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List of astronauts by name
This is an alphabetical list of astronauts, cosmonauts, and taikonauts.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
- Loren Acton, (born 1936)
- James Adamson
- Viktor M. Afanasyev
- Thomas Akers
- Toyohiro Akiyama
- Vladimir Aksyonov
- Sultan Salman Al-Saud
- Buzz Aldrin, (born 1930), US.
- Aleksandr Panayatov Aleksandrov - Bulgaria
- Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov - Russia
- Andrew M. Allen
- Joseph Allen
- Scott Altman
- William Anders, (born 1933), US.
- Michael P. Anderson, (1959-2003)
- Claudie Andre-Deshay
- Jerome Apt
- Neil Armstrong, (born 1930), US, first person on the Moon
- Anatoly Artsebarsky
- Yuri Artyukhin, (1930-1998), USSR
- Jeffrey Ashby
- Oleg Atkov
- Toktar Aubakirov, (born 1946), USSR
- Sergei Avdeyev - Record time in space - 747-days
B
- James Bagian
- Ellen Baker
- Michael Baker
- Aleksandr Balandin
- Daniel Barry
- John Bartoe
- Charles Bassett
- Yuri Baturin
- Patrick Baudry
- Alan Bean, (born 1932), Apollo 12 - 1969
- Pavel Belyayev, (1925-1970)
- Ivan Bella
- Georgi Beregovoi, (1921-1995)
- Anatoli Berezovoy
- Brian Binnie
- John Blaha
- Michael J. Bloomfield
- Guion Bluford, U.S., first African American in space
- Karol Bobko
- Charles Bolden
- Roberta Bondar, first Canadian woman in space
- Frank Borman
- Kenneth Bowersox
- Charles Brady
- Vance Brand
- Daniel Brandenstein
- Roy Bridges
- Curtis Brown
- David M. Brown, (1956-2003)
- Mark Brown
- James Buchli
- Jay Buckey
- Nikolai Budarin
- Daniel Burbank
- Daniel Bursch
- Valery Bykovsky, (born 1934)
C
- Robert Cabana
- Kenneth Cameron
- Duane Carey
- Scott Carpenter
- Gerald Carr
- Sonny Carter, (1947-1991)
- John Casper
- Robert Cenker
- Gene Cernan, Apollo 17 - 1972
- Roger Chaffee, (1935-1967), US
- Franklin Chang-Diaz - 7 flights
- Kalpana Chawla, (1961-2003)
- Maurizio Cheli
- Leroy Chiao
- Kevin Chilton
- Jean-Loup Chretien
- Laurel Clark, (1961-2003)
- Mary Cleave
- Jean-Francois Clervoy
- Michael Clifford
- Michael Coats
- Kenneth Cockrell
- Catherine Coleman, (born 1960)
- Eileen Collins
- Michael Collins, (born 1930)
- Pete Conrad, Apollo 12 - 1969
- Gordon Cooper
- Richard Covey
- John Creighton
- Albert H. Crews
- Robert Crippen
- Roger Crouch
- Frank Culbertson
- Walter Cunningham
- Robert Curbeam
- Nancy Currie
D
- Nancy Jan Davis
- William H. Dana
- Lawrence DeLucas
- Lev Demin
- Frank DeWinne
- Vladimir Dezhurov
- Georgi Dobrovolski, (1928-1971)
- Takao Doi
- Brian Duffy
- Charles Duke, Apollo 16 - 1972
- Bonnie Dunbar
- Pedro Duque
E
F
- John Fabian
- Muhammed Faris
- Bertalan Farkas
- Jean-Jacques Favier
- Konstantin Feoktistov, (born 1926)
- Martin Fettman
- Anatoli Filipchenko
- Edward Fincke
- Anna Fisher
- William Fisher
- Klaus-Dietrich Flade
- Michael Foale
- Patrick Forrester
- Stephen Frick
- Dirk Frimout
- Charles Fullerton
- Reinhard Furrer, (1940-1955)
G
- Francis Gaffney
- Yuri Gagarin, (1934-1968), USSR, first person in space.
