ASTRONAUT

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 284,118 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 5,850th most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,058th in 2019) and the 12th most popular German Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Alexander Gersts by language

Over the past year Alexander Gerst has had the most page views in the with 76,348 views, followed by English (17,465), and French (4,055). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (121.37%), Galician (110.10%), and Estonian (66.92%)

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 5,850 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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