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Bertrand Piccard

1958 - Today

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Bertrand Piccard FRSGS (born 1 March 1958) is a Swiss explorer, psychiatrist and environmentalist. Along with Brian Jones, he was the first to complete a non-stop balloon flight around the globe, in a balloon named Breitling Orbiter 3. He was the initiator, chairman, and pilot, with André Borschberg, of Solar Impulse, the first successful round-the-world solar-powered flight. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bertrand Piccard has received more than 431,207 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Bertrand Piccard is the 303rd most popular explorer (down from 293rd in 2019), the 347th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 331st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swiss Explorer.

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  • 430k

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  • 58.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Bertrand Piccard ranks 303 out of 498. Before him are Charles Francis Hall, László Almásy, Peter Freuchen, Alexander Gordon Laing, Fernão de Loronha, and Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser. After him are Meriwether Lewis, Gustav Adolf von Götzen, Ludwig Leichhardt, Edward S. Curtis, Helmer Hanssen, and Francis Younghusband.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Bertrand Piccard ranks 135. Before him are Najla Bouden, Stephen Hopkins, Linda Fiorentino, Alessandro Baricco, Gennady Padalka, and Fish. After him are Zlatko Vujović, Ron Mueck, Colm Feore, Silvan Shalom, Terry Fox, and Yuriy Boyko.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Bertrand Piccard ranks 347 out of 1,015. Before him are Hector Hodler (1887), Claude Goretta (1929), Gustav Wiederkehr (1905), Maximilian Ulysses Browne (1705), Liselotte Pulver (1929), and Isaac Casaubon (1559). After him are Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf (1956), François Le Fort (1656), Gottfried Diener (1926), Klaus Huber (1924), Ella Maillart (1903), and Urs Graf (1485).

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Among EXPLORERS In Switzerland

Among explorers born in Switzerland, Bertrand Piccard ranks 2. Before him are Isabelle Eberhardt (1877).

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