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Leonid Popov

1945 - Today

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Leonid Ivanovich Popov (Russian: Леони́д Ива́нович Попо́в, Ukrainian: Леонід Іванович Попо́в; born August 31, 1945) is a former Soviet cosmonaut. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leonid Popov is the 86th most popular astronaut (down from 78th in 2019), the 348th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 373rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Ukrainian Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Leonid Popov ranks 86 out of 556. Before him are Susan Helms, Dick Scobee, Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa, Vladimir Shatalov, Vladimir Aksyonov, and Vyacheslav Zudov. After him are Kalpana Chawla, Aleksei Gubarev, Walter Cunningham, Vladimir Dzhanibekov, Vladimir Lyakhov, and Stuart Roosa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Leonid Popov ranks 220. Before him are Earl Boen, Marianne Sägebrecht, Neophyte of Bulgaria, Dennis Nilsen, Pat Riley, and Don McLean. After him are Curtis Hanson, Douglas Hofstadter, Richard Armitage, Basil Poledouris, Stephen Stills, and Francesca Annis.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Leonid Popov ranks 348 out of 1,365. Before him are Arkady Luxemburg (1939), Vasyl Sukhomlynsky (1918), Aharon Appelfeld (1932), Géza Kalocsay (1913), Igor Volk (1937), and Mikołaj Rej (1505). After him are Stanisław Maczek (1892), Anna Bilińska (1854), Shaul Tchernichovsky (1875), Fedor Emelianenko (1976), Tekla Juniewicz (1906), and Mykhailo Drahomanov (1841).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Ukraine

Among astronauts born in Ukraine, Leonid Popov ranks 5. Before him are Pavel Popovich (1930), Georgy Dobrovolsky (1928), Mirosław Hermaszewski (1941), and Georgy Beregovoy (1921). After him are Vladimir Lyakhov (1941), Valentin Bondarenko (1937), Leonid Kizim (1941), Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov (1948), Georgy Shonin (1935), Vitaly Zholobov (1937), and Leonid Kadeniuk (1951).

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