John Glenn

John Herschel Glenn Jr. was an American Marine Corps aviator, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space and the first to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962. Following his retirement from NASA, he served from 1974 to 1999 as a U.S. senator from Ohio.

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Who was born first?

• John Glenn and Georgy Beregovoy were born the same year
• John Glenn was born 2 years before Wally Schirra
• John Glenn was born 2 years before Alan Shepard
• John Glenn was born 3 years before Deke Slayton
• John Glenn was born 4 years before Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev

Timeline

1. Georgy BeregovoyApril 15, 1921 – June 30, 1995
2. John Glenn (this page)July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016
3. Alan ShepardNovember 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998
4. Wally SchirraMarch 12, 1923 – May 3, 2007
5. Deke SlaytonMarch 1, 1924 – June 13, 1993
6. Pavel Ivanovich BelyayevJune 26, 1925 – January 10, 1970

Related

• Neil ArmstrongAugust 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012
• Yuri GagarinMarch 9, 1934 – March 27, 1968
• Valentina TereshkovaMarch 6, 1937 – present
• Buzz AldrinJanuary 20, 1930 – present
• Michael CollinsOctober 31, 1930 – April 28, 2021
• Sally RideMay 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012
• William ShatnerMarch 22, 1931 – present
• Kalpana ChawlaMarch 17, 1962 – 2003