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David M. Walker

1944 - 2001

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David Mathieson Walker (May 20, 1944 – April 23, 2001), (Capt, USN), was an American naval officer and aviator, fighter pilot, test pilot, and a former NASA astronaut. He flew aboard four Space Shuttle missions in the 1980s and 1990s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David M. Walker is the 293rd most popular astronaut (up from 298th in 2019), the 10,376th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,346th in 2019) and the 138th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, David M. Walker ranks 293 out of 556. Before him are Pamela Melroy, Vasily Tsibliyev, Gennadi Manakov, Klaus-Dietrich Flade, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, and James M. Kelly. After him are Eugene H. Trinh, Soichi Noguchi, Nie Haisheng, José M. Hernández, Roberto Vittori, and Aleksandr Lazutkin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, David M. Walker ranks 635. Before him are Lynn Harrell, James H. Clark, Pedro María Zabalza, Earl Monroe, Chris Hillman, and Henri Weber. After him are Magdaleno Mercado, Mario Tullio Montano, Anthea Stewart, Nicolas Chumachenco, Mike Enzi, and Liesel Westermann. Among people deceased in 2001, David M. Walker ranks 307. Before him are Jennifer Syme, Anthony Shaffer, Kira Ivanova, Jale İnan, Mohammad Rabbani, and Aleksandr Volodin. After him are Marita Petersen, Ann Sothern, Henry Jonsson, Mike Mansfield, Arthur Geoffrey Walker, and Tony Miles.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David M. Walker ranks 10,378 out of 20,380. Before him are Narada Michael Walden (1952), Robert Burks (1909), Billy Eckstine (1914), Dean Kamen (1951), Matt Sydal (1983), and Mike Godwin (1956). After him are Aaron Neville (1941), Ron Livingston (1967), Jenny Slate (1982), Chace Crawford (1985), DeHart Hubbard (1903), and Robert Lighthizer (1947).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, David M. Walker ranks 138. Before him are Steven R. Nagel (1946), Brewster H. Shaw (1945), Norman Thagard (1943), Pamela Melroy (1961), Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper (1963), and James M. Kelly (1964). After him are José M. Hernández (1962), Ellen Ochoa (1958), Janice E. Voss (1956), S. David Griggs (1939), John M. Lounge (1946), and Millie Hughes-Fulford (1945).

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