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Chris Hadfield

1959 - Today

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Chris Austin Hadfield (born August 29, 1959) is a Canadian retired astronaut, engineer, fighter pilot, musician, and writer. As the first Canadian to perform extravehicular activity in outer space, he has flown two Space Shuttle missions and also served as commander of the International Space Station (ISS). Prior to his career as an astronaut, he served in the Canadian Armed Forces for 25 years as an Air Command fighter pilot. Hadfield has cited part of his career inspiration to have come to him as a child, when he watched the first crewed Moon landing by American spaceflight Apollo 11 on television. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Chris Hadfield is the 310th most popular astronaut (down from 242nd in 2019), the 673rd most popular biography from Canada (down from 529th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Canadian Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Chris Hadfield ranks 310 out of 556. Before him are Janice E. Voss, S. David Griggs, John M. Lounge, Millie Hughes-Fulford, Nicole Aunapu Mann, and Bryan D. O'Connor. After him are Mikhail Kornienko, Richard O. Covey, John M. Fabian, Thomas Akers, Satoshi Furukawa, and Jeffrey A. Hoffman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Chris Hadfield ranks 479. Before him are Zabou Breitman, Laila Robins, David Beauchard, Said Seyam, Tomomi Inada, and Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst. After him are Angelo Scuri, Sergey Gotsmanov, Gerard Plessers, Cherif Mohamed Aly Aidara, Lorella Stefanelli, and Per-Mathias Høgmo.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Chris Hadfield ranks 673 out of 1,622. Before him are Barbara Hannigan (1971), Herb Drury (1896), George Campbell (1878), Stephen Amell (1981), Gordon Pinsent (1930), and Christy Chung (1970). After him are Alexander Ludwig (1992), Steve Yzerman (1965), Sidney Crosby (1987), Rob Pike (1956), Teryl Rothery (1962), and Lance Stroll (1998).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Canada

Among astronauts born in Canada, Chris Hadfield ranks 3. Before him are Steve MacLean (1954), and Roberta Bondar (1945). After him are Robert Thirsk (1953), Dafydd Williams (1954), Gregory Chamitoff (1962), David Saint-Jacques (1970), and Jeremy Hansen (1976).

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