Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space aboard Vostok 1. He completed one orbit of Earth on April 12, 1961, making him an international hero.
This is based on winning 7 head-to-head matchups with other famous people, but also losing 20 head-to-head matchups.
Most recently Yuri Gagarin lost a matchup to Sofia Coppola (#834) voted by someone from Canada.