1930 - Today
Buzz Aldrin (; born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr., January 20, 1930) is an American former astronaut, engineer and fighter pilot. Aldrin made three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission, and as the lunar module pilot on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, he and mission commander Neil Armstrong were the first two humans to land on the Moon. Born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, Aldrin graduated third in the class of 1951 from the United States Military Academy at West Point, with a degree in mechanical engineering. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Buzz Aldrin has received more than 9,549,619 page views. His biography is available in 94 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 90 in 2019). Buzz Aldrin is the 5th most popular astronaut, the 164th most popular biography from United States (down from 142nd 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: 88.58
Rank: 1
1930 - 2012
HPI: 87.58
Rank: 2
1930 - Present
HPI: 82.36
Rank: 3
1937 - Present
HPI: 81.67
Rank: 4
1930 - Present
HPI: 79.13
Rank: 5
1934 - 2017
HPI: 78.79
Rank: 6
1927 - 1967
HPI: 76.56
Rank: 7
1930 - 1999
HPI: 76.13
Rank: 8
1934 - 2019
HPI: 75.98
Rank: 9
1923 - 1998
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 10
1921 - 2016
HPI: 73.11
Rank: 11
1935 - 2000
HPI: 72.87
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1930, Buzz Aldrin ranks 15. Before him are Helmut Kohl, Steve McQueen, Hafez al-Assad, Jacques Derrida, Jean-Luc Godard, and Ray Charles. After him are Mobutu Sese Seko, Salvatore Riina, Gene Hackman, Baudouin of Belgium, Philippe Noiret, and Richard Harris.
1930 - 2017
HPI: 80.68
Rank: 9
1930 - 1980
HPI: 80.49
Rank: 10
1930 - 2000
HPI: 80.48
Rank: 11
1930 - 2004
HPI: 80.46
Rank: 12
1930 - Present
HPI: 79.93
Rank: 13
1930 - 2004
HPI: 79.56
Rank: 14
1930 - Present
HPI: 79.13
Rank: 15
1930 - 1997
HPI: 78.44
Rank: 16
1930 - 2017
HPI: 77.91
Rank: 17
1930 - Present
HPI: 77.52
Rank: 18
1930 - 1993
HPI: 77.39
Rank: 19
1930 - 2006
HPI: 76.51
Rank: 20
1930 - 2002
HPI: 76.36
Rank: 21
Among people born in United States, Buzz Aldrin ranks 164 out of 15,968. Before him are John Tyler (1790), John Wayne (1907), Bobby Fischer (1943), John Williams (1932), George Gershwin (1898), and John Rawls (1921). After him are Samuel Colt (1814), Coen brothers (null), Pearl S. Buck (1892), Dr. Seuss (1904), Thomas Kuhn (1922), and John Cage (1912).
1790 - 1862
HPI: 79.43
Rank: 158
1907 - 1979
HPI: 79.41
Rank: 159
1943 - 2008
HPI: 79.31
Rank: 160
1932 - Present
HPI: 79.18
Rank: 161
1898 - 1937
HPI: 79.18
Rank: 162
1921 - 2002
HPI: 79.13
Rank: 163
1930 - Present
HPI: 79.13
Rank: 164
1814 - 1862
HPI: 79.10
Rank: 165
HPI: 79.09
Rank: 166
1892 - 1973
HPI: 79.07
Rank: 167
1904 - 1991
HPI: 79.07
Rank: 168
1922 - 1996
HPI: 79.04
Rank: 169
1912 - 1992
HPI: 79.02
Rank: 170
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), Jim Lovell (1928), John Young (1930), David Scott (1932), Harrison Schmitt (1935), and Edgar Mitchell (1930).
1930 - 2012
HPI: 87.58
Rank: 1
1930 - Present
HPI: 79.13
Rank: 2
1934 - 2017
HPI: 78.79
Rank: 3
1930 - 1999
HPI: 76.13
Rank: 4
1923 - 1998
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 5
1921 - 2016
HPI: 73.11
Rank: 6
1940 - Present
HPI: 72.75
Rank: 7
1928 - Present
HPI: 71.44
Rank: 8
1930 - 2018
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 9
1932 - Present
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 10
1935 - Present
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 11
1930 - 2016
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 12