1964 - Today
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 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 91,934 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Salizhan Sharipov is the 251st most popular astronaut (up from 252nd in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Kyrgyzstan (down from 19th in 2019) and the most popular Kirghiz Astronaut.
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Among astronauts, Salizhan Sharipov ranks 251 out of 524. Before him are John Casper, Nikolai Budarin, Janice E. Voss, Dale Gardner, John L. Phillips, and Margaret Rhea Seddon. After him are Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin, Guion Bluford, Zhai Zhigang, Jean-Pierre Haigneré, Karen Nyberg, and Catherine Coleman.
1943 - Present
HPI: 42.23
Rank: 245
1953 - Present
HPI: 42.22
Rank: 246
1956 - 2012
HPI: 42.20
Rank: 247
1948 - 2014
HPI: 42.19
Rank: 248
1951 - Present
HPI: 42.19
Rank: 249
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.04
Rank: 250
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.97
Rank: 251
1953 - Present
HPI: 41.93
Rank: 252
1942 - Present
HPI: 41.87
Rank: 253
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.83
Rank: 254
1948 - Present
HPI: 41.75
Rank: 255
1969 - Present
HPI: 41.66
Rank: 256
1960 - Present
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 257
Among people born in 1964, Salizhan Sharipov ranks 383. Before him are Sean Pertwee, Pat Fry, Saud Al-Shuraim, Phil Hellmuth, Eduard Fernández, and Chokri Belaid. After him are Miyeegombyn Enkhbold, Molly Shannon, Jean-Michel Blanquer, Davide Ballardini, Clara Rojas, and Kaj Leo Johannesen.
1964 - Present
HPI: 42.07
Rank: 377
1964 - Present
HPI: 42.04
Rank: 378
1964 - Present
HPI: 42.03
Rank: 379
1964 - Present
HPI: 42.03
Rank: 380
1964 - Present
HPI: 42.02
Rank: 381
1964 - 2013
HPI: 41.97
Rank: 382
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.97
Rank: 383
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.97
Rank: 384
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.93
Rank: 385
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.90
Rank: 386
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.90
Rank: 387
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.85
Rank: 388
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 389
Among people born in Kyrgyzstan, Salizhan Sharipov ranks 24 out of 55. Before him are Jamala (1983), Abdylas Maldybaev (1906), Felix Kulov (1948), Athanasius Schneider (1961), Ishenbai Kadyrbekov (1949), and Murat Zyazikov (1957). After him are Igor Paklin (1963), Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziev (1968), Djoomart Otorbaev (1955), Mariya Pinigina (1958), Kubatbek Boronov (1964), and Zhantoro Satybaldiyev (1956).
1983 - Present
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 18
1906 - 1978
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 19
1948 - Present
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 20
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 21
1949 - Present
HPI: 42.45
Rank: 22
1957 - Present
HPI: 42.03
Rank: 23
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.97
Rank: 24
1963 - Present
HPI: 41.32
Rank: 25
1968 - Present
HPI: 40.99
Rank: 26
1955 - Present
HPI: 40.72
Rank: 27
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.49
Rank: 28
1964 - Present
HPI: 39.28
Rank: 29
1956 - Present
HPI: 38.65
Rank: 30
Among astronauts born in Kyrgyzstan, Salizhan Sharipov ranks 1.