The Most Famous
Pilots from France
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
René Fonck
1894 - 1953
HPI 62.3321 langsFrench flying ace (1894-1953)
- #2
Charles Nungesser
1892 - 1927
HPI 61.0918 langs20th-century French fighter ace and adventurer
- #3
Jean Mermoz
1901 - 1936
HPI 58.1916 langsFrench aviator (1901–1936)
- #4
Jacqueline Auriol
1917 - 2000
HPI 56.8920 langsFrench aviator (1917–2000)
- #5
Maryse Bastié
1898 - 1952
HPI 55.1923 langsFrench aviator (1898-1952)
- #6
Hélène Boucher
1908 - 1934
HPI 54.6119 langsFrench pilot
- #7
Adrienne Bolland
1895 - 1975
HPI 54.3915 langsFrench aviator (1895-1975)
Overlapping Lives
Which Pilots were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 5 most globally memorable Pilots since 1700.
