Umberto Guidoni

Umberto Guidoni is an Italian astrophysicist, science writer and a former ESA astronaut, being the first European to visit the International Space Station. He is a veteran of two NASA Space Shuttle missions. He was also a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2004 to 2009, with the Group of the European United Left (GUE/NGL).

18 August 1954

Born on the same birth day (18 August): Andi Deris • Anis Mansour • Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau • Elayne Boosler • Frank Salemme • François de Chasseloup-Laubat • Ikue Ōtani • Just Fontaine • Lucienne Boyer • Madeleine Stowe • Marcel Carné • Nettie Palmer • Ruth Norman • Sheila Cassidy • Yu Mengyu

Born in the same month (August 1954): Anatoliy Kinakh • Archie Griffin • Charles Busch • Eric Johnson (guitarist) • François Hollande • François Valéry • John Dorahy • Jonathan Pollard • Katharine Abraham • Leung Chun-ying • Nick Holtam • Oscar Larrauri • Pete Thomas (drummer) • Peter Endrulat • Trevor Berbick • Vance Heafner