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Harry Cobby

1894 - 1955

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Air Commodore Arthur Henry Cobby, (26 August 1894 – 11 November 1955) was an Australian military aviator. He was the leading fighter ace of the Australian Flying Corps (AFC) during World War I, despite seeing active service for less than a year. Born and educated in Melbourne, Cobby was a bank clerk when war broke out, and was prevented by his employer from enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force until 1916. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harry Cobby has received more than 97,830 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Harry Cobby is the 60th most popular pilot (up from 61st in 2019), the 229th most popular biography from Australia (up from 287th in 2019) and the most popular Australian Pilot.

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  • 46.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PILOTS

Among pilots, Harry Cobby ranks 60 out of 71. Before him are Tatyana Makarova, Gregorio Fuentes, Viktor Talalikhin, Mikhail Gromov, Stasys Girėnas, and Maryse Bastié. After him are Wally Funk, Adrienne Bolland, Hélène Boucher, Charles Kingsford Smith, Lydia Zvereva, and Yves Rossy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Harry Cobby ranks 217. Before him are Nikolai Chebotaryov, Tommy Green, Billy Bishop, Renzo De Vecchi, Georgy Ivanov, and Billy Gilbert. After him are Pelageya Shajn, Paul Costello, Paul Peter Meouchi, Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson, Arthur Freed, and James P. Johnson. Among people deceased in 1955, Harry Cobby ranks 135. Before him are Charley Toorop, Johan Jarlén, Luís de Freitas Branco, Shemp Howard, Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi, and Arturo Coddou. After him are Martha Norelius, Alexei Ivanovich Abrikosov, Constance Collier, José Antonio Remón Cantera, Edwin Barclay, and James P. Johnson.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Harry Cobby ranks 229 out of 1,143. Before him are Mark Schwarzer (1972), George Parker (1896), Rolf Harris (1930), Jack Thompson (1940), Ken Kavanagh (1923), and Peta Wilson (1970). After him are Grafton Elliot Smith (1871), Helen Quinn (1943), Dannii Minogue (1971), Tim Cahill (1979), Marjorie Jackson-Nelson (1931), and Gregory Mathews (1876).

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Among PILOTS In Australia

Among pilots born in Australia, Harry Cobby ranks 1. After him are Charles Kingsford Smith (1897).

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