ASTRONAUT

William Anders

1933 - 2024

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William Alison Anders (17 October 1933 – 7 June 2024) was an American United States Air Force (USAF) major general, 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, he circled the Moon ten times, and broadcast live images and commentary back to Earth, including the Christmas Eve Genesis reading. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Anders has received more than 1,374,674 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). William Anders is the 87th most popular astronaut (down from 72nd in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Hong Kong (up from 22nd in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Astronaut.

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  • 53.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, William Anders ranks 87 out of 556. Before him are Rusty Schweickart, Viktor Afanasyev, Boris Volynov, Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov, James McDivitt, and Yevgeny Khrunov. After him are Anatoly Filipchenko, Donn F. Eisele, Dick Scobee, Leonid Kizim, Alfred Worden, and Stuart Roosa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, William Anders ranks 180. Before him are Joachim Meisner, Alan Stacey, Christian Ferras, Sabah Fakhri, Humberto Maschio, and Yevgeny Khrunov. After him are Paul de Senneville, Louis Farrakhan, Eddie Adams, Dan Flavin, Isao Iwabuchi, and Juan Marsé. Among people deceased in 2024, William Anders ranks 168. Before him are Colin Renfrew, Vernor Vinge, Günter Brus, Humberto Maschio, Teri Garr, and Brian Mulroney. After him are Benny Golson, Jim Simons, Helmuth Duckadam, Selim Hoss, Allen J. Bard, and Muazzez İlmiye Çığ.

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In Hong Kong

Among people born in Hong Kong, William Anders ranks 21 out of 115. Before him are Nora Miao (1952), Maggie Cheung (1964), Raymond Chow (1927), Jacky Cheung (1961), Anita Mui (1963), and James Wong (1959). After him are John Tong Hon (1939), John Lee Ka-chiu (1957), Eric Tsang (1953), Alan Tam (1950), Tony Leung Ka-fai (1958), and Lam Ching-ying (1952).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Hong Kong

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

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