The Most Famous
ASTRONAUTS from Uzbekistan
This page contains a list of the greatest Uzbekistani Astronauts. The pantheon dataset contains 556 Astronauts, 2 of which were born in Uzbekistan. This makes Uzbekistan the birth place of the 16th most number of Astronauts behind Latvia, and India.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Uzbekistani Astronauts of all time. This list of famous Uzbekistani Astronauts is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Vladimir Dzhanibekov (b. 1942)
With an HPI of 61.64, Vladimir Dzhanibekov is the most famous Uzbekistani Astronaut. His biography has been translated into 32 different languages on wikipedia.
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Dzhanibekov (Russian: Владимир Александрович Джанибеков, born 13 May 1942) is a retired Soviet Air Force Major General and a cosmonaut veteran of five orbital missions.
2. Salizhan Sharipov (b. 1964)
With an HPI of 54.71, Salizhan Sharipov is the 2nd most famous Uzbekistani Astronaut. His biography has been translated into 32 different languages.
Salizhan Shakirovich Sharipov (born 24 August 1964) is a retired Kyrgyz cosmonaut of Uzbek descent. Sharipov is a co-author and investigator for the Advanced Diagnostic Ultrasound in Microgravity project. He has been to space twice (launched from the U.S. as an astronaut in 1998 and from Russia as a cosmonaut in 2004) and has conducted two space walks. Sharipov retired on 18 July 2008.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Uzbekistani astronauts born between 1942 and 1964. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Uzbekistani astronauts include Vladimir Dzhanibekov, and Salizhan Sharipov. As of April 2024, 2 new Uzbekistani astronauts have been added to Pantheon including Vladimir Dzhanibekov, and Salizhan Sharipov.
