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Ahmet Ali Çelikten

1883 - 1969

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Ahmet Ali Çelikten (born İzmirli Alioğlu Ahmed; 1883 – 24 June 1969), also known as İzmirli Ali Ahmet (English: Ahmet Ali from İzmir), was a Turkish aviator of Afro-Turkish descent regarded as the first black pilot in history. He was one of the first black men to become a fighter pilot, receiving his "wings" in 1914. He was one of the few black pilots in World War I, similar to African American Eugene Jacques Bullard (flying for France), William Robinson Clarke from Jamaica (flying for Britain), Pierre Réjon from Martinique (flying for France) and Domenico Mondelli from Eritrea (flying for Italy). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ahmet Ali Çelikten has received more than 383,112 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Ahmet Ali Çelikten is the 42nd most popular pilot, the 891st most popular biography from Türkiye and the 3rd most popular Turkish Pilot.

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Among PILOTS

Among pilots, Ahmet Ali Çelikten ranks 42 out of 71. Before him are Jean Mermoz, Helmut Wick, Jadwiga Piłsudska, Bessie Coleman, Touria Chaoui, and Jacqueline Auriol. After him are Steponas Darius, Nikolai Kamanin, Jacqueline Cochran, Maguba Syrtlanova, Nikolai Gastello, and Mariya Dolina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Ahmet Ali Çelikten ranks 172. Before him are Max Fleischer, Abel Bonnard, Charles Demuth, Şemsettin Günaltay, Pedro Parages, and Paul Götz. After him are Fred Pentland, Joachim Ringelnatz, Rube Goldberg, Huang Fu, D. S. Senanayake, and Feodor Gladkov. Among people deceased in 1969, Ahmet Ali Çelikten ranks 152. Before him are Leonardo Cilaurren, Rafael Osuna, Conrad Albrecht, Kurt Blome, Charles Dvorak, and Zia ol Din Tabatabaee. After him are Kazimierz Sosnkowski, Ernst Deutsch, Enrique Peñaranda, Ture Nerman, Fred Alexander, and Albert Hill.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Ahmet Ali Çelikten ranks 891 out of 1,347. Before him are İbrahim Kaypakkaya (1949), Serapion of Antioch (200), Gazi Yaşargil (1925), Bülent Ulusu (1923), Demet Özdemir (1992), and Mehmet Günsür (1975). After him are George Kodinos (1350), Adalet Ağaoğlu (1929), Okan Buruk (1973), Theodore Abu Qurrah (750), Çağatay Ulusoy (1990), and Refik Saydam (1881).

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Among PILOTS In Türkiye

Among pilots born in Türkiye, Ahmet Ali Çelikten ranks 3. Before him are Sabiha Gökçen (1913), and Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi (1609).

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