Yuri Gagarin

Known for

Acting

Gender

Male

Born

March 9, 1934

Age at death

34

Died

March 27, 1968

From

Klushino, Soviet Union

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin  was a Soviet Air Forces pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human travel into outer space: his capsule, Vostok 1, completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961.