ASTRONAUT

Walter Cunningham

1932 - 2023

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Ronnie Walter Cunningham (March 16, 1932 – January 3, 2023) was an American astronaut, fighter pilot, physicist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and author of the 1977 book The All-American Boys. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Cunningham has received more than 529,208 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Walter Cunningham is the 49th most popular astronaut (up from 92nd in 2019), the 2,564th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,050th in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 530k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Walter Cunningham ranks 49 out of 556. Before him are John Young, Sergei Krikalev, Viktor Patsayev, Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, Vladimir Dzhanibekov, and Ellison Onizuka. After him are Vladimir Shatalov, Kalpana Chawla, Wally Schirra, Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, Valentin Bondarenko, and Ronald Evans.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Walter Cunningham ranks 147. Before him are Alvin Plantinga, Robert Benton, Chea Sim, Elena Poniatowska, Yukio Shimomura, and Isao Tomita. After him are Mustafa Tlass, Gato Barbieri, Vasily Aksyonov, Eleanor F. Helin, Guðbergur Bergsson, and John Hillerman. Among people deceased in 2023, Walter Cunningham ranks 174. Before him are Richard Roundtree, Tom Sizemore, Earl Boen, Horst-Dieter Höttges, Guy Marchand, and Dianne Feinstein. After him are Vassilis Vassilikos, Edward L. G. Bowell, Giuliano Montaldo, Tengiz Kitovani, Philippe Sollers, and Andrés García.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Cunningham ranks 2,564 out of 20,380. Before him are Ralph Waite (1928), Barbara W. Tuchman (1912), Rita Wilson (1956), Dianne Feinstein (1933), Stephen Smale (1930), and Bob Woodward (1943). After him are Irving Baxter (1876), Russ Meyer (1922), Gia Carangi (1960), Tony Lip (1930), John C. Bogle (1929), and Jean Kennedy Smith (1928).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Walter Cunningham ranks 25. Before him are Ken Mattingly (1936), Charles Duke (1935), Fred Haise (1933), Bruce McCandless II (1937), John Young (1930), and Ellison Onizuka (1946). After him are Wally Schirra (1923), Ronald Evans (1933), Richard F. Gordon Jr. (1929), Christa McAuliffe (1948), Karol J. Bobko (1937), and Gordon Cooper (1927).

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