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Ellison Onizuka

1946 - 1986

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Ellison Shoji Onizuka (Japanese: エリソン・ショージ・オニヅカ, 鬼塚 承次, Hepburn: Onizuka Shōji; June 24, 1946 – January 28, 1986) was an American astronaut, engineer, and U.S. Air Force flight test engineer from Kealakekua, Hawaii, who successfully flew into space with the Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-51-C. He died in the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger, on which he was serving as Mission Specialist for mission STS-51-L. Onizuka was the first Asian American and the first person of Japanese ancestry to reach space. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ellison Onizuka is the 57th most popular astronaut (down from 48th in 2019), the 2,795th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,533rd in 2019) and the 37th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Ellison Onizuka ranks 57 out of 556. Before him are Don L. Lind, Valeri Kubasov, Frank Borman, Vladislav Volkov, Mirosław Hermaszewski, and Gordon Cooper. After him are Wally Schirra, Fred Haise, Viktor Patsayev, Michael P. Anderson, Christa McAuliffe, and Jean-Loup Chrétien.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Ellison Onizuka ranks 197. Before him are Mario Zenari, Ahmed Faras, Mel Martínez, Krister Henriksson, Robert Metcalfe, and Jean-Pierre Jarier. After him are George Young, Harold Shipman, Juan José Omella, Jesualdo Ferreira, Dave Hill, and Diane von Fürstenberg. Among people deceased in 1986, Ellison Onizuka ranks 79. Before him are Leif Erickson, Emilio Fernández, Yaroslav Stetsko, J. Allen Hynek, Omar Ali Saifuddien III, and Jorge Alessandri. After him are André Leroi-Gourhan, Pierre Fournier, Elsa Lanchester, Arthur Grumiaux, Robert Stevenson, and Henri Toivonen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ellison Onizuka ranks 2,795 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard Bassett (1745), Nancy Roman (1925), Robert B. Wilson (1937), Brittany Murphy (1977), Tito Jackson (1953), and Dexter Gordon (1923). After him are Rex Tillerson (1952), Martin Ritt (1914), Elmer Drew Merrill (1876), David Letterman (1947), Cy Young (1867), and Johnny Winter (1944).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Ellison Onizuka ranks 37. Before him are Roger B. Chaffee (1935), Alan Bean (1932), Charles Duke (1935), Don L. Lind (1930), Frank Borman (1928), and Gordon Cooper (1927). After him are Wally Schirra (1923), Fred Haise (1933), Michael P. Anderson (1959), Christa McAuliffe (1948), Sunita Williams (1965), and Bruce McCandless II (1937).

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