ASTRONAUT

Jean-Loup Chrétien

1938 - Today

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Jean-Loup Jacques Marie Chrétien (born 20 August 1938) is a French retired Général de Brigade (brigadier general) in the Armée de l'Air (French air force), and a former CNES spationaut. He flew on two Franco-Soviet space missions and a NASA Space Shuttle mission. Chrétien was the first Frenchman and the first western European in space. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Loup Chrétien is the 63rd most popular astronaut (down from 60th in 2019), the 2,328th most popular biography from France (up from 2,571st in 2019) and the most popular French Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Jean-Loup Chrétien ranks 63 out of 556Before him are Ellison Onizuka, Wally Schirra, Fred Haise, Viktor Patsayev, Michael P. Anderson, and Christa McAuliffe. After him are Sunita Williams, Bruce McCandless II, Claude Nicollier, Toyohiro Akiyama, Barry E. Wilmore, and Georgy Beregovoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Jean-Loup Chrétien ranks 158Before him are Bill Withers, David Baltimore, Vasyl Stus, Patrick Bauchau, Violetta Villas, and Anne Perry. After him are Derviş Eroğlu, Paul Martin, Vakhtang Kikabidze, Jaswant Singh, Benjamin Mkapa, and Jan Assmann.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Loup Chrétien ranks 2,328 out of 6,770Before him are Bernadette Chirac (1933), André Glucksmann (1937), Maria of Navarre (1326), Aristide Bruant (1851), Alexandre Desplat (1961), and Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686). After him are Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (1960), Eremburga of Maine (1096), Jacques Lemercier (1585), Jacques Deray (1929), Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (1725), and Quatremère de Quincy (1755).

Among ASTRONAUTS In France

Among astronauts born in France, Jean-Loup Chrétien ranks 1After him are Léopold Eyharts (1957), Claudie Haigneré (1957), Jean-Pierre Haigneré (1948), Jean-François Clervoy (1958), and Thomas Pesquet (1978).