ASTRONAUT

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 2,415,267 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Ronald McNair is the 157th most popular astronaut (down from 144th in 2019), the 5,801st most popular biography from United States (up from 5,939th in 2019) and the 57th most popular American Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Ronald McNair ranks 157 out of 556. Before him are Peggy Whitson, Vladimir Kovalyonok, Thomas Reiter, William Shepherd, Chiaki Mukai, and Franklin Chang Díaz. After him are Eileen Collins, Anatoly Artsebarsky, Valentin Lebedev, Owen Garriott, Michael López-Alegría, and Fyodor Yurchikhin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Ronald McNair ranks 316. Before him are Terry Bozzio, Renato Zero, Franklin Chang Díaz, Ewa Aulin, Shabana Azmi, and Carlo Verdone. After him are Marshall Manesh, Ahmet Altan, Tapley Seaton, Susana Higuchi, Samuel Alito, and Mohamed Wali Akeik. Among people deceased in 1986, Ronald McNair ranks 174. Before him are Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Herma Szabo, Annemarie Selinko, Marcel Arland, Heinz Strehl, and Jagjivan Ram. After him are Pasquale Festa Campanile, Jaroslav Burgr, Desi Arnaz, Oldřich Lipský, John Kuck, and Alicia Moreau de Justo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ronald McNair ranks 5,801 out of 20,380. Before him are Jason Beghe (1960), Robert G. Ingersoll (1833), James Read (1953), Salmon P. Chase (1808), Paul Gilbert (1966), and Jonah Falcon (1970). After him are Mary Ellen Mark (1940), Alice Joyce (1890), Black Kettle (1803), Buck Adams (1955), Gordon Tullock (1922), and Kim Raver (1969).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Ronald McNair ranks 57. Before him are Mae Jemison (1956), Kenneth Cockrell (1950), William R. Pogue (1930), Edward Gibson (1936), Peggy Whitson (1960), and William Shepherd (1949). After him are Eileen Collins (1956), Owen Garriott (1930), Joe Engle (1932), Theodore Freeman (1930), Paul J. Weitz (1932), and Anna Lee Fisher (1949).

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