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): Ashikaga Takauji • Bajirao I • Brian To'o • Edgar Faure • Gianni Rivera • Huw Edwards • John Russell, 1st Earl Russell • John Scarlett • Paula Danziger

Born in the same month (August 1954): Alexander Lukashenko • John Dorahy • Mark Fidrych • Mark Hughes (rugby league, born 1954) • Rob Borbidge • Sam J. Jones • Sammy McIlroy