The Most Famous
ASTRONAUTS from Mongolia
This page contains a list of the greatest Mongolian Astronauts. The pantheon dataset contains 524 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 (1947 - )
With an HPI of 54.27, Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa is the most famous Mongolian Astronaut. His biography has been translated into 28 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.
Pantheon has 1 people classified as astronauts born between 1947 and 1947. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living astronauts include Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa.
