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Jacqueline Cochran

1906 - 1980

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Jacqueline Cochran (May 11, 1906 – August 9, 1980) was an American pilot and business executive. She pioneered women's aviation as one of the most prominent racing pilots of her generation. She set numerous records and was the first woman to break the sound barrier on 18 May 1953. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacqueline Cochran has received more than 813,979 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Jacqueline Cochran is the 45th most popular pilot (up from 49th in 2019), the 5,863rd most popular biography from United States (up from 6,984th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Pilot.

Memorability Metrics

  • 810k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PILOTS

Among pilots, Jacqueline Cochran ranks 45 out of 71. Before her are Bessie Coleman, Touria Chaoui, Jacqueline Auriol, Ahmet Ali Çelikten, Steponas Darius, and Nikolai Kamanin. After her are Maguba Syrtlanova, Nikolai Gastello, Mariya Dolina, Gotthard Handrick, Jerrie Cobb, and Natalya Meklin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Jacqueline Cochran ranks 254. Before her are Madeleine Carroll, Tuvia Bielski, V. J. Sukselainen, Maurice Sachs, Georges Ronsse, and Wolfgang Staudte. After her are Jaroslav Burgr, Alf Andersen, Emília Rotter, Milutin Ivković, Joseph Höffner, and Abdylas Maldybaev. Among people deceased in 1980, Jacqueline Cochran ranks 190. Before her are Victor Sen Yung, Peppino De Filippo, Jacob Talmon, Vladimír Holan, Toshiko Yuasa, and Mia May. After her are Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff, Uttam Kumar, Petar Trifunović, Ben Sharpsteen, Charley Borah, and László Szollás.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jacqueline Cochran ranks 5,863 out of 20,380. Before her are James L. Elliot (1943), Khandi Alexander (1957), Chad Stahelski (1968), Louise Dresser (1878), Mark Tobey (1890), and Benjamin Orr (1947). After her are Charles Brockden Brown (1771), Yuri Lowenthal (1971), Butler Lampson (1943), Norman Lear (1922), George Ritzer (1940), and Tay Garnett (1894).

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Among PILOTS In United States

Among pilots born in United States, Jacqueline Cochran ranks 9. Before her are Francis Gary Powers (1929), Chesley Sullenberger (1951), Chuck Yeager (1923), Joseph Kittinger (1928), Claire Lee Chennault (1890), and Bessie Coleman (1892). After her are Jerrie Cobb (1931), Wally Funk (1939), Cornelia Fort (1919), and Blanche Stuart Scott (1884).

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