Real world characters in For All Mankind

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This article lists all real people who appeared or were mentioned in For All Mankind.

Real people played by actors

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For All Mankind character								Real person
Name Actor	GN	Ctry.	Aff.	Role	SE	First Last	EP	Status	Links
Buzz Aldrin Chris Agos	♂		NASA	Astronaut Chief Astronaut (acting)	One	1x01 1x10	6	Alive Age: 95
Buzz Aldrin in FAM 1x08 at 30:30	Buzz Aldrin was the LEM pilot of NASA's Moon landing mission Apollo 11 and became the 2nd American and the 3rd man on the Moon on July 20, 1969, after his commander Neil Armstrong and Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov 3 weeks before. In 1974, Aldrin became acting Chief of the Astronaut Office after Deke Slayton had assigned himself for Apollo 24, until Edward Baldwin took over that position in early 1975.							Buzz Aldrin 1969 Real Buzz Aldrin flew first into space aboard Gemini 12 in Nov. 1966. On July 20, 1969, he became the second man to walk on the Moon after Neil Armstong. Like in the show, he was the landing module pilot of Apollo 11. He left NASA in 1971. With a current age of 95, Aldrin is the oldest living moonwalker.
Neil Armstrong Jeff Branson	♂		NASA	Astronaut	One	1x01 1x02	2	Deceased 25 Aug. 2012  (aged 82)
Neil Armstrong in FAM 1x01 at 36:09	Neil Armstrong was the commander of NASA's Apollo 11 Moon landing mission and became the first American and 2nd man on the Moon on 20 July 1969, after Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov 3 weeks before. Armstrong flew first to space as part of Gemini 8 in March 1966. It is unknown how his career at NASA continued after Apollo 11.							Neil Armstrong 1969 Real Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the Moon on 20 July 1969. Like in the show, he was part of Gemini 8 before. He spent a total of 8 days and 14 hours in space. Armstrong left NASA in 1971. He served on the Apollo 13 accident investigation and was later part of the Rogers Commission, investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986. He passed away in 2012 at an age of 82.
Lee Atwater Dustin Seavey	♂		USA	Political advisor	Two	2x09	1	Deceased 23 Mar. 1991  (aged 40)
Lee Atwater in FAM 2x09 at 44:32	Lee Atwater served as Ellen Wilson's advisor for running as U.S. Senator in 1983.							Lee Atwater 1983 Harvey LeRoy Atwater was a Republican political consultant and strategist, and an adviser to the US presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, known for his aggressive campaign tactics. Atwater died in 1991 at the age of 40 from a brain tumor.
Wernher von Braun Colm Feore	♂		NASA	Chief engineer	One	1x01 1x06	3	Deceased 16 Jun. 1977  (aged 65)
Wernher von Braun in FAM 1x02 at 04:52	Missing details about the character Wernher von Braun. You can add them.							Wernher von Braun 1964 Missing details about the real Wernher von Braun. You can add them.
Michael Collins Ryan Kennedy	♂		NASA	Astronaut	One	1x01 1x06	3	Deceased 28 Apr. 2021  (aged 90)
Michael Collins in FAM 1x01 at 39:23	Michael Collins was the CSM pilot of Apollo 11, NASA's first manned Moon landing mission in July 1969. While Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed the LEM on the lunar surface, he stayed in orbit aboard the command module. In 1974, he was the commander of Apollo 23. Their Saturn V expoded on the launch pad, but Michael and his crew survived thanks to the Launch Escape System.							Michael Collins 1969 Real Michael Collins also was the CSM pilot of Apollo 11. Prior to that mission, he was part of Gemini 10 in 1966, an orbital mission performing a rendezvous with another spacecraft. He retired from NASA in 1970.
Pete Conrad Steven Pritchard	♂		NASA	Astronaut	One	1x01 1x02	2	Deceased 8 Jul. 1999  (aged 69)
Pete Conrad in FAM 1x01 at 18:46	Pete Conrad was the commander of Apollo 12, NASA's second manned Moon landing mission.							Pete Conrad 1964 The real Pete Conrad also commanded NASA's Apollo 12 mission and became the third man on the Moon. Before that, he was part of Gemini 5 and Gemini 11 in 1965 and 1966. In 1973 he was the commander of Skylab 2, the first crewed mission to the first US space station. Later that year, Conrad retired from NASA.
Charles Duke Ben Begley	♂		NASA	Astronaut Flight controller	One	1x01 1x06	3	Alive Age: 90
Charles Duke in FAM 1x01 at 47:30	Missing details about the character Charles Duke. You can add them.							Charles Duke 1971 Missing details about the real Charles Duke. You can add them.
Dick Gephardt Stewart Skelton	♂		USA	Politician Lobbyist	Three	3x04 3x09	3	Alive Age: 84
Dick Gephardt in FAM 3x04 at 10:44	Dick Gephardt was the Speaker of the House during the first term of Ellen Wilson's presidency and put pressure on her to defund NASA and transfer their profits into other departments. He later threatened her with a lawsuit to get access to the Oval Office recordings, and with the possibility of an impeachment.							Dick Gephardt Richard Andrew Gephardt is an American attorney and lobbyist, and a Democratic politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1977 to 2005, representing Missouri's 3rd congressional district. Gephardt unsuccessfully run for the nomination for President twice, and was mentioned as a possible vice presidential nominee for several elections.
John Glenn Matt Battaglia	♂		USA NASA	Politician Astronaut	One	1x04	1	Deceased 8 Dec. 2016  (aged 95)
John Glenn in FAM 1x04 at 09:21	Missing details about the character John Glenn. You can add them.							John Glenn 1964 Missing details about the real John Glenn. You can add them.
Ron Klain Jon Levine	♂		USA	Political consultant Lobbyist	Four	4x05	1	Alive Age: 64
Ron Klain in FAM 4x05 at 06:31	Missing details about the character Ron Klain. You can add them.							Ron Klain 2009 Missing details about the real Ron Klain. You can add them.
Sergei Korolev Endre Hules	♂		SSP	Soviet chief engineer	Two	2x06 2x07	2	Deceased 14 Jan. 1966  (aged 59)
Sergei Korolev in FAM 2x07 at 31:09	Missing details about the character Sergei Korolev. You can add them.							Sergei Korolev 1953 Missing details about the real Sergei Korolev. You can add them.
Gene Kranz Eric Ladin	♂		NASA	Director of JSC Flight director Flight controller	One	1x01 1x06	6	Alive Age: 92
Gene Kranz in FAM 1x05 at 44:53	Missing details about the character Gene Kranz. You can add them.							Gene Kranz 1965 Missing details about the real Gene Kranz. You can add them.
Alexei Leonov Unknown (uncredited)	♂		SSP	Cosmonaut	One	1x01	1	Deceased 11 Oct. 2019  (aged 85)
Alexei Leonov in FAM 1x01 at 06:49	Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov was the first human to step foot on the Moon on June 26, 1969.							Alexei Leonov 1975 Leonov was the first person ever to do a spacewalk on March 18, 1965, during the Voskhod 2 mission. He was also selected to be the first Soviet cosmonaut to land on the Moon before the project was cancelled. In 1975, he commanded the Soyuz capsule for the Soyuz-Apollo mission. Leonov spent a total of 7 days in space.
Poppy Northcutt Unknown (uncredited)	♀		NASA	NASA employee	One	1x01		Alive Age: 82
Poppy Northcutt in FAM 1x01 at 11:28	Poppy is seen at the beginning of the first episode in a blink&miss moment, when she is greeted by Margo Madison after the latter leaves her room after her morning routine. The actress playing her was not credited and is unknown. Instead of Poppy, Margo became the first woman in Mission Control in summer 1969. Poppy was probably working as one of the "computer ladies".							Frances Poppy Northcutt 1968 Frances "Poppy" Northcutt was the first female engineer to work in NASA's Mission Control, starting with Apollo 8. She later became an attorney specialized in women's rights.
Wubbo Ockels Bjørn Alexander	♂		ESA NASA	Astronaut	Two	2x01 2x02	2	Deceased 11 May. 2014  (aged 68)
Wubbo Ockels in FAM 2x02 at 50:31	Missing details about the character Wubbo Ockels. You can add them.							Wubbo Ockels 1981 Missing details about the real Wubbo Ockels. You can add them.
