ASTRONAUT

Dennis Tito

1940 - Today

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Dennis Anthony Tito (born August 8, 1940) is an American engineer and entrepreneur. During mid-2001, he became the first space tourist to fund his own visit to space, when he spent nearly eight days in orbit as a crew member of ISS EP-1, a visiting mission to the International Space Station. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dennis Tito has received more than 795,170 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Dennis Tito is the 13th most popular astronaut, the 993rd most popular biography from United States (up from 1,005th in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Astronaut.

Dennis Tito is most famous for being the first space tourist. He paid $20 million to go to the International Space Station in 2001.

Memorability Metrics

  • 800k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Dennis Tito ranks 13 out of 556. Before him are Pete Conrad, Vladimir Komarov, Alexei Leonov, John Glenn, Gherman Titov, and Alan Shepard. After him are Svetlana Savitskaya, Valeri Polyakov, Andriyan Nikolayev, David Scott, Harrison Schmitt, and James Irwin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Dennis Tito ranks 69. Before him are James Cromwell, Joachim Frank, Astrud Gilberto, Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein, Jacques Rancière, and Fatema Mernissi. After him are John Gotti, Bruce Chatwin, Raul Julia, Brian Josephson, Roberto Cavalli, and Al Jarreau.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dennis Tito ranks 993 out of 20,380. Before him are Nat Turner (1800), Martha Graham (1894), Éamon de Valera (1882), James Tobin (1918), Frances Marion (1888), and Grant Wood (1891). After him are Mel Ferrer (1917), Tori Amos (1963), Daniel Goleman (1946), Anton LaVey (1930), Tony Bennett (1926), and Roger Zelazny (1937).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Dennis Tito ranks 7. Before him are Neil Armstrong (1930), Gene Cernan (1934), Buzz Aldrin (1930), Pete Conrad (1930), John Glenn (1921), and Alan Shepard (1923). After him are David Scott (1932), Harrison Schmitt (1935), James Irwin (1930), Frank Borman (1928), Jim Lovell (1928), and Alan Bean (1932).

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