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Harriet Quimby

1875 - 1912

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Harriet Quimby (May 11, 1875 – July 1, 1912) was an American pioneering aviator, journalist, and film screenwriter. In 1911, she became the first woman in the United States to receive a pilot's license and in 1912 the first woman to fly solo across the English Channel. Although Quimby died at the age of 37 in a flying accident, she strongly influenced the role of women in aviation. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harriet Quimby is the 34th most popular journalist (up from 97th in 2019), the 3,355th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,372nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Journalist.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Harriet Quimby ranks 34 out of 196. Before her are Charles Dow, Margaret Bourke-White, François Mignet, Christopher Hitchens, Kevin Carter, and Edgar Snow. After her are Walker Evans, Diana Nyad, Joe Rosenthal, Joaquín Navarro-Valls, Aenne Burda, and Marcelo H. del Pilar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Harriet Quimby ranks 68. Before her are Albert Ketèlbey, Birsa Munda, Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará, Elisabeth von Gutmann, Konstantin Hierl, and Prince Franz of Bavaria. After her are Henrik Sjöberg, Jacques Villon, Jacques Futrelle, Paul Neumann, J. Stuart Blackton, and Shaul Tchernichovsky. Among people deceased in 1912, Harriet Quimby ranks 51. Before her are Grand Duchess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia, Georg Heym, Eduard Strasburger, Herman Bang, James S. Sherman, and François-Alphonse Forel. After her are Paul Kummer, Jacques Futrelle, Wallace Hartley, Infanta María Teresa of Spain, Joachim III of Constantinople, and Giovanni Pascoli.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harriet Quimby ranks 3,355 out of 20,380. Before her are William Powell (1892), Edgar Snow (1905), Cornell Woolrich (1903), Stephen Baldwin (1966), Jimmy McLane (1930), and Murray Perahia (1947). After her are Neil Sedaka (1939), Jim Kelly (1946), Vincent Gigante (1928), Alice Ball (1892), William Porter (1926), and Tom Hulce (1953).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United States

Among journalists born in United States, Harriet Quimby ranks 10. Before her are John Reed (1887), W. Eugene Smith (1918), Steve McCurry (1950), Charles Dow (1851), Margaret Bourke-White (1904), and Edgar Snow (1905). After her are Walker Evans (1903), Diana Nyad (1949), Joe Rosenthal (1911), James Foley (1973), James Nachtwey (1948), and Eve Arnold (1912).

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