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Sigmund Jähn

1937 - 2019

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Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn (German: [jɛ:n]; 13 February 1937 – 21 September 2019) was a German pilot, cosmonaut, and Generalmajor (equivalent to a Brigadier General in Western armies) in the National People's Army of the GDR. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sigmund Jähn has received more than 320,917 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Sigmund Jähn is the 21st most popular astronaut (down from 18th in 2019), the 1,161st most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,088th in 2019) and the most popular German Astronaut.

Sigmund Jähn is most famous for being the last person on Earth to have been born before the start of the 20th century.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Sigmund Jähn ranks 21 out of 556. Before him are Valeri Polyakov, Andriyan Nikolayev, David Scott, Harrison Schmitt, James Irwin, and Frank Borman. After him are Jim Lovell, Alan Bean, Gus Grissom, Pavel Popovich, Ed White, and Aleksandr Viktorenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Sigmund Jähn ranks 66. Before him are George Carlin, Song Hye-rim, Roald Hoffmann, Robert Lucas Jr., Mario Capecchi, and Hélène Cixous. After him are Tony Burton, George Takei, Tamara Press, Cüneyt Arkın, Valentyn Sylvestrov, and Dragoslav Šekularac. Among people deceased in 2019, Sigmund Jähn ranks 59. Before him are Sydney Brenner, Moshe Arens, César Pelli, Demetris Christofias, Danny Aiello, and Isabel Sarli. After him are Max Wright, Michel Serres, Henri, Count of Paris, Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, Princess Christina of the Netherlands, and Yury Luzhkov.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Sigmund Jähn ranks 1,161 out of 7,253. Before him are Theodelinda (570), Franz Karl Achard (1753), Carl Clauberg (1898), Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal (1855), Johann Jakob Froberger (1616), and Johann van Beethoven (1740). After him are James Mayer de Rothschild (1792), Pascual Jordan (1902), Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden (1826), Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1929), Gottfried Benn (1886), and Anne Catherine of Brandenburg (1575).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Germany

Among astronauts born in Germany, Sigmund Jähn ranks 1. After him are Ulf Merbold (1941), Thomas Reiter (1958), Hans Schlegel (1951), Ernst Messerschmid (1945), Jean-Jacques Favier (1949), Jasmin Moghbeli (1983), Klaus-Dietrich Flade (1952), Reinhold Ewald (1956), Ulrich Walter (1954), Gerhard Thiele (1953), and Alexander Gerst (1976).

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