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Jack Swigert

1931 - 1982

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John Leonard Swigert Jr. (August 30, 1931 – December 27, 1982) was an American NASA astronaut, test pilot, mechanical engineer, aerospace engineer, United States Air Force pilot, and politician. In April 1970, as command module pilot of Apollo 13, he became one of 24 astronauts who flew to the Moon. Due to the "slingshot" route around the Moon they chose to safely return to Earth, the Apollo 13 astronauts flew farther away from Earth than any other astronauts before or since, though they had to abort the Moon landing. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Swigert is the 88th most popular engineer (down from 83rd in 2019), the 2,400th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,831st in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Engineer.

Jack Swigert was an astronaut who flew on the Apollo 13 mission. He was the one who famously said "Houston, we have a problem" when the crew found out that an oxygen tank had exploded.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Jack Swigert ranks 88 out of 389Before him are Kurt Tank, Henri Farman, Henry Royce, Immanuel Nobel, Harry Nyquist, and Nicola Romeo. After him are Charles Rolls, Vannevar Bush, Patrick Head, Karl von Terzaghi, Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt, and Robert Stephenson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Jack Swigert ranks 107Before him are Stig Anderson, Luís Cabral, Tomi Ungerer, Caroline Graham, Nikolai Chernykh, and Guido de Marco. After him are Ted Kotcheff, Alfred Schmidt, Pascal Lissouba, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Ryuzo Hiraki, and Ignatius Zakka I Iwas. Among people deceased in 1982, Jack Swigert ranks 81Before him are Leonid Kogan, Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, Anna German, Otto Hofmann, Leopold Trepper, and Roberto Calvi. After him are King Vidor, Ville Ritola, Fazlur Rahman Khan, Wifredo Lam, Jean Girault, and Pavel Alexandrov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack Swigert ranks 2,400 out of 20,380Before him are David Ellefson (1964), Elizabeth George (1949), Samantha Fox (1950), Robert Wilson (1941), Karl Guthe Jansky (1905), and Don L. Lind (1930). After him are King Vidor (1894), Mark Felt (1913), Roy Raymond (1947), Husband E. Kimmel (1882), Gia Carangi (1960), and Common (1972).

Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Jack Swigert ranks 8Before him are Jack Kilby (1923), Leslie Groves (1896), Howard H. Aiken (1900), Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr. (1868), Henry Gantt (1861), and Jack Parsons (1914). After him are Vannevar Bush (1890), Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (1892), Jimmy Doolittle (1896), J. Walter Christie (1865), Kelly Johnson (1910), and Joseph Strauss (1870).