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William R. Pogue

1930 - 2014

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William Reid "Bill" Pogue (January 23, 1930 – March 3, 2014) was an American astronaut and pilot who served in the United States Air Force (USAF) as a fighter pilot and test pilot, and reached the rank of colonel. He was also a teacher, public speaker and author. Born and educated in Oklahoma, Pogue graduated from Oklahoma Baptist University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Education and enlisted in the USAF in 1951 and served for 24 years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William R. Pogue has received more than 128,565 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). William R. Pogue is the 114th most popular astronaut (up from 115th in 2019), the 4,635th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,737th in 2019) and the 44th most popular American Astronaut.

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  • 50.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, William R. Pogue ranks 114 out of 524. Before him are Talgat Musabayev, Boris Yegorov, Vladimir Aksyonov, Leonid Kadeniuk, Viktor Afanasyev, and Vladimir Kovalyonok. After him are Aleksandr Serebrov, Yury Glazkov, Musa Manarov, Vladimir Solovyov, Franklin Chang Díaz, and Georgy Shonin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, William R. Pogue ranks 270. Before him are Pierre Vidal-Naquet, Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou, Philip Bosco, Jesús Garay, Guy Béart, and Mildred Dresselhaus. After him are Hank Mobley, Jan Olszewski, Robert Prosky, Egon Klepsch, Rolf Hoppe, and Richard Montague. Among people deceased in 2014, William R. Pogue ranks 186. Before him are Sulejman Tihić, Tomaž Šalamun, Leonid Stadnyk, Marco Cé, Jaime Lusinchi, and Daniel Boulanger. After him are James R. Schlesinger, The Ultimate Warrior, Simin Behbahani, Valentin Mankin, José Wilker, and José Policarpo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William R. Pogue ranks 4,635 out of 18,182. Before him are Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (1879), Eric Johnson (1954), Clarence Zener (1905), Robert Z. Leonard (1889), Emily Deschanel (1976), and Janet Asimov (1926). After him are James R. Schlesinger (1929), Lester Germer (1896), John Kitzmiller (1913), Pete Rose (1941), Donald Byrd (1932), and Michael McKean (1947).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, William R. Pogue ranks 44. Before him are Scott Carpenter (1925), Stuart Roosa (1933), Alfred Worden (1932), Walter Cunningham (1932), Sunita Williams (1965), and Donn F. Eisele (1930). After him are Rusty Schweickart (1935), Kathryn D. Sullivan (1951), Anna Lee Fisher (1949), Mae Jemison (1956), Barbara Morgan (1951), and Rick Husband (1957).

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