ASTRONAUT

Richard N. Richards

1946 - Today

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Richard Noel "Dick" Richards (born August 24, 1946), (Capt, USN, Ret.), is a retired American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, chemical engineer, and a former NASA astronaut. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard N. Richards has received more than 72,173 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Richard N. Richards is the 401st most popular astronaut (up from 454th in 2019), the 14,025th most popular biography from United States (up from 14,368th in 2019) and the 199th most popular American Astronaut.

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  • 72k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Richard N. Richards ranks 401 out of 556. Before him are Clayton Anderson, Wang Yaping, Helen Sharman, Jerome Apt, Roy D. Bridges Jr., and Robert Henry Lawrence Jr.. After him are Mario Runco Jr., Mark L. Polansky, Byron K. Lichtenberg, Daniel W. Bursch, Shannon Walker, and Karen Nyberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Richard N. Richards ranks 799. Before him are Mel Martínez, Paul Herman, Manfred Stengl, King Sunny Adé, Barbara Lee, and John Hollins. After him are F. Drew Gaffney, David Sadler, Sverre Kjelsberg, Malcolm Rifkind, Christopher Malcolm, and Ed Schafer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard N. Richards ranks 14,025 out of 20,380. Before him are Chuck Stevenson (1919), Ti-Grace Atkinson (1938), Gabriel Iglesias (1976), Ben Nighthorse Campbell (1933), Melody (1982), and Stacy Dragila (1971). After him are Nick Calathes (1989), Jason Wiles (1970), Steven Strait (1986), Lyle Talbot (1902), Maggie Roswell (1952), and Jake Wesley Rogers (1996).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Richard N. Richards ranks 199. Before him are Brent W. Jett Jr. (1958), Michael R. Clifford (1952), Clayton Anderson (1959), Jerome Apt (1949), Roy D. Bridges Jr. (1943), and Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. (1935). After him are Mario Runco Jr. (1952), Mark L. Polansky (1956), Byron K. Lichtenberg (1948), Daniel W. Bursch (1957), Shannon Walker (1965), and Karen Nyberg (1969).

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