1963 - Today
Marcos Cesar Pontes (born 11 March 1963) is a Brazilian Air Force pilot, engineer, AEB astronaut, politician and author. He became the first South American and the first Lusophone to go into space when he docked onto the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-8 on March 30, 2006. He is the only Brazilian to have completed the NASA astronaut training program, although he switched to training in Russia after NASA's Space Shuttle program encountered problems. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marcos Pontes has received more than 194,359 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Marcos Pontes is the 230th most popular astronaut (down from 209th in 2019), the 681st most popular biography from Brazil (down from 638th in 2019) and the most popular Brazilian Astronaut.
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Among astronauts, Marcos Pontes ranks 230 out of 524. Before him are Henry Hartsfield, Loren Acton, Thomas Reiter, Soichi Noguchi, Lisa Nowak, and Thomas Pesquet. After him are Bryan D. O'Connor, Norman Thagard, Valery Korzun, Koichi Wakata, Takao Doi, and Jeffrey Williams.
1933 - 2014
HPI: 43.09
Rank: 224
1936 - Present
HPI: 43.04
Rank: 225
1958 - Present
HPI: 42.97
Rank: 226
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.95
Rank: 227
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 228
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.93
Rank: 229
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.90
Rank: 230
1946 - Present
HPI: 42.76
Rank: 231
1943 - Present
HPI: 42.69
Rank: 232
1953 - Present
HPI: 42.68
Rank: 233
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.55
Rank: 234
1954 - Present
HPI: 42.54
Rank: 235
1958 - Present
HPI: 42.53
Rank: 236
Among people born in 1963, Marcos Pontes ranks 367. Before him are Blanca Fernández Ochoa, Tim DeKay, Joe Dumars, Bruce Schneier, Lisa Nowak, and Maria Walliser. After him are Konrad Krajewski, Erik King, Kira Ivanova, Govinda, Slobodan Dubajić, and Roberto Mussi.
1963 - 2019
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 361
1963 - Present
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 362
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.95
Rank: 363
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 364
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 365
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.93
Rank: 366
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.90
Rank: 367
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.86
Rank: 368
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.79
Rank: 369
1963 - 2001
HPI: 42.77
Rank: 370
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.75
Rank: 371
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.74
Rank: 372
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.73
Rank: 373
Among people born in Brazil, Marcos Pontes ranks 681 out of 2,067. Before him are Cléber Eduardo Arado (1972), Nélson Luís Kerchner (1962), Paulo Henrique Ganso (1989), Rafael (1990), Washington (1975), and Diego Alves (1985). After him are Débora Falabella (1979), Toninho (1965), Josimar (1961), José Aldo (1986), Arthur Melo (1996), and Roberto Gomes Pedrosa (1913).
1972 - 2021
HPI: 43.07
Rank: 675
1962 - Present
HPI: 43.02
Rank: 676
1989 - Present
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 677
1990 - Present
HPI: 43.00
Rank: 678
1975 - Present
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 679
1985 - Present
HPI: 42.91
Rank: 680
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.90
Rank: 681
1979 - Present
HPI: 42.85
Rank: 682
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.80
Rank: 683
1961 - Present
HPI: 42.77
Rank: 684
1986 - Present
HPI: 42.76
Rank: 685
1996 - Present
HPI: 42.76
Rank: 686
1913 - 1954
HPI: 42.72
Rank: 687
Among astronauts born in Brazil, Marcos Pontes ranks 1.