ASTRONAUT

Gherman Titov

1935 - 2000

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Gherman Stepanovich Titov (Russian: Герман Степанович Титов; 11 September 1935 – 20 September 2000) was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut who, on 6 August 1961, became the second human to orbit the Earth, aboard Vostok 2, preceded by Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1. He was the fourth person in space, counting suborbital voyages of US astronauts Alan Shepard and Gus Grissom. A month short of 26 years old at launch, he is the youngest professional astronaut and was the youngest person to fly in space until 2021 when Oliver Daemen flew on Blue Origin NS-16 at the age of 18. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gherman Titov has received more than 506,575 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Gherman Titov is the 11th most popular astronaut (up from 12th in 2019), the 210th most popular biography from Russia (up from 222nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Russian Astronaut.

Gherman Titov was the second human in space. He orbited the Earth for twenty-four hours and seventeen minutes. He was also the first person to sleep in space.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Gherman Titov ranks 11 out of 556. Before him are Gene Cernan, Buzz Aldrin, Pete Conrad, Vladimir Komarov, Alexei Leonov, and John Glenn. After him are Alan Shepard, Dennis Tito, Svetlana Savitskaya, Valeri Polyakov, Andriyan Nikolayev, and David Scott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Gherman Titov ranks 31. Before him are Theo Angelopoulos, Edward Said, John Cazale, Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, Sylvia Earle, and William Friedkin. After him are Mylène Demongeot, Mercedes Sosa, Bibi Andersson, Seiji Ozawa, Miroslav Blažević, and Adnan Khashoggi. Among people deceased in 2000, Gherman Titov ranks 17. Before him are Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Vittorio Gassman, Abulfaz Elchibey, Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Louis Néel, and Lída Baarová. After him are Konrad Emil Bloch, Giovanna of Italy, Erich Mielke, Walter Matthau, Pierre Trudeau, and Tommaso Buscetta.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Gherman Titov ranks 210 out of 3,761. Before him are Vasily Stalin (1921), Nikolai Vavilov (1887), Mikhail Suslov (1902), Olga Constantinovna of Russia (1851), Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (1853), and Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov (1928). After him are Igor Tamm (1895), Nicholas Roerich (1874), Alexander Rodchenko (1891), Gennady Zyuganov (1944), Fritz Albert Lipmann (1899), and Raisa Gorbacheva (1932).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Russia

Among astronauts born in Russia, Gherman Titov ranks 5. Before him are Yuri Gagarin (1934), Valentina Tereshkova (1937), Vladimir Komarov (1927), and Alexei Leonov (1934). After him are Svetlana Savitskaya (1948), Valeri Polyakov (1942), Andriyan Nikolayev (1929), Valery Bykovsky (1934), Vladislav Volkov (1935), Valeri Kubasov (1935), and Yury Romanenko (1944).

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