Sellers
ASTRONAUT
1955 - 2016
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 438
Bobby Hutcherson
MUSICIAN
1941 - 2016
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 439
Guillaume Bieganski
SOCCER PLAYER
1932 - 2016
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 440
Denton Cooley
PHYSICIAN
1920 - 2016
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 441
Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster
POLITICIAN
1951 - 2016
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 442
Francisco Flores Pérez
POLITICIAN
1959 - 2016
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 443
Jean-Marie Doré
POLITICIAN
1938 - 2016
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 444
In United Kingdom
Among people born in United Kingdom, Piers Sellers ranks 4,433 out of 8,785. Before him are Leander Starr Jameson (1853), Polly Walker (1966), Edgar Evans (1876), Keir Hardie (1856), L. S. Lowry (1887), and Ann Bishop (1899). After him are Peter Morgan (1963), Thomas Lewis (1881), John Prescott (1938), Anthony Newley (1931), Sophie Ellis-Bextor (1979), and Christian Coulson (1978).
Others born in United Kingdom
Go to all RankingsLeander Starr Jameson
POLITICIAN
1853 - 1917
HPI: 45.28
Rank: 4,427
Polly Walker
ACTOR
1966 - Present
HPI: 45.27
Rank: 4,428
Edgar Evans
EXPLORER
1876 - 1912
HPI: 45.27
Rank: 4,429
Keir Hardie
POLITICIAN
1856 - 1915
HPI: 45.27
Rank: 4,430
L. S. Lowry
PAINTER
1887 - 1976
HPI: 45.27
Rank: 4,431
Ann Bishop
BIOLOGIST
1899 - 1990
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 4,432
Piers Sellers
ASTRONAUT
1955 - 2016
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 4,433
Peter Morgan
WRITER
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 4,434
Thomas Lewis
PHYSICIAN
1881 - 1945
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 4,435
John Prescott
POLITICIAN
1938 - Present
HPI: 45.25
Rank: 4,436
Anthony Newley
ACTOR
1931 - 1999
HPI: 45.25
Rank: 4,437
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
SINGER
1979 - Present
HPI: 45.25
Rank: 4,438
Christian Coulson
ACTOR
1978 - Present
HPI: 45.25
Rank: 4,439
Among ASTRONAUTS In United Kingdom
Among astronauts born in United Kingdom, Piers Sellers ranks 1. After him are Michael Foale (1957), Helen Sharman (1963), Gregory H. Johnson (1962), Tim Peake (1972), and Nicholas Patrick (1964).
Piers Sellers
1955 - 2016
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 1
Michael Foale
1957 - Present
HPI: 39.31
Rank: 2
Helen Sharman
1963 - Present
HPI: 38.17
Rank: 3
Gregory H. Johnson
1962 - Present
HPI: 32.40
Rank: 4
Tim Peake
1972 - Present
HPI: 29.48
Rank: 5
Nicholas Patrick
1964 - Present
HPI: 29.08
Rank: 6