Georgy Timofeyevich Beregovoy (, ; April 15, 1921 – June 30, 1995) was a
Soviet cosmonaut who commanded the
space mission Soyuz 3 in 1968. At the time of his flight, Beregovoy was 47 years of age: he was the earliest-born human to go to orbit, being born three months and three days earlier than the second earliest-born man in orbit –
John Glenn, but later than
X-15 pilot
Joe Walker who made 2 (or 3, according to
USAF definition) suborbital space flights.