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Donald E. Williams

1942 - 2016

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Donald Edward Williams (February 13, 1942 – February 23, 2016) was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, mechanical engineer and NASA astronaut. He logged a total of 287 hours and 35 minutes in space. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Donald E. Williams is the 250th most popular astronaut (up from 295th in 2019), the 8,930th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,103rd in 2019) and the 113th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Donald E. Williams ranks 250 out of 556. Before him are Aleksandr Laveykin, André Kuipers, Hans Schlegel, Thomas Reiter, Story Musgrave, and Takao Doi. After him are Clayton Anderson, Franco Malerba, Joseph P. Allen, Marsha Ivins, Jean-Pierre Haigneré, and Robert A. Parker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Donald E. Williams ranks 556. Before him are Gabriel Núñez, José Luis González Dávila, James Soong, Zoltán Nemere, Wayne Newton, and Aníbal Torres. After him are Edmond Baraffe, Jaime Graça, Aníbal Ruiz, Martin Cruz Smith, Michael Crawford, and Marianna Hill. Among people deceased in 2016, Donald E. Williams ranks 432. Before him are Fernando Cardenal, Rudolf Haag, José Luis Artetxe, David Margulies, Ronit Elkabetz, and Anatoly Roshchin. After him are Jacques Rouffio, Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, Pauline Oliveros, Solomon Marcus, John Urry, and Vince Boryla.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Donald E. Williams ranks 8,932 out of 20,380. Before him are Bruce Bennett (1906), Kevin Richardson (1971), Lane Smith (1936), Jeanna Fine (1964), Lawrence Shields (1895), and Jeanne Ashworth (1938). After him are Seth Green (1974), James Gray (1969), Andrew Stanton (1965), Nancy Walker (1922), Arto Lindsay (1953), and Charisma Carpenter (1970).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Donald E. Williams ranks 113. Before him are Robert S. Kimbrough (1967), Barbara Morgan (1951), James P. Bagian (1952), Jeffrey Williams (1958), Joseph P. Kerwin (1932), and Story Musgrave (1935). After him are Clayton Anderson (1959), Joseph P. Allen (1937), Marsha Ivins (1951), Robert A. Parker (1936), Charles Bassett (1931), and John L. Phillips (1951).

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