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Bessie Coleman

1892 - 1926

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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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  • 36

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  • 2.30

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  • 4.57

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Among PILOTS

Among pilots, Bessie Coleman ranks 28 out of 48Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Bessie Coleman ranks 135Before 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 56Before 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.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bessie Coleman ranks 3,453 out of 18,182Before 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).

Among PILOTS In United States

Among pilots born in United States, Bessie Coleman ranks 8Before 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).