1923 - 2020
Brigadier General Charles Elwood Yeager ( YAY-gər, February 13, 1923 – December 7, 2020) was a United States Air Force officer, flying ace, and record-setting test pilot who in October 1947 became the first pilot in history confirmed to have exceeded the speed of sound in level flight. Yeager was raised in Hamlin, West Virginia. His career began in World War II as a private in the United States Army, assigned to the Army Air Forces in 1941. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chuck Yeager has received more than 6,442,599 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Chuck Yeager is the 16th most popular pilot (up from 17th in 2019), the 1,661st most popular biography from United States (up from 2,073rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Pilot.
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Among pilots, Chuck Yeager ranks 16 out of 48. Before him are Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet, Chesley Sullenberger, Ivan Kozhedub, Hermann Graf, Marina Raskova, and Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi. After him are Valery Chkalov, Mathias Rust, René Fonck, Joseph Kittinger, Claire Lee Chennault, and Amet-khan Sultan.
1892 - 1984
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 10
1951 - Present
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 11
1920 - 1991
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 12
1912 - 1988
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 13
1912 - 1943
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 14
1609 - 1640
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 15
1923 - 2020
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 16
1904 - 1938
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 17
1968 - Present
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 18
1894 - 1953
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 19
1928 - 2022
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 20
1890 - 1958
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 21
1920 - 1971
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 22
Among people born in 1923, Chuck Yeager ranks 61. Before him are Nizar Qabbani, Stjepan Bobek, Walter Kohn, Freeman Dyson, Rasul Gamzatov, and Shūsaku Endō. After him are Hank Williams, Stig Dagerman, Bert Trautmann, Chaleo Yoovidhya, Victoria de los Ángeles, and Norman Mailer. Among people deceased in 2020, Chuck Yeager ranks 84. Before him are John Saxon, Honor Blackman, Freeman Dyson, Maj Sjöwall, Chadwick Boseman, and John Horton Conway. After him are Manu Dibango, Jerry Stiller, Radomir Antić, Momčilo Krajišnik, Peter Green, and Mark Blum.
1923 - 1998
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 55
1923 - 2010
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 56
1923 - 2016
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 57
1923 - 2020
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 58
1923 - 2003
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 59
1923 - 1996
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 60
1923 - 2020
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 61
1923 - 1953
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 62
1923 - 1954
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 63
1923 - 2013
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 64
1923 - 2012
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 65
1923 - 2005
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 66
1923 - 2007
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 67
1935 - 2020
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 78
1925 - 2020
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 79
1923 - 2020
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 80
1935 - 2020
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 81
1977 - 2020
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 82
1937 - 2020
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 83
1923 - 2020
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 84
1933 - 2020
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 85
1927 - 2020
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 86
1948 - 2020
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 87
1945 - 2020
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 88
1946 - 2020
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 89
1950 - 2020
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 90
Among people born in United States, Chuck Yeager ranks 1,661 out of 18,182. Before him are Veronica Lake (1922), Wes Studi (1947), Mildred Harris (1901), John Fogerty (1945), Jennifer Lawrence (1990), and Robert Sheckley (1928). After him are Will.i.am (1975), Don DeLillo (1936), Dave Mustaine (1961), Alan Kay (1940), Frank Stella (1936), and Lee Remick (1935).
1922 - 1973
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 1,655
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.73
Rank: 1,656
1901 - 1944
HPI: 58.73
Rank: 1,657
1945 - Present
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 1,658
1990 - Present
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 1,659
1928 - 2005
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 1,660
1923 - 2020
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 1,661
1975 - Present
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 1,662
1936 - Present
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 1,663
1961 - Present
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 1,664
1940 - Present
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 1,665
1936 - Present
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 1,666
1935 - 1991
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 1,667
Among pilots born in United States, Chuck Yeager ranks 5. Before him are Charles Lindbergh (1902), Amelia Earhart (1897), Francis Gary Powers (1929), and Chesley Sullenberger (1951). After him are Joseph Kittinger (1928), Claire Lee Chennault (1890), Bessie Coleman (1892), Jacqueline Cochran (1906), Wally Funk (1939), Jerrie Cobb (1931), and Cornelia Fort (1919).
1902 - 1974
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 1
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