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Julie Payette

1963 - Today

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Julie Payette (French pronunciation: [ʒyli pajɛt]; born October 20, 1963) is a Canadian engineer, scientist and former astronaut who served as the 29th governor general of Canada from 2017 to 2021. Payette holds engineering degrees from McGill University and the University of Toronto. She worked as a research scientist before joining the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) in 1992 as a member of the Canadian Astronaut Corps. She completed two spaceflights, STS-96 and STS-127, and has logged more than 25 days in space. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Julie Payette is the 14,049th most popular politician (up from 14,694th in 2019), the 343rd most popular biography from Canada (up from 372nd in 2019) and the 36th most popular Canadian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Julie Payette ranks 14,049 out of 19,576. Before her are Stefanos Dragoumis, Alexandros Koumoundouros, Kikkia, Vima Takto, Tang Jiaxuan, and Liu He. After her are Azzeddine Laraki, Gillis Bildt, Sankhenre Sewadjtu, Ariarathes IX of Cappadocia, Jane Pierce, and Andrei Kozyrev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Julie Payette ranks 230. Before her are Thomas Bo Larsen, Richard Marx, Jiang Wen, Andrei Tchmil, Ziad Tlemçani, and Mark Wright. After her are James LaBrie, Élisabeth Baume-Schneider, Noodles, Vladimir Mashkov, Alex Kingston, and Jerome Flynn.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Julie Payette ranks 343 out of 1,622. Before her are Sunny Leone (1981), Gordon R. Dickson (1923), Susan Clark (1943), Louise Penny (1958), Gaëtan Dugas (1952), and Pom Klementieff (1986). After her are Georges St-Pierre (1981), James LaBrie (1963), Michael Ignatieff (1947), Arthur Meighen (1874), John McCrae (1872), and Kevin Owens (1984).

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Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, Julie Payette ranks 36. Before her are John T. Dunlap (1957), John Abbott (1821), John Diefenbaker (1895), Patricia Jones (1930), Marc Garneau (1949), and Robert Borden (1854). After her are Michael Ignatieff (1947), Arthur Meighen (1874), Ted Cruz (1970), Brock Chisholm (1896), R. B. Bennett (1870), and Myrtle Cook (1902).

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