Thomas Paine Dan Donohue	♂		NASA USA	NASA administrator	One Two	1x01 2x07	12	Deceased 4 May. 1992  (aged 70)
Thomas Paine in FAM 2x06 at 46:36	Missing details about the character Thomas Paine. You can add them.							Thomas Paine Missing details about the real Thomas Paine. You can add them.
Shorty Powers Brian Stepanek	♂		NASA	Public affairs officer (PAO)	One	1x03 1x04	2	Deceased 31 Dec. 1979  (aged 57)
Shorty Powers in FAM 1x04 at 37:50	Missing details about the character Shorty Powers. You can add them.							John Shorty Powers 1962 Missing details about the real Shorty Powers. You can add them.
Garrett Reisman Garrett Reisman	♂		NASA	Astronaut	Two	2x02 2x08	2	Alive Age: 57
Garrett Reisman in FAM 2x02 at 09:38	Missing details about the character Garrett Reisman. You can add them.							Garrett Reisman 2007 Missing details about the real Garrett Reisman. You can add them.
Sally Ride Ellen Wroe	♀		NASA	Astronaut	Two	2x04 2x10	5	Deceased 23 Jul. 2012  (aged 61)
Sally Ride in FAM 2x04 at 45:30	Missing details about the character Sally Ride. You can add them.							Sally Ride 1984 Missing details about the real Sally Ride. You can add them.
Karl Rove Joseph Beck	♂		USA	Political consultant Lobbyist	Three	3x07	1	Alive Age: 74
Karl Rove in FAM 3x07 at 36:54	Missing details about the character Karl Rove. You can add them.							Karl Rove Missing details about the real Karl Rove. You can add them.
Charles Sandman Saul Rubinek	♂		USA	Politician Rep. of New Jersey	One	1x02	1	Deceased 26 Aug. 1985  (aged 63)
Charles Sandman in FAM 1x02 at 39:23	Missing details about the character Charles Sandman. You can add them.							Charles Sandman 1960s Missing details about the real Charles Sandman. You can add them.
Deke Slayton Chris Bauer	♂		NASA	Chief Astronaut Astronaut	One	1x01 1x09	9	Deceased 13 Jun. 1993  (aged 69)
Deke Slayton in FAM 1x08 at 30:48	Missing details about the character Deke Slayton. You can add them.							Deke Slayton 1973 Missing details about the real Deke Slayton. You can add them.
Marge Slayton Rebecca Wisocky	♀			Housewife	One	1x01 1x10	4	Deceased 19 Feb. 1989  (aged 67)
Marge Slayton in FAM 1x08 at 40:06	Missing details about the character Marge Slayton. You can add them.							Missing details about the real Marge Slayton. You can add them.
Richard Truly John Hartmann	♂		NASA USA	NASA administrator Astronaut	Three	3x01 3x10	5	Deceased 27 Feb. 2024  (aged 86)
Richard Truly in FAM 3x01 at 11:31	Missing details about the character Richard Truly. You can add them.							Richard Truly Missing details about the real Richard Truly. You can add them.

Real people shown in archive footage

Notes about this list

• The "season" field in this table indicates when a person was seen visually. This can be in archive footage or just in a photograph.
• The "first/last" field however represents the first or last time the person was seen, or mentioned, or referred.
  For example, Richard Nixon was only in season 1, but he was mentioned in every other season. Hence, his "last" data states episode 4x03 while season says "One".
• Note that bonus videos always count towards the next following season. So for example the bonus video of 1984 is considered as "season 3".

• Images on the left are screenshots from the show. Those on the right side are not.
• The images on the right were chosen to correspond to the era of appearance, if possible.
• Hint: Hover the mouse over the images to get some more info about it.

For All Mankind							Real person
Name	GN	Ctry.	Aff.	Role	SE	First Last	Status	Links
Saud bin Faisal Al Saud	♂		SAU	Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia	Three	Bonus 1990	Deceased 9 Jul. 2015  (aged 75)
Saud bin Faisal Al Saud in FAM bonus video 1991	Missing details about Saud bin Faisal Al Saud. You can add them.							Saud bin Faisal Al Saud 1987
Yuri Andropov	♂		USSR	Leader of the USSR	Two	Bonus 1982 2x10	Deceased 9 Feb. 1984  (aged 69)
Yuri Andropov in FAM 2x02 at 04:17	Missing details about Yuri Andropov. You can add them.							Yuri Andropov
Tim Berners-Lee	♂			Internet activist	Three	Bonus 1985	Alive Age: 70
Tim Berners-Lee in FAM bonus video 1985	Missing details about Tim Berners-Lee. You can add them.							Tim Berners-Lee 1994
Osama bin Laden	♂			Himself	Two	2x01	Deceased 2 May. 2011  (aged 54)
Osama bin Laden in FAM 2x01 at 01:28 (press review)	Missing details about Osama bin Laden. You can add them.
Wernher von Braun	♂		NASA	Chief engineer	One	1x01 1x02	Deceased 16 Jun. 1977  (aged 65)
Wernher von Braun in FAM 1x02 at 00:20	In the show: Beside the character played by an actor, real von Braun also appeared in archive footage in the first two episodes of season 1. In the first episode, he was seen with Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and others while visiting Cape Kennedy. In episode two, he explained the journey to the Moon on national television.							Wernher von Braun 1964
Leonid Brezhnev	♂	S	USSR	Leader of the USSR	Two	2x01 4x03	Deceased 10 Nov. 1982  (aged 75)
Leonid Brezhnev in FAM 2x01 at 01:32 (press review)	In the show: Brezhnev is seen in the press review opening of episode 2x01. In season 4, he was mentioned by Svetlana Zakharova, whose father used to be a gardener at his dacha on Black Sea.							Leonid Brezhnev
Tom Brokaw	♂		NBC	Himself	Two	2x07 4x01	Alive Age: 85
Tom Brokaw in FAM 2x07 at 15:58	In the show: Tom Brokaw appeared in archive footage from NBC Nightly News about the KAL-007 incident in September 1983. In the press review opening of season 4, his name is seen on place 2 and 3 of the nonfiction books bestseller list, after Eli Hobson's autobiography "Recharged". In real world: American network television journalist and author Brokaw served as the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News for 22 years from 1982–2004. From 1973-1976 he was the weekend anchor of the program.							Tom Brokaw 1980s
Jerry Brown	♂		USA	Governor of California	Three Four	Bonus 1992 Bonus 1996	Alive Age: 87
Jerry Brown in FAM bonus video 1996	Missing details about Jerry Brown. You can add them.							Jerry Brown 1990s
Pat Buchanan	♂		USA	Himself	Three Four	Bonus 1992 Bonus 2000	Alive Age: 87
Pat Buchanan in FAM bonus video 2000	Missing details about Pat Buchanan. You can add them.							Pat Buchanan 1985
George H. W. Bush	♂		USA	45th US vice president US Secretary of State	Four	3x10 4x01	Deceased 30 Nov. 2018  (aged 94)
George H. W. Bush in FAM bonus video 1996	Missing details about George H. W. Bush. You can add them.							George
Scott Carpenter	♂		NASA	Astronaut	One	1x03 1x04	Deceased 10 Oct. 2013  (aged 88)
Scott Carpenter in FAM 1x03 at 55:42	In the show: Scott Carpenter is seen on the picture of the Mercury 7 astronauts in Deke Slayton's office in episode 1x03, together with the other original Mercury 7 members. John Glenn also mentioned him while looking at that picture when he visited Deke in 1x04.							Scott Carpenter 1961
Johnny Carson	♂			Himself	Two	2x01 2x05	Deceased 23 Jan. 2005  (aged 79)
Johnny Carson in FAM 2x05 at 26:00	Missing details about Johnny Carson. You can add them.							Johnny Carson 1983
Jimmy Carter	♂		USA	Senator of Gerorgia	Two	2x07	Deceased 29 Dec. 2024  (aged 100)
Jimmy Carter in FAM 2x07 at 16:31	Missing details about Jimmy Carter. You can add them.							Jimmy Carter 1980
Fidel Castro	♂		CUB	President of Cuba	Three	Bonus 1988 3x01	Deceased 25 Nov. 2016  (aged 90)
FAM_301_PR_02.11_Fidel_Castro_(cropped)	Missing details about Fidel Castro. You can add them.							Fidel Castro 1984
Mark David Chapman	♂			Man who shot John Lennon	Two	Bonus 1980	Alive Age: 70
Mark David Chapman in FAM bonus video 1980	In the show: In 1980, Chapman committed an assassination attempt on English musician John Lennon in front of his studio in Manhatten. Lennon survived after surgery and the suspect was arrested. In real world: In reality, Chapman murdered Lennon and was sentenced 20 years to life in prison. He became eligible for parole in 2000, which has since been denied thirteen times.
