1929 - 1977
Francis Gary Powers (August 17, 1929 – August 1, 1977) was an American pilot whose Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) 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 4,514,075 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Francis Gary Powers is the 9th most popular pilot, the 640th most popular biography from United States (up from 717th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Pilot.
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Among pilots, Francis Gary Powers ranks 9 out of 48. Before him are Sabiha Gökçen, Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, Hanna Reitsch, Roland Garros, Ernst Udet, and Adolf Galland. After him are Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet, Chesley Sullenberger, Ivan Kozhedub, Hermann Graf, Marina Raskova, and Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi.
1913 - 2001
HPI: 75.68
Rank: 3
1895 - 1945
HPI: 75.67
Rank: 4
1912 - 1979
HPI: 74.55
Rank: 5
1888 - 1918
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 6
1896 - 1941
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 7
1912 - 1996
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 8
1929 - 1977
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 9
1892 - 1984
HPI: 71.74
Rank: 10
1951 - Present
HPI: 69.87
Rank: 11
1920 - 1991
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 12
1912 - 1988
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 13
1912 - 1943
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 14
1609 - 1640
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 15
Among people born in 1929, Francis Gary Powers ranks 35. Before him are Hafizullah Amin, George Steiner, Djalma Santos, Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Stirling Moss, and Graham Hill. After him are Murray Gell-Mann, Babrak Karmal, John Cassavetes, Bill Evans, James Last, and Rudolf Mössbauer. Among people deceased in 1977, Francis Gary Powers ranks 20. Before him are Makarios III, Kurt Schuschnigg, Anaïs Nin, Howard Hawks, Ernst Bloch, and Bing Crosby. After him are Joan Crawford, Alexander Luria, Clarice Lispector, Ali Shariati, Peter Finch, and Andreas Baader.
1929 - 1979
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 29
1929 - 2020
HPI: 74.33
Rank: 30
1929 - 2013
HPI: 73.83
Rank: 31
1929 - 2020
HPI: 73.57
Rank: 32
1929 - 2020
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 33
1929 - 1975
HPI: 73.33
Rank: 34
1929 - 1977
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 35
1929 - 2019
HPI: 73.03
Rank: 36
1929 - 1996
HPI: 73.00
Rank: 37
1929 - 1989
HPI: 72.84
Rank: 38
1929 - 1980
HPI: 72.74
Rank: 39
1929 - 2015
HPI: 72.73
Rank: 40
1929 - 2011
HPI: 72.53
Rank: 41
1913 - 1977
HPI: 74.95
Rank: 14
1897 - 1977
HPI: 74.62
Rank: 15
1903 - 1977
HPI: 74.58
Rank: 16
1896 - 1977
HPI: 74.29
Rank: 17
1885 - 1977
HPI: 74.24
Rank: 18
1903 - 1977
HPI: 73.78
Rank: 19
1929 - 1977
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 20
1904 - 1977
HPI: 73.09
Rank: 21
1902 - 1977
HPI: 72.26
Rank: 22
1920 - 1977
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 23
1933 - 1977
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 24
1916 - 1977
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 25
1943 - 1977
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 26
Among people born in United States, Francis Gary Powers ranks 640 out of 15,968. Before him are Alan Arkin (1934), Donna Summer (1948), Frances Farmer (1913), Buddy Holly (1936), Ali MacGraw (1939), and Roy Orbison (1936). After him are Charles Taze Russell (1852), Benjamin Thompson (1753), Robert Mitchum (1917), Samuel Barber (1910), Patricia Highsmith (1921), and Matt Damon (1970).
1934 - Present
HPI: 73.25
Rank: 634
1948 - 2012
HPI: 73.24
Rank: 635
1913 - 1970
HPI: 73.24
Rank: 636
1936 - 1959
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 637
1939 - Present
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 638
1936 - 1988
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 639
1929 - 1977
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 640
1852 - 1916
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 641
1753 - 1814
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 642
1917 - 1997
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 643
1910 - 1981
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 644
1921 - 1995
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 645
1970 - Present
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 646
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), Joseph Kittinger (1928), Chuck Yeager (1923), Claire Lee Chennault (1890), Bessie Coleman (1892), Jacqueline Cochran (1906), and Cornelia Fort (1919).
1902 - 1974
HPI: 85.64
Rank: 1
1897 - 1937
HPI: 80.03
Rank: 2
1929 - 1977
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 3
1951 - Present
HPI: 69.87
Rank: 4
1928 - Present
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 5
1923 - 2020
HPI: 66.76
Rank: 6
1890 - 1958
HPI: 64.41
Rank: 7
1892 - 1926
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 8
1906 - 1980
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 9
1919 - 1943
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 10