ASTRONAUT

Tim Peake

1972 - Today

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Major Timothy Nigel Peake (born 7 April 1972) is a retired British European Space Agency astronaut, Army Air Corps officer and author. He is the first British ESA astronaut, the second astronaut to bear a flag of the United Kingdom patch (following Helen Sharman), the sixth person born in the United Kingdom to go on board the International Space Station, and the seventh UK-born person in space. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tim Peake has received more than 1,965,038 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Tim Peake is the 544th most popular astronaut (down from 531st in 2019), the 7,440th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,650th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Tim Peake ranks 544 out of 556. Before him are Stephen S. Oswald, Terence T. Henricks, James Dutton, Pierre J. Thuot, Joe F. Edwards Jr., and Jeremy Hansen. After him are Scott D. Tingle, Nicholas Patrick, Paul W. Richards, Bernard A. Harris Jr., Patricia Robertson, and Robert Satcher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Tim Peake ranks 1,027. Before him are Satoshi Oishi, Elvis Stojko, Paraskevi Tsiamita, Aleksandr Golubev, Todd Young, and Fumiko Okuno. After him are Takashi Yamahashi, Robert Esmie, Kurt Thomas, Matt Keeslar, Sean Price, and Yuko Emoto.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tim Peake ranks 7,440 out of 8,785. Before him are Sonja Aldén (1977), Lauren Booth (1967), David Rocastle (1967), David Gilbert (1981), Nicholas Lyndhurst (1961), and Tony Bellew (1982). After him are Yasmin Finney (2003), Andrew-Lee Potts (1979), Gareth McAuley (1979), Matt Berry (1974), Carlton Cole (1983), and John Blackley (1948).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United Kingdom

Among astronauts born in United Kingdom, Tim Peake ranks 5. Before him are Piers Sellers (1955), Michael Foale (1957), Helen Sharman (1963), and Gregory H. Johnson (1962). After him are Nicholas Patrick (1964).

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