ASTRONAUT

Dirk Frimout

1941 - Today

Dirk Frimout

Dirk Dries David Damiaan, Viscount Frimout (born 21 March 1941 in Poperinge, Belgium) is a Belgian astrophysicist for the European Space Agency. He flew aboard NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-45 as a payload specialist, making him the first Belgian in space. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dirk Frimout is the 126th most popular astronaut (down from 101st in 2019), the 476th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 437th in 2019) and the most popular Belgian Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Dirk Frimout ranks 126 out of 556. Before him are Ulf Merbold, Bertalan Farkas, Nancy J. Currie-Gregg, Mary Ellen Weber, Georgy Shonin, and Aleksandr Ivanchenkov. After him are Talgat Musabayev, Valery Rozhdestvensky, James McDivitt, Aleksandr Serebrov, Valery Ryumin, and Boris Yegorov.

Most Popular Astronauts in Wikipedia

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Ulf Merbold
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 120
Bertalan Farkas
1949 - Present
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 121
Nancy J. Currie-Gregg
1958 - Present
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 122
Mary Ellen Weber
1962 - Present
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 123
Georgy Shonin
1935 - 1997
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 124
Aleksandr Ivanchenkov
1940 - Present
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 125
Dirk Frimout
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 126
Talgat Musabayev
1951 - Present
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 127
Valery Rozhdestvensky
1939 - 2011
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 128
James McDivitt
1929 - 2022
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 129
Aleksandr Serebrov
1944 - 2013
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 130
Valery Ryumin
1939 - 2022
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 131
Boris Yegorov
1937 - 1994
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 132

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Dirk Frimout ranks 279. Before him are Robert D. Putnam, Mike Love, Airto Moreira, Wu Bangguo, Dragoljub Ojdanić, and Andrea de Adamich. After him are Ignazio Giunti, Barbara Frischmuth, Gorden Kaye, Richie Havens, David Lewis, and Daniel Schmid.

Others Born in 1941

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Robert D. Putnam
POLITICAL SCIENTIST
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 273
Mike Love
SINGER
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 274
Airto Moreira
MUSICIAN
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 275
Wu Bangguo
POLITICIAN
1941 - 2024
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 276
Dragoljub Ojdanić
POLITICIAN
1941 - 2020
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 277
Andrea de Adamich
RACING DRIVER
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 278
Dirk Frimout
ASTRONAUT
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 279
Ignazio Giunti
RACING DRIVER
1941 - 1971
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 280
Barbara Frischmuth
WRITER
1941 - 2025
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 281
Gorden Kaye
ACTOR
1941 - 2017
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 282
Richie Havens
MUSICIAN
1941 - 2013
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 283
David Lewis
PHILOSOPHER
1941 - 2001
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 284
Daniel Schmid
FILM DIRECTOR
1941 - 2006
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 285