ASTRONAUT
Rodolfo Neri Vela
1952 - Today
Rodolfo Neri Vela
Rodolfo Neri Vela (born 19 February 1952) is a Mexican scientist and astronaut who flew aboard a NASA Space Shuttle mission in the year 1985. He is the second Latin American to have traveled to space after Cuban cosmonaut Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rodolfo Neri Vela is the 263rd most popular astronaut (down from 165th in 2019), the 332nd most popular biography from Mexico (down from 224th in 2019) and the most popular Mexican Astronaut.
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Among ASTRONAUTS
Among astronauts, Rodolfo Neri Vela ranks 263 out of 556. Before him are Charles Bassett, Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin, John L. Phillips, William E. Thornton, Jeanette J. Epps, and Ernst Messerschmid. After him are Joe F. Edwards Jr., Vladimir Vasyutin, Jerry L. Ross, Pedro Duque, Eileen Collins, and John Herrington.
Most Popular Astronauts in Wikipedia
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Charles Bassett
1931 - 1966
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 257
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin
1953 - Present
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 258
John L. Phillips
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 259
William E. Thornton
1929 - 2021
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 260
Jeanette J. Epps
1970 - Present
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 261
Ernst Messerschmid
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 262
Rodolfo Neri Vela
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 263
Joe F. Edwards Jr.
1958 - Present
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 264
Vladimir Vasyutin
1952 - 2002
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 265
Jerry L. Ross
1948 - Present
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 266
Pedro Duque
1963 - Present
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 267
Eileen Collins
1956 - Present
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 268
John Herrington
1958 - Present
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 269
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1952, Rodolfo Neri Vela ranks 504. Before him are Nicholas Hooper, Christine Estabrook, Rick Scott, Julie Taymor, Clarke Peters, and Kamla Persad-Bissessar. After him are Margit Schumann, Mohamed Said Fofana, Vladimir Vasyutin, Des Browne, Tim Powers, and Vladimir Nevzorov.
Others Born in 1952
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Nicholas Hooper
COMPOSER
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 498
Christine Estabrook
ACTOR
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 499
Rick Scott
BUSINESSPERSON
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 500
Julie Taymor
FILM DIRECTOR
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 501
Clarke Peters
ACTOR
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 502
Kamla Persad-Bissessar
POLITICIAN
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 503
Rodolfo Neri Vela
ASTRONAUT
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 504
Margit Schumann
ATHLETE
1952 - 2017
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 505
Mohamed Said Fofana
POLITICIAN
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 506
Vladimir Vasyutin
ASTRONAUT
1952 - 2002
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 507
Des Browne
POLITICIAN
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 508
Tim Powers
WRITER
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 509
Vladimir Nevzorov
ATHLETE
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 510
In Mexico
Among people born in Mexico, Rodolfo Neri Vela ranks 332 out of 729. Before him are Salvador Sánchez (1959), Raúl Córdoba (1924), Marco Antonio Rodríguez (1973), Héctor Hernández (1935), Marcelo Ebrard (1959), and Lola Álvarez Bravo (1903). After him are Martín Luis Guzmán (1887), Guillermo Sepúlveda (1934), Gloria Trevi (1968), Sergio Obeso Rivera (1931), Elías Muñoz (1941), and Elvia Carrillo Puerto (1878).
Others born in Mexico
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Salvador Sánchez
BOXER
1959 - 1982
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 326
Raúl Córdoba
SOCCER PLAYER
1924 - 2017
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 327
Marco Antonio Rodríguez
REFEREE
1973 - Present
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 328
Héctor Hernández
SOCCER PLAYER
1935 - 1984
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 329
Marcelo Ebrard
POLITICIAN
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 330
Lola Álvarez Bravo
PHOTOGRAPHER
1903 - 1993
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 331
Rodolfo Neri Vela
ASTRONAUT
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 332
Martín Luis Guzmán
WRITER
1887 - 1976
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 333
Guillermo Sepúlveda
SOCCER PLAYER
1934 - 2021
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 334
Gloria Trevi
ACTOR
1968 - Present
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 335
Sergio Obeso Rivera
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1931 - 2019
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 336
Elías Muñoz
SOCCER PLAYER
1941 - Present
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 337
Elvia Carrillo Puerto
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1878 - 1968
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 338
Among ASTRONAUTS In Mexico
Among astronauts born in Mexico, Rodolfo Neri Vela ranks 1.
