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Dafydd Williams

1954 - Today

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Dafydd "David" Rhys Williams (born May 16, 1954) is a Canadian physician, public speaker, author and retired CSA astronaut. Williams was a mission specialist on two Space Shuttle missions. His first spaceflight, STS-90 in 1998, was a 16-day mission aboard Space Shuttle Columbia dedicated to neuroscience research. His second flight, STS-118 in August 2007, was flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour to the International Space Station. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dafydd Williams is the 450th most popular astronaut (up from 473rd in 2019), the 917th most popular biography from Canada (up from 961st in 2019) and the 5th most popular Canadian Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Dafydd Williams ranks 450 out of 556. Before him are Richard Mastracchio, Charles O. Hobaugh, Daniel M. Tani, Steven Hawley, Andrei Borisenko, and Daniel C. Burbank. After him are Matthias Maurer, Andrew J. Feustel, Oleg Novitsky, Kjell N. Lindgren, Mark C. Lee, and Donald R. McMonagle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Dafydd Williams ranks 709. Before him are Silvia Chivás, Jerry Moran, Ken Olin, Alvan Adams, Gale Norton, and Abida Parveen. After him are Mark Linn-Baker, Moon Moon Sen, Mitch Kupchak, Greg Ginn, Phil Bryant, and Mudashiru Lawal.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Dafydd Williams ranks 918 out of 1,622. Before him are Emily St. John Mandel (1979), Rachel Blanchard (1976), Aaron Brown (1992), Luke Macfarlane (1980), Mélanie Joly (1979), and John Kapelos (1956). After him are Will Sasso (1975), Gina Holden (1975), Mavis Gallant (1922), Shroud (1994), François-Philippe Champagne (1970), and Luguentz Dort (1999).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Canada

Among astronauts born in Canada, Dafydd Williams ranks 5. Before him are Steve MacLean (1954), Roberta Bondar (1945), Chris Hadfield (1959), and Robert Thirsk (1953). After him are Gregory Chamitoff (1962), David Saint-Jacques (1970), and Jeremy Hansen (1976).

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