PILOT

Amy Johnson

1903 - 1941

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Amy Johnson (born 1 July 1903 – disappeared 5 January 1941) was a pioneering English pilot who was the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia. Flying solo or with her husband, Jim Mollison, she set many long-distance records during the 1930s. In 1933, Katharine Hepburn's character in the film Christopher Strong was inspired by Johnson. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Amy Johnson has received more than 1,649,302 page views. Her biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Amy Johnson is the 25th most popular pilot (up from 29th in 2019), the 1,767th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,186th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Pilot.

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  • 1.6M

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  • 54.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PILOTS

Among pilots, Amy Johnson ranks 25 out of 71. Before her are René Fonck, Mathias Rust, Claire Lee Chennault, Janina Lewandowska, Vladimir Ilyushin, and Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten. After her are Amet-khan Sultan, Igor Volk, Leyla Mammadbeyova, Carl Gustaf von Rosen, Charles Nungesser, and Sarla Thakral.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Amy Johnson ranks 125. Before her are Ma Bufang, Flaminio Bertoni, Steven Runciman, Candido Portinari, Cigerxwîn, and Gregory Goodwin Pincus. After her are K. Kamaraj, Boris Blacher, Florence Owens Thompson, Grigori Aleksandrov, Alf Sjöberg, and Nikolay Cherkasov. Among people deceased in 1941, Amy Johnson ranks 89. Before her are Eugen Ritter von Schobert, Elizabeth von Arnim, Eugène Boch, Simon Dubnow, Anton Reichenow, and Infanta Maria das Neves of Portugal. After her are Nazikeda Kadın, Amrita Sher-Gil, Gutzon Borglum, Viktor Dankl von Krasnik, Mustafa Shokay, and Jelly Roll Morton.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Amy Johnson ranks 1,767 out of 8,785. Before her are Dorothy Shepherd-Barron (1897), Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (1775), Peg Entwistle (1908), John Sulston (1942), Taliesin (518), and Saint Alban (300). After her are Rupert Sheldrake (1942), Peter Lawford (1923), Peter Vaughan (1923), Donald Maclean (1913), Mark Hollis (1955), and Paul Di'Anno (1958).

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Among PILOTS In United Kingdom

Among pilots born in United Kingdom, Amy Johnson ranks 2. Before her are Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet (1892).

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