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Lodewijk van den Berg

1932 - 2022

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Lodewijk van den Berg (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈloːdəʋɛik fɑn də(m) ˈbɛr(ə)x]; March 24, 1932 – October 16, 2022) was a Dutch-born American chemical engineer. He studied crystal growth and flew on a 1985 Space Shuttle Challenger mission as a payload specialist. Van den Berg was born in the Netherlands and was an astronaut; he was a naturalized American and not a Dutch citizen when he flew on the Challenger. He was married and had two children. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lodewijk van den Berg is the 177th most popular astronaut (down from 174th in 2019), the 673rd most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 748th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Dutch Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Lodewijk van den Berg ranks 177 out of 556. Before him are Ronald McNair, Anatoly Solovyev, Yi So-yeon, Edward Gibson, Boris Morukov, and Valentina Ponomaryova. After him are Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov, Roy D. Bridges Jr., Christer Fuglesang, William H. Dana, Donald Pettit, and Viktor Savinykh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Lodewijk van den Berg ranks 311. Before him are Ugo Mifsud Bonnici, István Kausz, Geoff Bent, Donald Byrd, Edward Hardwicke, and Maria Itkina. After him are Arif Mardin, Udupi Ramachandra Rao, Angelo Vanzin, Guðbergur Bergsson, Chiquito de la Calzada, and Francisco Umbral. Among people deceased in 2022, Lodewijk van den Berg ranks 337. Before him are John Steiner, Zhang Jie, Fernando Chalana, Stien Kaiser, Martin Bangemann, and Anton Tkáč. After him are Yoshishige Yoshida, Lidiya Alfeyeva, Herman Daly, Yelizaveta Dementyeva, Keto Losaberidze, and Michel Subor.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Lodewijk van den Berg ranks 673 out of 1,646. Before him are Simeon ten Holt (1923), Jan van de Cappelle (1624), Stien Kaiser (1938), Leonardus Nardus (1868), Hans Ooft (1947), and C. George Boeree (1952). After him are Jacobus Golius (1596), Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands (1966), Bep van Klaveren (1907), Gerrit Voorting (1923), Richard Krajicek (1971), and Estella Agsteribbe (1909).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Netherlands

Among astronauts born in Netherlands, Lodewijk van den Berg ranks 2. Before him are Wubbo Ockels (1946). After him are André Kuipers (1958).

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