Pilot

Chesley Sullenberger

1951 - today

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His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2024). Chesley Sullenberger is the 5th most popular pilot (up from 13th in 2024), the 388th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,549th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Pilot.

Chesley Sullenberger is most famous for being the pilot of US Airways Flight 1549 that was forced to land in the Hudson River on January 15, 2009.

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Among Pilots

Among pilots, Chesley Sullenberger ranks 5 out of 71. Before him are Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, Roland Garros, and Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen. After him are Sabiha Gökçen, Hanna Reitsch, Adolf Galland, Ernst Udet, Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet, Francis Gary Powers, and Ivan Kozhedub.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Chesley Sullenberger ranks 9. Before him are Mohamed Morsi, Sting, Phil Collins, Claudio Ranieri, Ilona Staller, and Louis van Gaal. After him are Anatoly Karpov, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Santiago Calatrava, Chris Cooper, Romina Power, and Johan Neeskens.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chesley Sullenberger ranks 388 out of NaN. Before him are William Howard Taft (1857), Linda McMahon (1948), Warren G. Harding (1865), Yonatan Netanyahu (1946), Franklin Pierce (1804), and Lee Miller (1907). After him are Gloria Stuart (1910), Colonel Sanders (1890), Dianne Wiest (1946), JD Vance (1984), Robert Wadlow (1918), and Marilyn Manson (1969).

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Among Pilots In United States

Among pilots born in United States, Chesley Sullenberger ranks 3. Before him are Charles Lindbergh (1902), and Amelia Earhart (1897). After him are Francis Gary Powers (1929), Chuck Yeager (1923), Joseph Kittinger (1928), Claire Lee Chennault (1890), Jacqueline Cochran (1906), Blanche Stuart Scott (1884), Bessie Coleman (1892), Wally Funk (1939), and Jerrie Cobb (1931).

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