1919 - 1943
Cornelia Clark Fort (February 5, 1919 – March 21, 1943) was an American aviator who became famous for being part of two aviation-related events. The first occurred while conducting a civilian training flight at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, when she was the first United States pilot to encounter the Japanese air fleet during the Attack on Pearl Harbor. She and her student narrowly escaped a mid-air collision with the Japanese aircraft and a strafing attack after making an emergency landing.The following year, Fort became the second member of what was to become the Women Airforce Service Pilots or WASP. Fort was working as a WASP ferry pilot on 21 March 1943 when she became the first female pilot in American history to die while on active duty. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cornelia Fort has received more than 164,300 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Cornelia Fort is the 57th most popular pilot (down from 47th in 2019), the 8,075th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,871st in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Pilot.
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Among pilots, Cornelia Fort ranks 57 out of 48. Before her are Maryse Bastié, Wally Funk, Hélène Boucher, Jerrie Cobb, Viktor Talalikhin, and Charles Kingsford Smith. After her are Yves Rossy, Gregorio Fuentes, Péter Besenyei, Harry Cobby, and Zara Rutherford.
1898 - 1952
HPI: 45.28
Rank: 51
1939 - Present
HPI: 45.21
Rank: 52
1908 - 1934
HPI: 45.11
Rank: 53
1931 - 2019
HPI: 44.86
Rank: 54
1918 - Present
HPI: 44.77
Rank: 55
1897 - 1935
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 56
1919 - 1943
HPI: 44.23
Rank: 57
1959 - Present
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 58
1897 - 2002
HPI: 42.89
Rank: 59
1956 - Present
HPI: 42.23
Rank: 60
1894 - 1955
HPI: 41.59
Rank: 61
2002 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 62
Among people born in 1919, Cornelia Fort ranks 268. Before her are Roy Cochran, Folke Alnevik, Strother Martin, Aldo Campatelli, Dries van der Lof, and Patricia Medina. After her are Clyde Cowan, Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy, Wu Wenjun, Asbjørn Ruud, Chantal Chaudé de Silans, and Tennessee Ernie Ford. Among people deceased in 1943, Cornelia Fort ranks 177. Before her are Peider Lansel, Willoughby Hamilton, Tully Marshall, Farid Simaika, Rupert Julian, and Gustav von Seyffertitz. After her are James Ewing, George Hillyard, Elinor Glyn, Vladimirs Petrovs, Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen, and Helena Nordheim.
1919 - 1981
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 262
1919 - 2020
HPI: 44.49
Rank: 263
1919 - 1980
HPI: 44.46
Rank: 264
1919 - 1984
HPI: 44.39
Rank: 265
1919 - 1990
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 266
1919 - 2012
HPI: 44.29
Rank: 267
1919 - 1943
HPI: 44.23
Rank: 268
1919 - 1974
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 269
1919 - 2004
HPI: 44.16
Rank: 270
1919 - 2017
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 271
1919 - 1989
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 272
1919 - 2001
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 273
1919 - 1991
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 274
1863 - 1943
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 171
1864 - 1943
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 172
1864 - 1943
HPI: 44.68
Rank: 173
1907 - 1943
HPI: 44.67
Rank: 174
1879 - 1943
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 175
1862 - 1943
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 176
1919 - 1943
HPI: 44.23
Rank: 177
1866 - 1943
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 178
1864 - 1943
HPI: 43.92
Rank: 179
1864 - 1943
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 180
1907 - 1943
HPI: 43.26
Rank: 181
1873 - 1943
HPI: 43.17
Rank: 182
1903 - 1943
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 183
Among people born in United States, Cornelia Fort ranks 8,075 out of 18,182. Before her are Robert Christgau (1942), Patrick Kilpatrick (1949), Jada Fire (1976), Leslie Bibb (1974), Andy Devine (1905), and Rogers Hornsby (1896). After her are Brad Mehldau (1970), Alfred E. Green (1889), Daniel Goldhagen (1959), Bill Hader (1978), Stubby Kaye (1918), and Tim LaHaye (1926).
1942 - Present
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 8,069
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 8,070
1976 - Present
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 8,071
1974 - Present
HPI: 44.23
Rank: 8,072
1905 - 1977
HPI: 44.23
Rank: 8,073
1896 - 1963
HPI: 44.23
Rank: 8,074
1919 - 1943
HPI: 44.23
Rank: 8,075
1970 - Present
HPI: 44.23
Rank: 8,076
1889 - 1960
HPI: 44.23
Rank: 8,077
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.22
Rank: 8,078
1978 - Present
HPI: 44.22
Rank: 8,079
1918 - 1997
HPI: 44.22
Rank: 8,080
1926 - 2016
HPI: 44.22
Rank: 8,081
Among pilots born in United States, Cornelia Fort ranks 12. Before her are Joseph Kittinger (1928), Claire Lee Chennault (1890), Bessie Coleman (1892), Jacqueline Cochran (1906), Wally Funk (1939), and Jerrie Cobb (1931).
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