ASTRONAUT

Wubbo Ockels

1946 - 2014

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Wubbo Johannes Ockels (28 March 1946 – 18 May 2014) was a Dutch physicist and astronaut with the European Space Agency who, in 1985, became the first Dutch citizen in space when he flew on STS-61-A as a payload specialist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wubbo Ockels has received more than 215,415 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Wubbo Ockels is the 142nd most popular astronaut (down from 127th in 2019), the 634th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 564th in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Wubbo Ockels ranks 142 out of 556. Before him are Dumitru Prunariu, Roberta Bondar, Mae Jemison, Ulf Merbold, Kenneth Cockrell, and Yuri Gidzenko. After him are Christer Fuglesang, Viktor Savinykh, William R. Pogue, Vladimir Solovyov, Valeri Tokarev, and Pavel Vinogradov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Wubbo Ockels ranks 414. Before him are Dadá Maravilha, Francis Goya, Ricky Bruch, Sacheen Littlefeather, Vladimir Muntyan, and Mario Zenari. After him are Björn Granath, Luis Puenzo, Ahmed Rami, N. R. Narayana Murthy, Jack Horner, and Don Schollander. Among people deceased in 2014, Wubbo Ockels ranks 233. Before him are Knut Nystedt, Carlos Borges, Vaçe Zela, James Shigeta, Simon Leys, and Hanna Maron. After him are Sandra Bem, Ryhor Baradulin, Christopher Hogwood, Maria Lassnig, Brian G. Hutton, and René Llense.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Wubbo Ockels ranks 634 out of 1,646. Before him are Willeke van Ammelrooy (1944), Jan Wolkers (1925), Bartholomeus Breenbergh (1598), Daley Blind (1990), Peter R. de Vries (1956), and Paulus Bor (1601). After him are Dirk Coster (1889), Badr Hari (1984), Bas van Fraassen (1941), Frenkie de Jong (1997), Dirk Brouwer (1902), and Tylman van Gameren (1632).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Netherlands

Among astronauts born in Netherlands, Wubbo Ockels ranks 1. After him are Lodewijk van den Berg (1932), and André Kuipers (1958).

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