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Bessie Coleman

1892 - 1926

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Elizabeth Coleman (January 26, 1892 – April 30, 1926) was an early American civil aviator. She was the first African-American woman and first Native American to hold a pilot license, and is the earliest known Black person to earn an international pilot's license. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bessie Coleman has received more than 3,815,244 page views. Her biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Bessie Coleman is the 39th most popular pilot (down from 28th in 2019), the 5,479th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,444th in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Pilot.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PILOTS

Among pilots, Bessie Coleman ranks 39 out of 71. Before her are Pyotr Nesterov, Polina Osipenko, Vladimir Kokkinaki, Jean Mermoz, Helmut Wick, and Jadwiga Piłsudska. After her are Touria Chaoui, Jacqueline Auriol, Ahmet Ali Çelikten, Steponas Darius, Nikolai Kamanin, and Jacqueline Cochran.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Bessie Coleman ranks 195. Before her are Ólafur Thors, Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, Peter Doi, Theodor Plievier, Renée Jeanne Falconetti, and Moisei Ginzburg. After her are Arvo Aaltonen, Stanisław Ostrowski, P. C. Chang, Dorothy Garrod, Peter Romanovsky, and Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh. Among people deceased in 1926, Bessie Coleman ranks 83. Before her are André Gedalge, Iraj Mirza, Joan Alcover, Edward Granville Browne, Jenő Károly, and Eugene V. Debs. After her are Carl Swartz, Princess Frederica of Hanover, Giovanni Cagliero, Giovanni Amendola, Dmitry Furmanov, and Thomas Moran.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bessie Coleman ranks 5,479 out of 20,380. Before her are Betty Holberton (1917), Christopher McDonald (1955), Terrence Howard (1969), Tony Amendola (1951), Sandahl Bergman (1951), and James Farentino (1938). After her are J. P. Mallory (1945), Chris Dickerson (1939), Mykelti Williamson (1960), Alvan Graham Clark (1832), Clarence Gilyard (1955), and Jerry Unser Jr. (1932).

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Among PILOTS In United States

Among pilots born in United States, Bessie Coleman ranks 8. Before her are Amelia Earhart (1897), Francis Gary Powers (1929), Chesley Sullenberger (1951), Chuck Yeager (1923), Joseph Kittinger (1928), and Claire Lee Chennault (1890). After her are Jacqueline Cochran (1906), Jerrie Cobb (1931), Wally Funk (1939), Cornelia Fort (1919), and Blanche Stuart Scott (1884).

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