Bill Clinton	♂		USA	Governor of Arkansas	Three Four	Bonus 1992 4x01	Alive Age: 79
Bill Clinton in FAM bonus video 1992	Missing details about Bill Clinton. You can add them.							Bill Clinton 1993
Chelsea Clinton	♀			Herself	Three	Bonus 1992	Alive Age: 45
Chelsea Clinton in FAM bonus video 1992	The daughter of Hillary and Bill Clinton was seen in archive footage about her father's presidential campaign during the 1992 presidential primaries.							Chelsea Clinton 1993
Hillary Clinton	♀		USA	Herself	Three Four	Bonus 1992 4x01	Alive Age: 78
Hillary Clinton in FAM bonus video 1992	In the show: Hillary is seen several times in the footage shown about her husband's presidental campaign for the 1992 presidential election. In the season 4 opening press review, a magazine cover from September 1998 shows the pair, stating that she filed for divorce. In real world: In reality, Hillary never filed for divorce. She was the Democratic Party presidential candidate for the 2016 US presidential election but lost to Donald Trump, although winning the popular vote, being the first female presidential nominee of a major American political party so far. Before that, she was the US Secretary of State from 2009–2013 under president Barak Obama.							Hillary Clinton 1992
Kurt Cobain	♂			Himself Lead vocalist of Nirvana	Three	3x01	Deceased 5 Apr. 1994  (aged 27)
FAM_301_PR_02.46_Kurt_Cobain_(cropped)	Missing details about Kurt Cobain. You can add them.							Kurt Cobain 1991
Gordon Cooper	♂		NASA	Astronaut	One	1x03	Deceased 4 Oct. 2004  (aged 77)
Gordon Cooper in FAM 1x03 at 55:42	In the show: Gordon Cooper is seen on the picture of the Mercury 7 astronauts in Deke Slayton's office in episode 1x03, together with the other original Mercury 7 members.							Gordon Cooper 1962
Archibald Cox	♂		USA	US Attorney General	Three	Bonus 1984	Deceased 29 May. 2004  (aged 92)
Archibald Cox in FAM bonus video 1984	Missing details about Archibald Cox. You can add them.							Archibald Cox 1987
Tom Cruise	♂			Charles Sanford "Charlie" Babbitt Jerry Maguire	Three Four	3x01 4x01	Alive Age: 63
Tom Cruise in FAM 3x01 at 01:54 (press review)	Missing details about Tom Cruise. You can add them.							Tom Cruise 1989
Ellen DeGeneres	♀			Ellen Morgan	Four	4x01	Alive Age: 67
Ellen DeGeneres in FAM 4x01 at 01:31 (press review)	Missing details about Ellen DeGeneres. You can add them.							Ellen DeGeneres
Bob Dole	♂		USA	Senator of Kansas	Three	Bonus 1988 Bonus 1992	Deceased 5 Dec. 2021  (aged 98)
Bob Dole in FAM bonus video 1992	Missing details about Bob Dole. You can add them.							Bob Dole 1980s
Richard Dreyfuss	♂			Himself	Two	Bonus 1978	Alive Age: 78
Richard Dreyfuss in FAM bonus video 1978	Missing details about Richard Dreyfuss. You can add them.							Richard Dreyfuss 1977
John Fiedler	♂		BNS	Emil Peterson	One	1x07	Deceased 25 Jun. 2005  (aged 80)
John Fiedler in FAM 1x07 at 03:15	John Fiedler was playing Emil Peterson in the Bob Newhart Show, the only video tape the Apollo 22 crew had while on Jamestown.							John Fiedler
Jon Fox	♂		USA	Rep. for Pennsylvania	Four	Bonus 1996	Deceased 11 Feb. 2018  (aged 70)
Jon Fox in FAM bonus video 1996	Missing details about Jon Fox. You can add them.							Jon Fox 1995
Florida Friebus	♀		BNS	Lillian Bakerman	One	1x07	Deceased 27 May. 1988  (aged 78)
Florida Friebus in FAM 1x07 at 26:46	Florida Friebus was playing Mrs. Lillian Bakerman in the Bob Newhart Show, the only video tape the Apollo 22 crew had while on Jamestown.							Florida Friebus 1968
Yuri Gagarin	♂		SSP USSR	Cosmonaut	One	1x01 3x07	Deceased 27 Mar. 1968  (aged 34)
Yuri Gagarin in FAM 1x01 at 00:28	In real world: Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was the first human to travel to outer space. On April 12, 1961, Gagarin completed one orbit aboard Vostock 1, being in space for 108 minutes. By achieving this major step in the Space Race for his country, he became an international celebrity. He was also awarded with the Soviet Union's highest distinction, Hero of the Soviet Union. Gagarin died in 1968 in a jet crash at the age of only 34. In the show: Gagarin appeared in the opening of the show's first episode, "Red Moon". He was mentioned by Thomas Paine in episode 1x04. In season 2, Danielle Poole was confined in a room in which Gagarin had slept. In season 3, a ridge on Mars was named after him, Gagarin Ridge.							Yuri Gagarin 1961
Kirk Gibson	♂			Himself	Three	3x01	Alive Age: 68
Kirk Gibson in FAM 3x01 at 02:03 (press review)	In the 1988 World Series, Gibson hit a walk-off home run against the Oakland Athletics.							Kirk Gibson 1988
Elián González	♂			Himself	Four	Bonus 2000	Alive Age: 32
Elián González in FAM bonus video 2000	Missing details about Elián González. You can add them.							Elián González 2000
Mikhail Gorbachev	♂		USSR	Leader of the USSR	Three Four	Bonus 1990 4x04	Deceased 30 Aug. 2022  (aged 91)
Mikhail Gorbachev in FAM bonus video 1990	Missing details about Mikhail Gorbachev. You can add them.							Mikhail Gorbachev 1987
Al Gore	♂		USA	42nd US president 42nd US vice president Rep. of Tennessee	Three Four	Bonus 1992 4x10	Alive Age: 77
Al Gore in FAM bonus video 1992	Missing details about Al Gore. You can add them.							Al Gore 1994
Tipper Gore	♀		USA	Herself	Four	4x01	Alive Age: 77
Tipper Gore in FAM 4x01 at 02:35 (press review)	Missing details about Tipper Gore. You can add them.							Tipper Gore
Lindsay Graham	♂		USA	Rep. for South Carolina	Four	Bonus 1996	Alive Age: 70
Lindsay Graham in FAM bonus video 1996	Missing details about Lindsay Graham. You can add them.							Lindsey Graham
Gus Grissom	♂		NASA	Astronaut	One	1x01 2x06	Deceased 27 Jan. 1967  (aged 40)
Gus Grissom in FAM 1x03 at 55:42	In the show: Gus Grissom is seen on the picture of the Mercury 7 astronauts in Deke Slayton's office in episode 1x03, together with the other original Mercury 7 members. He was mentioned already by Deke at the astronaut's meeting after the Soviet Moon landing in the first episode, together with Al Shepard, John Glenn, and Jim Webb. John Glenn mentioned him when he visited Deke in 1x04. He was also mentioned by Ed Baldwin in episode 2x04. In episode 2x06, Danielle Poole made a toast to Gus, Ed, and Roger from Apollo 1 while drinking with the Soviet cosmonauts in the Outpost. In real world: Gus Grissom died in the Apollo 1 disaster in January 1967 at the age of 40.							Gus Grissom 1964
Larry Hagman	♂			J. R. Ewing	Two	2x01	Deceased 23 Nov. 2012  (aged 81)
Larry Hagman in FAM 2x01 at 02:00 (press review)	Missing details about Larry Hagman. You can add them.							Larry Hagman 1983
H. R. Haldeman	♂		USA	White House Chief of Staff	One	1x01	Deceased 12 Nov. 1993  (aged 67)
H. R. Haldeman in FAM 1x01 at 08:34	In the show: Haldeman's voice is heard in archive recordings played in the first episode after the Soviet Moon landing, talking with Richard Nixon. He is also seen twice in archive photos. In real world: Harry Robbins "Bob" Haldeman was a political aide who served as Chief of Staff to President Nixon from January 1969 to April 1973. After he left the administration, he was tried for his role in the Watergate scandal and imprisoned for 18 months.							H R Haldeman 1971
Tom Hanks	♂			Charles "Chuck" Noland	Four	4x01	Alive Age: 69
Tom Hanks in FAM 4x01 at 02:20 (press review)	Missing details about Tom Hanks. You can add them.							Tom Hanks ca 2000s
James Hansen	♂		NASA	NASA climate scientist	Three	3x01	Alive Age: 84
FAM_301_PR_02.08_James_Hansen_(cropped)	Missing details about James Hansen. You can add them.							James Hansen 1988
Katherine Harris	♀		USA	Florida Secretary of State	Four	Bonus 2000	Alive Age: 68
