ASTRONAUT

Gherman Titov

1935 - 2000

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Gherman Stepanovich Titov (Russian: Герман Степанович Титов; 11 September 1935 – 20 September 2000) was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut who, on 6 August 1961, became the second human to orbit the Earth, aboard Vostok 2, preceded by Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1. He was the fourth person in space, counting suborbital voyages of US astronauts Alan Shepard and Gus Grissom. A month short of 26 years old at launch, he is the youngest professional astronaut and was the youngest person to fly in space until 2021 when Oliver Daemen flew on Blue Origin NS-16 at the age of 18. Since Daemen flew a suborbital mission, Titov remains the youngest person to fly in Earth orbit. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gherman Titov is the 19th most popular astronaut (down from 11th in 2019), the 228th most popular biography from Russia (down from 210th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Russian Astronaut.

Gherman Titov was the second human in space. He orbited the Earth for twenty-four hours and seventeen minutes. He was also the first person to sleep in space.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Gherman Titov ranks 19 out of 556. Before him are Thomas P. Stafford, Ronald Evans, Michael J. Smith, Alexei Leonov, Richard F. Gordon Jr., and Alan Shepard. After him are Robert Crippen, Dennis Tito, William R. Pogue, Anna Lee Fisher, Sigmund Jähn, and Harrison Schmitt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Gherman Titov ranks 38. Before him are Ei-ichi Negishi, Harvey J. Alter, Mercedes Sosa, Bibi Andersson, Omar Bongo, and Mylène Demongeot. After him are Charles Koch, Sylvia Earle, Jim Peebles, Ryke Geerd Hamer, Giya Kancheli, and Miroslav Blažević. Among people deceased in 2000, Gherman Titov ranks 26. Before him are Stanley Matthews, Vittorio Gassman, Jason Robards, Abulfaz Elchibey, Giovanna of Italy, and Erich Mielke. After him are Walter Matthau, Carl Barks, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Ofra Haza, and Gino Bartali.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Gherman Titov ranks 228 out of 3,761. Before him are Alexei Navalny (1976), Armin Mueller-Stahl (1930), Vitaly Ginzburg (1916), Gustav Bauer (1870), Ferdinand von Wrangel (1797), and The French Angel (1903). After him are Viktor Zubkov (1941), Nikolay Chernyshevsky (1828), Maya Plisetskaya (1925), Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia (1657), Nikolay Basov (1922), and Gennady Zyuganov (1944).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Russia

Among astronauts born in Russia, Gherman Titov ranks 5. Before him are Yuri Gagarin (1934), Valentina Tereshkova (1937), Vladimir Komarov (1927), and Alexei Leonov (1934). After him are Svetlana Savitskaya (1948), Andriyan Nikolayev (1929), Valery Bykovsky (1934), Valeri Polyakov (1942), Sergei Krikalev (1958), Valeri Kubasov (1935), and Vladislav Volkov (1935).

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