ASTRONAUT

Alexei Leonov

1934 - 2019

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Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov (30 May 1934 – 11 October 2019) was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut and aviator, Air Force major general, writer, and artist. On 18 March 1965, he became the first person to conduct a spacewalk, exiting the capsule during the Voskhod 2 mission for 12 minutes and 9 seconds. He was also selected to be the first Soviet person to land on the Moon although the project was cancelled. In July 1975, Leonov commanded the Soyuz capsule in the Apollo–Soyuz mission, which docked in space for two days with an American Apollo capsule. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexei Leonov is the 16th most popular astronaut (down from 9th in 2019), the 205th most popular biography from Russia (down from 171st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Russian Astronaut.

Alexei Leonov is most famous for being the first human to conduct a spacewalk.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Alexei Leonov ranks 16 out of 556. Before him are Buzz Aldrin, Ed White, Vladimir Komarov, Thomas P. Stafford, Ronald Evans, and Michael J. Smith. After him are Richard F. Gordon Jr., Alan Shepard, Gherman Titov, Robert Crippen, Dennis Tito, and William R. Pogue.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Alexei Leonov ranks 41. Before him are Kenny Baker, Jacques Anquetil, Larisa Latynina, Paul Cohen, Empress Michiko, and Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. After him are Bengt I. Samuelsson, Richard Meier, Georges Moustaki, Louise Fletcher, Bill Bixby, and Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler. Among people deceased in 2019, Alexei Leonov ranks 32. Before him are Marie Fredriksson, Bert Hellinger, Murray Gell-Mann, João Gilberto, Mariss Jansons, and Immanuel Wallerstein. After him are Anna Karina, Demetris Christofias, Michel Legrand, David Koch, Bibi Andersson, and Gordon Banks.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexei Leonov ranks 205 out of 3,761. Before him are Vasily II of Moscow (1415), Nicholas Roerich (1874), Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia (1875), Pyotr Kapitsa (1894), Leonid Hurwicz (1917), and Grigori Perelman (1966). After him are Vladimir Propp (1895), Alexej von Jawlensky (1864), Mikhail Suslov (1902), Leonid Kantorovich (1912), Aleksandr Ulyanov (1866), and Alexander Friedmann (1888).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Russia

Among astronauts born in Russia, Alexei Leonov ranks 4. Before him are Yuri Gagarin (1934), Valentina Tereshkova (1937), and Vladimir Komarov (1927). After him are Gherman Titov (1935), Svetlana Savitskaya (1948), Andriyan Nikolayev (1929), Valery Bykovsky (1934), Valeri Polyakov (1942), Sergei Krikalev (1958), Valeri Kubasov (1935), and Vladislav Volkov (1935).

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