ASTRONAUT

Muhammed Faris

1951 - 2024

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Muhammed Ahmed Faris (Arabic: محمد أحمد فارس, Muḥammad ʾAḥmad Fāris; 26 May 1951 – 19 April 2024) was a Syrian military aviator and astronaut. He was the first Syrian and the second Arab in space. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Muhammed Faris is the 77th most popular astronaut (up from 122nd in 2019), the 121st most popular biography from Syria (up from 135th in 2019) and the most popular Syrian Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Muhammed Faris ranks 77 out of 556. Before him are Sally Ride, Toktar Aubakirov, Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, Ken Mattingly, Viktor Gorbatko, and Frank L. Culbertson Jr.. After him are Pavel Belyayev, Anatoly Berezovoy, Susan Helms, Dick Scobee, Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa, and Vladimir Shatalov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Muhammed Faris ranks 150. Before him are Salih Muslim, Choei Sato, Bill Viola, Sally Ride, Walter de Silva, and Dee Dee Ramone. After him are Ubol Ratana, Tommy Bolin, Geir Haarde, Viviane Reding, Doug Collins, and Ondrej Nepela. Among people deceased in 2024, Muhammed Faris ranks 165. Before him are Bill Cobbs, Mohamed Osman Jawari, Bill Viola, Robert Badinter, John Ashton, and James Herbert Brennan. After him are Selim Hoss, Şerif Gören, Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark, Helena Rojo, Klaus Wolfermann, and John Amos.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Muhammed Faris ranks 121 out of 210. Before him are Tiridates II of Parthia (-100), Walid Muallem (1941), Salih Muslim (1951), Mithridates I Callinicus (-200), Ignatius Moses I Daoud (1930), and Gaius Julius Priscus (250). After him are Michael Ansara (1922), Sabah Fakhri (1933), Sami al-Hinnawi (1898), Ben-Hadad I (-1000), Ali Abdullah Ayyoub (1952), and Muhammad Mustafa Mero (1941).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Syria

Among astronauts born in Syria, Muhammed Faris ranks 1. 

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