ASTRONAUT

Salizhan Sharipov

1964 - Today

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Salizhan Shakirovich Sharipov (Russian: Салижан Шакирович Шарипов, Uzbek: Солижон Шокирович Шарипов, Kyrgyz: Салижан Шакир уулу Шарипов, Tajik: Солиҷон Шокирович Шарипов; born 24 August 1964) is a retired Kyrgyz cosmonaut of Uzbek descent. Sharipov is a co-author and investigator for the Advanced Diagnostic Ultrasound in Microgravity project. He has been to space twice (launched from the U.S. as an astronaut in 1998 and from Russia as a cosmonaut in 2004) and has conducted two space walks. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Salizhan Sharipov has received more than 101,464 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Salizhan Sharipov is the 186th most popular astronaut (up from 251st in 2019), the 65th most popular biography from Uzbekistan (down from 24th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Uzbekistani Astronaut.

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  • 54.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Salizhan Sharipov ranks 186 out of 556. Before him are Satoshi Furukawa, James C. Adamson, Marsha Ivins, Clifton Williams, Oleg Atkov, and José M. Hernández. After him are Reinhard Furrer, Frank De Winne, Mamoru Mohri, Jack Lousma, Gerald Carr, and C. Gordon Fullerton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Salizhan Sharipov ranks 247. Before him are Carsten Wolf, Kaj Leo Johannesen, Mikhail Popkov, Emmanuelle Devos, Noémie Lvovsky, and Igor Plotnitsky. After him are Victor Ferreyra, Kathy Burke, Yuriy Lutsenko, Sylvanie Burton, Keiji Fujiwara, and João Paulo.

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In Uzbekistan

Among people born in Uzbekistan, Salizhan Sharipov ranks 65 out of 190. Before him are Halyna Sevruk (1929), El-Registan (1899), Yulduz Usmonova (1963), Valery Khalilov (1952), Refat Chubarov (1957), and Oksana Chusovitina (1975). After him are Lev Avnerovich Leviev (1956), Inomjon Usmonxoʻjayev (1930), Shuhrat Abbosov (1931), Furqat (1858), Vasilis Hatzipanagis (1954), and Ella Pamfilova (1953).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Uzbekistan

Among astronauts born in Uzbekistan, Salizhan Sharipov ranks 2. Before him are Vladimir Dzhanibekov (1942).

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