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Jimmie Angel

1899 - 1956

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James "Jimmie" Crawford Angel (August 1, 1899 – December 8, 1956) was an American aviator after whom Angel Falls in Venezuela, the tallest waterfall in the world, is named. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jimmie Angel is the 241st most popular explorer (down from 190th in 2019), the 3,649th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,638th in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Jimmie Angel ranks 241 out of 498. Before him are Carl Anton Larsen, André Thevet, Lincoln Ellsworth, Helge Ingstad, Ma Huan, and Olivier van Noort. After him are Louise Arner Boyd, Tristão Vaz Teixeira, Vladimir Atlasov, Nikolaus Federmann, St John Philby, and Yerofey Khabarov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Jimmie Angel ranks 125. Before him are Norman Taurog, Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, Café Filho, Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski, Helge Ingstad, and Max Simon. After him are Maria Yudina, Domingo Tejera, Princess Nadezhda of Bulgaria, Joseph Guillemot, František Tomášek, and Johan Grøttumsbråten. Among people deceased in 1956, Jimmie Angel ranks 95. Before him are Israel Zolli, Auguste Chevalier, Évariste Lévi-Provençal, Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia, André Marty, and Carl Brockelmann. After him are Clifford Brown, Norman L. Bowen, Marcel Griaule, Frigyes Riesz, Victor Young, and George Sarton.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jimmie Angel ranks 3,649 out of 20,380. Before him are John C. Bogle (1929), Nichelle Nichols (1932), Robert Sean Leonard (1969), Thomas Nelson Jr. (1738), Amy Irving (1953), and Duke Kahanamoku (1890). After him are Mangas Coloradas (1792), Frank Wolff (1928), Joe Don Baker (1936), Carl Switzer (1927), Priscilla Chan (1985), and Gerry Mulligan (1927).

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Among EXPLORERS In United States

Among explorers born in United States, Jimmie Angel ranks 15. Before him are Chris McCandless (1968), Frederick Cook (1865), George W. De Long (1844), Simon Fraser (1776), Don Walsh (1931), and Lincoln Ellsworth (1880). After him are Louise Arner Boyd (1887), Ada Blackjack (1898), Jedediah Smith (1799), Charles Wilkes (1798), Jim Bridger (1804), and Roy Chapman Andrews (1884).

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