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Marc Garneau

1949 - 2025

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Joseph Jean-Pierre Marc Garneau (French pronunciation: [maʁk ɡaʁno]; February 23, 1949 – June 4, 2025) was a Canadian Armed Forces officer, astronaut and politician. Garneau served as a naval officer before being selected as an astronaut as part of the 1983 NRC Group. He became the first Canadian in space on October 5, 1984, and flew on three Space Shuttle missions. From 2001 to 2005, Garneau was president of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2024). Marc Garneau is the 13,519th most popular politician (up from 16,095th in 2024), the 321st most popular biography from Canada (up from 514th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Canadian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Marc Garneau ranks 13,519 out of 19,576. Before him are Herbert IV, Count of Vermandois, Jorge Montt, Olene Walker, Titus Lucretius Tricipitinus, Philip Simonsson, and Paweł Adamowicz. After him are Alex Salmond, Meresankh II, Pierre Aubert, Wasashatta, Jagdeep Dhankhar, and Christiane Taubira.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Marc Garneau ranks 361. Before him are Rodrigo Rato, Garry Shandling, Kalevi Aho, Alan White, Sandy Martin, and Ádám Fischer. After him are Eddie Hart, Arno, Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria, Moto Hagio, Véronique Sanson, and Israel Finkelstein. Among people deceased in 2025, Marc Garneau ranks 280. Before him are Yaroslav Yevdokimov, Barbie Hsu, Baldur Preiml, Émilie Dequenne, Bernardo Ruiz, and Thelma Hopkins. After him are Bill Atkinson, Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak, Cristóbal Ortega, Edoardo Menichelli, Jorge Costa, and Djamel Menad.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Marc Garneau ranks 321 out of 1,622. Before him are Ann Rutherford (1917), Jason Priestley (1969), Anne Hébert (1916), Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (1661), George Hodgson (1893), and John Draper (1943). After him are Cobie Smulders (1982), David Shore (1959), John Vernon (1932), Carlyle S. Beals (1899), Robert Joy (1951), and Kate Nelligan (1950).

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Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, Marc Garneau ranks 34. Before him are Louis St. Laurent (1882), Terry Sawchuk (1929), John T. Dunlap (1957), John Abbott (1821), John Diefenbaker (1895), and Patricia Jones (1930). After him are Robert Borden (1854), Julie Payette (1963), Michael Ignatieff (1947), Arthur Meighen (1874), Ted Cruz (1970), and Brock Chisholm (1896).

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