The Most Famous

Pilots from France

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This page contains a list of the greatest Frenchs Pilots. The pantheon dataset contains 71 Pilots, 7 of which were born in France. This makes France the birth place of the 3rd most number of Pilots behind Russia and United States.

Top 7 French Pilots

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Frenchs Pilots of all time. This list of famous Frenchs Pilots is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.

  1. #1
    Photo of René Fonck

    René Fonck

    1894 - 1953

    HPI 62.3321 langs

    French flying ace (1894-1953)

  2. #2
    Photo of Charles Nungesser

    Charles Nungesser

    1892 - 1927

    HPI 61.0918 langs

    20th-century French fighter ace and adventurer

  3. #3
    Photo of Jean Mermoz

    Jean Mermoz

    1901 - 1936

    HPI 58.1916 langs

    French aviator (1901–1936)

Overlapping Lives

Which Pilots were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 5 most globally memorable Pilots since 1700.

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