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Neil Armstrong

1930 - 2012

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Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who, as the commander of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, became the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot and university professor. Armstrong was born and raised near Wapakoneta, Ohio. He entered Purdue University, studying aeronautical engineering, with the United States Navy paying his tuition under the Holloway Plan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Neil Armstrong is the 2nd most popular astronaut, the 33rd most popular biography from United States (down from 29th in 2019) and the most popular American Astronaut.

Neil Armstrong is most famous for being the first person to walk on the moon.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Neil Armstrong ranks 2 out of 556. Before him are Yuri Gagarin. After him are John Glenn, Michael Collins, Valentina Tereshkova, Gene Cernan, Pete Conrad, John Young, William Anders, Buzz Aldrin, Ed White, and Vladimir Komarov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Neil Armstrong ranks 3. Before him are Clint Eastwood, and Hafez al-Assad. After him are Richard Harris, Warren Buffett, George Soros, Michael Collins, Sean Connery, Gene Hackman, Helmut Kohl, Anton LaVey, and Jacques Derrida. Among people deceased in 2012, Neil Armstrong ranks 1. After him are Wisława Szymborska, Oscar Niemeyer, Whitney Houston, Norodom Sihanouk, Ray Bradbury, F. Sherwood Rowland, Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., I. K. Gujral, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Joseph Murray, and Yitzhak Shamir.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Neil Armstrong ranks 33 out of 20,380. Before him are Ronald Reagan (1911), Bruce Lee (1940), Eleanor Roosevelt (1884), George Washington (1732), John F. Kennedy (1917), and Joe Biden (1942). After him are Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882), Benjamin Franklin (1706), John Forbes Nash Jr. (1928), Cher (1946), Madonna (1958), and Pocahontas (1595).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Neil Armstrong ranks 1. After him are John Glenn (1921), Gene Cernan (1934), Pete Conrad (1930), John Young (1930), Buzz Aldrin (1930), Ed White (1930), Thomas P. Stafford (1930), Ronald Evans (1933), Michael J. Smith (1945), Richard F. Gordon Jr. (1929), and Alan Shepard (1923).

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