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Ronald McNair

1950 - 1986

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Ronald Erwin McNair (October 21, 1950 – January 28, 1986) was an American NASA astronaut and physicist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ronald McNair has received more than 2,300,524 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Ronald McNair is the 144th most popular astronaut (up from 152nd in 2019), the 5,951st most popular biography from United States (down from 5,889th in 2019) and the 54th most popular American Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Ronald McNair ranks 144 out of 524. Before him are Vitaly Zholobov, Anatoly Levchenko, Rick Husband, William Shepherd, Peggy Whitson, and Vance D. Brand. After him are Michael R. Clifford, Roberta Bondar, Vitaly Sevastyanov, David M. Brown, Pavel Vinogradov, and Valentina Ponomaryova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Ronald McNair ranks 292. Before him are Toshiko Fujita, Jorma Ollila, Willie Colón, Anne Carson, Jeff Conaway, and Seiki Ichihara. After him are Arturo Márquez, Phil McGraw, Iris Berben, Abdurrahim El-Keib, Andrea Riccardi, and Christian Zacharias. Among people deceased in 1986, Ronald McNair ranks 173. Before him are Oldřich Lipský, Jacques Plante, Tommy Douglas, André Tassin, Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, and Jaroslav Burgr. After him are Thad Jones, Ludwig Biermann, D. R. Kaprekar, Neerja Bhanot, Lothar Bolz, and Kunio Maekawa.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ronald McNair ranks 5,951 out of 18,182. Before him are Sonny Clark (1931), James Blish (1921), Sheree J. Wilson (1958), James Buchanan Duke (1856), Yvonne Elliman (1951), and Greg Bear (1951). After him are Usher (1978), Sarah Shahi (1980), Walt Frazier (1945), Michael J. Pollard (1939), Billy Gilbert (1894), and Margaret Dumont (1882).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Ronald McNair ranks 54. Before him are Mae Jemison (1956), Barbara Morgan (1951), Rick Husband (1957), William Shepherd (1949), Peggy Whitson (1960), and Vance D. Brand (1931). After him are Michael R. Clifford (1952), David M. Brown (1956), William E. Thornton (1929), Elliot See (1927), Charles Bassett (1931), and Story Musgrave (1935).

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