ASTRONAUT

Joan Higginbotham

1964 - Today

Joan Higginbotham

Joan Elizabeth Higginbotham (born August 3, 1964) is an electrical engineer and a former NASA astronaut. She flew aboard Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-116 as a mission specialist and is the third African American woman to go into space, after Mae Jemison and Stephanie Wilson. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Joan Higginbotham is the 548th most popular astronaut (down from 328th in 2024), the 18,178th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,076th in 2019) and the 311th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Joan Higginbotham ranks 548 out of 556. Before her are James Dutton, Alexander Misurkin, Stanley G. Love, Patricia Robertson, Richard Hieb, and Lawrence J. DeLucas. After her are Rayyanah Barnawi, Evgeny Tarelkin, Scott D. Tingle, Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, Jeremy Hansen, and Jack D. Fischer.

Most Popular Astronauts in Wikipedia

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James Dutton
1968 - Present
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 542
Alexander Misurkin
1977 - Present
HPI: 41.34
Rank: 543
Stanley G. Love
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.17
Rank: 544
Patricia Robertson
1963 - 2001
HPI: 41.08
Rank: 545
Richard Hieb
1955 - Present
HPI: 40.88
Rank: 546
Lawrence J. DeLucas
1950 - Present
HPI: 40.87
Rank: 547
Joan Higginbotham
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.74
Rank: 548
Rayyanah Barnawi
1988 - Present
HPI: 40.71
Rank: 549
Evgeny Tarelkin
1974 - Present
HPI: 40.18
Rank: 550
Scott D. Tingle
1965 - Present
HPI: 39.93
Rank: 551
Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger
1975 - Present
HPI: 39.87
Rank: 552
Jeremy Hansen
1976 - Present
HPI: 39.83
Rank: 553
Jack D. Fischer
1974 - Present
HPI: 39.78
Rank: 554

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Joan Higginbotham ranks 1,131. Before her are Ralph Garman, Gretchen Daily, Chris Jacobs, Lydia de Vega, Colin Miller, and Ashutosh Gowariker. After her are Yvonne Murray, Kevin Duckworth, Julian Leow Beng Kim, Paul Gonzales, Neil Eckersley, and Chuck Person.

Others Born in 1964

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Ralph Garman
ACTOR
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.03
Rank: 1,125
Gretchen Daily
BIOLOGIST
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.01
Rank: 1,126
Chris Jacobs
SWIMMER
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.00
Rank: 1,127
Lydia de Vega
ATHLETE
1964 - 2022
HPI: 40.82
Rank: 1,128
Colin Miller
SOCCER PLAYER
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.78
Rank: 1,129
Ashutosh Gowariker
FILM DIRECTOR
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.75
Rank: 1,130
Joan Higginbotham
ASTRONAUT
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.74
Rank: 1,131
Yvonne Murray
ATHLETE
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.66
Rank: 1,132
Kevin Duckworth
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1964 - 2008
HPI: 40.57
Rank: 1,133
Julian Leow Beng Kim
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.52
Rank: 1,134
Paul Gonzales
ATHLETE
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.46
Rank: 1,135
Neil Eckersley
WRESTLER
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.43
Rank: 1,136
Chuck Person
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.43
Rank: 1,137