ASTRONAUT
William Anders
1933 - Today
William Anders
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 966,474 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.
Memorability Metrics
970k
Page Views (PV)
53.73
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
49
Languages Editions (L)
2.46
Effective Languages (L*)
5.63
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Page views of William Anders by language
Over the past year William Anders has had the most page views in the English wikipedia edition with 151,639 views, followed by German (14,366), and Chinese (7,363). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (127.87%), Armenian (87.20%), and Kurdish (Sorani) (59.95%)
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.
Most Popular Astronauts in Wikipedia
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Rusty Schweickart
1935 - Present
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 81
Viktor Afanasyev
1948 - Present
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 82
Boris Volynov
1934 - Present
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 83
Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 84
James McDivitt
1929 - 2022
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 85
Yevgeny Khrunov
1933 - 2000
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 86
William Anders
1933 - Present
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 87
Anatoly Filipchenko
1928 - 2022
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 88
Donn F. Eisele
1930 - 1987
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 89
Dick Scobee
1939 - 1986
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 90
Leonid Kizim
1941 - 2010
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 91
Alfred Worden
1932 - 2020
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 92
Stuart Roosa
1933 - 1994
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 93
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.
Others Born in 1933
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Joachim Meisner
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1933 - 2017
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 174
Alan Stacey
RACING DRIVER
1933 - 1960
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 175
Christian Ferras
MUSICIAN
1933 - 1982
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 176
Sabah Fakhri
SINGER
1933 - 2021
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 177
Humberto Maschio
SOCCER PLAYER
1933 - Present
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 178
Yevgeny Khrunov
ASTRONAUT
1933 - 2000
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 179
William Anders
ASTRONAUT
1933 - Present
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 180
Paul de Senneville
MUSICIAN
1933 - 2023
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 181
Louis Farrakhan
EXTREMIST
1933 - Present
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 182
Eddie Adams
JOURNALIST
1933 - 2004
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 183
Dan Flavin
SCULPTOR
1933 - 1996
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 184
Isao Iwabuchi
SOCCER PLAYER
1933 - 2003
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 185
Juan Marsé
WRITER
1933 - 2020
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 186
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).
Others born in Hong Kong
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Nora Miao
ACTOR
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 15
Maggie Cheung
ACTOR
1964 - Present
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 16
Raymond Chow
PRODUCER
1927 - 2018
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 17
Jacky Cheung
ACTOR
1961 - Present
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 18
Anita Mui
SINGER
1963 - 2003
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 19
James Wong
FILM DIRECTOR
1959 - Present
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 20
William Anders
ASTRONAUT
1933 - Present
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 21
John Tong Hon
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1939 - Present
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 22
John Lee Ka-chiu
POLITICIAN
1957 - Present
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 23
Eric Tsang
ACTOR
1953 - Present
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 24
Alan Tam
SINGER
1950 - Present
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 25
Tony Leung Ka-fai
ACTOR
1958 - Present
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 26
Lam Ching-ying
ACTOR
1952 - 1997
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 27
Among ASTRONAUTS In Hong Kong
Among astronauts born in Hong Kong, William Anders ranks 1.
