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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 278,522 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier is the 274th most popular physicist (up from 276th in 2019), the 1,317th most popular biography from France (down from 1,315th in 2019) and the 26th 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 274 out of 717. Before him are Joseph Swan, Patrick Blackett, Douglas Osheroff, Andre Geim, Brian Josephson, and John Tyndall. After him are Masatoshi Koshiba, Leo Esaki, Zhores Alferov, Otto Robert Frisch, Jan Ingenhousz, and Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1754, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier ranks 12. Before him are Joseph Proust, Jacques Pierre Brissot, Madame Roland, Frederick I of Württemberg, Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey. After him are Georg Forster, William Bligh, Louis de Bonald, Antoine Destutt de Tracy, Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon, and Salawat Yulayev. Among people deceased in 1785, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier ranks 5. Before him are Carlo Buonaparte, Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, Baldassare Galuppi, and Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain. After him are Gabriel Bonnot de Mably, Pietro Longhi, Luis of Spain, Count of Chinchón, Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, and Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier ranks 1,317 out of 6,011. Before him are Joseph Bédier (1864), Raymond Radiguet (1903), Catherine de Bourbon (1559), Eva Green (1980), Lothair II of Italy (1000), and Maria Francisca of Savoy (1646). After him are Jeanne d'Évreux (1310), Michel Serres (1930), Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (1393), Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil (1831), Marie Angélique de Scorailles (1661), and Henri Jules, Prince of Condé (1643).

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Among PHYSICISTS In France

Among physicists born in France, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier ranks 26. Before him are Hans Bethe (1906), Edme Mariotte (1620), Louis Néel (1904), Claude-Louis Navier (1785), Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (1932), and Gérard Mourou (1944). After him are Antoine César Becquerel (1788), Paul-Jacques Curie (1855), Pierre Louis Dulong (1785), Hélène Langevin-Joliot (1927), Edmond Becquerel (1820), and Jean-Charles de Borda (1733).

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