ASTRONAUT
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin
1953 - Today
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin (Russian: Александр Николаевич Баландин; born July 30, 1953) is a Russian cosmonaut. He is married with two children. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin has received more than 23,629 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin is the 243rd most popular astronaut (up from 252nd in 2019), the 2,277th most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,083rd in 2019) and the 58th most popular Russian Astronaut.
Memorability Metrics
24k
Page Views (PV)
51.84
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
23
Languages Editions (L)
5.79
Effective Languages (L*)
2.56
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among ASTRONAUTS
Among astronauts, Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin ranks 243 out of 556. Before him are Jean-Pierre Haigneré, Jean-Jacques Favier, Soichi Noguchi, Akihiko Hoshide, Bjarni Tryggvason, and Chris Hadfield. After him are Millie Hughes-Fulford, Samuel T. Durrance, Andreas Mogensen, Daniel Brandenstein, Jan Davis, and Aleksandr Poleshchuk.
Most Popular Astronauts in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsJean-Pierre Haigneré
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 237
Jean-Jacques Favier
1949 - 2023
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 238
Soichi Noguchi
1965 - Present
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 239
Akihiko Hoshide
1968 - Present
HPI: 51.92
Rank: 240
Bjarni Tryggvason
1945 - 2022
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 241
Chris Hadfield
1959 - Present
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 242
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin
1953 - Present
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 243
Millie Hughes-Fulford
1945 - 2021
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 244
Samuel T. Durrance
1943 - 2023
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 245
Andreas Mogensen
1976 - Present
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 246
Daniel Brandenstein
1943 - Present
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 247
Jan Davis
1953 - Present
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 248
Aleksandr Poleshchuk
1953 - Present
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 249
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1953, Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin ranks 438. Before him are Nikolai Budarin, Paweł Janas, Vera Komisova, Geoffrey Oryema, Hasse Borg, and Vlastimil Petržela. After him are Nadezhda Olizarenko, Dimitris Avramopoulos, Caspar Memering, Matthias Platzeck, Don Dokken, and Larry Miller.
Others Born in 1953
Go to all RankingsNikolai Budarin
ASTRONAUT
1953 - Present
HPI: 51.98
Rank: 432
Paweł Janas
COACH
1953 - Present
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 433
Vera Komisova
ATHLETE
1953 - Present
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 434
Geoffrey Oryema
SINGER
1953 - 2018
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 435
Hasse Borg
SOCCER PLAYER
1953 - Present
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 436
Vlastimil Petržela
SOCCER PLAYER
1953 - Present
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 437
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin
ASTRONAUT
1953 - Present
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 438
Nadezhda Olizarenko
ATHLETE
1953 - 2017
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 439
Dimitris Avramopoulos
POLITICIAN
1953 - Present
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 440
Caspar Memering
SOCCER PLAYER
1953 - Present
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 441
Matthias Platzeck
POLITICIAN
1953 - Present
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 442
Don Dokken
SINGER
1953 - Present
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 443
Larry Miller
ACTOR
1953 - Present
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 444
In Russia
Among people born in Russia, Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin ranks 2,277 out of 3,761. Before him are Vissarion (1961), Vasily Goncharov (1861), Lyudmyla Denisova (1960), Oleg Tinkov (1967), Nina Kraviz (1987), and Leonid Shcherbakov (1927). After him are Galina Gorokhova (1938), Leonid Slutsky (1968), Nadezhda Olizarenko (1953), Gennady Yevryuzhikhin (1944), Boris Razinsky (1933), and Alexander Volkov (1967).
Others born in Russia
Go to all RankingsVissarion
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1961 - Present
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 2,271
Vasily Goncharov
FILM DIRECTOR
1861 - 1915
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 2,272
Lyudmyla Denisova
POLITICIAN
1960 - Present
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 2,273
Oleg Tinkov
BUSINESSPERSON
1967 - Present
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 2,274
Nina Kraviz
SINGER
1987 - Present
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 2,275
Leonid Shcherbakov
ATHLETE
1927 - 2004
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 2,276
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin
ASTRONAUT
1953 - Present
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 2,277
Galina Gorokhova
ATHLETE
1938 - Present
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 2,278
Leonid Slutsky
POLITICIAN
1968 - Present
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 2,279
Nadezhda Olizarenko
ATHLETE
1953 - 2017
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 2,280
Gennady Yevryuzhikhin
SOCCER PLAYER
1944 - 1998
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 2,281
Boris Razinsky
SOCCER PLAYER
1933 - 2012
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 2,282
Alexander Volkov
TENNIS PLAYER
1967 - 2019
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 2,283
Among ASTRONAUTS In Russia
Among astronauts born in Russia, Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin ranks 58. Before him are Oleg Atkov (1949), Yuri Baturin (1949), Valery Korzun (1953), Yelena Kondakova (1957), Mikhail Tyurin (1960), and Nikolai Budarin (1953). After him are Aleksandr Poleshchuk (1953), Aleksandr Laveykin (1951), Mikhail Kornienko (1960), Yury Usachov (1957), Vasily Tsibliyev (1954), and Sergei Treshchov (1958).
Oleg Atkov
1949 - Present
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 52
Yuri Baturin
1949 - Present
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 53
Valery Korzun
1953 - Present
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 54
Yelena Kondakova
1957 - Present
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 55
Mikhail Tyurin
1960 - Present
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 56
Nikolai Budarin
1953 - Present
HPI: 51.98
Rank: 57
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin
1953 - Present
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 58
Aleksandr Poleshchuk
1953 - Present
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 59
Aleksandr Laveykin
1951 - Present
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 60
Mikhail Kornienko
1960 - Present
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 61
Yury Usachov
1957 - Present
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 62
Vasily Tsibliyev
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 63
Sergei Treshchov
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 64