Neil Alden Armstrong was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who, as the commander of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, became the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot and university professor. August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012; died at 82. Alive at the same time as Barack Obama, Albert Einstein, Pablo Picasso, Pope Francis, and George Orwell. Wiki link