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Jan Davis

1953 - Today

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Nancy Jan Davis (née Smotherman; born November 1, 1953) is a former American astronaut. A veteran of three space flights, Davis logged over 673 hours in space. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 28 in 2024). Jan Davis is the 381st most popular astronaut (down from 248th in 2024), the 13,468th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,556th in 2019) and the 189th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Jan Davis ranks 381 out of 556. Before her are Maurizio Cheli, Aleksandr Skvortsov, Aleksey Ovchinin, Stephen Robinson, Thomas Pesquet, and James S. Voss. After her are Robert J. Cenker, Ed Lu, Nicole Stott, Kathryn P. Hire, Linda M. Godwin, and Wang Yaping.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Jan Davis ranks 617. Before her are Chen Danqing, Jimmy McCulloch, Yang Jung-mo, Ralf Rothmann, Suleiman Nyambui, and Antonio Guzmán. After her are Janusz Wójcik, Géza Szőcs, Lynn Whitfield, Nikolay Bazhukov, Guido Kratschmer, and Krzysztof Krauze.

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Jan Davis ranks 189. Before her are Frederick D. Gregory (1941), James Buchli (1945), George Nelson (1950), Byron K. Lichtenberg (1948), Stephen Robinson (1955), and James S. Voss (1949). After her are Robert J. Cenker (1948), Ed Lu (1963), Nicole Stott (1962), Kathryn P. Hire (1959), Linda M. Godwin (1952), and Eric Boe (1964).

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