Home›Astronauts and Cosmonauts›Birth Year›1960sBrowse By1960sThis dimension groups astronauts by the year they were born, showing which generation of spaceflight they belong to. Wikipedia notes that "as of April 2026, 781 humans have flown in space," a population spanning many decades of birth years from the earliest Soviet and American astronauts onward. Browsing by birth year lets a visitor compare astronauts of the same generation.Facts1960sSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonField Origin EraWell-attested1961 11960sFilter Results36 entriesNation / ProgramAllAstronauts of Other National Programs (1)British Astronauts (1)Canadian Astronauts (2)Chinese Taikonauts (9)European Space Agency Astronauts (2)French Astronauts (1)Guest Cosmonauts of Partner Nations (1)Italian Astronauts (1)Japanese Astronauts (4)Soyuz and Salyut Cosmonauts (1)Space Shuttle Astronauts (7)Space Station and Commercial Crew Astronauts (4)Space Tourists and Private Astronauts (2)AgencyAllBlue Origin (1)Canadian Space Agency (2)China National Space Administration (1)European Space Agency (5)JAXA (4)NASA (11)People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (8)Roscosmos (1)Soviet space program (1)Space Adventures (1)Associated WithAllCanadian Space Agency (2)China Manned Space Agency (1)European Space Agency (4)JAXA (4)NASA (10)Soviet space program (1)Astronaut RoleAllCommander (9)Flight Engineer (4)Mission Specialist (8)Pilot (8)Research Cosmonaut (1)Spaceflight Participant (3)Selection YearAll1989 (2)1992 (5)1994 (2)1996 (7)1998 (13)1999 (2)2000 (1)2004 (2)NationalityAllAustria (1)Belgium (2)Canada (2)China (9)France (1)India (1)Iran (1)Italy (1)Japan (4)Russia (1)Spain (1)United Kingdom (1)United States (13)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 36Akihiko Hoshide1960sAnousheh Ansari1960sBarry Wilmore1960sDeng Qingming1960sFei Junlong1960sFrank De Winne1960sFranz Viehböck1960sHelen Sharman1960sJeff Bezos1960sJing Haipeng1960sJose M. Hernandez1960sJoseph M. Acaba1960sJulie Payette1960sKalpana Chawla1960sKoichi Wakata1960sLaurel Clark1960sLiu Boming1960sLiu Wang1960sMarianne Merchez1960sMark Kelly1960sMichael McKay1960sNadezhda Kuzhelnaya1960sNie Haisheng1960sPatricia Robertson1960sPedro Duque1960sPeggy Whitson1960sPhilippe Perrin1960sRoberto Vittori1960sSatoshi Furukawa1960sScott Kelly1960sSoichi Noguchi1960sSunita Williams1960sWilliam McCool1960sYang Liwei1960sZhai Zhigang1960sZhang Xiaoguang1960sSources1. Wikipedia: Yuri Gagarintier 2Wikimedia FoundationYuri Gagarin, lead sectionQuote, Yuri Gagarin, lead sectionTravelling on Vostok 1, Gagarin completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961.View the SourceNASA Astronaut BiographiesNational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.