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Thomas Reiter

1958 - Today

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Thomas Arthur Reiter (born 23 May 1958 in Frankfurt, West Germany) is a retired European astronaut and is a Brigadier General in the German Air Force currently working as ESA Interagency Coordinator and Advisor to the Director General at the European Space Agency (ESA). He was one of the top 25 astronauts in terms of total time in space. With his wife and two sons he lives near Oldenburg in Lower Saxony. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Reiter is the 247th most popular astronaut (down from 153rd in 2019), the 5,078th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,159th in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Thomas Reiter ranks 247 out of 556. Before him are Jeffrey Williams, Samantha Cristoforetti, Joseph P. Kerwin, Aleksandr Laveykin, André Kuipers, and Hans Schlegel. After him are Story Musgrave, Takao Doi, Donald E. Williams, Clayton Anderson, Franco Malerba, and Joseph P. Allen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Thomas Reiter ranks 331. Before him are Jeffrey Williams, Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo, Jean-Max Bellerive, Tomatito, Marc Randolph, and André Kuipers. After him are Lisa Loring, Radu Mihăileanu, James C. Collins, Peter Altmaier, Grigol Vashadze, and Grigory Rodchenkov.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Thomas Reiter ranks 5,081 out of 7,253. Before him are Rudolf Haag (1922), Gunhild Hoffmeister (1944), Björn Engholm (1939), Halil Altıntop (1982), Fredric Wertham (1895), and Hans Schlegel (1951). After him are Irmtraud Morgner (1933), Wolfgang Seguin (1945), Hans Eichel (1941), Paul Falk (1921), Max Hainle (1882), and Timo Boll (1981).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Germany

Among astronauts born in Germany, Thomas Reiter ranks 4. Before him are Sigmund Jähn (1937), Ulf Merbold (1941), and Hans Schlegel (1951). After him are Ernst Messerschmid (1945), Jean-Jacques Favier (1949), Klaus-Dietrich Flade (1952), Ulrich Walter (1954), Reinhold Ewald (1956), Gerhard Thiele (1953), Alexander Gerst (1976), and Matthias Maurer (1970).

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