ASTRONAUT

Boris Yegorov

1937 - 1994

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Boris Borisovich Yegorov (Russian: Бори́с Бори́сович Его́ров, November 26, 1937 – September 12, 1994) was a Soviet physician and cosmonaut who became the first medical doctor to travel to space. He was born in Moscow, Soviet Union (now Russia) and received his medical degree from the Moscow Medical Institute in 1961. Yegorov earned his doctorate in medicine, with his specialization being in disorders of the sense of balance. Yegorov was selected as a member of the multi-disciplinary team that flew on Voskhod 1. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Boris Yegorov is the 132nd most popular astronaut (down from 124th in 2019), the 1,194th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,343rd in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Russian Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Boris Yegorov ranks 132 out of 556. Before him are Dirk Frimout, Talgat Musabayev, Valery Rozhdestvensky, James McDivitt, Aleksandr Serebrov, and Valery Ryumin. After him are Musa Manarov, Alfred Worden, Peggy Whitson, Christina Koch, Franklin Chang Díaz, and Boris Volynov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Boris Yegorov ranks 250. Before him are Cheng Yen, Wanda Jackson, Ron Clarke, Ingrid Pitt, Aslan Usoyan, and Vlatko Marković. After him are Klim Churyumov, Márta Rudas, Charlie Haden, Raymundo Damasceno Assis, José Augusto, and Giacomo Rizzolatti. Among people deceased in 1994, Boris Yegorov ranks 170. Before him are Zail Singh, Nick Cravat, Rolf Singer, Cyprien Ntaryamira, Oldřich Černík, and Paul Grimault. After him are Givi Chokheli, Igor Chislenko, Helen Stephens, John Osborne, Gary Kildall, and Lew Hoad.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Boris Yegorov ranks 1,194 out of 3,761. Before him are Valery Voronin (1939), Valery Ryumin (1939), Alexander Sumarokov (1717), Dmitry Lelyushenko (1901), Alexander Lodygin (1847), and August von Werder (1808). After him are Nikita Simonyan (1926), Sergei Korsakoff (1854), Mikhail Petrashevsky (1821), Evgraf Fedorov (1853), Nadezhda Durova (1783), and Dmitry Milyutin (1816).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Russia

Among astronauts born in Russia, Boris Yegorov ranks 32. Before him are Gennady Padalka (1958), Nikolay Rukavishnikov (1932), Aleksandr Ivanchenkov (1940), Valery Rozhdestvensky (1939), Aleksandr Serebrov (1944), and Valery Ryumin (1939). After him are Boris Volynov (1934), Tatyana Kuznetsova (1941), Georgy Grechko (1931), Aleksei Yeliseyev (1934), Gennadi Strekalov (1940), and Pavel Vinogradov (1953).

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