Katherine Harris in FAM bonus video 2000	Missing details about Katherine Harris. You can add them.							Katherine Harris 2003
Gary Hart	♂		USA	40th US president Senator of Colorado	Two Three	2x02 3x03	Alive Age: 89
Gary Hart in FAM bonus video 1991	Missing details about Gary Hart. You can add them.							Gary Hart 1984
Dustin Hoffman	♂			Raymond "Ray" Babbitt	Three	3x01	Alive Age: 88
Dustin Hoffman in FAM 3x01 at 01:54 (press review)	Missing details about Dustin Hoffman. You can add them.							Dustin Hoffman 1984
Saddam Hussein	♂		IRQ	President of Iraq	Three	Bonus 1990	Deceased 30 Dec. 2006  (aged 69)
Saddam Hussein in FAM bonus video 1991	Missing details about Saddam Hussein. You can add them.							Saddam Hussein 1987
Ioannes Paulus II	♂		CC	Himself	Two	2x01	Deceased 2 Apr. 2005  (aged 84)
Ioannes Paulus II in FAM 2x01 at 02:07 (press review)	In the show: Pope Ioannes Paulus II was seen in the intro of the first episode of season two where it was mentioned in a news report from 1981 that he was shot and killed on the St. Peter's Square. In real world: John Paul II survived the 1981 assasination attempt by turkish hitman Mehmet Ali Ağca. He lived until 2004 when he passed away at the age of 84, becoming a saint of Catholic Church in 2014.							Ioannes Paulus II 1980
Lyndon B. Johnson	♂		USA	37th US vice president 36th US president	One	1x01 2x09	Deceased 22 Jan. 1973  (aged 64)
Lyndon B. Johnson in FAM 1x01 at 00:18	In the show: Lyndon B. Johnson was seen in archive footage at the beginning of the first episode as John F. Kennedy's vice president. In episode 2x09, he was quoted by Ed Baldwin with "whoever controls the high ground of space controls the world". In real world: Ed's quote from Johnson is actually from the 1983 movie The Right Stuff. What LBJ really said in a speech about the Space Race in 1962 was: "He who controls the weather, will control the world".							Lyndon B. Johnson 1964
Michael Jordan	♂			Himself	Three Four	3x01 4x01	Alive Age: 62
Michael Jordan in FAM 3x01 at 01:17 (press review)	US basketball star Michael Jordan was shown in the season three and four news review openings.							Michael Jordan 1984
Garry Kasparov	♂			Himself	Four	4x01	Alive Age: 62
Garry Kasparov in FAM 4x01 at 00:55 (press review)	Missing details about Garry Kasparov. You can add them.							Garry Kasparov 1994
Diane Keaton	♀			Herself	Two	Bonus 1978	Deceased 11 Oct. 2025  (aged 79)
Diane Keaton in FAM bonus video 1978	Diane Keaton was an American actress. In the show, she was mentioned in a news report about the 1978 Academy Awards, where she won the only Oscar for the movie Annie Hall for best actress in a leading role.							Diane Keaton 1979
John F. Kennedy	♂		USA	35th US president	One	1x01 2x10	Deceased 22 Nov. 1963  (aged 46)
John F. Kennedy in FAM 1x01 at 00:18	In the show: Kennedy is seen in a lot of different archive footage and photographs at the beginning of the first episode of the show, together with Lyndon B. Johnson, Wernher von Braun, and others. At the end of episode 2x10, Margo Madison visited his memorial at Arlington National Cemetery.							John F. Kennedy 1963
John F. Kennedy Jr.	♂		USA	Himself Politician	Four	4x01	Deceased 16 Jul. 1999  (aged 38)
John F. Kennedy Jr. in FAM 4x01 at 02:07 (press review)	Missing details about John F. Kennedy Jr.. You can add them.							John Kennedy Jr 1997
Ted Kennedy	♂		USA	38th US president Senator of Massachusetts	One Two	1x01 Bonus 1975	Deceased 25 Aug. 2009  (aged 77)
Ted Kennedy in FAM 1x01 at 30:13	Missing details about Ted Kennedy. You can add them.							Ted Kennedy 1969
Nikita Khrushchev	♂		USSR	Leader of the USSR	One	1x01	Deceased 11 Nov. 1971  (aged 77)
Nikita Khrushchev in FAM 1x01 at 00:40	Missing details about Nikita Khrushchev. You can add them.							Nikita Khrushchev 1962
Jeane Kirkpatrick	♂		USA UN	US Ambassador to the U.N.	Two	2x07	Deceased 7 Dec. 2006  (aged 80)
Jeane Kirkpatrick in FAM 2x07 at 25:58	Missing details about Jeane Kirkpatrick. You can add them.							Jeane Kirkpatrick 1983
Henry Kissinger	♂		USA	US Secretary of State	One	1x02	Deceased 29 Nov. 2023  (aged 100)
Henry Kissinger in FAM 1x02 at 08:38	Missing details about Henry Kissinger. You can add them.							Henry Kissinger 1973
Mary Jo Kopechne	♀		USA	Political campaign worker	One	1x07	Deceased 19 Jul. 1969  (aged 28)
Mary Jo Kopechne in FAM 1x07 at 12:26	In real world: Mary Jo Kopechne was one of the campaign workers for Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign. In 1969, she died in a car accident after leaving a party in Chappaquiddick Island together with Senator Ted Kennedy. Kennedy drove the car off a narrow bridge and it landed in Poucha Pond. Kennedy managed to exit the car and left the scene without informing the authorities until the next day in what became known as the Chappaquiddick incident. In the show: In the show, Senator Kennedy cancelled his participation at the Chappaquiddick party to confer with other leaders about the Soviet Moon landing. He later became the 38th president of the USA. He was still accused of having an extramarital affair with Kopechne after the publication of photographs in fall 1974, showing them together in Palm Beach the year before.							Mary Jo Kopechne
Stanley Kubrick	♂			Himself	Four	4x01	Deceased 7 Mar. 1999  (aged 70)
Stanley Kubrick in FAM 4x01 at 01:58 (press review)	Missing details about Stanley Kubrick. You can add them.							Stanley Kubrick
Tom Lehrer	♂			Himself	One	1x02	Deceased 26 Jul. 2025  (aged 97)
Tom Lehrer in FAM 1x02 at 48:00	Missing details about Tom Lehrer. You can add them.							Tom Lehrer 1970
John Lennon	♂			Himself	Two Four	Bonus 1980 4x01	Deceased 8 Dec. 1980  (aged 40)
John Lennon in FAM bonus video 1980	In real world: John Lennon was an English musician of the rock band The Beatles. In December 1980, he was murdered in New York City by Mark David Chapman. In the show: In the show, the incident happened in a similar way, but Lennon survived the assassination attempt. In 2002, Lennon played at the Super Bowl XXXVI.							John Lennon 1980
Diego Maradona	♂			Himself	Three	3x01	Deceased 25 Nov. 2020  (aged 60)
Diego Maradona in FAM 3x01 at 01:29 (press review)	Missing details about Diego Maradona. You can add them.							Diego Maradona 1986
Bob Newhart	♂		BNS	Bob Hartley	One	1x07	Deceased 18 Jul. 2024  (aged 94)
Bob Newhart in FAM 1x07 at 26:56	Bob Newhart was playing Bob Hartley in the Bob Newhart Show, the only video tape the Apollo 22 crew had while on Jamestown.							Bob Newhart
Richard Nixon	♂		USA	37th US president	One	1x01 4x03	Deceased 22 Apr. 1994  (aged 81)
Richard Nixon in FAM 1x02 at 08:38	In the show: Richard Nixon is seen in a lot of archive footage in the first season of the show. He was also mentioned at least once in every other season so far.							Richard Nixon 1971
Paulus VI	♂		CC	Himself	One	1x01	Deceased 6 Aug. 1978  (aged 80)
Paulus VI in FAM 1x01 at 58:35	Missing details about Paulus VI. You can add them.							Paulus VI 1969
Ross Perot	♂		USA	Himself	Three	Bonus 1992	Deceased 9 Jul. 2019  (aged 89)
Ross Perot in FAM bonus video 1992	Missing details about Ross Perot. You can add them.							Ross Perot 1992
Noam Pitlik	♂		BNS	Victor Gianelli	One	1x07	Deceased 18 Feb. 1999  (aged 66)
Noam Pitlik in FAM 1x07 at 27:02	Noam Pitlik was playing Victor Gianelli in the Bob Newhart Show, the only video tape the Apollo 22 crew had while on Jamestown.							Naom Pitlik
Suzanne Pleshette	♀		BNS	Emily Hartley	One	1x07	Deceased 19 Jan. 2008  (aged 70)
Suzanne Pleshette in FAM 1x07 at 26:56	Suzanne Pleshette was playing Emily Hartley in the Bob Newhart Show, the only video tape the Apollo 22 crew had while on Jamestown.							Suzanne Pleshette 1969
