1930 - Today
Buzz Aldrin (; born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.; January 20, 1930) is an American former astronaut, engineer and fighter pilot. He made three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Buzz Aldrin has received more than 12,281,565 page views. His biography is available in 97 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 94 in 2019). Buzz Aldrin is the 5th most popular astronaut, the 166th most popular biography from United States (down from 164th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Astronaut.
Buzz Aldrin is most famous for being the second man to walk on the moon.
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Among astronauts, Buzz Aldrin ranks 5 out of 524. Before him are Yuri Gagarin, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Valentina Tereshkova. After him are Gene Cernan, Vladimir Komarov, Pete Conrad, Alexei Leonov, Alan Shepard, John Glenn, and Gherman Titov.
1934 - 1968
HPI: 85.94
Rank: 1
1930 - 2012
HPI: 84.89
Rank: 2
1930 - 2021
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 3
1937 - Present
HPI: 77.01
Rank: 4
1930 - Present
HPI: 72.64
Rank: 5
1934 - 2017
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 6
1927 - 1967
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 7
1930 - 1999
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 8
1934 - 2019
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 9
1923 - 1998
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 10
1921 - 2016
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 11
1935 - 2000
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1930, Buzz Aldrin ranks 15. Before him are Pierre Bourdieu, Jean-Luc Godard, Ray Charles, Jacques Derrida, Hafez al-Assad, and Steve McQueen. After him are Mobutu Sese Seko, Baudouin of Belgium, Gene Hackman, Salvatore Riina, Silvana Mangano, and Anton LaVey.
1930 - 2002
HPI: 75.53
Rank: 9
1930 - Present
HPI: 74.15
Rank: 10
1930 - 2004
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 11
1930 - 2004
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 12
1930 - 2000
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 13
1930 - 1980
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 14
1930 - Present
HPI: 72.64
Rank: 15
1930 - 1997
HPI: 72.41
Rank: 16
1930 - 1993
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 17
1930 - Present
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 18
1930 - 2017
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 19
1930 - 1989
HPI: 68.97
Rank: 20
1930 - 1997
HPI: 68.87
Rank: 21
Among people born in United States, Buzz Aldrin ranks 166 out of 18,182. Before him are John Steinbeck (1902), Samuel L. Jackson (1948), Lee Harvey Oswald (1939), Gregory Peck (1916), George Gershwin (1898), and Ava Gardner (1922). After him are Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856), John Williams (1932), Robert K. Merton (1910), Emily Dickinson (1830), Louis Sullivan (1856), and Denzel Washington (1954).
1902 - 1968
HPI: 72.88
Rank: 160
1948 - Present
HPI: 72.84
Rank: 161
1939 - 1963
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 162
1916 - 2003
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 163
1898 - 1937
HPI: 72.73
Rank: 164
1922 - 1990
HPI: 72.66
Rank: 165
1930 - Present
HPI: 72.64
Rank: 166
1856 - 1915
HPI: 72.61
Rank: 167
1932 - Present
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 168
1910 - 2003
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 169
1830 - 1886
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 170
1856 - 1924
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 171
1954 - Present
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 172
Among astronauts born in United States, Buzz Aldrin ranks 2. Before him are Neil Armstrong (1930). After him are Gene Cernan (1934), Pete Conrad (1930), Alan Shepard (1923), John Glenn (1921), Dennis Tito (1940), David Scott (1932), Jim Lovell (1928), Harrison Schmitt (1935), Gus Grissom (1926), and James Irwin (1930).
1930 - 2012
HPI: 84.89
Rank: 1
1930 - Present
HPI: 72.64
Rank: 2
1934 - 2017
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 3
1930 - 1999
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 4
1923 - 1998
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 5
1921 - 2016
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 6
1940 - Present
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 7
1932 - Present
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 8
1928 - Present
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 9
1935 - Present
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 10
1926 - 1967
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 11
1930 - 1991
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 12