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): Alexander Rodzyanko • Anis Mansour • Cameron White • Eggert Jónsson • Frances Bean Cobain • Franz Joseph I of Austria • Jack Pickford • James Jones (bishop) • Jeremy Shockey • Jung Eun-ji • Justin Wilson (baseball) • Madeleine Stowe • Mahboob Ali Khan • Marge Schott • Maria Anna of Spain • Michael May (racing driver) • Ricardo Villa • Rosalynn Carter • William Halford

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