- Guy Gardner
- Dale Gardner
- Jake Garn
- Marc Garneau, (born 1949), first Canadian in space
- Owen Garriott
- Charles Gemar
- Michael Gernhardt
- Edward Gibson, author
- Robert Gibson
- Yuri Gidzenko
- Yuri Glazkov
- John Glenn, (born 1921), US
- Linda Godwin
- Viktor Gorbatko, (born 1934)
- Henry C. Gordon
- Richard Gordon
- Dominic Gorie
- Ronald Grabe
- Georgi Grechko
- William Gregory
- Frederick Gregory
- Stanley Griggs
- Virgil Grissom, (1926-1967), US
- John Grunsfeld
- Aleksei Gubarev
- Umberto Guidoni
- Zhugderdemidiyn Gurragcha
- Sidney Gutierrez
H
- Chris Hadfield, (born 1959), first Canadian to walk in space
- Jean-Pierre Haignere
- Fred Haise
- James Halsell
- Lloyd Hammond
- Gregory Harbaugh
- Bernard Harris
- Terry Hart
- Henry Hartsfield
- Frederick Hauck
- Steven Hawley
- Susan Helms
- Karl Henize
- Thomas Hennen
- Terence Henricks
- Miroslaw Hermaszewski
- Claudie Heigneré
- John Herrington
- Richard Hieb
- David Hilmers
- Kathryn Hire
- Charles Hobaugh
- Jeffrey Hoffman
- Scott Horowitz
- Millie Hughes-Fulford
- Rick D. Husband, (1957-2003)
I
- James Irwin, (died 1991), Apollo 15 - 1971
- Aleksandr Ivanchenkov
- Georgi Ivanov
- Marsha Ivins
J
- Greg Jarvis, (1944-1986)
- Sigmund Jähn, Germany
- Mae Jemison, (born 1956), first African-American woman in space
- Tamara Jernigan, (born 1959)
- Brent Jett
- Thomas Jones
K
- Leonid Kadenyuk
- Alexander Kaleri
- Janet Kavandi
- James M. Kelly
- Mark Kelly
- Scott Kelly
- Joseph Kerwin
- Yevgeny Khrunov, (1933-2000)
- Leonid Kizim
- Petr Klimuk
- William J. Knight
- Vladimir Komarov, (1927-1967), USSR
- Elena V. Kondakova, (1957- ), Russia
- Valery Korzun
- Vladimir Kovalyonok
- Konstantin Kozeyev
- Kevin Kregel
- Sergei Krikalev
- Valeri Kubasov, (born 1935)
- André Kuipers
L
- Judith Lapierre
- Aleksandr Laveykin
- Wendy Lawrence
- Vasili Lazarev
- Aleksandr Lazutkin
- Valentin Lebedev
- Mark Lee
- David Leestma
- William Lenoir
- Aleksei Leonov, (born 1934)
- Frederick Leslie
- Anatoli Levchenko
- Byron Lichtenberg
- Don Lind
- Steven Lindsey
- Jerry Linenger
- Richard Linnehan
- Gregory Linteris
- Yang Liwei - see under Y
- Paul Lockhart
- Yuri Lonchakov
- Michael Lopez-Alegria
- John Lounge
- Jack Lousma
- Jim Lovell, (born 1928)
- George Low
- Edward Lu
- Shannon Lucid
- Vladimir Lyakhov
M
- Steven MacLean
- Sandra Magnus
- Oleg Makarov, (1933-2003)
- Yuri Malenchenko
- Franco Malerba
- Yuri Malyshev
- Gennadi Manakov
- Musa Manarov
- Michael Massimino
- Richard Mastracchio
- Thomas Mattingly
- William McArthur
- Christa McAuliffe, (1948-1986)
- Jon McBride
- Bruce McCandless
- William C. McCool, (1961-2003)
- Michael McCulley
- James McDivitt
- Donald McMonagle
- Ronald McNair, (1950-1986)
- Carl Meade
- Bruce Melnick
- Pamela Melroy
- Mike Melvill
- Ulf Merbold, (born 1941), Germany
- Ernst Messerschmid, (born 1945)
- Edgar Mitchell, (born 1930), Apollo 14 - 1971
- Abdul Ahad Mohmand, (born 1959)
- Mamoru Mohri, (born 1948)
- Lee Morin
- Boris Morukov
- Chiaki Mukai
- Richard Mullane
- Talgat Musabayev
- Story Musgrave
N
- Steven Nagel
- George Nelson
- William Nelson
- Rodolfo Neri Vela, first Mexican in space.
- James Newman
- Claude Nicollier, (born 1944), pilot.
