ASTRONAUT

Samuel T. Durrance

1943 - 2023

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Samuel Thornton Durrance (September 17, 1943 – May 5, 2023) was an American scientist who flew aboard two NASA Space Shuttle missions as a payload specialist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samuel T. Durrance has received more than 79,985 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Samuel T. Durrance is the 245th most popular astronaut (up from 404th in 2019), the 9,463rd most popular biography from United States (up from 13,389th in 2019) and the 95th most popular American Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 80k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Samuel T. Durrance ranks 245 out of 556. Before him are Soichi Noguchi, Akihiko Hoshide, Bjarni Tryggvason, Chris Hadfield, Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin, and Millie Hughes-Fulford. After him are Andreas Mogensen, Daniel Brandenstein, Jan Davis, Aleksandr Poleshchuk, Aleksandr Laveykin, and Tracy Caldwell Dyson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Samuel T. Durrance ranks 605. Before him are Pelle Svensson, Catherine E. Coulson, Mick Abrahams, Dickey Betts, Steven Bochco, and Bob Avakian. After him are Pete Quaife, Manfred Schnelldorfer, Hugh Wilson, Dan Coats, Yoshisada Shimizu, and Daniel Brandenstein. Among people deceased in 2023, Samuel T. Durrance ranks 523. Before him are Italo Galbiati, Walter Mirisch, Vahidin Musemić, John Jakes, Jean-Jacques Favier, and Richard Davis. After him are Bob Knight, Nigel Lawson, Inga Swenson, Parkash Singh Badal, Andy Rourke, and Christo Jivkov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Samuel T. Durrance ranks 9,463 out of 20,380. Before him are Barry Shabaka Henley (1954), Irwin M. Jacobs (1933), Millie Hughes-Fulford (1945), Rose O'Neill (1874), Eric Douglas (1958), and Kevin Randleman (1971). After him are Herbert H. Lehman (1878), Norman Kerry (1894), Charlie Daniels (1936), Gary Kurtz (1940), John Schofield (1831), and Larry Miller (1953).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Samuel T. Durrance ranks 95. Before him are Joseph P. Allen (1937), Robert A. Parker (1936), Loren Acton (1936), Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper (1963), John Oliver Creighton (1943), and Millie Hughes-Fulford (1945). After him are Daniel Brandenstein (1943), Jan Davis (1953), Tracy Caldwell Dyson (1969), Steven R. Nagel (1946), Timothy Kopra (1963), and Nicole Stott (1962).

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