PILOT

Jean Mermoz

1901 - 1936

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Jean Mermoz (9 December 1901 – 7 December 1936) was a French aviator, viewed as a hero by other pilots such as Saint-Exupéry, and in his native France, where many schools bear his name. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Mermoz has received more than 126,444 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Mermoz is the 36th most popular pilot (up from 40th in 2019), the 3,762nd most popular biography from France (down from 3,618th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular French Pilot.

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  • 130k

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  • 50.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PILOTS

Among pilots, Jean Mermoz ranks 36 out of 71. Before him are Charles Nungesser, Sarla Thakral, Olga Sanfirova, Pyotr Nesterov, Polina Osipenko, and Vladimir Kokkinaki. After him are Helmut Wick, Jadwiga Piłsudska, Bessie Coleman, Touria Chaoui, Jacqueline Auriol, and Ahmet Ali Çelikten.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Jean Mermoz ranks 181. Before him are Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Karl Arnold, Henri Sauguet, Ed Begley, Konstantinos Kollias, and Gustav Machatý. After him are Agostinho Fortes Filho, Alberto Hurtado, Ivan Pyryev, Mária Mednyánszky, Curt Bois, and Haj Ali Razmara. Among people deceased in 1936, Jean Mermoz ranks 124. Before him are Wilhelm Solf, Sergei Shchukin, Johan Turi, Blas Infante, Kamala Nehru, and Zhang Binglin. After him are Ramiro de Maeztu, Uchida Kōsai, Ferdynand Ruszczyc, Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger, Leon Wyczółkowski, and Juho Sunila.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Mermoz ranks 3,762 out of 6,770. Before him are Lucien Gaudin (1886), Louis Charles Delescluze (1809), Augustin-Alexandre Dumont (1801), Lily Pons (1898), François Cavanna (1923), and Édouard Lartet (1801). After him are Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent (1778), George Cœdès (1886), Raimu (1883), Frank Leboeuf (1968), Nicolas Jenson (1420), and Joachim Barrande (1799).

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Among PILOTS In France

Among pilots born in France, Jean Mermoz ranks 3. Before him are René Fonck (1894), and Charles Nungesser (1892). After him are Jacqueline Auriol (1917), Maryse Bastié (1898), Adrienne Bolland (1895), and Hélène Boucher (1908).

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