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Alexander Gerst

1976 - Today

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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 297,883 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Alexander Gerst is the 360th most popular astronaut (down from 328th in 2019), the 5,852nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,058th in 2019) and the 12th most popular German Astronaut.

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  • 47.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Alexander Gerst ranks 360 out of 556. Before him are Andrei Borisenko, Leroy Chiao, Jean-François Clervoy, James Buchli, Lisa Nowak, and Linda M. Godwin. After him are Richard Mastracchio, Kathryn C. Thornton, James S. Voss, Luca Parmitano, Curtis Brown, and Ed Lu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Alexander Gerst ranks 387. Before him are Jacek Krzynówek, Daisuke Oku, Dean O'Gorman, Curro Torres, Charlie Day, and Oliver Hudson. After him are Chiril Gaburici, Thomas Sadoski, Ian Bohen, Robert Kidiaba, Luca Parmitano, and Serhiy Arbuzov.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Alexander Gerst ranks 5,852 out of 7,253. Before him are Erik Durm (1992), Roland Brückner (1955), Erhard Wunderlich (1956), Gentleman (1975), Curro Torres (1976), and Sabine Braun (1965). After him are Helmut Roleder (1953), Toni Garrn (1992), Jörg Roßkopf (1969), Bernd Riexinger (1955), Sabine Lisicki (1989), and Florian David Fitz (1974).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Germany

Among astronauts born in Germany, Alexander Gerst ranks 12. Before him are Jean-Jacques Favier (1949), Jasmin Moghbeli (1983), Klaus-Dietrich Flade (1952), Reinhold Ewald (1956), Ulrich Walter (1954), and Gerhard Thiele (1953). After him are Matthias Maurer (1970).

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