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Roger B. Chaffee

1935 - 1967

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Roger Bruce Chaffee (; February 15, 1935 – January 27, 1967) was an American naval officer, aviator and aeronautical engineer who was a NASA astronaut in the Apollo program. Chaffee was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he became an Eagle Scout. He graduated from Central High School in 1953, and accepted a Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) scholarship. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roger B. Chaffee has received more than 1,418,919 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Roger B. Chaffee is the 28th most popular astronaut (up from 32nd in 2019), the 1,583rd most popular biography from United States (up from 1,980th in 2019) and the 16th most popular American Astronaut.

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  • 4.08

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Roger B. Chaffee ranks 28 out of 556. Before him are Jim Lovell, Alan Bean, Gus Grissom, Pavel Popovich, Ed White, and Aleksandr Viktorenko. After him are Edgar Mitchell, Michael P. Anderson, Georgy Dobrovolsky, Ken Mattingly, Charles Duke, and Ilan Ramon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Roger B. Chaffee ranks 69. Before him are Pranab Mukherjee, Elsa Martinelli, Gnassingbé Eyadéma, Akira Kitaguchi, Brian Clough, and Ken Kesey. After him are António Ramalho Eanes, Abdou Diouf, Sonny Bono, Dharmendra, Maj Sjöwall, and Marina Doria. Among people deceased in 1967, Roger B. Chaffee ranks 58. Before him are Zinaida Serebriakova, Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Gus Grissom, Tamara Bunke, Ed White, and Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia. After him are Léon M'ba, Primo Carnera, G. W. Pabst, Julien Duvivier, Günther Blumentritt, and Basil Rathbone.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roger B. Chaffee ranks 1,583 out of 20,380. Before him are Alben W. Barkley (1877), Don Ameche (1908), Mark Harmon (1951), Walter Gilbert (1932), Jessica Chastain (1977), and Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897). After him are John Robert Schrieffer (1931), Asa Griggs Candler (1851), Brad Dourif (1950), Stan Smith (1946), Ma Barker (1873), and Anthony Bourdain (1956).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Roger B. Chaffee ranks 16. Before him are James Irwin (1930), Frank Borman (1928), Jim Lovell (1928), Alan Bean (1932), Gus Grissom (1926), and Ed White (1930). After him are Edgar Mitchell (1930), Michael P. Anderson (1959), Ken Mattingly (1936), Charles Duke (1935), Fred Haise (1933), and Bruce McCandless II (1937).

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