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Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier

1754 - 1785

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Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ fʁɑ̃swa pilɑtʁ də ʁozje]) (30 March 1754 – 15 June 1785) was a French chemistry and physics teacher, and one of the first pioneers of aviation. He made the first manned free balloon flight with François Laurent d'Arlandes on 21 November 1783, in a Montgolfier balloon. He later died when his balloon crashed near Wimereux in the Pas-de-Calais during an attempt to fly across the English Channel. He and his companion Pierre Romain thus became the first known fatalities in an air crash. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier is the 284th most popular physicist (down from 271st in 2019), the 1,141st most popular biography from France (down from 1,120th in 2019) and the 27th most popular French Physicist.

Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier was most famous for being the first person to fly in a hot air balloon.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier ranks 284 out of 851. Before him are David Gross, Mihajlo Pupin, William Daniel Phillips, Valentin Ceaușescu, Rolf Maximilian Sievert, and Peter Mansfield. After him are Antoine César Becquerel, Ash Carter, Syukuro Manabe, Joseph Plateau, Charles Wheatstone, and Ernest Walton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1754, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier ranks 11. Before him are Joseph Proust, Georg Forster, Seraphim of Sarov, Madame Roland, Jacques Pierre Brissot, and Frederick I of Württemberg. After him are Antoine Destutt de Tracy, Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey, Louis de Bonald, William Bligh, and Jean-Baptiste Regnault. Among people deceased in 1785, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier ranks 5. Before him are Carlo Buonaparte, Baldassare Galuppi, Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, and Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain. After him are Pietro Longhi, James Oglethorpe, Gabriel Bonnot de Mably, Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, Luis of Spain, Count of Chinchón, and Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier ranks 1,141 out of 6,770. Before him are Victorien Sardou (1831), Claude Lanzmann (1925), Heinrich Kramer (1430), Hugh of Italy (880), François Cevert (1944), and James II of Majorca (1243). After him are Pierre Schaeffer (1910), Édouard Vuillard (1868), Antoine César Becquerel (1788), Jacques Hébert (1757), Jean de Béthencourt (1362), and Jacques Rivette (1928).

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Among PHYSICISTS In France

Among physicists born in France, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier ranks 27. Before him are Edmond Becquerel (1820), Edme Mariotte (1620), Jacques Charles (1763), Gérard Mourou (1944), Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (1932), and Claude-Louis Navier (1785). After him are Antoine César Becquerel (1788), Anne L'Huillier (1958), Alain Aspect (1947), Pierre Louis Dulong (1785), Félix Savart (1791), and Hélène Langevin-Joliot (1927).

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