1890 - 1958
Claire Lee Chennault (September 6, 1893 – July 27, 1958) was an American military aviator best known for his leadership of the "Flying Tigers" and the Chinese Nationalist Air Force in World War II. Chennault was a fierce advocate of "pursuit" or fighter-interceptor aircraft during the 1930s when the United States Army Air Corps was focused primarily on high-altitude bombardment. Chennault retired from the United States Army in 1937, and went to work as an aviation adviser and trainer in China. Starting in early 1941, Chennault commanded the 1st American Volunteer Group (nicknamed Flying Tigers). He headed both the volunteer group and the uniformed U.S. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Claire Lee Chennault has received more than 729,178 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Claire Lee Chennault is the 21st most popular pilot (up from 24th in 2019), the 2,574th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,979th in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Pilot.
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Among pilots, Claire Lee Chennault ranks 21 out of 48. Before her are Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi, Chuck Yeager, Valery Chkalov, Mathias Rust, René Fonck, and Joseph Kittinger. After her are Amet-khan Sultan, Vladimir Ilyushin, Carl Gustaf von Rosen, Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Charles Nungesser, and Igor Volk.
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
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
Among people born in 1890, Claire Lee Chennault ranks 81. Before her are Jelly Roll Morton, Seiichi Itō, Louis Delluc, Solomon Mikhoels, Edwin Howard Armstrong, and Bechara El Khoury. After her are Paul Strand, He Yingqin, Harold Bride, Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen, Ferruccio Parri, and Clarence Brown. Among people deceased in 1958, Claire Lee Chennault ranks 55. Before her are Edward Weston, Roger Byrne, Ludwig Crüwell, Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, 'Abd al-Ilah, and Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium. After her are Ivan Yefimovich Petrov, Johannes R. Becher, Ernest Jones, Marie Stopes, Pierre-Étienne Flandin, and Stuart Lewis-Evans.
1890 - 1941
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 75
1890 - 1945
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 76
1890 - 1924
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 77
1890 - 1948
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 78
1890 - 1954
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 79
1890 - 1964
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 80
1890 - 1958
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 81
1890 - 1976
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 82
1890 - 1987
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 83
1890 - 1956
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 84
1890 - 1972
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 85
1890 - 1981
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 86
1890 - 1987
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 87
1886 - 1958
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 49
1929 - 1958
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 50
1892 - 1958
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 51
1864 - 1958
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 52
1913 - 1958
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 53
1872 - 1958
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 54
1890 - 1958
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 55
1896 - 1958
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 56
1891 - 1958
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 57
1879 - 1958
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 58
1880 - 1958
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 59
1889 - 1958
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 60
1930 - 1958
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 61
Among people born in United States, Claire Lee Chennault ranks 2,574 out of 18,182. Before her are Edward Herrmann (1943), Thomas Eakins (1844), Melissa McCarthy (1970), David Duke (1950), Alvin Plantinga (1932), and Patricia Arquette (1968). After her are Arthur Kennedy (1914), Bill Duke (1943), John Hillerman (1932), Don Rickles (1926), Ralph Waite (1928), and Martha Scott (1912).
1943 - 2014
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 2,568
1844 - 1916
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 2,569
1970 - Present
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 2,570
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 2,571
1932 - Present
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 2,572
1968 - Present
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 2,573
1890 - 1958
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 2,574
1914 - 1990
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 2,575
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 2,576
1932 - 2017
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 2,577
1926 - 2017
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 2,578
1928 - 2014
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 2,579
1912 - 2003
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 2,580
Among pilots born in United States, Claire Lee Chennault ranks 7. Before her are Charles Lindbergh (1902), Amelia Earhart (1897), Francis Gary Powers (1929), Chesley Sullenberger (1951), Chuck Yeager (1923), and Joseph Kittinger (1928). After her are 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