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Clifton Williams

1932 - 1967

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Clifton Curtis Williams Jr. (September 26, 1932 – October 5, 1967), was an American naval aviator, test pilot, mechanical engineer, major in the United States Marine Corps, and NASA astronaut, who was killed in a plane crash; he never went into space. The crash was caused by a mechanical failure in a NASA T-38 jet trainer, which he was piloting to visit his parents in Mobile, Alabama. The failure caused the flight controls to stop responding, and although he activated the ejection seat, it did not save him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Clifton Williams is the 212th most popular astronaut (down from 183rd in 2019), the 7,586th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,014th in 2019) and the 97th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Clifton Williams ranks 212 out of 556. Before him are Ronald J. Garan Jr., Koichi Wakata, Michael J. Adams, Gennady Sarafanov, Jon McBride, and Loren Acton. After him are Valery Korzun, Liu Yang, Claudie Haigneré, Mamoru Mohri, Mario Runco Jr., and John E. Blaha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Clifton Williams ranks 366. Before him are Ann-Sofi Pettersson, Ludovico Avio, Lygia Bojunga Nunes, Eddy Wally, Stéphane Bruey, and Robert B. Parker. After him are Gavril Dejeu, Aleksandr Belyavsky, Billie Whitelaw, Ben Bova, Brian Murphy, and Vasili Kuznetsov. Among people deceased in 1967, Clifton Williams ranks 207. Before him are James Dunn, Gerhard Ritter, Halina Poświatowska, Michael J. Adams, Ernestas Galvanauskas, and Paul Whiteman. After him are Francis Spellman, Mary Garden, Georges Berger, Reginald Punnett, Fridrikh Ermler, and Hans Jacob Nielsen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Clifton Williams ranks 7,588 out of 20,380. Before him are Ottis Toole (1947), Jon McBride (1943), Gilbert Kaplan (1941), Henry Carr (1941), Loren Acton (1936), and Paul Whiteman (1890). After him are John O'Hara (1905), Polly Bergen (1930), Penn Badgley (1986), Chuck Daly (1930), Lola Falana (1942), and Lawrence Gilliard Jr. (1971).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Clifton Williams ranks 97. Before him are James C. Adamson (1946), Karol J. Bobko (1937), Ronald J. Garan Jr. (1961), Michael J. Adams (1930), Jon McBride (1943), and Loren Acton (1936). After him are Mario Runco Jr. (1952), John E. Blaha (1942), Brent W. Jett Jr. (1958), Dale Gardner (1948), Donald H. Peterson (1933), and Bernard A. Harris Jr. (1956).

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