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Harrison Schmitt

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Harrison Hagan "Jack" Schmitt (born July 3, 1935) is an American geologist, former NASA astronaut, university professor, former U.S. senator from New Mexico. He is the most recent living person—and only person without a background in military aviation—to have walked on the Moon. In December 1972, as a crewmember of Apollo 17, Schmitt became the first member of NASA's first scientist-astronaut group to fly in space. As Apollo 17 was the last of the Apollo missions, he also became the twelfth and second-youngest person to set foot on the Moon and the second-to-last person to step off of the Moon (he boarded the Lunar Module shortly before commander Eugene Cernan). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harrison Schmitt is the 25th most popular astronaut (down from 18th in 2019), the 1,457th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,152nd in 2019) and the 17th most popular American Astronaut.

Harrison Schmitt is most famous for being the twelfth man to walk on the moon.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Harrison Schmitt ranks 25 out of 556. Before him are Gherman Titov, Robert Crippen, Dennis Tito, William R. Pogue, Anna Lee Fisher, and Sigmund Jähn. After him are Jack Lousma, David M. Brown, Svetlana Savitskaya, Gerald Carr, Owen Garriott, and William C. McCool.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Harrison Schmitt ranks 51. Before him are Adnan Khashoggi, Danilo Kiš, Elsa Martinelli, Akira Kitaguchi, Artur Rasizade, and Don Norman. After him are Gnassingbé Eyadéma, Viktor Bryukhanov, Jerry Lee Lewis, Udo Lattek, Abdou Diouf, and Zhelyu Zhelev.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harrison Schmitt ranks 1,457 out of 20,380. Before him are Uma Thurman (1970), Groucho Marx (1890), John Clauser (1942), Mary Ainsworth (1913), Stan Smith (1946), and The Ultimate Warrior (1959). After him are Harry Markowitz (1927), Martin Balsam (1919), Steve Reich (1936), Jack Elam (1920), BD Wong (1960), and Idina Menzel (1971).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Harrison Schmitt ranks 17. Before him are Richard F. Gordon Jr. (1929), Alan Shepard (1923), Robert Crippen (1937), Dennis Tito (1940), William R. Pogue (1930), and Anna Lee Fisher (1949). After him are Jack Lousma (1936), David M. Brown (1956), Gerald Carr (1932), Owen Garriott (1930), William C. McCool (1961), and Edgar Mitchell (1930).

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