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Charles Duke

1935 - Today

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Charles Moss Duke Jr. (born October 3, 1935) is an American former astronaut, United States Air Force (USAF) officer and test pilot, and young Earth creationist. As Lunar Module pilot of Apollo 16 in 1972, he became the tenth and youngest person to walk on the Moon, at age 36 years and 201 days. He is one of four surviving Moon walkers, along with David Scott, Buzz Aldrin and Harrison Schmitt. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Duke is the 50th most popular astronaut (down from 33rd in 2019), the 2,321st most popular biography from United States (down from 1,812th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Charles Duke ranks 50 out of 556. Before him are Roger B. Chaffee, Shannon Lucid, Georgy Dobrovolsky, Alan Bean, Valeri Polyakov, and Sergei Krikalev. After him are Don L. Lind, Valeri Kubasov, Frank Borman, Vladislav Volkov, Mirosław Hermaszewski, and Gordon Cooper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Charles Duke ranks 91. Before him are Jack Kemp, Floyd Patterson, Samak Sundaravej, Dinkha IV, Forough Farrokhzad, and John Phillips. After him are Paula Rego, Mary Berry, Ján Popluhár, John G. Avildsen, Yakov Sinai, and Hillel Furstenberg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Duke ranks 2,321 out of 20,380. Before him are Peter Cooper (1791), Bridget Fonda (1964), Armand Assante (1949), Liv Tyler (1977), Richard Jordan Gatling (1818), and Joey Ramone (1951). After him are Levi Lincoln Sr. (1749), Meir Kahane (1932), Nick Carter (1980), Leland Stanford (1824), Gary Ridgway (1949), and Flannery O'Connor (1925).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Charles Duke ranks 33. Before him are Margaret Rhea Seddon (1947), Gus Grissom (1926), James Irwin (1930), Henry Hartsfield (1933), Roger B. Chaffee (1935), and Alan Bean (1932). After him are Don L. Lind (1930), Frank Borman (1928), Gordon Cooper (1927), Ellison Onizuka (1946), Wally Schirra (1923), and Fred Haise (1933).

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