1909 - 1982
Jane Gardner Batten (15 September 1909 – 22 November 1982), commonly known as Jean Batten, was a New Zealand aviator who made several record-breaking flights – including the first solo flight from England to New Zealand in 1936. Born in Rotorua, Batten went to England to learn to fly. She made two unsuccessful attempts to fly from England to Australia solo before achieving the feat in May 1934, taking just under 15 days to fly the distance in a Gipsy Moth biplane. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Batten has received more than 725,850 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Jean Batten is the 12,768th most popular politician (down from 12,043rd in 2019), the 47th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 46th in 2019) and the 7th most popular New Zealander Politician.
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Among politicians, Jean Batten ranks 12,768 out of 15,577. Before her are José Tadeo Monagas, Titus Aebutius Elva, Islam Shah Suri, John J. McCloy, Ellen Gleditsch, and René Felber. After her are Mahmud Shah Durrani, Jon Huntsman Jr., Loki Schmidt, Adalbero of Styria, Merhotepre Ini, and Aslan Bzhania.
1784 - 1868
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 12,762
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 12,763
1510 - 1554
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 12,764
1895 - 1989
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 12,765
1879 - 1968
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 12,766
1933 - 2020
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 12,767
1909 - 1982
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 12,768
1769 - 1829
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 12,769
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 12,770
1919 - 2010
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 12,771
1100 - 1082
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 12,772
1650 BC - Present
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 12,773
1963 - Present
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 12,774
Among people born in 1909, Jean Batten ranks 221. Before her are Manuel Olivares, Song Renqiong, Clara Calamai, Heinz Erhardt, Tom Ewell, and Massimo Pallottino. After her are Mario Pizziolo, Severino Minelli, Eugenio Garin, Petras Cvirka, Adalbert Deșu, and Claude Chevalley. Among people deceased in 1982, Jean Batten ranks 162. Before her are Gunnar Eriksson, Hendrik Wade Bode, Sonny Stitt, Karl Hein, Vladislao Cap, and Marie Rambert. After her are Nikolai Kamanin, Stanisław Ostrowski, Allen Woodring, Raisa Aronova, Beb Bakhuys, and Tomás Romero Pereira.
1909 - 1976
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 215
1909 - 2005
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 216
1909 - 1998
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 217
1909 - 1979
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 218
1909 - 1994
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 219
1909 - 1995
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 220
1909 - 1982
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 221
1909 - 1990
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 222
1909 - 1994
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 223
1909 - 2004
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 224
1909 - 1947
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 225
1909 - 1937
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 226
1909 - 1984
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 227
1921 - 1982
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 156
1905 - 1982
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 157
1924 - 1982
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 158
1908 - 1982
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 159
1934 - 1982
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 160
1888 - 1982
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 161
1909 - 1982
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 162
1908 - 1982
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 163
1892 - 1982
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 164
1898 - 1982
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 165
1920 - 1982
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 166
1909 - 1982
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 167
1886 - 1982
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 168
Among people born in New Zealand, Jean Batten ranks 47 out of 248. Before her are Thomas Williams (1930), Peter Snell (1938), Clive Revill (1930), Catherine Tizard (1931), Howden Ganley (1941), and Raymond Firth (1901). After her are Keith Urban (1967), Jonah Lomu (1975), Ronald Syme (1903), Keri Hulme (1947), Lee Tamahori (1950), and Kevin Smith (1963).
1930 - 2023
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 41
1938 - 2019
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 42
1930 - Present
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 43
1931 - 2021
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 44
1941 - Present
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 45
1901 - 2002
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 46
1909 - 1982
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 47
1967 - Present
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 48
1975 - 2015
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 49
1903 - 1989
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 50
1947 - 2021
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 51
1950 - Present
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 52
1963 - 2002
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 53
Among politicians born in New Zealand, Jean Batten ranks 7. Before her are Burt Munro (1899), Wallace Fard Muhammad (1893), Jacinda Ardern (1980), Helen Clark (1950), Patsy Reddy (1954), and Catherine Tizard (1931). After her are John Key (1961), Bill English (1961), David Lange (1942), Te Atairangikaahu (1931), John Gorton (1911), and Anand Satyanand (1944).
1899 - 1978
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 1
1893 - 1934
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 2
1980 - Present
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 3
1950 - Present
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 4
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 5
1931 - 2021
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 6
1909 - 1982
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 7
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 8
1961 - Present
HPI: 43.77
Rank: 9
1942 - 2005
HPI: 43.72
Rank: 10
1931 - 2006
HPI: 43.70
Rank: 11
1911 - 2002
HPI: 42.90
Rank: 12
1944 - Present
HPI: 42.40
Rank: 13