- Andrian Nikolayev, (1929-2004)
- Carlos Noriega
O
- Bryan O'Connor
- Ellen Ochoa
- Wubbo Ockels
- Ellison Onizuka, (1946-1986)
- Yuri Onufrienko
- Stephen Oswald
- Robert Overmyer
P
- Gennady Padalka
- William Pailes
- Scott Parazynski
- Ronald A. Parise
- Robert Parker
- Viktor Patsayev, (1933-1971)
- James Pawelczyk
- Julie Payette, (born 1963)
- Gary Payton
- Philippe Perrin
- Donald Peterson
- Donald Pettit
- Tuân Pham
- John Phillips, (1935-2001)
- William Pogue
- Mark Polansky
- Alexander Poleshchuk
- Valeri Polyakov - Single longest spaceflight - 437-days
- Leonid Popov
- Pavel Popovich, (born 1930)
- Charles Precourt
- Dumitru Prunariu
R
- Ilan Ramon, (1954-2003)
- William Readdy
- Kenneth Reightler
- James Reilly
- Thomas Reiter
- Vladimír Remek
- Judith Resnik, (1949-1986)
- Paul Richards
- Richard Richards
- Sally Ride, (born 1951)
- Stephen Robinson
- Russell L. Rogers
- Yuri Romanenko
- Kent Rominger
- Stuart Roosa
- Jerry L. Ross - 7 flights
- Valeri Rozhdestvensky
- Nikolay Rukavishnikov
- Mario Runco
- Valery Ryumin
S
- Albert Sacco
- Gennadi Sarafanov
- Viktor Savinykh
- Svetlana Savitskaya
- Wally Schirra, (born 1923)
- Hans Schlegel
- Harrison Schmitt, (born 1935)
- Rusty Schweickart
- Dick Scobee, (1939-1986)
- Winston Scott
- David Scott, Apollo 15 - 1971
- Paul Scully-Power
- Richard Searfoss
- Rhea Seddon
- Ronald Sega
- Piers Sellers
- Aleksandr Serebrov
- Vitali Sevastyanov, (born 1935)
- Yuri Shargin
- Salizhan Sharipov
- Rakesh Sharma
- Helen Sharman
- Vladimir Shatalov, (born 1927)
- Brewster Shaw
- Alan Shepard, (1923-1998), Apollo 14 - 1971
- William Shepherd
- Georgi Shonin, (1935-1997)
- Loren Shriver
- Mark Shuttleworth, Web entrepreneur, founder of Thawte
- Donald Slayton
- Michael J. Smith, (1945-1986)
- Steven Smith
- Vladimir Soloviyov
- Anatoly Solovyev
- Sherwood Spring
- Robert Springer
- Thomas Stafford
- Robert Stewart
- Susan Still
- Gennady Strekalov
- Frederick Sturckow
- Kathryn D. Sullivan
- John Swigert
T
- Daniel Tani
- Joseph Tanner
- Valentina Tereshkova, (born 1937), USSR, first woman in space.
- Norman Thagard
- Gerhard Thiele
- Robert Thirsk
- Donald Thomas
- Andrew Thomas
- Milton O. Thompson
- Kathryn Thornton
- William E. Thornton
- Pierre Thuot
- Dennis Tito, first paying space tourist
- Gherman Titov, (1935-2000)
- Vladimir Titov
- Michel Tognini
- Valery Tokarev
- Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez
- Sergei Treschev
- Eugene Trinh
- Richard Truly
- Bjarni Tryggvason
- Vasili Tsibliyev
- Mikhail Tyurin
U
V
- Lodewijk van den Berg
- James van Hoften
- Vladimir Vasyutin
- Charles Veach
- Franz Viehböck
- Alexander Viktorenko
- Pavel Vinogradov
- Roberto Vittori
- Igor Volk
- Vladislav Volkov, (1935–1971)
- Alexander A. Volkov
- Boris Volynov, (born 1934)
- James Voss
- Janice Voss
W
- Koichi Wakata
- Rex Walheim
- Charles Walker
- David Walker
- Joseph A. Walker
- Ulrich Walter, (born 1954), Germany.
- Carl Walz
- Taylor Wang
- Mary Weber
- Paul Weitz
- James Wetherbee
- Edward White, (1930-1967), US
- Peggy Whitson
- Terrence Wilcutt
- Dafydd Williams
- Donald Williams
- Jeffrey Williams
- Peter Wisoff
- David Wolf
- James W. Wood
- Alfred Worden
Y
- Yang Liwei, first Chinese-launched astronaut
- Boris Yegorov, (1937-1994)
- Aleksei Yeliseyev, (born 1934)
- John Young
- Fyodor Yurchikhin
Z
See also
- Timeline of astronauts by nationality
- List of human spaceflights: 1961-1986, 1987-1999, 2000-present.
- Top 50 Space Travelers
Last updated: 01-22-2005 01:14:26