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Amy Johnson

1903 - 1941

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Amy Johnson (born 1 July 1903 – disappeared 5 January 1941) was a pioneering English pilot who was the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia. Flying solo or with her husband, Jim Mollison, she set many long-distance records during the 1930s. In 1933, Katharine Hepburn's character in the film Christopher Strong was inspired by Johnson. She flew in the Second World War as a part of the Air Transport Auxiliary. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Amy Johnson is the 19th most popular pilot (up from 25th in 2019), the 1,919th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,768th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Pilot.

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Among PILOTS

Among pilots, Amy Johnson ranks 19 out of 71. Before her are Hermann Graf, Chuck Yeager, Marina Raskova, Valery Chkalov, Mathias Rust, and Joseph Kittinger. After her are René Fonck, Igor Volk, Sarla Thakral, Carl Gustaf von Rosen, Vladimir Ilyushin, and Amet-khan Sultan.

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Among people born in 1903, Amy Johnson ranks 115. Before her are Michail Stasinopoulos, Gregor Piatigorsky, Karl Fritzsch, Marshall Harvey Stone, Steven Runciman, and Rudolf Serkin. After her are Alf Sjöberg, Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, Nikolai Voznesensky, Jan de Klerk, Maud Lewis, and Cornell Woolrich. Among people deceased in 1941, Amy Johnson ranks 71. Before her are Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Christian Sinding, Guillermo Kahlo, Jaan Tõnisson, Elizabeth von Arnim, and Hanns Kerrl. After her are Arkady Gaidar, Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, Amrita Sher-Gil, Ivan Panfilov, Alfred Hettner, and Friedrich Akel.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Amy Johnson ranks 1,919 out of 8,785. Before her are Thomas Sydenham (1624), Edward Young (1683), Eleanor of Woodstock (1318), John Henry Poynting (1852), Leonard Woolley (1880), and John Skelton (1460). After her are Edward the Exile (1016), Pieter de Molijn (1595), Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1847), Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet (1707), Antony Beevor (1946), and Charles Booth (1840).

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Among PILOTS In United Kingdom

Among pilots born in United Kingdom, Amy Johnson ranks 2. Before her are Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet (1892).

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