The Most Famous
ASTRONAUTS from Greece
This page contains a list of the greatest Greek Astronauts. The pantheon dataset contains 556 Astronauts, 1 of which were born in Greece. This makes Greece the birth place of the 50th most number of Astronauts behind Morocco, and Taiwan.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Greek Astronauts of all time. This list of famous Greek Astronauts is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Leland D. Melvin (b. 1964)
With an HPI of 41.55, Leland D. Melvin is the most famous Greek Astronaut. His biography has been translated into 23 different languages on wikipedia.
Leland Devon Melvin (born February 15, 1964) is an American engineer and a retired NASA astronaut. He served on board the Space Shuttle Atlantis as a mission specialist on STS-122, and as mission specialist 1 on STS-129. Melvin was named the NASA Associate Administrator for Education in October 2010. Prior to joining NASA, he was a professional football player.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Greek astronauts born between 1964 and 1964. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Greek astronauts include Leland D. Melvin.