1934 - 2019
Valery Fyodorovich Bykovsky (Russian: Вале́рий Фёдорович Быко́вский; 2 August 1934 – 27 March 2019) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on three space flights: Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, and Soyuz 31. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Valery Bykovsky has received more than 153,708 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Valery Bykovsky is the 27th most popular astronaut, the 467th most popular biography from Russia (down from 460th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Russian Astronaut.
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Among astronauts, Valery Bykovsky ranks 27 out of 524. Before him are Valeri Polyakov, Pavel Popovich, Gus Grissom, James Irwin, Edgar Mitchell, and Ed White. After him are Ilan Ramon, Michael P. Anderson, Bruce McCandless II, Georgy Dobrovolsky, Roger B. Chaffee, and Alan Bean.
1942 - 2022
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 21
1930 - 2009
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 22
1926 - 1967
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 23
1930 - 1991
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 24
1930 - 2016
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 25
1930 - 1967
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 26
1934 - 2019
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 27
1954 - 2003
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 28
1959 - 2003
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 29
1937 - 2017
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 30
1928 - 1971
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 31
1935 - 1967
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 32
1932 - 2018
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 33
Among people born in 1934, Valery Bykovsky ranks 82. Before him are Renata Scotto, Carlo Rubbia, Albert Speer, Per Olov Enquist, Miguel de la Madrid, and Yasuo Takamori. After him are Armi Kuusela, Édith Cresson, Clive Granger, George Chakiris, Kenny Baker, and Marty Feldman. Among people deceased in 2019, Valery Bykovsky ranks 70. Before him are Luke Perry, Yury Luzhkov, Danny Aiello, Roger Etchegaray, Paul Greengard, and Fernando de la Rúa. After him are Vladimir Bukovsky, Stanley Donen, Jessye Norman, Godfried Danneels, Tomi Ungerer, and John Robert Schrieffer.
1934 - 2023
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 76
1934 - Present
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 77
1934 - 2017
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 78
1934 - 2020
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 79
1934 - 2012
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 80
1934 - 2016
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 81
1934 - 2019
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 82
1934 - Present
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 83
1934 - Present
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 84
1934 - 2009
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 85
1934 - Present
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 86
1934 - 2016
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 87
1934 - 1982
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 88
1966 - 2019
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 64
1936 - 2019
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 65
1933 - 2019
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 66
1922 - 2019
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 67
1925 - 2019
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 68
1937 - 2019
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 69
1934 - 2019
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 70
1942 - 2019
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 71
1924 - 2019
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 72
1945 - 2019
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 73
1933 - 2019
HPI: 58.39
Rank: 74
1931 - 2019
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 75
1931 - 2019
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 76
Among people born in Russia, Valery Bykovsky ranks 467 out of 3,262. Before him are Ilya Ulyanov (1831), Rasul Gamzatov (1923), Vera Zasulich (1849), Alexander Afanasyev (1826), Iziaslav II of Kiev (1097), and Marina Raskova (1912). After him are Alexei Navalny (1976), Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899), Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia (1859), Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov (1787), Vladimir Bukovsky (1942), and Catharina of Württemberg (1783).
1831 - 1886
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 461
1923 - 2003
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 462
1849 - 1919
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 463
1826 - 1871
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 464
1097 - 1154
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 465
1912 - 1943
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 466
1934 - 2019
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 467
1976 - 2024
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 468
1899 - 1980
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 469
1859 - 1919
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 470
1787 - 1869
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 471
1942 - 2019
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 472
1783 - 1835
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 473
Among astronauts born in Russia, Valery Bykovsky ranks 10. Before him are Alexei Leonov (1934), Gherman Titov (1935), Svetlana Savitskaya (1948), Andriyan Nikolayev (1929), Sergei Krikalev (1958), and Valeri Polyakov (1942). After him are Vladislav Volkov (1935), Valeri Kubasov (1935), Pavel Belyayev (1925), Viktor Gorbatko (1934), Aleksei Gubarev (1931), and Viktor Savinykh (1940).
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
1925 - 1970
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 13
1934 - 2017
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 14
1931 - 2015
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 15
1940 - Present
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 16