1972 - Today
Major Timothy Nigel Peake (born 7 April 1972) is a British Army Air Corps officer, European Space Agency astronaut and a former International Space Station (ISS) crew member. He is the first British ESA astronaut, the second astronaut to bear a flag of the United Kingdom patch (the first was Helen Sharman, who visited Mir as part of Project Juno in 1991), the sixth person born in the United Kingdom to go on board the International Space Station (the first was NASA astronaut Michael Foale in 2003) and the seventh UK-born person in space. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tim Peake has received more than 1,369,856 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Tim Peake is the 517th most popular astronaut (down from 505th in 2019), the 6,014th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,769th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Astronaut.
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Among astronauts, Tim Peake ranks 517 out of 524. Before him are Jeanette J. Epps, Sidney M. Gutierrez, Stanley G. Love, Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, Stephen S. Oswald, and Alvin Drew. After him are Stephen Frick, Gregory R. Wiseman, Bernard A. Harris Jr., Paul W. Richards, James Dutton, and Andrew R. Morgan.
1970 - Present
HPI: 44.86
Rank: 511
1951 - Present
HPI: 44.59
Rank: 512
1965 - Present
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 513
1975 - Present
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 514
1951 - Present
HPI: 44.04
Rank: 515
1962 - Present
HPI: 44.00
Rank: 516
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 517
1964 - Present
HPI: 43.50
Rank: 518
1975 - Present
HPI: 43.50
Rank: 519
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.27
Rank: 520
1964 - Present
HPI: 42.91
Rank: 521
1968 - Present
HPI: 42.69
Rank: 522
1976 - Present
HPI: 42.45
Rank: 523
Among people born in 1972, Tim Peake ranks 808. Before him are Takaya Oishi, Chris Tomlin, Zoya Akhtar, Stephen Barclay, Franck Boidin, and Fergal O'Brien. After him are Kevin Downes, Bounty Killer, Hideki Yoshioka, Denílson Antônio Paludo, Norihiro Satsukawa, and Hiroshi Sato.
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 802
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.89
Rank: 803
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 804
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 805
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.86
Rank: 806
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.85
Rank: 807
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 808
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.79
Rank: 809
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.70
Rank: 810
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.70
Rank: 811
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 812
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.65
Rank: 813
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 814
Among people born in United Kingdom, Tim Peake ranks 6,014 out of 6,924. Before him are Lucy Griffiths (1986), Steven Naismith (1986), Afshan Azad (1988), Stephen Barclay (1972), Billy Sharp (1986), and Michael Thomas (1967). After him are Luke Young (1979), Charlie Nicholas (1961), Rob Lee (1966), Patrick McLoughlin (1957), Scott Sinclair (1989), and Kris Boyd (1983).
1986 - Present
HPI: 43.89
Rank: 6,008
1986 - Present
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 6,009
1988 - Present
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 6,010
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 6,011
1986 - Present
HPI: 43.86
Rank: 6,012
1967 - Present
HPI: 43.86
Rank: 6,013
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 6,014
1979 - Present
HPI: 43.82
Rank: 6,015
1961 - Present
HPI: 43.78
Rank: 6,016
1966 - Present
HPI: 43.76
Rank: 6,017
1957 - Present
HPI: 43.76
Rank: 6,018
1989 - Present
HPI: 43.75
Rank: 6,019
1983 - Present
HPI: 43.75
Rank: 6,020
Among astronauts born in United Kingdom, Tim Peake ranks 6. Before him are Piers Sellers (1955), Helen Sharman (1963), Michael Foale (1957), Gregory H. Johnson (1962), and Nicholas Patrick (1964).
1955 - 2016
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 1
1963 - Present
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 2
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 3
1962 - Present
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 4
1964 - Present
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 5
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 6