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Tim Peake

1972 - Today

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Major Timothy Nigel Peake (born 7 April 1972) is a retired British European Space Agency astronaut, Army Air Corps officer and author. He is the first British ESA astronaut, the second astronaut to bear a flag of the United Kingdom patch (following Helen Sharman), the sixth person born in the United Kingdom to go on board the International Space Station, and the seventh UK-born person in space. He began the ESA's intensive astronaut basic training course in September 2009 and graduated on 22 November 2010. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tim Peake is the 221st most popular astronaut (up from 544th in 2019), the 4,123rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 7,438th in 2019) and the most popular British Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Tim Peake ranks 221 out of 556. Before him are Claudie Haigneré, Mamoru Mohri, Mario Runco Jr., John E. Blaha, Brent W. Jett Jr., and Dale Gardner. After him are Donald H. Peterson, Bernard A. Harris Jr., Mary L. Cleave, Taylor Wang, Frank De Winne, and Salizhan Sharipov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Tim Peake ranks 198. Before him are Sergei Magnitsky, Viorel Moldovan, Mario Stanić, Maria Mutola, Paula Hawkins, and Giovanni Silva de Oliveira. After him are Goran Vlaović, Leslie Mann, Hera Björk, Wilson Kipketer, Leonor Varela, and Kiko Loureiro.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tim Peake ranks 4,124 out of 8,785. Before him are L. S. Lowry (1887), Paul Kossoff (1950), Ajahn Brahm (1951), Neil Aspinall (1941), Matt Monro (1930), and Duncan Jones (1971). After him are Polly Walker (1966), Oliver Sykes (1986), Lloyd Hildebrand (1870), Jim Sturgess (1978), Liz Smith (1921), and Natalia Tena (1984).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United Kingdom

Among astronauts born in United Kingdom, Tim Peake ranks 1. After him are Piers Sellers (1955), Michael Foale (1957), Helen Sharman (1963), Gregory H. Johnson (1962), and Nicholas Patrick (1964).

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