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Hélène Boucher

1908 - 1934

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Hélène Boucher (French pronunciation: [elɛn buʃe]; 23 May 1908 — 30 November 1934) was a well-known French pilot in the early 1930s, when she set several women's world speed records and the all-comers record for 1,000 km (621 mi) in 1934. She was killed in an accident in the same year. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hélène Boucher is the 58th most popular pilot (up from 63rd in 2019), the 4,743rd most popular biography from France (up from 4,823rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular French Pilot.

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Among PILOTS

Among pilots, Hélène Boucher ranks 58 out of 71. Before her are Mariya Dolina, Gregorio Fuentes, Stasys Girėnas, Tatyana Makarova, Wally Funk, and Maryse Bastié. After her are Adrienne Bolland, Viktor Talalikhin, Jerrie Cobb, Lotfia Elnadi, Charles Kingsford Smith, and Lydia Zvereva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Hélène Boucher ranks 344. Before her are George Rodger, Pierre Korb, Morris Kline, Jacob Bronowski, Fritz Spengler, and William McMahon. After her are Inga Gentzel, Franz Cisar, Birago Diop, William Thompson, Mikhail Somov, and Sergey Urusevsky. Among people deceased in 1934, Hélène Boucher ranks 143. Before her are Andrés Héctor Carvallo, Davidson Black, Jiro Sato, John Brinck, Wallace Fard Muhammad, and Horace Lamb. After her are Cass Gilbert, Frank J. Sprague, Elizabeth Gertrude Britton, Augusto Pestana, Lou Tellegen, and Arthur Schuster.

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In France

Among people born in France, Hélène Boucher ranks 4,743 out of 6,770. Before her are Guillaume Grandidier (1873), Éric Bernard (1964), Martin Fourcade (1988), François Bourgeon (1945), Francis Girod (1944), and Gilbert Bozon (1935). After her are Eric of Friuli (800), Alphonse Henri d'Hautpoul (1789), Hawise, Duchess of Brittany (1037), Anatole Le Braz (1859), Denys de La Patellière (1921), and Charles Combes (1801).

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Among PILOTS In France

Among pilots born in France, Hélène Boucher ranks 6. Before her are René Fonck (1894), Charles Nungesser (1892), Jean Mermoz (1901), Jacqueline Auriol (1917), and Maryse Bastié (1898). After her are Adrienne Bolland (1895).

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