Sigmund Jähn
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 13, 1937
- Place of birth
- Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz, Saxony, German Reich
- Died
- September 21, 2019
Biography
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.