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Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi

1609 - 1640

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Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi (Ottoman Turkish: هزارفنّ أحمد چلبی,, lit. 'Polymath Ahmed the wise'; 1609 – 1640) was an Ottoman scientist, inventor, chemist, astronomer, physician, Andalusi musician, and poet from Istanbul, reported in the writings of traveler Evliya Çelebi to have achieved sustained unpowered flight. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi has received more than 317,274 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi is the 15th most popular pilot, the 430th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 467th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Turkish Pilot.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PILOTS

Among pilots, Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi ranks 15 out of 71. Before him are Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet, Francis Gary Powers, Ivan Kozhedub, Hermann Graf, Chesley Sullenberger, and Chuck Yeager. After him are Marina Raskova, Joseph Kittinger, Valery Chkalov, René Fonck, Mathias Rust, and Claire Lee Chennault.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1609, Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi ranks 9. Before him are Raimondo Montecuccoli, Judith Leyster, Henrietta Maria of France, Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria, Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine, and Kâtip Çelebi. After him are Charles II Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato, Hanzade Sultan, Sophia Eleonore of Saxony, Maria Gonzaga, Duchess of Montferrat, and Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. Among people deceased in 1640, Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi ranks 7. Before him are Peter Paul Rubens, Murad IV, George William, Elector of Brandenburg, Francesca Caccini, Uriel da Costa, and Giuseppe Cesari. After him are Jindřich Matyáš Thurn, Vittoria Aleotti, Wilhelm Kettler, Alessandro Salvio, Charles, Duke of Guise, and Jeanne de Lestonnac.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi ranks 430 out of 1,347. Before him are Hieronymus of Cardia (-390), Nubar Pasha (1825), Mustafa Reşid Pasha (1800), Euthymius the Great (377), Heraclius the Elder (600), and Jacob Baradaeus (505). After him are Despina Khatun (1438), Theodore II Laskaris (1221), Manuel Chrysoloras (1355), Mark of Ephesus (1392), John IV of Constantinople (600), and Şehzade Korkut (1467).

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Among PILOTS In Türkiye

Among pilots born in Türkiye, Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi ranks 2. Before him are Sabiha Gökçen (1913). After him are Ahmet Ali Çelikten (1883).

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