ASTRONAUT

Gene Cernan

1934 - 2017

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Eugene Andrew Cernan (; March 14, 1934 – January 16, 2017) was an American astronaut, naval aviator, electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, and fighter pilot. Cernan traveled into space three times and to the Moon twice: as pilot of Gemini 9A in June 1966, as lunar module pilot of Apollo 10 in May 1969, and as commander of Apollo 17 in December 1972, the final Apollo lunar landing. He was also a backup crew member of Gemini 12, Apollo 7, and Apollo 14. During the Apollo 17 mission, he became the 11th person to walk on the Moon as well as the astronaut with the longest time spent walking on the Moon; he is also the last person to walk on the Moon. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gene Cernan is the 6th most popular astronaut (down from 5th in 2019), the 197th most popular biography from United States (down from 181st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Astronaut.

Gene Cernan is most famous for being the last man to walk on the moon.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Gene Cernan ranks 6 out of 556. Before him are Yuri Gagarin, Neil Armstrong, John Glenn, Michael Collins, and Valentina Tereshkova. After him are Pete Conrad, John Young, William Anders, Buzz Aldrin, Ed White, and Vladimir Komarov.

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Among people born in 1934, Gene Cernan ranks 10. Before him are Pratibha Patil, Charles Manson, Leonard Cohen, David J. Thouless, Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, and Albert II of Belgium. After him are Maggie Smith, Richard Chamberlain, Giorgio Armani, Carl Sagan, Leonid Kravchuk, and Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.. Among people deceased in 2017, Gene Cernan ranks 4. Before him are Helmut Kohl, Charles Manson, and Michael I of Romania. After him are Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, Stanislav Petrov, Zygmunt Bauman, Roger Moore, Bill Paxton, Tom Petty, Raymond Kopa, and Jalal Talabani.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gene Cernan ranks 197 out of 20,380. Before him are David Woodard (1964), James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834), John Nance Garner (1868), Tom Hanks (1956), John Jay (1745), and Brad Pitt (1963). After him are Whitney Houston (1963), William James Sidis (1898), Douglas MacArthur (1880), Ed Asner (1929), Herbert Hoover (1874), and Henry Fonda (1905).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Gene Cernan ranks 3. Before him are Neil Armstrong (1930), and John Glenn (1921). After him are Pete Conrad (1930), John Young (1930), Buzz Aldrin (1930), Ed White (1930), Thomas P. Stafford (1930), Ronald Evans (1933), Michael J. Smith (1945), Richard F. Gordon Jr. (1929), and Alan Shepard (1923).

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