Jonathan Pollard	♂			Himself	Three	3x01	Alive Age: 71
Jonathan Pollard in FAM 3x01 at 01:39 (press review)	Missing details about Jonathan Pollard. You can add them.							Jonathan Pollard
Dennis Quaid	♂			Actor Gordo Stevens	Three	3x01	Alive Age: 71
FAM_301_PR_02.19_Dennis_Quaid_(cropped)	Missing details about Dennis Quaid. You can add them.							Dennis Quaid 1987
Nancy Reagan	♀		USA	Herself	Two	2x01 2x10	Deceased 6 Mar. 2016  (aged 94)
Nancy Reagan in FAM 2x01 at 00:21 (press review)	Missing details about Nancy Reagan. You can add them.							Nancy Reagan 1983
Ronald Reagan	♂		USA	39th US president	Two Three	Bonus 1982 3x03	Deceased 5 Jun. 2004  (aged 93)
Ronald Reagan in FAM bonus video 1984	Missing details about Ronald Reagan. You can add them.							Ronald Reagan 1981
Jack Riley	♂		BNS	Elliot Carlin	One	1x07	Deceased 19 Aug. 2016  (aged 80)
Jack Riley in FAM 1x07 at 27:02	Jack Riley was playing Elliot F. Carlin in the Bob Newhart Show, the only video tape the Apollo 22 crew had while on Jamestown.							Jack Riley
Robert A. Roe	♂		USA	Rogers Commission chairman Rep. for New Jersey	Three	Bonus 1984	Deceased 15 Jul. 2014  (aged 90)
Robert A. Roe in FAM bonus video 1984	Robert Roe was a House Representative for New Jersey from 1969 to 1993. In the show: Roe is shown in archive footage as the chairman of the Rogers Commission, which was investigating the Jamestown incident and the almost nuclear meltdown in 1983. In real world: Roe was not part of the real Rogers Commission, which was investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster that did not happen in the show's timeline. The footage shown is from the Challenger accident hearing of the House Science and Technology Committee, where Roe was chairman and which took place the week after the Rogers report was released in June 1986.							Robert A. Roe 1999
Meg Ryan	♀			Actress Tracy Stevens	Three	3x01	Alive Age: 64
FAM_301_PR_02.19_Meg_Ryan_(cropped)	Missing details about Meg Ryan. You can add them.							Meg Ryan 1988
Anwar Sadat	♂		EGY	President of Egypt	Two	2x01	Deceased 6 Oct. 1981  (aged 62)
Anwar Sadat in FAM 2x01 at 02:11 (press review)	In the show: In September 1978, the Camp David meeting between Sadat and Israeli PM Menachem Begin ended in failure. In October 1981, he survived an assassination attempt. In real world: In reality, Sadat was assassinated by members of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad during a victory parade in Cairo.							Anwar Sadat 1981
Walter Schirra	♂		NASA	Astronaut	One	1x03	Deceased 3 May. 2007  (aged 84)
Walter Schirra in FAM 1x03 at 55:42	In the show: Wally Schirra is seen on the picture of the Mercury 7 astronauts in Deke Slayton's office in episode 1x03, together with the other original Mercury 7 members.							Walter Schirra 1962 (OTL
Alan Shepard	♂		NASA	Astronaut	One	1x01	Deceased 21 Jul. 1998  (aged 74)
Alan Shepard in FAM 1x03 at 55:42	In the show: Al Shepard is seen on the picture of the Mercury 7 astronauts in Deke Slayton's office in episode 1x03, together with the other original Mercury 7 members. He was mentioned already by Deke at the astronaut's meeting after the Soviet Moon landing in the first episode, together with Gus Grissom, John Glenn, and Jim Webb.							Alan Shepard 1963
George Shultz	♂		USA	US Secretary of State	Two	2x01 2x07	Deceased 6 Feb. 2021  (aged 100)
George Shultz in FAM 2x07 at 16:20	Missing details about George Shultz. You can add them.							George Shultz 1983
Jerry Springer	♂		USA	Governor of Ohio	Three	Bonus 1992	Deceased 27 Apr. 2023  (aged 79)
Jerry Springer in FAM bonus video 1992	Missing details about Jerry Springer. You can add them.							Jerry Springer 1995
Margaret Thatcher	♂		UK	UK Prime Minister	Two Three	Bonus 1982 3x01	Deceased 8 Apr. 2013  (aged 87)
Margaret Thatcher in FAM bonus video 1982	Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts), also called "Iron Lady", was a British Conservative politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. In the show: During the Berlin Crisis in 1982, Thatcher addressed a strong note towards the USSR and its Premier Andropov, threatening with the deployment of cruise and Pershing missiles by the end of the year if there would be no solution found at the negotiating table. In the press review opening of season 2, she is seen walking alongside Ronald Reagan at the same event she made that speech. On October 12, 1984, Thatcher was assassinated by the Irish Republican Army in the Brighton hotel bombing. In real world: Margaret Thatcher was the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century (1979-1990) and the first woman to hold this position. Her conservative economic policies became known as Thatcherism. She survived the 1984 assassination attempt by the Provisional IRA and died on 8 April 2013, at the age of 87, after suffering a stroke.							Margaret Thatcher 1983
Omar Torrijos	♂		PAN	Dictator of Panama	Two	2x01 2x04	Deceased 31 Jul. 1981  (aged 52)
Omar Torrijos in FAM 2x04 at 56:40	Missing details about Omar Torrijos. You can add them.							Omar Torrijos
Alex Trebek	♂			Himself	Three	3x01	Deceased 8 Nov. 2020  (aged 80)
Alex Trebek in FAM 3x01 at 01:06 (press review)	Missing details about Alex Trebek. You can add them.							Alex Trebek 1984
Oleg Troyanovsky	♂		USSR UN	Soviet Ambassador to U.N.	Two	2x07	Deceased 21 Dec. 2003  (aged 84)
Oleg Troyanovsky in FAM 2x07 at 25:58	In the show: Oleg Troyanovsky is seen in archive footage shown after the KAL-007 incident as the Soviet Ambassador to the U.N. In real world: Troyanovsky was the Soviet Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1976 to 1986. Before, he was Soviet ambassador to Japan from 1967-1976, and later the Ambassador to China from 1986-1990.							Oleg Troyanovsky 1983
Donald Trump	♂			Himself	Three	3x01	Alive Age: 79
FAM_301_PR_02.23_Trump_(cropped)	Missing details about Donald Trump. You can add them.							Donald Trump 1985
Paul Tsongas	♂		USA	Senator of Massachusetts	Three	Bonus 1992	Deceased 18 Jan. 1997  (aged 55)
Paul Tsongas in FAM bonus video 1992	Missing details about Paul Tsongas. You can add them.							Paul Tsongas 1992
Mike Tyson	♂			Himself	Four	4x01	Alive Age: 59
Mike Tyson in FAM 4x01 at 01:01 (press review)	Missing details about Mike Tyson. You can add them.							Mike Tyson 1995
Sigourney Weaver	♀			Ellen Ripley	Three	3x01	Alive Age: 76
Sigourney Weaver in FAM 3x01 at 01:11 (press review)	Missing details about Sigourney Weaver. You can add them.							Sigourney Weaver
Harvey Weinstein	♂			Himself	Four	4x01	Alive Age: 73
Harvey Weinstein in FAM 4x01 at 01:53 (press review)	Missing details about Harvey Weinstein. You can add them.							Harvey Weinstein 1999

Real people who were mentioned only

For All Mankind							Real person
Name	GN	Ctry.	Aff.	Role	SE	First Last	Status	Links
Alan Bean	♂		NASA	Astronaut	One		Deceased 26 May. 2018  (aged 86)
In the show: Bean's name only appeared on the mission patch of Apollo 20, where he served as the mission commander, together with his crewmates Thomas Mattingly and Gerald Carr. In real world: Alan Bean first flew to space as the LEM pilot of Apollo 12, the second lunar landing mission, in November 1969. He was the fourth person to step foot on the Moon. In 1973, he was the commander of Skylab 3. He stayed on Skylab for 59 days, and has spent a total of 69 days and 15 hours in space.								Alan Bean 1969
Menachem Begin	♂		ISR	Prime Minister of Israel	Two	2x01	Deceased 9 Mar. 1992  (aged 78)
In September 1978, the Camp David meeting between Begin and Egyptian president Anwar Sadat ended in failure.								Menachem Begin 1978
