ASTRONAUT

Michael R. Clifford

1952 - 2021

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Michael Richard Clifford (October 13, 1952 – December 28, 2021) was a United States Army officer and NASA astronaut. Clifford was a Master Army Aviator and logged over 3,400 hours flying in a wide variety of fixed and rotary winged aircraft. He retired from the U.S. Army at the rank of lieutenant colonel. He logged six hours of spacewalk time over three Space Shuttle missions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael R. Clifford is the 359th most popular astronaut (up from 394th in 2019), the 12,797th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,739th in 2019) and the 176th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Michael R. Clifford ranks 359 out of 556. Before him are Jerome Apt, Michael Foale, Mike Melvill, Helen Sharman, Charles L. Veach, and Guy Gardner. After him are Christopher Ferguson, Janet L. Kavandi, Kenneth Cockrell, Gerhard Thiele, Curtis Brown, and Frederick Hauck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Michael R. Clifford ranks 683. Before him are Hughie Thomasson, Ralph Merkle, Leon Wilkeson, Anatoly Baidachny, Angie Sage, and Willington Ortiz. After him are Nora Dunn, Sanny Åslund, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Lisa Eichhorn, Jesús Martínez, and Laraine Newman. Among people deceased in 2021, Michael R. Clifford ranks 656. Before him are Samuel E. Wright, Slide Hampton, Wayne Thiebaud, David Khakhaleishvili, Mo Hayder, and Viktor Shuvalov. After him are Cléber Eduardo Arado, Jane Withers, Toshihiko Koga, Antonio de la Torre, Jacques Zimako, and Shirley Williams.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael R. Clifford ranks 12,801 out of 20,380. Before him are Jodi Picoult (1966), John P. Marquand (1893), Jan Brewer (1944), Marcus Mumford (1987), Nicole Richie (1981), and Kenny Rollins (1923). After him are Frances Tiafoe (1998), Carol Moseley Braun (1947), Sanaa Lathan (1971), Brad Anderson (1964), Angie Everhart (1969), and Klay Thompson (1990).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Michael R. Clifford ranks 176. Before him are Karl Gordon Henize (1926), Scott Kelly (1964), Steven Lindsey (1960), Jerome Apt (1949), Charles L. Veach (1944), and Guy Gardner (1948). After him are Christopher Ferguson (1961), Janet L. Kavandi (1959), Kenneth Cockrell (1950), Curtis Brown (1956), Frederick Hauck (1941), and John-David F. Bartoe (1944).

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