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ASTRONAUT

Yang Liwei

1965 - Today

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Yang Liwei (Chinese: 杨利伟; born 21 June 1965) is a Chinese major general, former military pilot, and former taikonaut at 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 362,906 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia. Yang Liwei is the 104th most popular astronaut (down from 93rd in 2019), the 725th most popular biography from China (down from 654th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Chinese Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 360k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Yang Liwei ranks 104 out of 524. Before him are Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, Muhammed Faris, Donn F. Eisele, Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov, Dirk Frimout, and Aleksandr Ivanchenkov. After him are Tatyana Kuznetsova, Bertalan Farkas, Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov, Talgat Musabayev, Boris Yegorov, and Vladimir Aksyonov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Yang Liwei ranks 114. Before him are Chris Penn, Quique Sánchez Flores, Mikhail Prokhorov, Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo, E-Type, and Bryan Singer. After him are Tommy Flanagan, Ryan Murphy, David Robinson, Cem Özdemir, Karim Massimov, and Rob Zombie.

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In China

Among people born in China, Yang Liwei ranks 725 out of 1,392. Before him are Yi-Fu Tuan (1930), Huang Hua (1913), Fujio Akatsuka (1935), Wang Huning (1955), Xie Lingyun (385), and Xu Caihou (1943). After him are Qiu Ying (1494), Cui Hao (704), Dai Jin (1388), Zhang Qun (1889), Sima Tan (-165), and Peng Shuai (1986).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In China

Among astronauts born in China, Yang Liwei ranks 2. Before him are Shannon Lucid (1943). After him are Taylor Wang (1940), Liu Yang (1978), Zhai Zhigang (1966), Wang Yaping (1980), Nie Haisheng (1964), Liu Boming (1966), Fei Junlong (1965), Jing Haipeng (1966), Liu Wang (1969), and Chen Dong (1978).

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