1929 - 1977
Francis Gary Powers (August 17, 1929 – August 1, 1977) was an American pilot whose Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Lockheed U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission in Soviet Union airspace, causing the 1960 U-2 incident. He later worked as a helicopter pilot for KNBC in Los Angeles and died in a 1977 helicopter crash. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francis Gary Powers has received more than 5,430,560 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Francis Gary Powers is the 9th most popular pilot, the 619th most popular biography from United States (up from 640th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Pilot.
Francis Gary Powers was a U.S. pilot who was captured by the Soviet Union after his U-2 spy plane was shot down in 1960.
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Among pilots, Francis Gary Powers ranks 9 out of 48. Before him are Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, Sabiha Gökçen, Roland Garros, Adolf Galland, Hanna Reitsch, and Ernst Udet. After him are Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet, Chesley Sullenberger, Ivan Kozhedub, Hermann Graf, Marina Raskova, and Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi.
1895 - 1945
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 3
1913 - 2001
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 4
1888 - 1918
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 5
1912 - 1996
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 6
1912 - 1979
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 7
1896 - 1941
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 8
1929 - 1977
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 9
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
Among people born in 1929, Francis Gary Powers ranks 35. Before him are Tigran Petrosian, Babrak Karmal, Graham Hill, Djalma Santos, Bill Evans, and Zdzisław Beksiński. After him are Petr Shelokhonov, Rudolf Mössbauer, Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Murray Gell-Mann, Bernard Haitink, and Lata Mangeshkar. Among people deceased in 1977, Francis Gary Powers ranks 19. Before him are Joan Crawford, Makarios III, Anaïs Nin, Alexey Stakhanov, Kurt Schuschnigg, and Ernst Bloch. After him are Howard Hawks, Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois, Bing Crosby, Clarice Lispector, Alexander Luria, and Groucho Marx.
1929 - 1984
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 29
1929 - 1996
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 30
1929 - 1975
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 31
1929 - 2013
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 32
1929 - 1980
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 33
1929 - 2005
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 34
1929 - 1977
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 35
1929 - 1999
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 36
1929 - 2011
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 37
1929 - 2020
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 38
1929 - 2019
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 39
1929 - 2021
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 40
1929 - 2022
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 41
1904 - 1977
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 13
1913 - 1977
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 14
1903 - 1977
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 15
1906 - 1977
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 16
1897 - 1977
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 17
1885 - 1977
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 18
1929 - 1977
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 19
1896 - 1977
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 20
1898 - 1977
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 21
1903 - 1977
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 22
1920 - 1977
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 23
1902 - 1977
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 24
1890 - 1977
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 25
Among people born in United States, Francis Gary Powers ranks 619 out of 18,182. Before him are Jack Kilby (1923), Harold Lasswell (1902), Buddy Holly (1936), Priscilla Presley (1945), Rod Steiger (1925), and Ron Perlman (1950). After him are Gloria Gaynor (1947), Donald Rumsfeld (1932), Charles Greeley Abbot (1872), Ted Kennedy (1932), Jeff Goldblum (1952), and Donna Summer (1948).
1923 - 2005
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 613
1902 - 1978
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 614
1936 - 1959
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 615
1945 - Present
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 616
1925 - 2002
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 617
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 618
1929 - 1977
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 619
1947 - Present
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 620
1932 - 2021
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 621
1872 - 1973
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 622
1932 - 2009
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 623
1952 - Present
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 624
1948 - 2012
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 625
Among pilots born in United States, Francis Gary Powers ranks 3. Before him are Charles Lindbergh (1902) and Amelia Earhart (1897). After him are Chesley Sullenberger (1951), Chuck Yeager (1923), 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 - Present
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