ASTRONAUT

William C. McCool

1961 - 2003

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William Cameron "Willie" McCool (born William Cameron Graham September 23, 1961 – February 1, 2003) was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut, who was the pilot of Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-107. He and the rest of the crew of STS-107 were killed when Columbia disintegrated during reentry into the atmosphere. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William C. McCool has received more than 839,907 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). William C. McCool is the 271st most popular astronaut (down from 203rd in 2019), the 10,208th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,091st in 2019) and the 109th most popular American Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 840k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, William C. McCool ranks 271 out of 556. Before him are Klaus-Dietrich Flade, Oleg Kotov, Lee Archambault, Nie Haisheng, Donald H. Peterson, and Michael Coats. After him are Franz Viehböck, John Casper, Scott Kelly, Janet L. Kavandi, Kevin R. Kregel, and Bryan D. O'Connor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, William C. McCool ranks 437. Before him are Julie White, Peter Larsson, Pierre-Henri Raphanel, Maria do Carmo Silveira, Frédéric Antonetti, and Bill Hicks. After him are Jodi Benson, Gintaras Grušas, Sadeq Larijani, Hannelore Kraft, Daniel Castellani, and Johanna ter Steege. Among people deceased in 2003, William C. McCool ranks 323. Before him are Lawrence H. Aller, Sultan Rakhmanov, Jeannette Campbell, Royce D. Applegate, Maurice Kouandété, and Janice Rule. After him are Karen Morley, Ottorino Volonterio, Pierre Blondiaux, Éva Janikovszky, Georgi Vladimov, and Marie Maynard Daly.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William C. McCool ranks 10,208 out of 20,380. Before him are Sidney Darlington (1906), John La Farge (1835), Lillian Wald (1867), Aline MacMahon (1899), Edward Brooke (1919), and George Ariyoshi (1926). After him are Norman Granz (1918), Rachael Leigh Cook (1979), Jo Jorgensen (1957), Jodi Benson (1961), Alicia Witt (1975), and Andrea Parker (1970).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, William C. McCool ranks 109. Before him are Janice E. Voss (1956), Robert F. Overmyer (1936), Guion Bluford (1942), Lee Archambault (1960), Donald H. Peterson (1933), and Michael Coats (1946). After him are John Casper (1943), Scott Kelly (1964), Janet L. Kavandi (1959), Kevin R. Kregel (1956), Bryan D. O'Connor (1946), and Margaret Rhea Seddon (1947).

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