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Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi

1609 - 1640

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Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi (Ottoman Turkish: هزارفنّ أحمد چلبی,, lit. 'Polymath Ahmed the wise'; 1609 – 1640) was an Ottoman scientist, inventor, chemist, astronomer, physician, Andalusi musician, and poet from Istanbul, reported in the writings of traveler Evliya Çelebi to have achieved sustained unpowered flight. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi is the 27th most popular pilot (down from 15th in 2019), the 809th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 525th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Turkish Pilot.

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Among PILOTS

Among pilots, Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi ranks 27 out of 71. Before him are Igor Volk, Sarla Thakral, Carl Gustaf von Rosen, Vladimir Ilyushin, Amet-khan Sultan, and Claire Lee Chennault. After him are Charles Nungesser, Janina Lewandowska, Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Leyla Mammadbeyova, Jacqueline Cochran, and Touria Chaoui.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1609, Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi ranks 14. Before him are Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine, Charles II Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato, Hanzade Sultan, Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, and Kâtip Çelebi. After him are Maria Gonzaga, Duchess of Montferrat, Pierre-Paul Riquet, Paul Fleming, Jean Rotrou, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, and Gerrard Winstanley. Among people deceased in 1640, Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi ranks 15. Before him are Wilhelm Kettler, Jeanne de Lestonnac, Alessandro Salvio, Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Charles, Duke of Guise, and John Francis Regis. After him are Peter Fourier, Vittoria Aleotti, Mario Minniti, Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz, Paul Fleming, and Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi ranks 809 out of 1,347. Before him are Chariton (100), Arda Turan (1987), Burak Özçivit (1984), Ishme-Dagan I (-1780), Alexios Apokaukos (1250), and Theodore Abu Qurrah (750). After him are Athanasius I of Constantinople (1230), George, Emperor of Trebizond (1255), Tatikios (1100), Timotheus of Miletus (-450), Polemon I of Pontus (-65), and Assaracus (null).

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Among PILOTS In Türkiye

Among pilots born in Türkiye, Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi ranks 2. Before him are Sabiha Gökçen (1913). After him are Ahmet Ali Çelikten (1883).

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