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Charles Kingsford Smith

1897 - 1935

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Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith (9 February 1897 – 8 November 1935), nicknamed Smithy, was an Australian aviation pioneer. He piloted the first transpacific flight and the first flight between Australia and New Zealand. Kingsford Smith was born in Brisbane. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Kingsford Smith has received more than 542,639 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Charles Kingsford Smith is the 64th most popular pilot (down from 56th in 2019), the 320th most popular biography from Australia (down from 227th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Australian Pilot.

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  • 540k

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  • 51.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PILOTS

Among pilots, Charles Kingsford Smith ranks 64 out of 71. Before him are Stasys Girėnas, Maryse Bastié, Harry Cobby, Wally Funk, Adrienne Bolland, and Hélène Boucher. After him are Lydia Zvereva, Yves Rossy, Péter Besenyei, Cornelia Fort, Svetlana Kapanina, and Blanche Stuart Scott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Charles Kingsford Smith ranks 290. Before him are Sigurd Moen, Ivan Borkovský, Joseph Calleia, J. L. B. Smith, Florence B. Seibert, and Walter Winchell. After him are Charles Hartshorne, Silverio Izaguirre, Józef Lange, Sabino Bilbao, John Kotelawala, and Henri Dulieux. Among people deceased in 1935, Charles Kingsford Smith ranks 139. Before him are Nikodem Caro, James Quibell, Bernhard Britz, José Sánchez-Guerra y Martínez, Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, and Patricio Arabolaza. After him are Paolo Orsi, Silverio Izaguirre, Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, Junior Durkin, Leroy Carr, and Adolphus Greely.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Charles Kingsford Smith ranks 320 out of 1,143. Before him are Josip Šimunić (1978), Ruby Payne-Scott (1912), Pat Rafter (1972), Faith Leech (1941), Danny Clark (1951), and Walter Frederick Gale (1865). After him are James Scullin (1876), Teresa Palmer (1986), Kerry Melville (1947), Gail Chanfreau (1945), Isabel Lucas (1985), and Esna Boyd (1899).

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Among PILOTS In Australia

Among pilots born in Australia, Charles Kingsford Smith ranks 2. Before him are Harry Cobby (1894).

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