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Loren Acton

1936 - Today

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Loren Wilber Acton (born 7 March 1936) is an American physicist who flew on Space Shuttle mission STS-51-F as a Payload Specialist for the Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory. He is also the father of Cheryll Glotfelty, a leading ecocritic. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Loren Acton is the 211th most popular astronaut (up from 233rd in 2019), the 7,585th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,117th in 2019) and the 96th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Loren Acton ranks 211 out of 556. Before him are Karol J. Bobko, Ronald J. Garan Jr., Koichi Wakata, Michael J. Adams, Gennady Sarafanov, and Jon McBride. After him are Clifton Williams, Valery Korzun, Liu Yang, Claudie Haigneré, Mamoru Mohri, and Mario Runco Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Loren Acton ranks 391. Before him are John Shalikashvili, Revaz Gabriadze, Stephen E. Ambrose, Georg Sterzinsky, Darlene Hard, and Manuel Alegre. After him are Marin Sorescu, Brenda Jones, László Szabó, Larry Cohen, Dieter Krause, and Mary Travers.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Loren Acton ranks 7,587 out of 20,380. Before him are Emma Smith (1804), Kristen Cloke (1968), Ottis Toole (1947), Jon McBride (1943), Gilbert Kaplan (1941), and Henry Carr (1941). After him are Paul Whiteman (1890), Clifton Williams (1932), John O'Hara (1905), Polly Bergen (1930), Penn Badgley (1986), and Chuck Daly (1930).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Loren Acton ranks 96. Before him are Laurel Clark (1961), James C. Adamson (1946), Karol J. Bobko (1937), Ronald J. Garan Jr. (1961), Michael J. Adams (1930), and Jon McBride (1943). After him are Clifton Williams (1932), Mario Runco Jr. (1952), John E. Blaha (1942), Brent W. Jett Jr. (1958), Dale Gardner (1948), and Donald H. Peterson (1933).

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