The Most Famous
ASTRONAUTS from Israel
This page contains a list of the greatest Israeli Astronauts. The pantheon dataset contains 556 Astronauts, 1 of which were born in Israel. This makes Israel the birth place of the 22nd most number of Astronauts behind Austria, and Australia.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Israeli Astronauts of all time. This list of famous Israeli Astronauts is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Ilan Ramon (1954 - 2003)
With an HPI of 58.57, Ilan Ramon is the most famous Israeli Astronaut. His biography has been translated into 49 different languages on wikipedia.
Ilan Ramon (Hebrew: אילן רמון; pronounced [(ʔ)iˈlan ʁaˈmon], born Ilan Wolfferman (אילן וולפרמן); June 20, 1954 – February 1, 2003) was an Israeli fighter pilot and later the first Israeli astronaut. He served as a Space Shuttle payload specialist on STS-107, the fatal mission of Columbia, in which he and the six other crew members were killed when the spacecraft disintegrated during re-entry. At 48, Ramon was the oldest member of the crew. He is the only foreign recipient of the United States Congressional Space Medal of Honor, which was awarded posthumously.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Israeli astronauts born between 1954 and 1954. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Israeli astronauts include Ilan Ramon.
