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Thomas P. Stafford

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Thomas Patten Stafford (September 17, 1930 – March 18, 2024) was an American Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, and one of 24 astronauts who flew to the Moon. He also served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1969 to 1971. After graduating from the United States Naval Academy, Stafford was commissioned in the United States Air Force, flying the F-86 Sabre before becoming a test pilot. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas P. Stafford has received more than 1,024,837 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Thomas P. Stafford is the 50th most popular astronaut (down from 39th in 2019), the 2,605th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,253rd in 2019) and the 27th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Thomas P. Stafford ranks 50 out of 524. Before him are Pavel Belyayev, Valentin Bondarenko, Jean-Loup Chrétien, Ken Mattingly, Gordon Cooper, and Wally Schirra. After him are Mirosław Hermaszewski, Toktar Aubakirov, Michael J. Smith, Viktor Patsayev, Phạm Tuân, and Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Thomas P. Stafford ranks 158. Before him are Rudolf E. Kálmán, Manuel Marulanda, Michel Rocard, Ernst Albrecht, Marshall Sahlins, and Anthony Steffen. After him are Clifford Brown, Carolyn Jones, Miljan Miljanić, Todor Veselinović, Harold Bloom, and Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thomas P. Stafford ranks 2,605 out of 18,182. Before him are Cyrus Vance (1917), Barry Manilow (1943), Paris Hilton (1981), Tommy Bolin (1951), David Julius (1955), and Harlan Coben (1962). After him are Pat Metheny (1954), Lorraine Bracco (1954), Asa Akira (1986), Danny Kaye (1911), George Antheil (1900), and Chester Carlson (1906).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Thomas P. Stafford ranks 27. Before him are Ellison Onizuka (1946), Christa McAuliffe (1948), Fred Haise (1933), Ken Mattingly (1936), Gordon Cooper (1927), and Wally Schirra (1923). After him are Michael J. Smith (1945), Richard F. Gordon Jr. (1929), Sally Ride (1951), Judith Resnik (1949), Ronald Evans (1933), and Dick Scobee (1939).

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