Vladimír Remek

Vladimír Remek is a Czech politician and diplomat, as well as a former cosmonaut and military pilot. He flew aboard Soyuz 28 from 2 to 10 March 1978, becoming the first and only Czechoslovak in space. As the first cosmonaut from a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States, and with the entry of the Czech Republic and Slovakia into the European Union, Remek is considered to be the first astronaut from the European Union. Remek was a member of the European Parliament between 2004 and 2013 for the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia. From 2014 to 2018, he was the Czech Ambassador to Russia.

26 September 1948

Born on the same birth date (26 September 1948): Olivia Newton-John

Born on the same birth day (26 September): Al Pitrelli • Alma Jodorowsky • Andrew Bolt • Boris Cepeda • Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood • Gladys Brockwell • Joe Brown (climber) • Johnny Appleseed • Rosanna Munter • Simon Kirch

Born in the same month (September 1948): A Martinez • Caio Fernando Abreu • Christa McAuliffe • Dimitri Nanopoulos • Duncan Fletcher • Fotis Kouvelis • Greg Errico • Jeremy Irons • Jim Ard • Józef Życiński • Les Chapman • Lynn Abbey • Mark Phillips • Max Walker • Mitsuo Momota • Tom Braidwood • Victoria Mallory