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Alberto Santos-Dumont

1873 - 1932

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Alberto Santos-Dumont (self-stylised as Alberto Santos=Dumont; 20 July 1873 – 23 July 1932) was a Brazilian aeronaut, sportsman, inventor, and one of the few people to have contributed significantly to the early development of both lighter-than-air and heavier-than-air aircraft. The heir of a wealthy family of coffee producers, he dedicated himself to aeronautical study and experimentation in Paris, where he spent most of his adult life. He designed, built, and flew the first powered airships and won the Deutsch prize in 1901, when he flew around the Eiffel Tower in his airship No. 6, becoming one of the most famous people in the world in the early 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alberto Santos-Dumont is the 67th most popular inventor (down from 62nd in 2019), the 43rd most popular biography from Brazil (down from 41st in 2019) and the most popular Brazilian Inventor.

Alberto Santos-Dumont is most famous for inventing the first successful heavier-than-air flying machine.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Alberto Santos-Dumont ranks 67 out of 426. Before him are Emile Berliner, Willis Carrier, Étienne Lenoir, Theodore Maiman, Louis Renault, and Isaac Singer. After him are John Deere, Henry Fox Talbot, Josephine Cochrane, Les Paul, Ruth Handler, and Claude Chappe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Alberto Santos-Dumont ranks 20. Before him are Otto Loewi, Luigi Lucheni, Alfred Jarry, Karl Schwarzschild, Spyridon Louis, and Antonie Pannekoek. After him are Julius Martov, Max Reger, Alexander Bogdanov, G. E. Moore, Ejnar Hertzsprung, and Francisco I. Madero. Among people deceased in 1932, Alberto Santos-Dumont ranks 15. Before him are Manuel II of Portugal, King C. Gillette, Paul Doumer, Augusta, Lady Gregory, Gustav Meyrink, and Nadezhda Alliluyeva. After him are Max Wolf, Edgar Wallace, George Eastman, Errico Malatesta, Frederick Augustus III of Saxony, and Joseph Babinski.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Alberto Santos-Dumont ranks 43 out of 2,236. Before him are Arthur Friedenreich (1892), Fernanda Montenegro (1929), Rivaldo (1972), João Gilberto (1931), Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (1846), and Hebe Camargo (1929). After him are Gylmar dos Santos Neves (1930), Neymar (1992), Cafu (1970), Juscelino Kubitschek (1902), Bebeto (1964), and Kaká (1982).

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Among INVENTORS In Brazil

Among inventors born in Brazil, Alberto Santos-Dumont ranks 1. After him are Bartolomeu de Gusmão (1685).

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