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Anousheh Ansari

1966 - Today

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Anousheh Ansari (Persian: انوشه انصاری; née Raissyan; born September 12, 1966) is an Iranian-American engineer, space tourist, and entrepreneur. She is the co-founder and chairwoman of Prodea Systems, and her previous business accomplishments include serving as co-founder and chief executive officer of Telecom Technologies, Inc. On September 18, 2006, a few days after her 40th birthday, she became the first Iranian person to be in outer space. Ansari was the fourth overall self-funded space tourist and the first self-funded woman to fly to the International Space Station. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anousheh Ansari is the 227th most popular engineer (up from 241st in 2019), the 323rd most popular biography from Iran (up from 345th in 2019) and the most popular Iranian Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Anousheh Ansari ranks 227 out of 389. Before her are Gene Kranz, Mikhail Koshkin, Robert Mallet, James B. Francis, Johann Georg Halske, and Eugène Belgrand. After her are Seymour Cray, Johannes Winkler, Georgy Beriev, Benoît Fourneyron, Enrico Forlanini, and Béla Barényi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Anousheh Ansari ranks 138. Before her are Freddy Rincón, Lena Philipsson, Thomas Doll, Michael Imperioli, Roberto Sensini, and Tatjana Patitz. After her are Alexander Khalifman, Kaoru Kakinami, Glenn Youngkin, Kiko, Princess Akishino, Abel Balbo, and Cheb Mami.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Anousheh Ansari ranks 323 out of 631. Before her are Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari (1906), Suleiman II of Persia (1714), Kushyar Gilani (971), Mohsen Rezaee (1954), Navvab Safavi (1924), and Alenush Terian (1921). After her are Sadeq Khan Zand (1800), Luarsab II of Kartli (1592), Ivan Galamian (1903), Mirza Kuchik Khan (1880), Ariobarzanes of Persis (-368), and Abdolkarim Soroush (1945).

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Among ENGINEERS In Iran

Among engineers born in Iran, Anousheh Ansari ranks 1. 

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