Anthony Berry	♂		UK	UK Member of Parliament	Three	3x01	Deceased 12 Oct. 1984  (aged 59)
Sir Anthony Berry was a British Conservative politician. In both timelines, he died in the Brighton hotel bombing in 1984.								Anthony Berry 1978
Vance Brand	♂		NASA	Astronaut	One		Alive Age: 94
In the show: Vance Brand's name only appeared on the mission patch of Apollo 18, together with mission commander Gordo Stevens and crewmate Danielle Poole. In real world: Brand was part of the support crews of Apollo 8 and Apollo 13, and later the backup CSM pilot for Apollo 15. He would likely have been part of the prime crew of Apollo 18 before the program was canceled. He was the CSM pilot of the Apollo–Soyuz project in 1975 and commanded three Space Shuttle missions between 1985 and 1990, STS-5, STS-41-B, and STS-35.								Vance Brand 1971
Gerald Carr	♂		NASA	Astronaut	One		Deceased 26 Aug. 2020  (aged 88)
In the show: Carr's name only appeared on the mission patch of Apollo 20, where he served together with mission commander Alan Bean and crewmate Ken Mattingly. In real world: Jerry Carr was part of the support crews and CAPCOM for the Apollo 8 and Apollo 12 missions. Going by the crew rotation position, he would probably have been the LEM pilot for Apollo 19 if the Apollo program would not have been cancelled in 1970. He was later the commander of the final Skylab mission, Skylab 4, and spent 84 days on the space station between November 1973 and February 1974.								Gerald Carr 1971
Eugene Cernan	♂		NASA	Astronaut	One	1x10	Deceased 16 Jan. 2017  (aged 82)
In the show: Cernan's name appeared on the mission patch of Apollo 17, where he was the mission commander, together with his crewmates Ronald Evans and Gordo Stevens. He was also mentioned by Ellen Wilson in episode 1x10. In real world: Gene Cernan first travelled to space as pilot of Gemini 9A in 1966. In May 1969, he approached the lunar surface as the LEM pilot of Apollo10. In December 1972, he became the 11th human to walk on the Moon during Apollo 17, and is the last man who was ever standing on the lunar surface as of today. The minor planet 12790 Cernan was named after him, as well as the Cargo Delivery Spacecraft S.S. Gene Cernan.								Eugene Cernan 1969
Roger Chaffee	♂		NASA	Astronaut	Two	2x06	Deceased 27 Jan. 1967  (aged 31)
In the show: In episode 2x06, Danielle Poole made a toast to Gus Grissom, Ed, and Roger from Apollo 1 while drinking with the Soviet cosmonauts in the Outpost. In real world: Roger Chaffee died in the Apollo 1 disaster in January 1967 at the age of 31.								Roger Chaffee 1964
Prince Charles	♂		UK	Himself	Two	2x01	Alive Age: 77
Prince Charles' name is seen in the press review opening of season 2 in a report about the royal wedding of him and Camilla Parker Bowles.								Prince Charles 1984
Don Cheadle	♂			Himself	Four	4x01	Alive Age: 61
Don Cheadle was starring as Dev Ayesa in the Disney movie Race to Mars. He is not mentioned and his name is almost unreadable in the scene unless you know it. However, he was confirmed to be in that role during an AMA with the showrunners on Reddit in December 2003.								Don Cheadle 2011
Chun Doo-hwan	♂		KOR	President of South Korea	Two	2x07	Deceased 23 Nov. 2021  (aged 90)
In the show: Chun Doo-hwan was mentioned by a TV anchor in a newscast about the KAL-007 incident running in the background in Ellen Wilson's home. In real world: Chun was the President of South Korea from September 1980 to February 1988.								Chun Doo-hwan 1980s
Manuel Clouthier	♂		MEX	Mexican politician	Three	Bonus 1988	Deceased 1 Oct. 1989  (aged 55)
In the show: In 1988, Mexican politician Manuel Clouthier of the Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) lost the election against his socialist rival Arnoldo Martínez Verdugo of the Partido Comunista Mexicano (PCM). In real world: Clouthier challenged the dominance of Mexico's Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) in his 1988 presidential campaign but ended 3rd with about 17% of the votes. One year later, he died in a car accident in Mexico City.								Manuel Clouthier 1988
Robert Crippen	♂		NASA	Astronaut	One		Alive Age: 88
In the show: Crippen's name only appeared on the mission patch of Apollo 21, where he served together with mission commander Molly Cobb and crewmate Joe Engle. In real world: In reality, Robert Crippen was never on an Apollo mission, but was the CAPCOM of the real Apollo–Soyuz mission in 1975. Nevertheless, Crippen travelled into space four times as part of the Space Shuttle missions STS-1, STS-7, STS-1, STS-41-C, and STS-41-G between April 1981 and October 1984. After his spaceflight career, he kept working for NASA for several years, being the director of the Space Shuttle program from 1990 to 1992, and later the director of the KSC from 1992 to 1995.								Robert Crippen 1971
Deng Xiaoping	♂		PRC	Paramount leader of China	Three	3x01	Deceased 19 Feb. 1997  (aged 92)
On 16 June 1987, Deng Xiaoping vowed that China would have "lunar parity" with the US and USSR by 1990.								Deng Xiaoping 1979
Éamon de Valera	♂		IRL	President of Ireland	Three	3x01	Deceased 29 Aug. 1975  (aged 92)
Éamon de Valera is mentioned in the newspaper covering the death of Margaret Thatcher, condemning the action. Notes: De Valera being in that newspaper does not make sense and is most probably a production error. The newspaper is from 13 October 1984. However, in reality, Éamon de Valera died in 1975 already at an age of 92. Even if he would still be alive in the show's timeline, he would be 102 years old at that time and certainly not be in office anymore due to term limits. His name was also misspelled "Eamonn" in the article.								Éamon de Valera 1969
Georgy Dobrovolsky	♂		SSP	Cosmonaut	Two	2x06	Deceased 30 Jun. 1971  (aged 43)
In the show: In episode 2x06, when the Apollo-Soyuz crew were drinking in the Outpost, Stepan Alexseev made a toast to the fallen comrades; Vladimir Komarov of Soyuz 1, and Viktor Patsayev, Georgy Dobrovolsky, and Vladislav Volkov of Soyuz 11. In real world: Mission commander Dobrovolsky died when their Soyuz capsule depressurized during preparations for re-entry, together with the other two cosmonauts. They were the first and only crew to successfully board Salyut 1, the world's first space station. They had spent 23 days aboard the station.								Georgy Dobrovolsky
Bob Dylan	♂			Himself	Three	TC 1980	Alive Age: 84
In the show: Danny Stevens had two tickets for his girlfriend Lisa Martinelli and himself for a Bob Dylan concert on March 8, 1980, in "The Ladrona Ballroom" in Austin, Texas. In real world: Famous singer-songwriter Bob Dylan had 66 concerts in 1980, but none during March and none in Austin. The "Ladrona Ballroom" appears to be fictional as well.								Bob Dylan 1978
Clint Eastwood	♂			Himself	Four	4x01	Alive Age: 95
In the show: Clint Eastwood was starring as Ed Baldwin in the Disney movie Race to Mars.								Clint Eastwood 1996
Elizabeth II	♀		UK	Queen of the United Kingdom	One Two	1x01 2x01	Deceased 8 Sep. 2022  (aged 96)
Queen Elizabetz II is mentioned in the first episode by news anchor Jack Broadstreet who reported live about the Soviet Moon landing on national TV, saying that the Queen was awakened when first news about the landing was received. She was mentioned again in the press review opening of season 2 about the royal wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles.								Elizabeth II 1983
Joe Engle	♂		NASA	Astronaut	One		Deceased 10 Jul. 2024  (aged 91)
