1937 - Today
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (born 6 March 1937) is a Russian engineer, member of the State Duma, and former Soviet cosmonaut. She was the first woman in space, having flown a solo mission on Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963. She orbited the Earth 48 times, spent almost three days in space, is the only woman to have been on a solo space mission and is the last surviving Vostok programme cosmonaut. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Valentina Tereshkova has received more than 3,871,825 page views. Her biography is available in 99 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 98 in 2019). Valentina Tereshkova is the 4th most popular astronaut, the 35th most popular biography from Russia (up from 41st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Astronaut.
Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space. She was a Soviet cosmonaut and a textile worker. She was selected to be part of the first all-female group of astronauts in 1963.
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Among astronauts, Valentina Tereshkova ranks 4 out of 524. Before her are Yuri Gagarin, Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins. After her are Buzz Aldrin, Gene Cernan, Vladimir Komarov, Pete Conrad, Alexei Leonov, Alan Shepard, John Glenn, and Gherman Titov.
1934 - 1968
HPI: 85.94
Rank: 1
1930 - 2012
HPI: 84.89
Rank: 2
1930 - 2021
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 3
1937 - Present
HPI: 77.01
Rank: 4
1930 - Present
HPI: 72.64
Rank: 5
1934 - 2017
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 6
1927 - 1967
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 7
1930 - 1999
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 8
1934 - 2019
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 9
1923 - 1998
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 10
1921 - 2016
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 11
1935 - 2000
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1937, Valentina Tereshkova ranks 5. Before her are Saddam Hussein, Anthony Hopkins, Morgan Freeman, and Harald V of Norway. After her are Jack Nicholson, Ridley Scott, Dustin Hoffman, Jane Fonda, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Renzo Piano, and Bobby Charlton.
1937 - 2006
HPI: 83.91
Rank: 1
1937 - Present
HPI: 80.04
Rank: 2
1937 - Present
HPI: 77.89
Rank: 3
1937 - Present
HPI: 77.51
Rank: 4
1937 - Present
HPI: 77.01
Rank: 5
1937 - Present
HPI: 76.78
Rank: 6
1937 - Present
HPI: 76.48
Rank: 7
1937 - Present
HPI: 74.74
Rank: 8
1937 - Present
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 9
1937 - 2021
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 10
1937 - Present
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 11
1937 - 2023
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 12
Among people born in Russia, Valentina Tereshkova ranks 35 out of 3,262. Before her are Yuri Andropov (1914), Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873), Maxim Gorky (1868), Lev Yashin (1929), Paul I of Russia (1754), and Georgy Zhukov (1896). After her are Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918), Mikhail Kalashnikov (1919), Elizabeth of Russia (1709), Alexander II of Russia (1818), Modest Mussorgsky (1839), and Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (1901).
1914 - 1984
HPI: 77.66
Rank: 29
1873 - 1943
HPI: 77.57
Rank: 30
1868 - 1936
HPI: 77.55
Rank: 31
1929 - 1990
HPI: 77.53
Rank: 32
1754 - 1801
HPI: 77.53
Rank: 33
1896 - 1974
HPI: 77.08
Rank: 34
1937 - Present
HPI: 77.01
Rank: 35
1918 - 2008
HPI: 76.67
Rank: 36
1919 - 2013
HPI: 76.61
Rank: 37
1709 - 1762
HPI: 76.49
Rank: 38
1818 - 1881
HPI: 76.40
Rank: 39
1839 - 1881
HPI: 76.35
Rank: 40
1901 - 1918
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 41
Among astronauts born in Russia, Valentina Tereshkova ranks 2. Before her are Yuri Gagarin (1934). After her are Vladimir Komarov (1927), Alexei Leonov (1934), Gherman Titov (1935), Svetlana Savitskaya (1948), Andriyan Nikolayev (1929), Sergei Krikalev (1958), Valeri Polyakov (1942), Valery Bykovsky (1934), Vladislav Volkov (1935), and Valeri Kubasov (1935).
1934 - 1968
HPI: 85.94
Rank: 1
1937 - Present
HPI: 77.01
Rank: 2
1927 - 1967
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 3
1934 - 2019
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 4
1935 - 2000
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 5
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 6
1929 - 2004
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 7
1958 - Present
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 8
1942 - 2022
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 9
1934 - 2019
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 10
1935 - 1971
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 11
1935 - 2014
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 12