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Dumitru Prunariu

1952 - Today

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Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu (Romanian pronunciation: [duˈmitru doˈrin pruˈnarju] ; born 27 September 1952) is a Romanian cosmonaut. He flew in space aboard Soyuz 40 spacecraft and Salyut 6 space laboratory. He teamed with the Soviet cosmonaut Leonid Popov. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dumitru Prunariu has received more than 175,834 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Dumitru Prunariu is the 136th most popular astronaut (down from 128th in 2019), the 292nd most popular biography from Romania (down from 271st in 2019) and the most popular Romanian Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Dumitru Prunariu ranks 136 out of 556. Before him are Oleg Kononenko, Valery Rozhdestvensky, Gennadi Strekalov, Vance D. Brand, Sunita Williams, and Gennady Sarafanov. After him are Roberta Bondar, Mae Jemison, Ulf Merbold, Kenneth Cockrell, Yuri Gidzenko, and Wubbo Ockels.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Dumitru Prunariu ranks 282. Before him are Jan Raas, Johnny Thunders, Benito Floro, Sandra Kalniete, Kurban Berdyev, and Daniel Balavoine. After him are Miyuki Nakajima, Cristóbal López Romero, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, Wolfgang Rihm, Morgan Tsvangirai, and Abel Braga.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Dumitru Prunariu ranks 292 out of 844. Before him are Steve Holmes (1961), Gheorghe Apostol (1913), Teodor Axentowicz (1859), Elena Văcărescu (1864), Aurel Popovici (1863), and Lupu Pick (1886). After him are Nicolae Ciucă (1967), Barbu Catargiu (1807), Peter Maffay (1949), Nicolae Neagoe (1941), Liviu Librescu (1930), and George Coșbuc (1866).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Romania

Among astronauts born in Romania, Dumitru Prunariu ranks 1. 

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