In the show: Engle's name only appeared on the mission patch of Apollo 21, where he served together with mission commander Molly Cobb and crewmate Robert Crippen. In real world: Joe Engle was the backup LEM pilot for Apollo 14 originally scheduled as lunar module pilot for Apollo 17. However, after the cancellation of the Apollo program, he was replaced by geologist-astronaut Harrison Schmitt, the first and only scientist-astronaut being sent to the Moon. Engle was later the commander of the second Space Shuttle flight STS-2 in 1981, and of STS-51-I in 1985.								Joe Engle 1971
Ronald Evans	♂		NASA	Astronaut	One		Deceased 7 Apr. 1990  (aged 56)
In the show: Evans' name only appeared on the mission patch of Apollo 17, together with mission commander Gene Carnan and crewmate and Gordo Stevens. In real world: Ronald Evans was the CSM pilot of Apollo 17, the final crewed lunar Apollo mission in December 1972. He is one of the 12 people who flew to the Moon without landing. Apollo 17 was his only spaceflight.								Ronald Evans 1971
Newt Gingrich	♂		USA	Republican leader	Three	Bonus 1991	Alive Age: 82
Newt Gingrich was mentioned together with Bob Dole in an Eagle News report about the invasion of Iraq in 1991, in which news pundit Bill McGann lambasted President Gary Hart for refusing to intervene in Middle East.								Newt Gingrich 1989
Fred Haise	♂		NASA	Astronaut	One		Alive Age: 92
In the show: Fred Haise's name only appeared on the mission patch of Apollo 19, where he served as the mission commander, together with his crewmates Ellen Waverly and Harrison Liu. In real world: Haise was the LEM pilot of the Apollo 13 mission in April 1970. However, he never made it to the lunar surface as the landing mission was aborted due to the Apollo 13 accident.								Fred Haise 1969
Emperor Hirohito	♂		JPN	Himself	One	1x01	Deceased 7 Jan. 1989  (aged 87)
Hirohito was the 124th Emperor of Japan, reigning the country for 62 years from 1926 until his death in 1989. Hirohito was briefly mentioned in the first episode by news anchor Jack Broadstreet while reporting about the Soviet Moon landing on national TV.								Emperor Hirohito 1974
Stephen King	♂			Himself	Two Three Four	2x01 4x01	Alive Age: 78
Author and "King of Horror" Stephen King is not directly mentioned, but his books are present in almost all seasons, as they appear to be Margo Madison's preferred novels. Except for season 1, during all of her season opening morning routine scenes, at least one of his books is seen laying on her nightstand. In season 2, it's Christine, which she later also mentions while talking to Thomas Paine on the phone, while the latter is flying to Korea. In season 3, two King novels are on her bedstand, Misery and Needful Things, and in her Moskow appartment in season 4 she is reading Dreamcatcher. See also:  Stephen King novels S2-S4.png								Stephen King 1984
Vladimir Komarov	♂		SSP	Cosmonaut	Two	2x06	Deceased 24 Apr. 1967  (aged 40)
In the show: In episode 2x06, when the Apollo-Soyuz crew were drinking in the Outpost, Stepan Alexseev made a toast to the fallen comrades, Vladimir Komarov of Soyuz 1, and Viktor Patsayev, Georgy Dobrovolsky, and Vladislav Volkov of Soyuz 11. In real world: Vladimir Komarov commanded Voskhod 1, the first spaceflight with more than one crew member. In 1967, he died aboard Soyuz 1, the first crewed testflight of a Soyuz spacecraft. He was the first human to die in a space flight.								Vladimir Komarov 1964
Jerry Lewis	♂			Himself	Two	2x04	Deceased 20 Aug. 2017  (aged 91)
Missing details about Jerry Lewis. You can add them.								Jerry Lewis
Lê Đức Thọ	♂		DRV	Himself	One	1x02	Deceased 13 Oct. 1990  (aged 78)
In the show: Lê Đức Thọ was mentioned by Richard Nixon in a speach on television seen in Mission Control shortly before the Apollo 12 launch on 19 September 1969. Nixon said that he ordered Henry Kissinger to begin negotiations with Thọ to reach a honorable peace with the North Vietnamese. In real world: In reality, Kissinger and Lê started secret conversations in February 1970, which eventually led to a cease-fire as part of the Paris Peace Accords of 23 January 1973.								Le Duc Tho 1969
Abraham Lincoln	♂		USA	Himself	Two	2x07	Deceased 15 Apr. 1865  (aged 56)
In the show: Abraham Lincoln was quoted by president Reagan in a speech at the end of episode 2x07.								Abraham Lincoln 1863
Madonna	♀			Herself	Two	2x02	Alive Age: 67
In episode 2x02, when Thomas Paine revealed president Reagan's wish for a handshake in space to ease tensions between the USA and the Soviet Union, he asked Ed Baldwin for ideas on the crew, people best representing the country, and maybe also a young face for the MTV crowd. Ed answered that he would check if Madonna is available.								Madonna 1983
Arnoldo Martínez Verdugo	♂		MEX	Mexican communist leader	Three	Bonus 1988 3x01	Deceased 24 May. 2013  (aged 88)
Missing details about Arnoldo Martínez Verdugo. You can add them.								Arnoldo Martínez Verdugo 1986
Ken Mattingly	♂		NASA	Astronaut	One		Deceased 31 Oct. 2023  (aged 87)
In the show: Mattingly's name only appeared on the mission patch of Apollo 20, where he served together with mission commander Alan Bean and crewmate Gerald Carr. In real world: Thomas Kenneth Mattingly II was originally scheduled to fly on the Apollo 13 mission, but was replaced by Jack Swigert just 3 days before launch because he was exposed to measles. He was later the CSM pilot of Apollo 16 in 1972. Earlier, he had been part of the support crew of Apollo 8 in December 1968. In 1982, he became the commander of STS-4, the final test flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia, and in 1985 he commanded the first DoD shuttle mission STS-51-C on Discovery. Mattingly is one of the 12 people who visited to the Moon without landing, and one of the only two to have flown to the Moon and also being on Space Shuttle missions. He has spent a total of 21 days in space.								Thomas Mattingly 1971
John McCain	♂		USA	American politician	Three	3x02	Deceased 25 Aug. 2018  (aged 81)
During Ellen Wilson's presidential campaign in 1992, she considered taking McCain as her running mate.								John McCain 1991
Sandra Day O'Connor	♀		USA	Supreme Court Justice	Two	2x01	Deceased 1 Dec. 2023  (aged 93)
In the show: O'Connor became the first American female Supreme Court justice sometime before 1983.								Sandra Day O'Connor 1981
Tip O'Neill	♂		USA		Two	2x04	Deceased 5 Jan. 1994  (aged 81)
In the show: O'Neill was mentioned by Thomas Paine while talking to Ellen Wilson. In real world: Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill Jr. was an American politician (D) from Massachusetts. He served as the 47th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1987.								Tip O'Neill 1983
Richard Ogilvie	♂		IL	Governor of Illinois	One	1x06	Deceased 10 May. 1988  (aged 65)
Missing details about Richard Ogilvie. You can add them. See also:  Equal Rights Amendment  •  Kirkland Aerospace								Richard Ogilvie 1969
Camilla Parker Bowles	♀			Herself	Two	2x01	Alive Age: 78
Camilla was mentioned in the press review opening of season 2 in a report about the royal wedding of her and Prince Charles.								Camilla Parker Bowles 1978
Viktor Patsayev	♂		SSP	Cosmonaut	Two	2x06	Deceased 30 Jun. 1971  (aged 38)
In the show: In episode 2x06, when the Apollo-Soyuz crew were drinking in the Outpost, Stepan Alexseev made a toast to the fallen comrades; Vladimir Komarov of Soyuz 1, and Viktor Patsayev, Georgy Dobrovolsky, and Vladislav Volkov of Soyuz 11. In real world: Patsayev died when their Soyuz capsule depressurized during preparations for re-entry, together with the other two cosmonauts. They were the first and only crew to successfully board Salyut 1, the world's first space station. They had spent 23 days aboard the station.								Viktor Patsayev
