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Ronald Evans

1933 - 1990

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Ronald Ellwin Evans Jr. (November 10, 1933 – April 7, 1990) was an American electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, officer and aviator in the United States Navy, and NASA astronaut. As Command Module Pilot on Apollo 17 he was one of the 24 astronauts to fly to the Moon, and one of 12 people to fly to the Moon without landing. Before becoming an astronaut, Evans graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Kansas and joined the U.S. Navy in 1956. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ronald Evans is the 14th most popular astronaut (up from 55th in 2019), the 707th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,685th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Ronald Evans ranks 14 out of 556. Before him are John Young, William Anders, Buzz Aldrin, Ed White, Vladimir Komarov, and Thomas P. Stafford. After him are Michael J. Smith, Alexei Leonov, Richard F. Gordon Jr., Alan Shepard, Gherman Titov, and Robert Crippen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Ronald Evans ranks 33. Before him are Elinor Ostrom, Krzysztof Penderecki, Corazon Aquino, Mako, Richard R. Ernst, and Fouad Mebazaa. After him are Kim Novak, Steven Weinberg, Quincy Jones, Edmund Phelps, Álvaro Siza Vieira, and Robert Curl. Among people deceased in 1990, Ronald Evans ranks 19. Before him are Roald Dahl, Pavel Cherenkov, Sarah Vaughan, Sergei Parajanov, Norbert Elias, and Princess Sophie of Hohenberg. After him are Ilya Frank, John Bowlby, Robert Hofstadter, Patrick White, Lê Đức Thọ, and Miguel Muñoz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ronald Evans ranks 707 out of 20,380. Before him are Leonard Nimoy (1931), Robert Burns Woodward (1917), Paul Flory (1910), Jody Williams (1950), Alice Cooper (1948), and D. B. Cooper (1931). After him are Bryan Cranston (1956), Chester W. Nimitz (1885), Anne Bancroft (1931), Douglas Osheroff (1945), George Smoot (1945), and Donald Davidson (1917).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Ronald Evans ranks 9. Before him are Gene Cernan (1934), Pete Conrad (1930), John Young (1930), Buzz Aldrin (1930), Ed White (1930), and Thomas P. Stafford (1930). After him are Michael J. Smith (1945), Richard F. Gordon Jr. (1929), Alan Shepard (1923), Robert Crippen (1937), Dennis Tito (1940), and William R. Pogue (1930).

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