ASTRONAUT

Richard Hieb

1955 - Today

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Richard James Hieb (born September 21, 1955 in Jamestown, North Dakota) is a former NASA astronaut and a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions. He was a mission specialist on STS-39 and STS-49, and was a payload commander on STS-65. After leaving NASA he worked at AlliedSignal and Orbital before spending 14 years as an executive at Lockheed Martin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Hieb has received more than 54,553 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Hieb is the 537th most popular astronaut (down from 516th in 2019), the 17,322nd most popular biography from United States (down from 15,785th in 2019) and the 305th most popular American Astronaut.

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  • 55k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Richard Hieb ranks 537 out of 556. Before him are Garrett Reisman, Anne McClain, Serena Auñón-Chancellor, Randolph Bresnik, Lawrence J. DeLucas, and Kenneth Ham. After him are Stephen S. Oswald, Terence T. Henricks, James Dutton, Pierre J. Thuot, Joe F. Edwards Jr., and Jeremy Hansen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Richard Hieb ranks 734. Before him are Butch Johnson, Ian Botham, John H. Cox, Patrick McCabe, Joey Jones, and Otis Birdsong. After him are Jaspal Bhatti, Willie Miller, John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness, Tony Snow, Gillian Cowley, and Sanal Edamaruku.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Hieb ranks 17,322 out of 20,380. Before him are Stacey Augmon (1968), Harrison Barnes (1992), Aileen Quinn (1971), Kenneth Ham (1964), Dan Auerbach (1979), and Sheila Taormina (1969). After him are Danielle Savre (1988), Abigail Cowen (1998), David West (1980), Mackenzie McDonald (1995), Erin Wasson (1982), and Ashley Rickards (1992).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Richard Hieb ranks 305. Before him are Garrett Reisman (1968), Anne McClain (1979), Serena Auñón-Chancellor (1976), Randolph Bresnik (1967), Lawrence J. DeLucas (1950), and Kenneth Ham (1964). After him are Stephen S. Oswald (1951), Terence T. Henricks (1952), James Dutton (1968), Pierre J. Thuot (1955), Joe F. Edwards Jr. (1958), and Scott D. Tingle (1965).

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