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Wiley Post

1898 - 1935

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Wiley Hardeman Post (November 22, 1898 – August 15, 1935) was an American aviator during the interwar period and the first pilot to fly solo around the world. Known for his work in high-altitude flying, he helped develop one of the first pressure suits and discovered the jet stream. On August 15, 1935, he and American humorist Will Rogers were killed when his aircraft crashed on takeoff from a lagoon near Point Barrow in the Territory of Alaska. Post's modified Lockheed Vega aircraft, the Winnie Mae, was on display at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center from 2003 to 2011. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wiley Post is the 483rd most popular explorer (down from 476th in 2019), the 11,718th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,807th in 2019) and the 35th most popular American Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Wiley Post ranks 483 out of 498. Before him are Bartholomew Gosnold, Harry Johnston, David Thompson, Hamilton Hume, Ellen MacArthur, and Adolphus Greely. After him are Henry Worsley, John Oxley, Benjamin Morrell, Erling Kagge, John Rae, and William Lashly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Wiley Post ranks 305. Before him are Owen Barfield, Harry Edward, Roy Harris, Stephen Vincent Benét, Tom Whittaker, and Gracie Fields. After him are Molly Picon, Ludwig Bemelmans, Harold Stephen Black, William O. Douglas, Happy Chandler, and Yefim Dzigan. Among people deceased in 1935, Wiley Post ranks 149. Before him are Charles Kingsford Smith, Junior Durkin, Ivar Otto Bendixson, Leroy Carr, Edwin Arlington Robinson, and Adolphus Greely. After him are Alice Dunbar Nelson, and Jay Gould II.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wiley Post ranks 11,720 out of 20,380. Before him are Harriet Sansom Harris (1955), Marie Mosquini (1899), Janeane Garofalo (1964), Gladys Egan (1900), Adina Porter (1971), and Virginia Valli (1895). After him are James Jones (1980), George Perle (1915), Charlie Rose (1942), Patricia Richardson (1951), Alvah Bessie (1904), and Barbara Mikulski (1936).

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Among EXPLORERS In United States

Among explorers born in United States, Wiley Post ranks 35. Before him are Charles Francis Hall (1821), Isaac Israel Hayes (1832), Frederick Russell Burnham (1861), Matthew Henson (1866), John Colter (1774), and Adolphus Greely (1844). After him are Benjamin Morrell (1795), Ezra Meeker (1830), Sue Hendrickson (1949), and Ann Bancroft (1955).

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