Born in Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz, Saxony, German Reich on February 13, 1937 — died September 21, 2019 (aged 82)
Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn (13 February 1937 – 21 September 2019) was a German cosmonaut and pilot who in 1978 became the first German to fly into space as part of the Soviet Union's Interkosmos programme.
