1958 - Today
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 401,362 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Bertrand Piccard is the 294th most popular explorer (down from 268th in 2019), the 332nd most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 284th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swiss Explorer.
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Among explorers, Bertrand Piccard ranks 294 out of 405. Before him are Lourenço Marques, Peter Freuchen, Sebastián Vizcaíno, Johann Anton Güldenstädt, Alexander Gordon Laing, and Gonçalo Velho Cabral. After him are Meriwether Lewis, Pierre Poivre, Albert von Le Coq, Knut Haugland, Thekla Resvoll, and Theodor Kotschy.
1600 - 1600
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 288
1886 - 1957
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 289
1548 - 1624
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 290
1745 - 1781
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 291
1794 - 1826
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 292
1400 - 1460
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 293
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 294
1774 - 1809
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 295
1719 - 1786
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 296
1860 - 1930
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 297
1917 - 2009
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 298
1871 - 1948
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 299
1813 - 1866
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 300
Among people born in 1958, Bertrand Piccard ranks 118. Before him are Kim Boo-kyum, Eric Heiden, Greg Mankiw, Oscar Schmidt, Lakhdar Belloumi, and Phạm Minh Chính. After him are Kim Coates, David O. Russell, Samira Said, Natalya Estemirova, Michael Paré, and Sergey Litvinov.
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 112
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 113
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 114
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 115
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 116
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 117
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 118
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 119
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 120
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 121
1958 - 2009
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 122
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 123
1958 - 2018
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 124
Among people born in Switzerland, Bertrand Piccard ranks 332 out of 876. Before him are Erhard Loretan (1959), Jean Reynier (1771), Max Abegglen (1902), Louis Niedermeyer (1802), Maria Bernarda Bütler (1848), and Moritz Leuenberger (1946). After him are Simon Ammann (1981), Romain Grosjean (1986), Othmar Schoeck (1886), Marc Surer (1951), Klaus Huber (1924), and Pirmin Zurbriggen (1963).
1959 - 2011
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 326
1771 - 1814
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 327
1902 - 1970
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 328
1802 - 1861
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 329
1848 - 1924
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 330
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 331
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 332
1981 - Present
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 333
1986 - Present
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 334
1886 - 1957
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 335
1951 - Present
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 336
1924 - 2017
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 337
1963 - Present
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 338
Among explorers born in Switzerland, Bertrand Piccard ranks 2. Before him are Isabelle Eberhardt (1877).