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James McDivitt

1929 - 2022

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James Alton McDivitt Jr. (June 10, 1929 – October 13, 2022) was an American test pilot, United States Air Force (USAF) pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut in the Gemini and Apollo programs. He joined the USAF in 1951 and flew 145 combat missions in the Korean War. In 1959, after graduating first in his class with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Michigan through the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) program, he qualified as a test pilot at the Air Force Experimental Flight Test Pilot School (Class 59C) and Aerospace Research Pilot School (Class I), and joined the Manned Spacecraft Operations Branch. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James McDivitt is the 129th most popular astronaut (down from 85th in 2019), the 4,846th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,413th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, James McDivitt ranks 129 out of 556. Before him are Mary Ellen Weber, Georgy Shonin, Aleksandr Ivanchenkov, Dirk Frimout, Talgat Musabayev, and Valery Rozhdestvensky. After him are Aleksandr Serebrov, Valery Ryumin, Boris Yegorov, Musa Manarov, Alfred Worden, and Peggy Whitson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, James McDivitt ranks 251. Before him are Lolita Torres, Rutka Laskier, Karin Lindberg, Ulla Jacobsson, Hong Song-nam, and Toshiko Akiyoshi. After him are Yves Lacoste, Paek Nam-sun, Terry Sawchuk, Hugues Aufray, Paavo Berglund, and Gérard de Villiers. Among people deceased in 2022, James McDivitt ranks 226. Before him are Borys Romanchenko, Gregory Itzin, Karol Divín, Maximilian, Margrave of Baden, Earnie Shavers, and Éder Jofre. After him are Mino De Rossi, Ciriaco De Mita, Franciszek Pieczka, Ivanka Khristova, Valery Ryumin, and Ian McDonald.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James McDivitt ranks 4,846 out of 20,380. Before him are Frank Wigglesworth Clarke (1847), Wanda Jackson (1937), Isadore Singer (1924), Gary Burton (1943), Beverly Aadland (1942), and Ellie Kemper (1980). After him are R. J. Palacio (1963), Sarah Childress Polk (1803), Larry Semon (1889), Sean Astin (1971), Marvin Hamlisch (1944), and Peter Benchley (1940).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, James McDivitt ranks 62. Before him are Douglas G. Hurley (1966), Gregory Jarvis (1944), Deke Slayton (1924), Susan Kilrain (1961), Nancy J. Currie-Gregg (1958), and Mary Ellen Weber (1962). After him are Alfred Worden (1932), Peggy Whitson (1960), Christina Koch (1979), Vance D. Brand (1931), Sidney M. Gutierrez (1951), and Rusty Schweickart (1935).

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