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Léopold Eyharts

1957 - Today

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Léopold "Leo" Eyharts (born 28 April 1957) is a French Brigadier General in the French Air Force, an engineer and ESA astronaut. He has flown to space two times as part of a Mir expedition and an International Space Station expedition. Eyharts was born on 28 April 1957 in Biarritz, Basque Country, France. He graduated as an engineer from the French Air Force Academy of Salon-de-Provence in 1979, and graduated from the École du personnel navigant d'essais et de réception (EPNER) French test pilot school in Istres in 1988. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Léopold Eyharts is the 188th most popular astronaut (down from 168th in 2019), the 4,301st most popular biography from France (down from 4,295th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Léopold Eyharts ranks 188 out of 556. Before him are Donald Pettit, Viktor Savinykh, Vladimir Solovyov, Theodore Freeman, Robert L. Behnken, and Anatoly Levchenko. After him are Anatoly Artsebarsky, William Shepherd, Aleksandr Kaleri, Rick Husband, C. Gordon Fullerton, and Paul Lockhart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Léopold Eyharts ranks 265. Before him are Yuri Shevchuk, Martin Donovan, Evelyn Ashford, Lothaire Bluteau, Joël Bats, and Alim Qasimov. After him are Adrian Edmondson, Walter Schachner, Karen Pence, Seve Ballesteros, Siouxsie Sioux, and Nancy Cartwright.

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In France

Among people born in France, Léopold Eyharts ranks 4,301 out of 6,770. Before him are Romain Duris (1974), Ratramnus (800), Paul Déroulède (1846), Hugo Falcandus (1200), Jean-Augustin Barral (1819), and René Lemoine (1905). After him are Robert Marchand (1911), Eugène Chaboud (1907), Émile Étienne Guimet (1836), Raymond Bernard (1891), Maurice Boitel (1919), and Paul Fritsch (1901).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In France

Among astronauts born in France, Léopold Eyharts ranks 2. Before him are Jean-Loup Chrétien (1938). After him are Claudie Haigneré (1957), Jean-Pierre Haigneré (1948), Jean-François Clervoy (1958), and Thomas Pesquet (1978).

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