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David M. Brown

1956 - 2003

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David McDowell Brown (April 16, 1956 – February 1, 2003) was a United States Navy captain and NASA astronaut. He died on his first spaceflight, when the Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-107) disintegrated during orbital reentry into the Earth's atmosphere. Brown became an astronaut in 1996 but had not served on a space mission prior to the Columbia disaster. He was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David M. Brown is the 27th most popular astronaut (up from 218th in 2019), the 1,472nd most popular biography from United States (up from 8,423rd in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, David M. Brown ranks 27 out of 556. Before him are Dennis Tito, William R. Pogue, Anna Lee Fisher, Sigmund Jähn, Harrison Schmitt, and Jack Lousma. After him are Svetlana Savitskaya, Gerald Carr, Owen Garriott, William C. McCool, Edgar Mitchell, and Andriyan Nikolayev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, David M. Brown ranks 40. Before him are William Fichtner, Steve Harris, William J. Burns, Leslie Cheung, Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, and Gina Haspel. After him are Kim Cattrall, Eric Roberts, Ravi Shankar, Zbigniew Boniek, Danny Boyle, and Joe Satriani. Among people deceased in 2003, David M. Brown ranks 47. Before him are Alberto Sordi, Celia Cruz, Horst Buchholz, Leslie Cheung, Waichiro Omura, and Jack Elam. After him are David Dacko, Roberto Bolaño, Eizo Yuguchi, Franco Corelli, Monique Wittig, and Tadao Horie.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David M. Brown ranks 1,472 out of 20,380. Before him are George C. Scott (1927), Carl Lewis (1961), George Strait (1952), Jack Lousma (1936), Brian Dennehy (1938), and Floyd Mayweather Jr. (1977). After him are Robert Wise (1914), Billy West (1952), Brooke Shields (1965), Éamon de Valera (1882), Kyle MacLachlan (1959), and Davy Crockett (1786).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, David M. Brown ranks 19. Before him are Robert Crippen (1937), Dennis Tito (1940), William R. Pogue (1930), Anna Lee Fisher (1949), Harrison Schmitt (1935), and Jack Lousma (1936). After him are Gerald Carr (1932), Owen Garriott (1930), William C. McCool (1961), Edgar Mitchell (1930), Jim Lovell (1928), and David Scott (1932).

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