ASTRONAUT

Ilan Ramon

1954 - 2003

Ilan Ramon

Ilan Ramon (Hebrew: אילן רמון; pronounced [(ʔ)iˈlan ʁaˈmon], born Ilan Wolfferman (אילן וולפרמן); June 20, 1954 – February 1, 2003) was an Israeli fighter pilot and later the first Israeli astronaut. He served as a Space Shuttle payload specialist on STS-107, the fatal mission of Columbia, in which he and the six other crew members were killed when the spacecraft disintegrated during re-entry. At 48, Ramon was the oldest member of the crew. He is the only foreign recipient of the United States Congressional Space Medal of Honor, which was awarded posthumously. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ilan Ramon is the 41st most popular astronaut (down from 34th in 2019), the 131st most popular biography from Israel (up from 149th in 2019) and the most popular Israeli Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Ilan Ramon ranks 41 out of 556. Before him are David Scott, Mark Kelly, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Pavel Popovich, Valery Bykovsky, and Gus Grissom. After him are James Irwin, Henry Hartsfield, Roger B. Chaffee, Shannon Lucid, Georgy Dobrovolsky, and Alan Bean.

Most Popular Astronauts in Wikipedia

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David Scott
1932 - Present
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 35
Mark Kelly
1964 - Present
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 36
Margaret Rhea Seddon
1947 - Present
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 37
Pavel Popovich
1930 - 2009
HPI: 66.31
Rank: 38
Valery Bykovsky
1934 - 2019
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 39
Gus Grissom
1926 - 1967
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 40
Ilan Ramon
1954 - 2003
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 41
James Irwin
1930 - 1991
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 42
Henry Hartsfield
1933 - 2014
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 43
Roger B. Chaffee
1935 - 1967
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 44
Shannon Lucid
1943 - Present
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 45
Georgy Dobrovolsky
1928 - 1971
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 46
Alan Bean
1932 - 2018
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 47

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Ilan Ramon ranks 73. Before him are Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Michael Dudikoff, Yanni, Michael Moore, Abdul Rashid Dostum, and Uli Stielike. After him are David Keith, Jane Campion, Prince Ernst August of Hanover, James Pickens Jr., Lee Child, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Among people deceased in 2003, Ilan Ramon ranks 65. Before him are André Claveau, June Carter Cash, László Papp, Edgar F. Codd, Valentin Pavlov, and Anna Lindh. After him are Isao Iwabuchi, Annemarie Schimmel, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Georg Henrik von Wright, Robert Atkins, and Elem Klimov.

Others Born in 1954

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Marvelous Marvin Hagler
BOXER
1954 - 2021
HPI: 65.96
Rank: 67
Michael Dudikoff
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1954 - Present
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 68
Yanni
MUSICIAN
1954 - Present
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 69
Michael Moore
FILM DIRECTOR
1954 - Present
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 70
Abdul Rashid Dostum
POLITICIAN
1954 - Present
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 71
Uli Stielike
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1954 - Present
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 72
Ilan Ramon
ASTRONAUT
1954 - 2003
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 73
David Keith
ACTOR
1954 - Present
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 74
Jane Campion
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1954 - Present
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 75
Prince Ernst August of Hanover
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1954 - Present
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 76
James Pickens Jr.
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1954 - Present
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 77
Lee Child
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1954 - Present
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 78
Stevie Ray Vaughan
MUSICIAN
1954 - 1990
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 79