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Adrienne Bolland

1895 - 1975

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Adrienne Bolland, born Boland, (25 November 1895 – 18 March 1975) was a French test pilot. She was the first woman to fly over the Andes between Chile and Argentina. She was later described as "France's most accomplished female aviator", setting a woman's record for loops done in an hour. The French government eventually recognized her with the Legion of Honor and other awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adrienne Bolland is the 59th most popular pilot (up from 62nd in 2019), the 4,780th most popular biography from France (down from 4,740th in 2019) and the 7th most popular French Pilot.

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Among PILOTS

Among pilots, Adrienne Bolland ranks 59 out of 71. Before her are Gregorio Fuentes, Stasys Girėnas, Tatyana Makarova, Wally Funk, Maryse Bastié, and Hélène Boucher. After her are Viktor Talalikhin, Jerrie Cobb, Lotfia Elnadi, Charles Kingsford Smith, Lydia Zvereva, and Mikhail Gromov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Adrienne Bolland ranks 265. Before her are Alfredo Zibechi, Käthe Leichter, Károly Fogl, Busby Berkeley, Shemp Howard, and Albert White. After her are Doris Humphrey, Sándor Gombos, Jan Parandowski, Fredric Wertham, Lawrence Shields, and Väinö Ikonen. Among people deceased in 1975, Adrienne Bolland ranks 226. Before her are Arne Halse, Alice Catherine Evans, Oliver Nelson, Paul Verhoeven, Larry Fine, and Åge Lundström. After her are Jacob Bjerknes, Viktor Anichkin, Oskar Perron, Per-Erik Hedlund, Henry Louis Hudson, and Bram Fischer.

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In France

Among people born in France, Adrienne Bolland ranks 4,780 out of 6,770. Before her are Constance of Normandy (null), Renée Faure (1918), Anne Lacaton (1955), Françoise Demulder (1947), Guillaume Bieganski (1932), and Muriel Robin (1955). After her are Teresa de la Parra (1889), Simon Abkarian (1962), Jules Berry (1883), Julie Gayet (1972), Stéphanie Szostak (1975), and François Deguelt (1932).

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Among PILOTS In France

Among pilots born in France, Adrienne Bolland ranks 7. Before her are René Fonck (1894), Charles Nungesser (1892), Jean Mermoz (1901), Jacqueline Auriol (1917), Maryse Bastié (1898), and Hélène Boucher (1908).

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