1959 - Today
Abdul Ahad Momand (Pashto: عبدالاحد مومند; born 1959) is an Afghan-German and former Afghan Air Force aviator who became the first, and currently only, Afghan citizen to journey to outer space. When he spoke to his mother on the phone from space, Pashto became the fourth language to be officially spoken in space.He became one of Soyuz TM-6 crew members and spent nine days aboard the Mir space station in 1988 as an Intercosmos research cosmonaut. He holds many records as an Afghan Astronaut. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abdul Ahad Mohmand has received more than 217,999 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Abdul Ahad Mohmand is the 82nd most popular astronaut (up from 132nd in 2019), the 76th most popular biography from Afghanistan and the most popular Afghan Astronaut.
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Among astronauts, Abdul Ahad Mohmand ranks 82 out of 524. Before him are Konstantin Feoktistov, Yury Romanenko, Georgy Grechko, Leonid Popov, Deke Slayton, and Claude Nicollier. After him are Leonid Kizim, Scott Carpenter, Yuri Artyukhin, Anatoly Berezovoy, Pyotr Klimuk, and Stuart Roosa.
1926 - 2009
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 76
1944 - Present
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 77
1931 - 2017
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 78
1945 - Present
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 79
1924 - 1993
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 80
1944 - Present
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 81
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 82
1941 - 2010
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 83
1925 - 2013
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 84
1930 - 1998
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 85
1942 - 2014
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 86
1942 - Present
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 87
1933 - 1994
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 88
Among people born in 1959, Abdul Ahad Mohmand ranks 109. Before him are Alessandro Nannini, Stephen Harper, David Shore, Byung-Chul Han, Jon Fosse, and John Magufuli. After him are R. A. Salvatore, Helmuth Duckadam, Mark Williams, Peter Mensah, Vazgen Sargsyan, and James Wong.
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 103
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 104
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 105
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 106
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 107
1959 - 2021
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 108
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 109
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 110
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 111
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 112
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 113
1959 - 1999
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 114
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 115
Among people born in Afghanistan, Abdul Ahad Mohmand ranks 76 out of 145. Before him are Ashraf Hotak (1700), Mohammad Yaqub Khan (1849), Ahmad Zahir (1946), Mirwais Hotak (1673), Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji (1101), and Afghan Girl (1972). After him are Zalmay Khalilzad (1951), Al-Sijzi (945), Wazir Akbar Khan (1816), Heliocles I (-200), Demetrius I of Bactria (-300), and Rabia Balkhi (1000).
1700 - 1730
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 70
1849 - 1923
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 71
1946 - 1979
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 72
1673 - 1715
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 73
1101 - 1206
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 74
1972 - Present
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 75
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 76
1951 - Present
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 77
945 - 1020
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 78
1816 - 1845
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 79
200 BC - 200 BC
HPI: 51.73
Rank: 80
300 BC - 180 BC
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 81
1000 - Present
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 82
Among astronauts born in Afghanistan, Abdul Ahad Mohmand ranks 1.