29.6% of matchups won
301 matchups
Elo 1456
tracked 2025/05/17 → 2026/07/17
mission: Advance space exploration · Space exploration · politicians
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing28%
picked as helping wellbeing
254 matchups
36%
picked as hurting wellbeing
47 matchups
On balance people see it as hurting.
Who rates it higher
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-29Related
Similar people
01
Valentina Tereshkova
→
52.1% wins · Russian cosmonaut and pilot, first woman to have flown in space
02
John Glenn
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38.4% wins · American astronaut and politician (1921–2016)
03
Jack Swigert
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37.6% wins · NASA Astronaut, Pilot (1931-1982)
04
Vladimir Lenin
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50.1% wins · founding leader of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924
05
Mikhail Gorbachev
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41.3% wins · leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991
Known for
- First spaceflight
- Hero of the Soviet Union
- Global celebrity
- Deputy Training Director
- Scientific contributions
Based on 301 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/07/17. Full rankings ·
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