ASTRONAUT

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 258,736 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). William Shepherd is the 154th most popular astronaut (down from 141st in 2019), the 5,718th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,817th in 2019) and the 56th most popular American Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, William Shepherd ranks 154 out of 556. Before him are Pavel Vinogradov, Edward Gibson, Tatyana Kuznetsova, Peggy Whitson, Vladimir Kovalyonok, and Thomas Reiter. After him are Chiaki Mukai, Franklin Chang Díaz, Ronald McNair, Eileen Collins, Anatoly Artsebarsky, and Valentin Lebedev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, William Shepherd ranks 353. Before him are Marilyn Burns, Anita Borg, Jupp Kapellmann, Wayne Wang, Ed O'Ross, and Alexander Gradsky. After him are Jean-Michel Aulas, Jack Bender, Shusaku Hirasawa, Gyude Bryant, Rodrigo Rato, and Bogdan Borusewicz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Shepherd ranks 5,718 out of 20,380. Before him are Chad Hurley (1977), Alex Katz (1927), John Corbett (1961), Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington (1920), Diane Disney Miller (1933), and Edwin Frederick O'Brien (1939). After him are Jim Lightbody (1882), Robert H. Dicke (1916), Vince Lombardi (1913), Robert W. Floyd (1936), Francis Hunter (1894), and Raymond J. Barry (1939).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, William Shepherd ranks 56. Before him are Sunita Williams (1965), Mae Jemison (1956), Kenneth Cockrell (1950), William R. Pogue (1930), Edward Gibson (1936), and Peggy Whitson (1960). After him are Ronald McNair (1950), Eileen Collins (1956), Owen Garriott (1930), Joe Engle (1932), Theodore Freeman (1930), and Paul J. Weitz (1932).

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