ASTRONAUT

Buzz Aldrin

1930 - Today

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Buzz Aldrin ( AWL-drin; born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.; January 20, 1930) is an American former astronaut, engineer and fighter pilot. He made three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission, and was the Lunar Module Eagle pilot on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission. He was the second person to walk on the Moon after mission commander Neil Armstrong. Following the deaths of Armstrong in 2012 and pilot Michael Collins in 2021, he is the last surviving Apollo 11 crew member. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Buzz Aldrin is the 10th most popular astronaut (down from 6th in 2019), the 350th most popular biography from United States (down from 211th in 2019) and the 6th most popular American Astronaut.

Buzz Aldrin is most famous for being the second man to walk on the moon.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Buzz Aldrin ranks 10 out of 556. Before him are Michael Collins, Valentina Tereshkova, Gene Cernan, Pete Conrad, John Young, and William Anders. After him are Ed White, Vladimir Komarov, Thomas P. Stafford, Ronald Evans, Michael J. Smith, and Alexei Leonov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Buzz Aldrin ranks 24. Before him are Jean-Luc Godard, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Ray Charles, Baudouin of Belgium, Pete Conrad, and John Young. After him are Ed White, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Tu Youyou, Salvatore Riina, Ion Iliescu, and Frank Lucas.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Buzz Aldrin ranks 350 out of 20,380. Before him are Zachary Taylor (1784), John Howard Northrop (1891), Clinton Davisson (1881), Golden State Killer (1945), Jay Leno (1950), and Allen Dulles (1893). After him are Ernest Lawrence (1901), Maria Branyas (1907), Leonard Bernstein (1918), Quentin Tarantino (1963), John B. Watson (1878), and James A. Garfield (1831).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Buzz Aldrin ranks 6. Before him are Neil Armstrong (1930), John Glenn (1921), Gene Cernan (1934), Pete Conrad (1930), and John Young (1930). After him are Ed White (1930), Thomas P. Stafford (1930), Ronald Evans (1933), Michael J. Smith (1945), Richard F. Gordon Jr. (1929), and Alan Shepard (1923).

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