1961 - 2003
William Cameron "Willie" McCool (September 23, 1961 – February 1, 2003) (Cmdr, USN) 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. He was the crew's youngest male member. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William C. McCool has received more than 551,184 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). William C. McCool is the 210th most popular astronaut (down from 206th in 2019), the 8,052nd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,906th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular American Astronaut.
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Among astronauts, William C. McCool ranks 210 out of 524. Before him are Takao Doi, Mikhail Tyurin, Ivan Bella, Piers Sellers, Rodolfo Neri Vela, and Marcos Pontes. After him are Sergei Avdeyev, James C. Adamson, Valery Korzun, Steven R. Nagel, Hans Schlegel, and Marsha Ivins.
1954 - Present
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 204
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 205
1964 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 206
1955 - 2016
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 207
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 208
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 209
1961 - 2003
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 210
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 211
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 212
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 213
1946 - 2014
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 214
1951 - Present
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 215
1951 - Present
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 216
Among people born in 1961, William C. McCool ranks 279. Before him are Manuel Estiarte, Sally Yeh, Nancy Travis, Hibatullah Akhundzada, Douglas Coupland, and Mikael Appelgren. After him are Victoria Nuland, Patricia Urquiola, Todd McFarlane, Hany Abu-Assad, Kiyotaka Matsui, and Gilda. Among people deceased in 2003, William C. McCool ranks 240. Before him are Vladimír Vašíček, Warren Zevon, Lana Clarkson, Curt Hennig, Janice Rule, and Anita Borg. After him are Ottorino Volonterio, German Apukhtin, Stan Brakhage, Grigory Mkrtychan, Anne Gwynne, and Daijiro Kato.
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 273
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 274
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 275
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 276
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 277
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 278
1961 - 2003
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 279
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 280
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 281
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 282
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 283
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 284
1961 - 1996
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 285
1919 - 2003
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 234
1947 - 2003
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 235
1962 - 2003
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 236
1958 - 2003
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 237
1931 - 2003
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 238
1949 - 2003
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 239
1961 - 2003
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 240
1917 - 2003
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 241
1936 - 2003
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 242
1933 - 2003
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 243
1925 - 2003
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 244
1918 - 2003
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 245
1976 - 2003
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 246
Among people born in United States, William C. McCool ranks 8,052 out of 15,968. Before him are Harry Lennix (1964), Charles Sibley (1917), Belladonna (1981), Ben Lyon (1901), Robert L. Forward (1932), and Christy Walton (1949). After him are James Van Der Beek (1977), Camille Keaton (1947), Albert Salmi (1928), Edie Falco (1963), Laura San Giacomo (1962), and Barry Mazur (1937).
1964 - Present
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 8,046
1917 - 1998
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 8,047
1981 - Present
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 8,048
1901 - 1979
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 8,049
1932 - 2002
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 8,050
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 8,051
1961 - 2003
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 8,052
1977 - Present
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 8,053
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 8,054
1928 - 1990
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 8,055
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 8,056
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 8,057
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 8,058
Among astronauts born in United States, William C. McCool ranks 82. Before him are Robert L. Behnken (1970), Kathryn D. Sullivan (1951), Karol J. Bobko (1937), Robert A. Parker (1936), Joseph P. Allen (1937), and Story Musgrave (1935). After him are James C. Adamson (1946), Steven R. Nagel (1946), Marsha Ivins (1951), Loren Acton (1936), Lisa Nowak (1963), and Daniel Brandenstein (1943).
1970 - Present
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 76
1951 - Present
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 77
1937 - Present
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 78
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 79
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 80
1935 - Present
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 81
1961 - 2003
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 82
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 83
1946 - 2014
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 84
1951 - Present
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 85
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 86
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 87
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 88