







Occupation
PILOTS
With 71 biographies, Pilots are the 79th most common occupation in Pantheon, behind Geographers, Sociologists, and Game Designers.
People
Pantheon has 71 people classified as pilots born between 1609 and 2002. Of these 71, 7 (9.86%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living pilots include Péter Besenyei, Yves Rossy, and Chesley Sullenberger. The most famous deceased pilots include Viktor Talalikhin, Adrienne Bolland, and Harry Cobby.
Living Pilots
Go to all RankingsChesley Sullenberger
1951 - Present
HPI: 74.99
Mathias Rust
1968 - Present
HPI: 63.34
Wally Funk
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.32
Péter Besenyei
1956 - Present
HPI: 51.37
Yves Rossy
1959 - Present
HPI: 51.10
Svetlana Kapanina
1968 - Present
HPI: 50.85
Zara Rutherford
2002 - Present
HPI: 34.45
Deceased Pilots
Go to all RankingsCharles Lindbergh
1902 - 1974
HPI: 81.92
Amelia Earhart
1897 - 1937
HPI: 77.69
Roland Garros
1888 - 1918
HPI: 75.88
Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen
1895 - 1945
HPI: 75.46
Sabiha Gökçen
1913 - 2001
HPI: 72.98
Hanna Reitsch
1912 - 1979
HPI: 71.75
Adolf Galland
1912 - 1996
HPI: 71.11
Ernst Udet
1896 - 1941
HPI: 70.41
Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet
1892 - 1984
HPI: 68.73
Francis Gary Powers
1929 - 1977
HPI: 67.72
Ivan Kozhedub
1920 - 1991
HPI: 66.25
Hermann Graf
1912 - 1988
HPI: 66.19
Places
Most pilots were born in Russia (15), United States (13), and France (7). By city, the most common birth places were Moscow (4), Paris (2), and Saratov Governorate (1).
Places Over Time
The earliest biographies classified as pilots in Pantheon are Blanche Stuart Scott, Ahmet Ali Çelikten, and Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi. The concentration of pilots was largest during the Radio & Film Era, which lasted from 1900 to 1949. Some birth or death locations for earlier pilots are unknown, which may account for timeline differences below.
Lifespans
Which Pilots were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Pilots since 1700.