The Most Famous
ASTRONAUTS from Bulgaria
This page contains a list of the greatest Bulgarian Astronauts. The pantheon dataset contains 524 Astronauts, 2 of which were born in Bulgaria. This makes Bulgaria the birth place of the 16th most number of Astronauts behind Latvia and India.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Bulgarian Astronauts of all time. This list of famous Bulgarian Astronauts is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Georgi Ivanov (1940 - )
With an HPI of 53.49, Georgi Ivanov is the most famous Bulgarian Astronaut. His biography has been translated into 28 different languages on wikipedia.
Major general Georgi Ivanov Kakalov (Bulgarian: Георги Иванов Какалов; born July 2, 1940) is a Bulgarian former military officer who was the first Bulgarian cosmonaut. He was a member of the National Assembly of Bulgaria in 1990.
2. Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov (1951 - )
With an HPI of 45.53, Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov is the 2nd most famous Bulgarian Astronaut. His biography has been translated into 27 different languages.
Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov (Bulgarian: Александър Панайотов Александров) (born December 1, 1951) is a retired Bulgarian cosmonaut. He is the second Bulgarian to have flown to space, behind Georgi Ivanov.
Pantheon has 2 people classified as astronauts born between 1940 and 1951. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living astronauts include Georgi Ivanov and Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov.
