1976 - Today
Alexander Gerst (born 3 May 1976 in Künzelsau, Baden-Württemberg) is a German European Space Agency astronaut and geophysicist, who was selected in 2009 to take part in space training. He was part of the International Space Station Expedition 40 and 41 from May to November 2014. Gerst returned to space on 6 June 2018, as part of Expedition 56/57. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Gerst has received more than 284,118 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Alexander Gerst is the 328th most popular astronaut (down from 316th in 2019), the 5,075th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,421st in 2019) and the 11th most popular German Astronaut.
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Among astronauts, Alexander Gerst ranks 328 out of 524. Before him are James Buchli, K. Megan McArthur, John-David F. Bartoe, Mike Mullane, William S. McArthur, and Yury Lonchakov. After him are Sergei Zalyotin, Jean-François Clervoy, Aleksandr Skvortsov, Helen Sharman, Leroy Chiao, and Fei Junlong.
1945 - Present
HPI: 38.40
Rank: 322
1971 - Present
HPI: 38.38
Rank: 323
1944 - Present
HPI: 38.37
Rank: 324
1945 - Present
HPI: 38.37
Rank: 325
1951 - Present
HPI: 38.32
Rank: 326
1965 - Present
HPI: 38.30
Rank: 327
1976 - Present
HPI: 38.22
Rank: 328
1962 - Present
HPI: 38.20
Rank: 329
1958 - Present
HPI: 38.18
Rank: 330
1966 - Present
HPI: 38.17
Rank: 331
1963 - Present
HPI: 38.09
Rank: 332
1960 - Present
HPI: 38.08
Rank: 333
1965 - Present
HPI: 37.96
Rank: 334
Among people born in 1976, Alexander Gerst ranks 350. Before him are Stjepan Tomas, Zhu Chen, Carlos del Cerro Grande, Trish Stratus, Seigo Narazaki, and Coralie Trinh Thi. After him are Alice Taglioni, Chen Lu, Valentina Cervi, Xu Yuhua, Denny Landzaat, and Marsha Thomason.
1976 - Present
HPI: 38.30
Rank: 344
1976 - Present
HPI: 38.29
Rank: 345
1976 - Present
HPI: 38.29
Rank: 346
1976 - Present
HPI: 38.28
Rank: 347
1976 - Present
HPI: 38.27
Rank: 348
1976 - Present
HPI: 38.26
Rank: 349
1976 - Present
HPI: 38.22
Rank: 350
1976 - Present
HPI: 38.19
Rank: 351
1976 - Present
HPI: 38.18
Rank: 352
1976 - Present
HPI: 38.16
Rank: 353
1976 - Present
HPI: 38.12
Rank: 354
1976 - Present
HPI: 38.09
Rank: 355
1976 - Present
HPI: 38.08
Rank: 356
Among people born in Germany, Alexander Gerst ranks 5,075 out of 6,142. Before him are Thomas Brussig (1964), Lothar Thoms (1956), Steffen Baumgart (1972), Ulrike Richter (1959), Simon Rolfes (1982), and Christiane Wartenberg (1956). After him are Erik Durm (1992), Jörg Roßkopf (1969), Zazie Beetz (1991), Peter Müller (1955), Gert Engels (1957), and Jürgen Kissner (1942).
1964 - Present
HPI: 38.33
Rank: 5,069
1956 - 2017
HPI: 38.32
Rank: 5,070
1972 - Present
HPI: 38.29
Rank: 5,071
1959 - Present
HPI: 38.28
Rank: 5,072
1982 - Present
HPI: 38.28
Rank: 5,073
1956 - Present
HPI: 38.23
Rank: 5,074
1976 - Present
HPI: 38.22
Rank: 5,075
1992 - Present
HPI: 38.22
Rank: 5,076
1969 - Present
HPI: 38.22
Rank: 5,077
1991 - Present
HPI: 38.22
Rank: 5,078
1955 - Present
HPI: 38.21
Rank: 5,079
1957 - Present
HPI: 38.20
Rank: 5,080
1942 - 2019
HPI: 38.20
Rank: 5,081
Among astronauts born in Germany, Alexander Gerst ranks 11. Before him are Ernst Messerschmid (1945), Klaus-Dietrich Flade (1952), Jean-Jacques Favier (1949), Ulrich Walter (1954), Reinhold Ewald (1956), and Gerhard Thiele (1953).
1945 - Present
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 5
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.29
Rank: 6
1949 - 2023
HPI: 40.10
Rank: 7
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.93
Rank: 8
1956 - Present
HPI: 39.56
Rank: 9
1953 - Present
HPI: 39.18
Rank: 10
1976 - Present
HPI: 38.22
Rank: 11