1920 - 1971
Amet-khan Sultan (Crimean Tatar: Amet-Han Sultan, Амет-Хан Султан, احمدخان سلطان; Ukrainian/Russian: Амет-Хан Султан; 20 October 1920 – 1 February 1971) was a highly decorated Crimean Tatar flying ace in the Soviet Air Force with 30 personal and 19 shared kills who was twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Despite having been able to avoid deportation to Uzbekistan when the entire Crimean Tatar nation was repressed in 1944 due to his father's Lak background, he refused to change his passport nationality listing to Lak or identify as one throughout his entire life despite pressure from government organs. After the end of the war, he worked as a test pilot at the Flight Research Institute in Zhukovsky and mastered piloting 96 different aircraft types before he was killed in a crash while testing a new engine on a modified Tupolev Tu-16 bomber. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Amet-khan Sultan has received more than 128,424 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Amet-khan Sultan is the 22nd most popular pilot. (up from 292nd in 2019)
Page Views (PV)
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
Languages Editions (L)
Effective Languages (L*)
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among pilots, Amet-khan Sultan ranks 22 out of 48. Before him are Chuck Yeager, Valery Chkalov, Mathias Rust, René Fonck, Joseph Kittinger, and Claire Lee Chennault. After him are Vladimir Ilyushin, Carl Gustaf von Rosen, Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Charles Nungesser, Igor Volk, and Bessie Coleman.
1923 - 2020
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 16
1904 - 1938
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 17
1968 - Present
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 18
1894 - 1953
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 19
1928 - 2022
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 20
1890 - 1958
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 21
1920 - 1971
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 22
1927 - 2010
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 23
1909 - 1977
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 24
1927 - 1977
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 25
1892 - 1927
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 26
1937 - 2017
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 27
1892 - 1926
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 28
Among people born in 1920, Amet-khan Sultan ranks 137. Before him are Miguel Delibes, Dick Francis, Yevgeny Dragunov, Christopher Robin Milne, Viveca Lindfors, and Richard Farnsworth. After him are Harold Sakata, Renato Carosone, Václav Neumann, Delbert Mann, Thomas Szasz, and Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani. Among people deceased in 1971, Amet-khan Sultan ranks 74. Before him are T. V. Soong, Joseph Valachi, Royal Rife, Viktor Patsayev, Philo Farnsworth, and József Zakariás. After him are Mak Dizdar, Dimitrios Loundras, Yrjö Väisälä, Paul Lévy, Ignazio Giunti, and Princess Anna of Montenegro.
1920 - 2010
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 131
1920 - 2010
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 132
1920 - 1991
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 133
1920 - 1996
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 134
1920 - 1995
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 135
1920 - 2000
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 136
1920 - 1971
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 137
1920 - 1982
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 138
1920 - 2001
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 139
1920 - 1995
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 140
1920 - 2007
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 141
1920 - 2012
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 142
1920 - 1977
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 143
1894 - 1971
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 68
1904 - 1971
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 69
1888 - 1971
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 70
1933 - 1971
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 71
1906 - 1971
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 72
1924 - 1971
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 73
1920 - 1971
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 74
1917 - 1971
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 75
1885 - 1971
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 76
1891 - 1971
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 77
1886 - 1971
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 78
1941 - 1971
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 79
1874 - 1971
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 80