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William Shepherd

1949 - Today

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William McMichael "Bill" Shepherd (born July 26, 1949), (Capt, USN, Ret.), is an American former Navy SEAL, aerospace, ocean, and mechanical engineer, and NASA astronaut, who served as commander of Expedition 1, the first crew on the International Space Station. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Shepherd has received more than 245,583 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). William Shepherd is the 141st most popular astronaut (up from 144th in 2019), the 5,829th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,577th in 2019) and the 51st most popular American Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, William Shepherd ranks 141 out of 524. Before him are Mae Jemison, Gennady Sarafanov, Barbara Morgan, Vitaly Zholobov, Anatoly Levchenko, and Rick Husband. After him are Peggy Whitson, Vance D. Brand, Ronald McNair, Michael R. Clifford, Roberta Bondar, and Vitaly Sevastyanov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, William Shepherd ranks 337. Before him are Sam Rainsy, Philippe de Villiers, Bei Dao, Rodrigo Rato, Conny Torstensson, and William Lane Craig. After him are Francisco Pascual Obama Asue, Manny Mori, Gayle Rubin, Corneliu Vadim Tudor, Kalevi Aho, and Natalia Kuchinskaya.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Shepherd ranks 5,829 out of 18,182. Before him are Smedley Butler (1881), Henry Russell (1904), John Diehl (1950), Mary J. Blige (1971), Frank Schlesinger (1871), and Rod Serling (1924). After him are Seán Patrick O'Malley (1944), Jack Sherman (1956), Anna Sui (1952), Gilbert Gottfried (1955), Colleen Camp (1953), and George Peabody (1795).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, William Shepherd ranks 51. Before him are Rusty Schweickart (1935), Kathryn D. Sullivan (1951), Anna Lee Fisher (1949), Mae Jemison (1956), Barbara Morgan (1951), and Rick Husband (1957). After him are Peggy Whitson (1960), Vance D. Brand (1931), Ronald McNair (1950), Michael R. Clifford (1952), David M. Brown (1956), and William E. Thornton (1929).

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