ASTRONAUT

Kathryn D. Sullivan

1951 - Today

Photo of Kathryn D. Sullivan

Icon of person Kathryn D. Sullivan

Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan (born October 3, 1951) is an American geologist, oceanographer, and former NASA astronaut and US Navy officer. She was a crew member on three Space Shuttle missions. A graduate of University of California, Santa Cruz, in the United States, and Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada—where she earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in geology in 1978—Sullivan was selected as one of the six women among the 35 astronaut candidate in NASA Astronaut Group 8, the first group to include women. During her training, she became the first woman to be certified to wear a United States Air Force pressure suit, and on July 1, 1979, she set an unofficial sustained American aviation altitude record for women. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kathryn D. Sullivan is the 100th most popular astronaut (down from 95th in 2019), the 3,968th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,772nd in 2019) and the 54th most popular American Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Kathryn D. Sullivan by language

Loading...

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Kathryn D. Sullivan ranks 100 out of 556. Before her are Yuri Artyukhin, Scott Carpenter, Andy Thomas, Valentin Bondarenko, Anatoly Filipchenko, and Konstantin Feoktistov. After her are Donn F. Eisele, Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Yevgeny Khrunov, Douglas G. Hurley, Yang Liwei, and Leonid Kizim.

Most Popular Astronauts in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Kathryn D. Sullivan ranks 180. Before her are Fabrice Luchini, Rajnath Singh, Keb' Mo', Jean Smart, Mary McAleese, and Mihai Ghimpu. After her are Christopher Cross, Mick Mars, Bernardo Atxaga, Jesse Ventura, Emmanuel Sanon, and Martin Brest.

Others Born in 1951

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Kathryn D. Sullivan ranks 3,968 out of 20,380. Before her are Daniel Kirkwood (1814), Cathy O'Donnell (1923), Lassie Lou Ahern (1920), Robert James Waller (1939), James Gordon Bennett Jr. (1841), and Robert Gordon (1947). After her are Dabney Coleman (1932), Ronald Inglehart (1934), Antonia Maury (1866), Christopher Cross (1951), Kamehameha IV (1834), and Mike Markkula (1942).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Kathryn D. Sullivan ranks 54. Before her are Frank L. Culbertson Jr. (1949), Susan Helms (1958), Dick Scobee (1939), Walter Cunningham (1932), Stuart Roosa (1933), and Scott Carpenter (1925). After her are Donn F. Eisele (1930), Douglas G. Hurley (1966), Gregory Jarvis (1944), Deke Slayton (1924), Susan Kilrain (1961), and Nancy J. Currie-Gregg (1958).

American born Astronauts

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous