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Dumitru Prunariu

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Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu (Romanian pronunciation: [duˈmitru doˈrin pruˈnarju] ; born 27 September 1952) is a Romanian cosmonaut. He flew in space aboard Soyuz 40 spacecraft and Salyut 6 space laboratory. He teamed with the Soviet cosmonaut Leonid Popov. The backup crew was made of Romanian candidate cosmonaut Dumitru Dediu and Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Romanenko. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dumitru Prunariu is the 150th most popular astronaut (down from 136th in 2019), the 284th most popular biography from Romania (up from 292nd in 2019) and the most popular Romanian Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Dumitru Prunariu ranks 150 out of 556. Before him are Rakesh Sharma, Joseph A. Walker, Joe Engle, Aleksei Yeliseyev, Mae Jemison, and Charles E. Brady Jr.. After him are Georgi Ivanov, Gennadi Strekalov, Vitaly Zholobov, Pavel Vinogradov, Karen Nyberg, and Lev Dyomin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Dumitru Prunariu ranks 273. Before him are Gabriele Oriali, Robledo Puch, Delroy Lindo, John Lurie, Clayton Christensen, and Bora Đorđević. After him are Klaus Teuber, Udo Voigt, Abdalá Bucaram, Hilary Mantel, Henry Selick, and Miyuki Nakajima.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Dumitru Prunariu ranks 284 out of 844. Before him are Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino (1832), Corneliu Vadim Tudor (1949), Calistrat Cuțov (1948), Patriarch Miron of Romania (1868), Ludovic Orban (1963), and Constantin von Economo (1876). After him are Lascăr Catargiu (1823), Victor Pițurcă (1956), Hermann Kusmanek von Burgneustädten (1860), Nichita Stănescu (1933), Alexandru Marghiloman (1854), and Florence Baker (1841).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Romania

Among astronauts born in Romania, Dumitru Prunariu ranks 1. 

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