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George Nelson

1950 - Today

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George Driver "Pinky" Nelson (born July 13, 1950) is an American physicist, astronomer, science educator, and retired NASA astronaut. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). George Nelson is the 372nd most popular astronaut (down from 344th in 2024), the 13,307th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,593rd in 2019) and the 185th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, George Nelson ranks 372 out of 556. Before him are John-David F. Bartoe, Jean-François Clervoy, Andreas Mogensen, Roman Romanenko, Frederick D. Gregory, and James Buchli. After him are Byron K. Lichtenberg, Liu Wang, Maurizio Cheli, Aleksandr Skvortsov, Aleksey Ovchinin, and Stephen Robinson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, George Nelson ranks 686. Before him are Russell Carpenter, John Boozman, Joanna Gleason, Pertti Ukkola, Branko Babić, and Anna Tibaijuka. After him are Jaime Villegas, Raffaele Lombardo, Phil Dent, Alex Callinicos, Tony Wilson, and Andrew Puzder.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Nelson ranks 13,305 out of 20,380. After him are Amelia Boynton Robinson (1911), Tex Beneke (1914), Ryan Garcia (1998), Michelle Thomas (1968), Merritt Giffin (1887), Olympia Snowe (1947), Alison Krauss (1971), Horatio Greenough (1805), Joycelyn Elders (1933), Byron K. Lichtenberg (1948), Jayma Mays (1979), and Shane Mosley (1971).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, George Nelson ranks 185. Before him are Kenneth Cockrell (1950), Curtis Brown (1956), Frederick Hauck (1941), John-David F. Bartoe (1944), Frederick D. Gregory (1941), and James Buchli (1945). After him are Byron K. Lichtenberg (1948), Stephen Robinson (1955), James S. Voss (1949), Jan Davis (1953), Robert J. Cenker (1948), and Ed Lu (1963).

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