PHYSICIST

Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier

1754 - 1785

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Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ fʁɑ̃swa pilɑtʁ də ʁozje]) (30 March 1754 – 15 June 1785) was a French chemistry and physics teacher, and one of the first pioneers of aviation. He made the first manned free balloon flight with François Laurent d'Arlandes on 21 November 1783, in a Montgolfier balloon. He later died when his balloon crashed near Wimereux in the Pas-de-Calais during an attempt to fly across the English Channel. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier has received more than 294,060 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier is the 270th most popular physicist (up from 274th in 2019), the 1,120th most popular biography from France (up from 1,312th in 2019) and the 27th most popular French Physicist.

Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier was most famous for being the first person to fly in a hot air balloon.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier ranks 270 out of 851. Before him are Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Daniel Rutherford, John Vincent Atanasoff, Allan MacLeod Cormack, Andrew Huxley, and Jagadish Chandra Bose. After him are Hugh David Politzer, Johannes Rydberg, Edmond Becquerel, August Kundt, Carlo Rubbia, and Leo Esaki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1754, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier ranks 11. Before him are Seraphim of Sarov, Madame Roland, Jacques Pierre Brissot, Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este, Georg Forster, and Frederick I of Württemberg. After him are Antoine Destutt de Tracy, Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, Jean-Baptiste Regnault, Salawat Yulayev, Louis de Bonald, and Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon. Among people deceased in 1785, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier ranks 5. Before him are Carlo Buonaparte, Baldassare Galuppi, Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, and Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain. After him are Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, Gabriel Bonnot de Mably, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, Pietro Longhi, Luis of Spain, Count of Chinchón, Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, and Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier ranks 1,120 out of 6,770. Before him are La Hire (1390), Marie Angélique de Scorailles (1661), Alain de Lille (1117), Francis Phoebus of Navarre (1467), Albert Roussel (1869), and Margaret II, Countess of Flanders (1202). After him are Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728), Alphonse Bertillon (1853), Jacques Rivette (1928), René Lalique (1860), Jean de Joinville (1224), and Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780).

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Among PHYSICISTS In France

Among physicists born in France, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier ranks 27. Before him are Louis Néel (1904), Alain Aspect (1947), Edme Mariotte (1620), Gérard Mourou (1944), Claude-Louis Navier (1785), and Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (1932). After him are Edmond Becquerel (1820), Antoine César Becquerel (1788), Anne L'Huillier (1958), Hélène Langevin-Joliot (1927), Paul-Jacques Curie (1855), and Henri Pitot (1695).

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