Article Detail Name of the first man to go into the space ? Answer: Major Yuri Gagarin (USSR) Similar Questions : 1. Who was first woman to reach the North Pole ? Answer: Ms. Fran 2. First President of United States of America ? Answer: George Washington 3. Who was first female Space Tourist ? Answer: Mrs. Anousheh Ansari in 2004 4. Name of First prime Minister of great Britain ? Answer: Robert Walpole 5. Name of First Woman Prime Minister of a Country ? Answer: Mrs. Srimavo Bhandarnayake (Sri Lanka) 6. Who was first European Invader of Indian Soil ? Answer: Alexander 7. Who won first Nobel prize for physics ? Answer: W.K. Roentgen (Germany) Read more from - First in World