Stephen Thorne

January 9, 2024
British Actor

Quick Facts

Stephen Thorne
Full Name Stephen Thorne
Occupation British Actor
Date Of Birth Feb 11, 1953(1953-02-11)
Age 71
Date Of Death 2019-05-26
Birthplace London
Country United Kingdom
Birth City England
Horoscope Aquarius

Stephen Thorne Biography

Name Stephen Thorne
Birthday Feb 11
Birth Year 1953
Place Of Birth London
Home Town England
Birth Country United Kingdom
Birth Sign Aquarius

Stephen Thorne is one of the most popular and richest British actor who was born on February 11, 1953 in London, England, United Kingdom. His birth date was the 11th of February 1953 in Frankfurt, West Germany, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1975. He was an Navy fighter pilot until 1976, when the time he was an instructor pilot in 1981.

Following a denial of an application for NASA Astronaut Group 10, Thorne was chosen to be an astronaut-in-training in June 1985 by NASA in June of 1985. He then, in August, began an one-year training and assessment program that would prepare to be pilot for the future Space Shuttle flights.

He was accepted for NASA astronaut training in June 1985, but died in an airplane accident where he was a passenger on May 24, 1986.

After graduating of the U.S. Naval Academy, Thorne entered the flight program and was awarded his Aviator wings in December of 1976. After his flight training with the F-4 Phantom, he joined Fighter Squadron 21 (VF-21) and was deployed into the Western Pacific aboard the USS Ranger. After his initial training in the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School in 1981, Thorne spent the next two years with Strike Aircraft Test at the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland, flying mostly weapons systems tests on both the F-4 as well as the A-7 Corsair II. Thorne was able to complete F-18 Hornet transition training in October 1984, and then was a part of Strike Fighter Squadron 132 (VFA-132) onboard the USS Coral Sea until departing to join NASA.

Stephen Thorne Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income British actor
House Living in own house.

Stephen Thorne is one of the richest British Actor from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Stephen Thorne 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Stephen Douglas Thorne (February 11 1953 – May 24 June 24, 1996), (Lt Cmdr, USN) was an American naval officer and aviator. He also served as a test pilot and NASA astronaut.

His graduation from T.L. Hanna High School in Anderson, South Carolina, in the year 1971. He was awarded the Bachelor of Science degree in Systems Engineering from the United States Naval Academy in 1975.

Thorne was killed in an aircraft accident of a stunt plane, in which he was a passenger, on May 24, 1986. The stunt plane crashed while performing maneuvers near Santa Fe, Texas, killing Thorne and a NASA engineer. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

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Stephen Ranked on the list of most popular British actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Stephen Thorne celebrates birthday on February 11 of every year.

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