ASTRONAUT

Yang Liwei

1965 - Today

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Yang Liwei (simplified Chinese: 杨利伟; traditional Chinese: 楊利偉; born 21 June 1965) is a Chinese major general, former military pilot, and former taikonaut of the People's Liberation Army. In October 2003, Yang became the first person sent into space by the Chinese space program. This mission, Shenzhou 5, made China the third country to independently send humans into space. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yang Liwei has received more than 396,465 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Yang Liwei is the 96th most popular astronaut (up from 104th in 2019), the 731st most popular biography from China (down from 723rd in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Yang Liwei ranks 96 out of 556. Before him are Dick Scobee, Leonid Kizim, Alfred Worden, Stuart Roosa, Aleksandr Serebrov, and Kathryn D. Sullivan. After him are Anatoly Berezovoy, Valery Ryumin, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov, Deke Slayton, Dirk Frimout, and Scott Carpenter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Yang Liwei ranks 98. Before him are Stéphane Peterhansel, Ulf Kirsten, Karl-Heinz Riedle, Kim Bodnia, Yvan Attal, and Kevin James. After him are Chris Penn, Angela Gheorghiu, Svetlana Medvedeva, Kyra Sedgwick, David Robinson, and Robert Bilott.

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In China

Among people born in China, Yang Liwei ranks 731 out of 1,610. Before him are Cheng Pei-pei (1946), Zhang Gaoli (1946), Andrew Yao (1946), Faye Wong (1969), Nicholas Poppe (1897), and Shi Lang (1621). After him are Thonmi Sambhota (618), Ann Hui (1947), Jin of Xia (null), Wang Bo (650), Bai Ling (1966), and Jiong of Xia (null).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In China

Among astronauts born in China, Yang Liwei ranks 1. After him are Shannon Lucid (1943), Liu Yang (1978), Taylor Wang (1940), Fei Junlong (1965), Nie Haisheng (1964), Jing Haipeng (1966), Liu Boming (1966), Liu Wang (1969), Wang Yaping (1980), Chen Dong (1978), and Zhai Zhigang (1966).

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