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Bertrand Piccard

1958 - Today

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Bertrand Piccard FRSGS (born 1 March 1958) is a Swiss explorer, psychiatrist and environmentalist. Along with Brian Jones, he was the first to complete a non-stop balloon flight around the globe, in a balloon named Breitling Orbiter 3. He was the initiator, chairman, and pilot, with André Borschberg, of Solar Impulse, the first successful round-the-world solar-powered flight. In 2012 Piccard was awarded a Champions of the Earth award by the UN Environment Programme. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bertrand Piccard is the 300th most popular explorer (up from 303rd in 2019), the 338th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 347th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swiss Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Bertrand Piccard ranks 300 out of 498. Before him are Jean Louis Marie Poiret, Ingvar the Far-Travelled, Grigory Potanin, Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein, Juan Pizarro, and Pyotr Beketov. After him are John Byron, Lady Hester Stanhope, Ippolito Rosellini, Gustav Adolf von Götzen, Philip Carteret, and John McDouall Stuart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Bertrand Piccard ranks 142. Before him are Domenico Dolce, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Cindy Kiro, Oscar Schmidt, Alain Chabat, and Nancy J. Currie-Gregg. After him are Kavita Krishnamurthy, Karlheinz Förster, Michael Winslow, Serena Grandi, Yuriy Boyko, and Mohammad Shtayyeh.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Bertrand Piccard ranks 338 out of 1,015. Before him are Simeon Bavier (1825), Maria Bernarda Bütler (1848), Fernán Caballero (1796), Louis Niedermeyer (1802), Charles Journet (1891), and Saint Othmar (689). After him are Othmar Schoeck (1886), Maximilian Ulysses Browne (1705), Johann Baptist Cysat (1585), Paul Sacher (1906), Samuel Schmid (1947), and Henri Druey (1799).

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Among EXPLORERS In Switzerland

Among explorers born in Switzerland, Bertrand Piccard ranks 2. Before him are Isabelle Eberhardt (1877).

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