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William B. Lenoir

1939 - 2010

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William Benjamin Lenoir (March 14, 1939 – August 26, 2010) was an American electrical engineer and NASA astronaut. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William B. Lenoir is the 230th most popular astronaut (up from 279th in 2019), the 8,431st most popular biography from United States (up from 10,477th in 2019) and the 106th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, William B. Lenoir ranks 230 out of 556. Before him are Mary L. Cleave, Taylor Wang, Frank De Winne, Salizhan Sharipov, Reinhard Furrer, and John Casper. After him are Yelena Kondakova, Piers Sellers, Robert S. Kimbrough, Ivan Bella, Sergei Avdeyev, and Barbara Morgan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, William B. Lenoir ranks 464. Before him are Mike Farrell, Gérard Hausser, Joseph Bonnel, Ivan Vutsov, John Pilger, and Stuart Kauffman. After him are Per Ahlmark, Marlena Shaw, Henning Christophersen, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, Daniel Viglietti, and Tom Hayden. Among people deceased in 2010, William B. Lenoir ranks 328. Before him are David Brown, Kathryn Grayson, Jorge González, Roy Ward Baker, Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir, and Giovanni Pettenella. After him are Joseph Serge Miot, John Wooden, Walter Rudin, Pentti Linnosvuo, Edoardo Sanguineti, and Avi Cohen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William B. Lenoir ranks 8,433 out of 20,380. Before him are Louis Kuehn (1901), Richard Marcinko (1940), Frank O'Hara (1926), Hector Dyer (1910), Margaret Woodrow Wilson (1886), and Kay Sage (1898). After him are John L. Hennessy (1952), Tommy Noonan (1921), Richard S. Ewell (1817), Lana Clarkson (1962), Michael D. Coe (1929), and Theda Skocpol (1947).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, William B. Lenoir ranks 106. Before him are Brent W. Jett Jr. (1958), Dale Gardner (1948), Donald H. Peterson (1933), Bernard A. Harris Jr. (1956), Mary L. Cleave (1947), and John Casper (1943). After him are Robert S. Kimbrough (1967), Barbara Morgan (1951), James P. Bagian (1952), Jeffrey Williams (1958), Joseph P. Kerwin (1932), and Story Musgrave (1935).

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