The Most Famous
PILOTS from Netherlands
This page contains a list of the greatest Dutch Pilots. The pantheon dataset contains 48 Pilots, 1 of which were born in Netherlands. This makes Netherlands the birth place of the 13th most number of Pilots behind Réunion and Sweden.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Dutch Pilots of all time. This list of famous Dutch Pilots is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten (1927 - 1977)
With an HPI of 53.64, Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten is the most famous Dutch Pilot. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Jacob Louis Veldhuyzen van Zanten (5 February 1927 – 27 March 1977) was a Dutch aircraft captain and flight instructor. He was captain of the KLM Flight 4805 and died in the Tenerife airport disaster, the deadliest accident in aviation history. He was KLM's chief instructor and commonly appeared on advertising.
Pantheon has 1 people classified as pilots born between 1927 and 1927. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased pilots include Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten. As of April 2022, 1 new pilots have been added to Pantheon including Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten.
