ASTRONAUT

Georgi Ivanov

1940 - Today

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Major general Georgi Ivanov Kakalov (Bulgarian: Георги Иванов Какалов; born July 2, 1940) is a Bulgarian former military officer who was the first Bulgarian cosmonaut. He was a member of the National Assembly of Bulgaria in 1990. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georgi Ivanov is the 151st most popular astronaut (down from 77th in 2019), the 152nd most popular biography from Bulgaria (down from 111th in 2019) and the most popular Bulgarian Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Georgi Ivanov ranks 151 out of 556. Before him are Joseph A. Walker, Joe Engle, Aleksei Yeliseyev, Mae Jemison, Charles E. Brady Jr., and Dumitru Prunariu. After him are Gennadi Strekalov, Vitaly Zholobov, Pavel Vinogradov, Karen Nyberg, Lev Dyomin, and Mike Massimino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Georgi Ivanov ranks 281. Before him are Imre Komora, Bruce Beresford, Mario Zanin, Tony Allen, Margit Carstensen, and Luis María Echeberría. After him are Mark White, Manuel Ojeda, Billy Hart, Gennadi Strekalov, Barry Corbin, and Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Georgi Ivanov ranks 152 out of 415. Before him are Georgi Sava Rakovski (1821), Elin Pelin (1877), Ivan Dimitrov (1935), Georgi Lozanov (1926), Nikolai Denkov (1962), and Petko Slaveykov (1827). After him are Teres I (-470), Nikola Ivanov (1861), Blaga Dimitrova (1922), Angel Wagenstein (1922), Nikola Vaptsarov (1909), and Teodor Teodorov (1859).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Bulgaria

Among astronauts born in Bulgaria, Georgi Ivanov ranks 1. After him are Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov (1951).

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