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Roger B. Chaffee

1935 - 1967

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Roger Bruce Chaffee (; February 15, 1935 – January 27, 1967) was an American naval officer, aviator and aeronautical engineer who was a NASA astronaut in the Apollo program. Chaffee was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he became an Eagle Scout. He graduated from Central High School in 1953, and accepted a Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) scholarship. He began his college education at Illinois Institute of Technology, where he was involved in the fraternity Phi Kappa Sigma. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roger B. Chaffee is the 44th most popular astronaut (down from 28th in 2019), the 2,119th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,583rd in 2019) and the 31st most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Roger B. Chaffee ranks 44 out of 556. Before him are Pavel Popovich, Valery Bykovsky, Gus Grissom, Ilan Ramon, James Irwin, and Henry Hartsfield. After him are Shannon Lucid, Georgy Dobrovolsky, Alan Bean, Valeri Polyakov, Sergei Krikalev, and Charles Duke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Roger B. Chaffee ranks 82. Before him are Bent Larsen, Lee Remick, Giovanni Lajolo, António Ramalho Eanes, Toni Sailer, and Sonny Bono. After him are Maj Sjöwall, Ken Kesey, Jack Kemp, Floyd Patterson, Samak Sundaravej, and Dinkha IV. Among people deceased in 1967, Roger B. Chaffee ranks 74. Before him are Tamara Bunke, Julius Schaub, Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia, Géza Lakatos, Günther Blumentritt, and Marcel Aymé. After him are Primo Carnera, Osvaldo Moles, Stanisław Sosabowski, Forough Farrokhzad, Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and Paul Muni.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roger B. Chaffee ranks 2,119 out of 20,380. Before him are Theodore Lyman IV (1874), Bernard Baruch (1870), Adam Driver (1983), W. Eugene Smith (1918), Diane Lane (1965), and Jack Jones (1938). After him are Sheldon Adelson (1933), Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954), George Floyd (1973), Greg Bell (1930), Walter Chrysler (1875), and Martin Kove (1946).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Roger B. Chaffee ranks 31. Before him are David Scott (1932), Mark Kelly (1964), Margaret Rhea Seddon (1947), Gus Grissom (1926), James Irwin (1930), and Henry Hartsfield (1933). After him are Alan Bean (1932), Charles Duke (1935), Don L. Lind (1930), Frank Borman (1928), Gordon Cooper (1927), and Ellison Onizuka (1946).

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