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Gerald Carr

1932 - 2020

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Gerald Paul "Jerry" Carr (August 22, 1932 – August 26, 2020) was an American mechanical and aeronautical engineer, Marine Corps officer, naval aviator, and NASA astronaut. He was commander of Skylab 4, the third and final crewed visit to the Skylab Orbital Workshop, from November 16, 1973, to February 8, 1974. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gerald Carr is the 29th most popular astronaut (up from 191st in 2019), the 1,746th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,241st in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Gerald Carr ranks 29 out of 556. Before him are Anna Lee Fisher, Sigmund Jähn, Harrison Schmitt, Jack Lousma, David M. Brown, and Svetlana Savitskaya. After him are Owen Garriott, William C. McCool, Edgar Mitchell, Andriyan Nikolayev, Jim Lovell, and David Scott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Gerald Carr ranks 90. Before him are Francis Arinze, Dudley R. Herschbach, Jean-Jacques Sempé, Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, Lalo Schifrin, and K. C. Jones. After him are Muhammad Khan Junejo, David Scott, Peter Eisenman, Delphine Seyrig, Petula Clark, and Joseph Zen. Among people deceased in 2020, Gerald Carr ranks 78. Before him are Roger Scruton, Lee Kun-hee, K. C. Jones, Mamadou Tandja, Moussa Traoré, and Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa. After him are Tom Lister Jr., Mirella Freni, Ernesto Cardenal, Pranab Mukherjee, Eddie Van Halen, and Kobe Bryant.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gerald Carr ranks 1,746 out of 20,380. Before him are Archie Hahn (1880), Bernard Herrmann (1911), Richard Farnsworth (1920), Robert Sheckley (1928), Abigail Adams (1744), and Alan Kay (1940). After him are Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897), Iris Apfel (1921), Snoop Dogg (1971), Linda Evans (1942), Dionne Warwick (1940), and Tom Lister Jr. (1958).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Gerald Carr ranks 20. Before him are Dennis Tito (1940), William R. Pogue (1930), Anna Lee Fisher (1949), Harrison Schmitt (1935), Jack Lousma (1936), and David M. Brown (1956). After him are Owen Garriott (1930), William C. McCool (1961), Edgar Mitchell (1930), Jim Lovell (1928), David Scott (1932), and Mark Kelly (1964).

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