1948 - Today
Viktor Mikhailovich Afanasyev (Russian: Виктор Михайлович Афанасьев; born 31 December 1948) is a colonel in the Russian Air Force and a test cosmonaut of the Yu. A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. He was born 31 December 1948, in Bryansk, Russian SFSR, and is married to Yelena Ya. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Viktor Afanasyev has received more than 6,056 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Viktor Afanasyev is the 112th most popular astronaut (down from 106th in 2019), the 1,245th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,139th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Russian Astronaut.
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Among astronauts, Viktor Afanasyev ranks 112 out of 524. Before him are Bertalan Farkas, Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov, Talgat Musabayev, Boris Yegorov, Vladimir Aksyonov, and Leonid Kadeniuk. After him are Vladimir Kovalyonok, William R. Pogue, Aleksandr Serebrov, Yury Glazkov, Musa Manarov, and Vladimir Solovyov.
1949 - Present
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 106
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 107
1951 - Present
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 108
1937 - 1994
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 109
1935 - Present
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 110
1951 - 2018
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 111
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 112
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 113
1930 - 2014
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 114
1944 - 2013
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 115
1939 - 2008
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 116
1951 - Present
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 117
1946 - Present
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 118
Among people born in 1948, Viktor Afanasyev ranks 268. Before him are Jan Tomaszewski, Arturo Sosa, Michael Berryman, Yoshihito, Prince Katsura, Dee Wallace, and Dan Halutz. After him are Linda McMahon, Bernard Thévenet, David Albahari, Rick James, Gary Thain, and Jennifer O'Neill.
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 262
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 263
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 264
1948 - 2014
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 265
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 266
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 267
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 268
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 269
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 270
1948 - 2023
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 271
1948 - 2004
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 272
1948 - 1975
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 273
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 274
Among people born in Russia, Viktor Afanasyev ranks 1,245 out of 3,262. Before him are Issa Pliyev (1903), Fyodor Alekseyev (1753), Yevgeniy Chazov (1929), Elena Belova (1947), Nikolai Valuev (1973), and Ivan Sidorenko (1919). After him are Alexander Kazhdan (1922), Oleg Basilashvili (1934), Margarita Terekhova (1942), Yuri Lyubimov (1917), Vladimir Etush (1922), and Apollinary Vasnetsov (1856).
1903 - 1979
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 1,239
1753 - 1824
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 1,240
1929 - 2021
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 1,241
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 1,242
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 1,243
1919 - 1994
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 1,244
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 1,245
1922 - 1997
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 1,246
1934 - Present
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 1,247
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 1,248
1917 - 2014
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 1,249
1922 - 2019
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 1,250
1856 - 1933
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 1,251
Among astronauts born in Russia, Viktor Afanasyev ranks 33. Before him are Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov (1943), Aleksandr Ivanchenkov (1940), Tatyana Kuznetsova (1941), Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov (1947), Boris Yegorov (1937), and Vladimir Aksyonov (1935). After him are Aleksandr Serebrov (1944), Yury Glazkov (1939), Vladimir Solovyov (1946), Anatoly Filipchenko (1928), Lev Dyomin (1926), and Valentin Lebedev (1942).
1943 - Present
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 27
1940 - Present
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 28
1941 - 2018
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 29
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 30
1937 - 1994
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 31
1935 - Present
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 32
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 33
1944 - 2013
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 34
1939 - 2008
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 35
1946 - Present
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 36
1928 - 2022
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 37
1926 - 1998
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 38
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 39