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Bessie Coleman

1892 - 1926

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Elizabeth Coleman (January 26, 1892 – April 30, 1926) was an early American civil aviator. She was the first African-American woman and first Native American to hold a pilot license, and is the earliest known Black person to earn an international pilot's license. She earned her license from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale on June 15, 1921. Born to a family of sharecroppers in Texas, Coleman worked in the cotton fields at a young age while also studying in a small segregated school. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bessie Coleman is the 41st most popular pilot (down from 39th in 2019), the 6,251st most popular biography from United States (down from 5,478th in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Pilot.

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Among PILOTS

Among pilots, Bessie Coleman ranks 41 out of 71. Before her are Blanche Stuart Scott, Ahmet Ali Çelikten, Jadwiga Piłsudska, Jean Mermoz, Olga Sanfirova, and Helmut Wick. After her are Polina Osipenko, Steponas Darius, Gotthard Handrick, Nikolai Gastello, Jacqueline Auriol, and Natalya Meklin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Bessie Coleman ranks 204. Before her are Antonio María Barbieri, Jason Robards Sr., Kiyotake Kawaguchi, Adolf van der Voort van Zijp, Jaan Kikkas, and Walter Bathe. After her are Tsuru Aoki, Gaetano Belloni, Pierre Frieden, Ferde Grofé, Cuno Hoffmeister, and Gerhard Rohlfs. Among people deceased in 1926, Bessie Coleman ranks 86. Before her are Mariam Thresia Chiramel, Charles Avery, Iraj Mirza, Giovanni Cagliero, Edward Granville Browne, and Princess Frederica of Hanover. After her are Charles Angrand, Jenő Károly, André Gaudin, Eugene V. Debs, Gérard Cooreman, and Jón Magnússon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bessie Coleman ranks 6,252 out of 20,380. Before her are Tobias Wolff (1945), Jason Becker (1969), Kim Manners (1951), John Hopcroft (1939), Ron Silver (1946), and Dorothy Stang (1931). After her are Helen Merrill (1930), Gene Clark (1944), Stephen Root (1951), Robert Ettinger (1918), John Ostrom (1928), and Marc Wright (1890).

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Among PILOTS In United States

Among pilots born in United States, Bessie Coleman ranks 10. Before her are Francis Gary Powers (1929), Chuck Yeager (1923), Joseph Kittinger (1928), Claire Lee Chennault (1890), Jacqueline Cochran (1906), and Blanche Stuart Scott (1884). After her are Wally Funk (1939), Jerrie Cobb (1931), and Cornelia Fort (1919).

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