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Richard F. Gordon Jr.

1929 - 2017

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Richard Francis "Dick" Gordon Jr. (October 5, 1929 – November 6, 2017) was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, and a football executive. He was one of 24 people to have flown to the Moon, as command module pilot of the Apollo 12 mission, which orbited the Moon 45 times. Gordon had already flown in space as the pilot of the 1966 Gemini 11 mission. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard F. Gordon Jr. is the 17th most popular astronaut (up from 62nd in 2019), the 880th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,918th in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Richard F. Gordon Jr. ranks 17 out of 556. Before him are Ed White, Vladimir Komarov, Thomas P. Stafford, Ronald Evans, Michael J. Smith, and Alexei Leonov. After him are Alan Shepard, Gherman Titov, Robert Crippen, Dennis Tito, William R. Pogue, and Anna Lee Fisher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Richard F. Gordon Jr. ranks 44. Before him are Fernanda Montenegro, Murray Gell-Mann, John Turner, Zdzisław Beksiński, Hebe Camargo, and Lennart Meri. After him are Eric Kandel, Frano Selak, Graham Hill, Karolos Papoulias, Mohamed Al-Fayed, and Chet Baker. Among people deceased in 2017, Richard F. Gordon Jr. ranks 37. Before him are Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Mário Soares, Simone Veil, Slobodan Praljak, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, and Liu Xiaobo. After him are Mauno Koivisto, Tzvetan Todorov, Louise Hay, Liliane Bettencourt, Emmanuelle Riva, and Powers Boothe.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard F. Gordon Jr. ranks 880 out of 20,380. Before him are Jill Biden (1951), J. D. Tippit (1924), Robert Kardashian (1944), Richard F. Heck (1931), Charles Bolden (1946), and Paul Simon (1941). After him are Richard Meier (1934), Robert R. Livingston (1746), Herbert Spencer Gasser (1888), Don Johnson (1949), William Standish Knowles (1917), and Frances E. Allen (1932).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Richard F. Gordon Jr. ranks 11. Before him are John Young (1930), Buzz Aldrin (1930), Ed White (1930), Thomas P. Stafford (1930), Ronald Evans (1933), and Michael J. Smith (1945). After him are Alan Shepard (1923), Robert Crippen (1937), Dennis Tito (1940), William R. Pogue (1930), Anna Lee Fisher (1949), and Harrison Schmitt (1935).

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