The Most Famous
ASTRONAUTS from Mongolia
This page contains a list of the greatest Mongolian Astronauts. The pantheon dataset contains 556 Astronauts, 1 of which were born in Mongolia. This makes Mongolia the birth place of the 24th most number of Astronauts behind Israel, and Uzbekistan.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Mongolian Astronauts of all time. This list of famous Mongolian Astronauts is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa (b. 1947)
With an HPI of 55.10, Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa is the most famous Mongolian Astronaut. His biography has been translated into 32 different languages on wikipedia.
Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa (Mongolian: Жүгдэрдэмидийн Гүррагчаа; Russian: Жугдэрдэмидийн Гуррагча, [ˈʐuɡdʲɪrdʲɪmʲɪdʲɪjn ˈɡurəktɕə], born 5 December 1947) is a Mongolian cosmonaut and military leader. He was the first Mongolian and second Asian to go into space. He also was Mongolia's Defense Minister from 2000 to 2004.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Mongolian astronauts born between 1947 and 1947. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Mongolian astronauts include Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa.
