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Jacqueline Cochran

1906 - 1980

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Jacqueline Cochran (May 11, 1906 – August 9, 1980) was an American pilot and business executive. She pioneered women's aviation as one of the most prominent racing pilots of her generation. She set numerous records and was the first woman to break the sound barrier on 18 May 1953. Cochran (along with Nancy Love) was the wartime head of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) (1943–1944), which employed about 1000 civilian American women in a non-combat role to ferry planes from factories to port cities. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacqueline Cochran is the 32nd most popular pilot (up from 45th in 2019), the 4,832nd most popular biography from United States (up from 5,862nd in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Pilot.

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Among PILOTS

Among pilots, Jacqueline Cochran ranks 32 out of 71. Before her are Claire Lee Chennault, Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi, Charles Nungesser, Janina Lewandowska, Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, and Leyla Mammadbeyova. After her are Touria Chaoui, Pyotr Nesterov, Blanche Stuart Scott, Ahmet Ali Çelikten, Jadwiga Piłsudska, and Jean Mermoz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Jacqueline Cochran ranks 192. Before her are Rolf Singer, Ulanhu, Fazıl Küçük, Ango Sakaguchi, Agniya Barto, and Olena Teliha. After her are Zinka Milanov, Mario Soldati, Francis Hong Yong-ho, Max August Zorn, Jerzy Giedroyc, and Juan Carlos Calvo. Among people deceased in 1980, Jacqueline Cochran ranks 152. Before her are Alfred Andersch, André Parrot, Oskar Kummetz, Miliza Korjus, Roza Eskenazi, and Sohrab Sepehri. After her are Torcuato Fernández-Miranda, Arthur Melvin Okun, Andrija Anković, Yakov Malik, Nihat Erim, and Sanjay Gandhi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jacqueline Cochran ranks 4,832 out of 20,380. Before her are Kent Nagano (1951), Carrie Snodgress (1945), Hunter Biden (1970), Larry Hankin (1940), James Rollins (1961), and Pat Buchanan (1938). After her are John Astin (1930), Henry Murray (1893), Al Kooper (1944), Benjamin Rush (1745), Lana Rhoades (1996), and David Lewis (1941).

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Among PILOTS In United States

Among pilots born in United States, Jacqueline Cochran ranks 8. Before her are Amelia Earhart (1897), Chesley Sullenberger (1951), Francis Gary Powers (1929), Chuck Yeager (1923), Joseph Kittinger (1928), and Claire Lee Chennault (1890). After her are Blanche Stuart Scott (1884), Bessie Coleman (1892), Wally Funk (1939), Jerrie Cobb (1931), and Cornelia Fort (1919).

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