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Amelia Earhart

1897 - 1937

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Amelia Mary Earhart ( AIR-hart; born July 24, 1897; disappeared July 2, 1937; declared dead January 5, 1939) was an American aviation pioneer. On July 2, 1937, she disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the world. During her life, Earhart embraced celebrity culture and women's rights, and since her disappearance has become a global cultural figure. She was the first female pilot to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean and set many other records. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Amelia Earhart is the 2nd most popular pilot, the 216th most popular biography from United States (down from 167th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Pilot.

Amelia Earhart was an American aviator who set many aviation records and became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

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Among PILOTS

Among pilots, Amelia Earhart ranks 2 out of 71. Before her are Charles Lindbergh. After her are Roland Garros, Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, Chesley Sullenberger, Sabiha Gökçen, Hanna Reitsch, Adolf Galland, Ernst Udet, Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet, Francis Gary Powers, and Ivan Kozhedub.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Amelia Earhart ranks 6. Before her are Joseph Goebbels, Pope Paul VI, Irène Joliot-Curie, William Faulkner, and Patrick Blackett. After her are Zakir Husain, Tadeusz Reichstein, Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, Ivan Konev, Subhas Chandra Bose, and Thích Quảng Đức. Among people deceased in 1937, Amelia Earhart ranks 9. Before her are Maurice Ravel, Pierre de Coubertin, John D. Rockefeller, Alfred Adler, Antonio Gramsci, and H. P. Lovecraft. After her are Erich Ludendorff, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Lou Andreas-Salomé, George Gershwin, Gustaf Dalén, and Jagadish Chandra Bose.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Amelia Earhart ranks 216 out of 20,380. Before her are Norman Foster Ramsey Jr. (1915), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (1954), Mariah Carey (1969), Jon Voight (1938), David Hasselhoff (1952), and Kevin Costner (1955). After her are W. E. B. Du Bois (1868), George Beadle (1903), Buster Keaton (1895), Tom Cruise (1962), Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. (1941), and Frank Lloyd Wright (1867).

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Among PILOTS In United States

Among pilots born in United States, Amelia Earhart ranks 2. Before her are Charles Lindbergh (1902). After her are Chesley Sullenberger (1951), Francis Gary Powers (1929), Chuck Yeager (1923), Joseph Kittinger (1928), Claire Lee Chennault (1890), Jacqueline Cochran (1906), Blanche Stuart Scott (1884), Bessie Coleman (1892), Wally Funk (1939), and Jerrie Cobb (1931).

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