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William Anders

1933 - Today

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William Alison "Bill" Anders (born 17 October 1933) is an American former United States Air Force (USAF) major general, former electrical engineer, nuclear engineer, NASA astronaut, and businessman. In December 1968, he was a member of the crew of Apollo 8, the first three people to leave low Earth orbit and travel to the Moon. Along with fellow astronauts Frank Borman and Jim Lovell, Anders circled the Moon ten times, and broadcast live images and commentary back to Earth. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Anders has received more than 978,587 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia. William Anders is the 72nd most popular astronaut (down from 37th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Hong Kong (down from 13th in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 980k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, William Anders ranks 72 out of 524. Before him are Viktor Savinykh, Charles Duke, Joseph A. Walker, Georgy Beregovoy, Rakesh Sharma, and Boris Volynov. After him are Gregory Jarvis, Yevgeny Khrunov, Shannon Lucid, Konstantin Feoktistov, Yury Romanenko, and Georgy Grechko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, William Anders ranks 170. Before him are Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Sandra Milo, Françoise Fabian, Leonid Bartenyev, Guido Crepax, and Bernadette Chirac. After him are Princess María Teresa of Bourbon-Parma, Maximilian, Margrave of Baden, Michel Camdessus, Yevgeny Khrunov, Umberto Colombo, and Julieta Serrano.

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In Hong Kong

Among people born in Hong Kong, William Anders ranks 22 out of 106. Before him are Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg (1964), Maggie Cheung (1964), Raymond Chow (1927), René de Obaldia (1918), Anita Mui (1963), and Yuen Wah (1950). After him are Jacky Cheung (1961), Lam Ching-ying (1952), James Wong (1959), Eric Tsang (1953), John Tong Hon (1939), and Leung Chun-ying (1954).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Hong Kong

Among astronauts born in Hong Kong, William Anders ranks 1. 

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