ASTRONAUT

Frank De Winne

1961 - Today

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Frank, Viscount De Winne (born 25 April 1961, in Ledeberg, Belgium) is a Belgian Air Component officer and an ESA astronaut. He is Belgium's second person in space (after Dirk Frimout). He was the first ESA astronaut to command a space mission when he served as commander of ISS Expedition 21. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank De Winne has received more than 129,417 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Frank De Winne is the 188th most popular astronaut (down from 181st in 2019), the 653rd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 608th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Belgian Astronaut.

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  • 2.70

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Frank De Winne ranks 188 out of 556. Before him are Marsha Ivins, Clifton Williams, Oleg Atkov, José M. Hernández, Salizhan Sharipov, and Reinhard Furrer. After him are Mamoru Mohri, Jack Lousma, Gerald Carr, C. Gordon Fullerton, Aleksandr Kaleri, and Robert Crippen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Frank De Winne ranks 263. Before him are Maggie Wheeler, Alber Elbaz, Ally Walker, Yannick Dalmas, Doc Rivers, and Elpidia Carrillo. After him are Calvin Smith, Anita Hegerland, Paolo Barilla, Birol Ünel, Javier Hernández, and Piotr Ugrumov.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Frank De Winne ranks 653 out of 1,190. Before him are Pierre Braine (1900), Frans De Mulder (1937), Frank De Bleeckere (1966), Mathieu van der Poel (1995), Stijn Streuvels (1871), and Jef Planckaert (1934). After him are Wilfried Puis (1943), Emmanuel Foulon (1871), Jules de Trooz (1857), François Weyergans (1941), Jean De Clercq (1905), and Felix de Muelenaere (1793).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Belgium

Among astronauts born in Belgium, Frank De Winne ranks 2. Before him are Dirk Frimout (1941).

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