1892 - 1926
Bessie Coleman (January 26, 1892 – April 30, 1926) was an early American civil aviator. She was the first African-American woman and first self-identified 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 3,641,859 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Bessie Coleman is the 28th most popular pilot (up from 34th in 2019), the 3,453rd most popular biography from United States (up from 4,796th in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Pilot.
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Among pilots, Bessie Coleman ranks 28 out of 48. Before her are Amet-khan Sultan, Vladimir Ilyushin, Carl Gustaf von Rosen, Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Charles Nungesser, and Igor Volk. After her are Amy Johnson, Leyla Mammadbeyova, Helmut Wick, Pyotr Nesterov, Maguba Syrtlanova, and Olga Sanfirova.
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
1903 - 1941
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 29
1909 - 1989
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 30
1915 - 1940
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 31
1887 - 1914
HPI: 50.96
Rank: 32
1912 - 1971
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 33
1917 - 1944
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 34
Among people born in 1892, Bessie Coleman ranks 135. Before her are Yi Kwang-su, Charles Nungesser, Robert Watson-Watt, Sayed Darwish, Alberto Bayo, and Joseph Szigeti. After her are Maximilian Fretter-Pico, Peljidiin Genden, Victor de Sabata, Eugen Meindl, Stepan Petrichenko, and Stanisław Maczek. Among people deceased in 1926, Bessie Coleman ranks 56. Before her are Albert Robida, Katō Takaaki, Ivana Kobilca, Carlos Schwabe, Victor Babeș, and Enrico Toselli. After her are Léon Charles Thévenin, Bertha Wegmann, Luther Burbank, Krste Misirkov, Hans von Koessler, and Charles Angrand.
1892 - 1950
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 129
1892 - 1927
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 130
1892 - 1973
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 131
1892 - 1923
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 132
1892 - 1967
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 133
1892 - 1973
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 134
1892 - 1926
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 135
1892 - 1984
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 136
1892 - 1937
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 137
1892 - 1967
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 138
1892 - 1951
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 139
1892 - 1947
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 140
1892 - 1994
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 141
1848 - 1926
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 50
1860 - 1926
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 51
1861 - 1926
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 52
1866 - 1926
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 53
1854 - 1926
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 54
1883 - 1926
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 55
1892 - 1926
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 56
1857 - 1926
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 57
1847 - 1926
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 58
1849 - 1926
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 59
1874 - 1926
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 60
1853 - 1926
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 61
1854 - 1926
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 62
Among people born in United States, Bessie Coleman ranks 3,453 out of 18,182. Before her are Lillian Moller Gilbreth (1878), Ross Perot (1930), Heather Graham (1970), Zeppo Marx (1901), Jim Kelly (1946), and Mark Lanegan (1964). After her are John C. McGinley (1959), Randy Couture (1963), Ignacio Zaragoza (1829), David Doyle (1929), Maceo Parker (1943), and John Cheever (1912).
1878 - 1972
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 3,447
1930 - 2019
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 3,448
1970 - Present
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 3,449
1901 - 1979
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 3,450
1946 - 2013
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 3,451
1964 - 2022
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 3,452
1892 - 1926
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 3,453
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 3,454
1963 - Present
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 3,455
1829 - 1862
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 3,456
1929 - 1997
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 3,457
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 3,458
1912 - 1982
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 3,459
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), Wally Funk (1939), Jerrie Cobb (1931), and Cornelia Fort (1919).
1897 - 1937
HPI: 73.67
Rank: 2
1929 - 1977
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 3
1951 - Present
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 4
1923 - 2020
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 5
1928 - 2022
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 6
1890 - 1958
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 7
1892 - 1926
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 8
1906 - 1980
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 9
1939 - Present
HPI: 45.21
Rank: 10
1931 - 2019
HPI: 44.86
Rank: 11
1919 - 1943
HPI: 44.23
Rank: 12