Jada Pinkett	♀			Herself	Four	4x01	Alive Age: 54
Jada Pinkett was starring as Danielle Poole in the Disney movie Race to Mars.								Jada Pinkett 1997
Roman Polanski	♂			Himself	Two	2x01	Alive Age: 92
Missing details about Roman Polanski. You can add them.								Roman Polanski 1980
Elvis Presley	♂			Himself	One Two Four	1x10 4x06	Deceased 16 Aug. 1977  (aged 42)
Season 1: Cosmonaut Mikhail Vasiliev was talking about Elvis while held captive by Ed Baldwin on Jamestown. He told him, that Elvis was banned in the USSR when he was young, but bootleggers would copy songs for one ruble, and asked Ed if he likes him. Ed said that his wife wanted the first dance on their wedding be "Love Me Tender", but he wanted Sinatra. He also said that they went to see him last year, but that he was like a clown on stage, with all the costumes and the fat belly. Mikahail replied, that Elvis would always be king. Season 2: In the press review of the first episode, Elvis' grave was shown. Danny Stevens revealed to Karen Baldwin that he once observed her dancing alone in her living room to an Elvis song. Episode 2x07 is named after the Elvis song "Don't Be Cruel", however the song played in that episode is a version from Billy Swan. The song was played again as the wedding song of Danny and Amber in episode 3x01. Season 4: During the Leningrad summit, Eli Hobson mentioned Elvis while talking with Irina Morozova and Aleida Rosales, saying that "40 years ago, Jack Kennedy was president, the Vietnam War was on the news every night, and Elvis was skinny".								Elvis_Presley_1973
Jim Rathmann	♂			Himself	One	1x04	Deceased 23 Nov. 2011  (aged 83)
In real world: Jim Rathmann was an American racing driver in the 50s and early 60s. After retiring, he owned a Chevrolet-Cadillac dealership in Melbourne, Florida. He befriended with the astronauts Al Shepard, Gus Grissom, and Cordon Cooper, and convinced the GM president to supply each NASA astronaut with a pair of new cars each year. Most astronauts chose a Corvette, and a family car for their wives. In the show: Rathmann was mentioned by Gordo Stevens after Tracy was recruited for the female astronaut program. He told her that he's gonna call him so they could pick up a brand new "Vette" for her the next week.								Jim Rathmann 1960
Pat Robertson	♂		USA	Himself	Three	3x01	Deceased 8 Jun. 2023  (aged 93)
Missing details about Pat Robertson. You can add them.								Pat Robertson 1986
Frank Sinatra	♂			Himself	One	1x10	Deceased 14 May. 1998  (aged 82)
Frank Sinatra was mentioned by Ed Baldwin while talking with Mikhail Vasiliev, who he held captive on Jamestown. Makhail was talking about Elvis and Ed said that his wife wanted the first dance on their wedding be "Love Me Tender", but he wanted Sinatra.								Frank Sinatra 1957
Larry Speakes	♂		USA	White House Press Secretary	Two	2x09	Deceased 10 Jan. 2014  (aged 74)
In the show: Larry Melvin Speakes was the White House Press Secretary in 1983 during the presidency of Ronald Reagan. He was mentioned in a news broadcast about the rising Cold War tensions in episode 2x09. In real world: Speakes was acting White House Press Secretary in the Reagan administration from 30 March 1981 to 1 February 1987.								Larry Speakes 1983
Steven Spielberg	♂			Himself	Two	Bonus 1978	Alive Age: 78
Missing details about Steven Spielberg. You can add them.								Steven Spielberg 1978
Valentina Tereshkova	♀		SSP	Cosmonaut	Two	2x07	Alive Age: 88
In the show: Valentina Tereshkova was mentioned by Sergei Korolev when he visited Danielle Poole in her room in Star City in 1983. Her name was carved into the wooden door, alongside with the names of Yuri Gagarin, Alexei Leonov, and Anastasia Belikova. In real world: Tereshkova was the first woman in space, flying a solo mission on 16 June 1963 on Vostok 6 at an age of 26. She was the youngest woman to fly to space until 2023, and is still the youngest to have flown in Earth's orbit. She spent 2 days and 23 hours in space.								Valentina Tereshkova 1963
Harry Truman	♂		USA	Himself	Four	Bonus 1996	Deceased 26 Dec. 1972  (aged 88)
In the show: Former US President Harry S. Truman was mentioned in a newscast from 1996 about the re-election of Ellen Wilson, where her come-from-behind victory was compared with Truman's re-election in 1948.								Harry Truman 1947
Vladislav Volkov	♂		SSP	Cosmonaut	Two	2x06	Deceased 30 Jun. 1971  (aged 35)
In the show: In episode 2x06, when the Apollo-Soyuz crew were drinking in the Outpost, Stepan Alexseev made a toast to the fallen comrades; Vladimir Komarov of Soyuz 1, and Viktor Patsayev, Georgy Dobrovolsky, and Vladislav Volkov of Soyuz 11. In real world: Volkov died when their Soyuz capsule depressurized during preparations for re-entry, together with the other two cosmonauts. They were the first and only crew to successfully board Salyut 1, the world's first space station. They had spent 23 days aboard the station. Before Soyuz 11, he already flew to space with Soyuz 7 in 1969.								Vladislav Volkov 1969
James Webb	♂		NASA	NASA administrator	One	1x01	Deceased 27 Mar. 1992  (aged 96)
In the show: Jim Webb was mentioned by Deke Slayton at the astronaut's meeting after the Soviet Moon landing in the first episode, together with Al Shepard, John Glenn, and Gus Grissom. In real world: James E. Webb was the second administrator of NASA from February 1961 to October 1968. The James Webb Space Telecope was named after him.								James Webb 1966
Caspar Weinberger	♂		USA	US Secretary of Defence	Two	2x09	Deceased 28 Mar. 2006  (aged 88)
In the show: Caspar Willard Weinberger was the Secretary of Defence in 1983 during the presidency of Ronald Reagan. He was mentioned in a news broadcast about the rising Cold War tensions in episode 2x09. In real world: Weinberger was the 15th US Secretary of Defense during the Reagan presidency from 21 January 1981 till 23 November 1987. He already served in the Nixon administration, where he was the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from 12 February 1973 to 8 August 1975.								Caspar Weinberger 1983
Ed White	♂		NASA	Astronaut	Two	2x06	Deceased 27 Jan. 1967  (aged 36)
In the show: In episode 2x06, Danielle Poole made a toast to Gus Grissom, Ed, and Roger from Apollo 1 while drinking with the Soviet cosmonauts in the Outpost. In real world: Edward White died in the Apollo 1 disaster in January 1967 at the age of 36. He had been a crew member of Gemini 4 before and has spent 4 days in space.								Edward White 1966
John Young	♂		NASA	Astronaut	Two		Deceased 5 Jan. 2018  (aged 87)
In the show: Young's name only appeared on the mission patch of Apollo 16. He was the mission commander, together with his crewmate Charles Duke and an astronaut with name Davis. In real world: In reality, Young flew on Gemini 3, the first crewed Gemini mission, in 1965, and was the commander of Gemini 10 in 1966. In 1969, he was the CSM pilot for Apollo 10. In 1972, he commanded Apollo 16 like he did in the show and spent 3 days on the Moon with Charles Duke. Young commanded the first Space Shuttle launch in 1981, STS-1, and STS-9 in 1983, both on the shuttle Columbia. He is one of only two astronauts to have flown on both Apollo and Space Shuttle missions.								John Young 1971
Ron Ziegler	♂		USA	White House Press Secretary	One	1x01 1x03	Deceased 10 Feb. 2003  (aged 63)
Ron Ziegler was the White House Press Secretary during the presidency of Richard Nixon.								Ron Ziegler

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