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Marc Garneau

1949 - 2025

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Joseph Jean-Pierre Marc Garneau (French pronunciation: [maʁk ɡaʁno]; February 23, 1949 – June 4, 2025) was a Canadian Armed Forces officer, astronaut, and politician. Garneau served as a naval officer before being selected as an astronaut as part of the 1983 NRC Group. He became the first Canadian in space on October 5, 1984, and flew on three Space Shuttle missions. From 2001 to 2005, Garneau was president of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marc Garneau is the 16,103rd most popular politician, the 515th most popular biography from Canada and the 44th most popular Canadian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Marc Garneau ranks 16,103 out of 19,576Before him are Josef Ludwig von Armansperg, Gheorghe Mironescu, Neil Kinnock, Agathocles of Bactria, Grace Mugabe, and Manolache Costache Epureanu. After him are John A. Costello, Jim Risch, Shōichi Nakagawa, Mary Arthur McElroy, Hubert Minnis, and Wopke Hoekstra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Marc Garneau ranks 567Before him are Wendy Sherman, Zbigniew Gut, Paul Manafort, Tommy Lee Wallace, Dan Ar Braz, and Boris Plotnikov. After him are Francisco Aguilar, Témime Lahzami, Alberto Cardaccio, Steve Gaines, Ishenbai Kadyrbekov, and Jean-Jacques Favier. Among people deceased in 2025, Marc Garneau ranks 142Before him are Edmund White, Robert Jarvik, José Carlos, Werner Leimgruber, Roy Ayers, and Peter McParland. After him are Bill Atkinson, Bernd Cullmann, Ayla Erduran, Emmanuel Kundé, Norair Nurikyan, and Valerie Mahaffey.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Marc Garneau ranks 515 out of 1,622Before him are Megan Follows (1968), Sven Delblanc (1931), Lorne Michaels (1944), Tara Strong (1973), Gaétan Boucher (1958), and Emily VanCamp (1986). After him are Stephen Amell (1981), Rachelle Lefevre (1979), Arturo Gatti (1972), Christy Chung (1970), Betty Taylor (1916), and Alessia Cara (1996).

Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, Marc Garneau ranks 44Before him are George-Étienne Cartier (1814), Myrtle Cook (1902), Jennifer Granholm (1959), Ian Millar (1947), John Sparrow David Thompson (1845), and Gaétan Boucher (1958). After him are Scotty Bowman (1933), Jeanne Sauvé (1922), Nellie McClung (1873), Gus Dillon (1881), Jagmeet Singh (1979), and Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin (1849).