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Joseph Kittinger

1928 - 2022

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Joseph William Kittinger II (July 27, 1928 – December 9, 2022) was an officer in the United States Air Force (USAF) who served from 1950 to 1978, and earned Command Pilot status before retiring with the rank of colonel. He held the world record for the highest skydive—102,800 feet (31.3 km)—from 1960 until 2012. He participated in the Project Manhigh and Project Excelsior high-altitude balloon flight projects from 1956 to 1960 and was the first man to fully witness the curvature of the Earth. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Kittinger has received more than 947,455 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Joseph Kittinger is the 20th most popular pilot (down from 16th in 2019), the 2,438th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,937th in 2019) and the 6th most popular American Pilot.

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Among PILOTS

Among pilots, Joseph Kittinger ranks 20 out of 48. Before him are Marina Raskova, Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi, Chuck Yeager, Valery Chkalov, Mathias Rust, and René Fonck. After him are Claire Lee Chennault, Amet-khan Sultan, Vladimir Ilyushin, Carl Gustaf von Rosen, Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, and Charles Nungesser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Joseph Kittinger ranks 151. Before him are Vidal Sassoon, Lorna Wing, Cannonball Adderley, László Budai, Ali Kafi, and Peter Naur. After him are Gustavo Gutiérrez, Alexis Korner, Anne Sexton, Ulric Neisser, Jo Schlesser, and Bob Cousy. Among people deceased in 2022, Joseph Kittinger ranks 117. Before him are Patrick Tambay, Siniša Mihajlović, Fred Ward, Nick Holonyak, Evaristo Carvalho, and Hermann Nitsch. After him are Paula Rego, A. B. Yehoshua, Paul Sorvino, Ian McDonald, Michel Bouquet, and Olavo de Carvalho.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph Kittinger ranks 2,438 out of 18,182. Before him are George Reeves (1914), Carl Perkins (1932), Elijah Wood (1981), Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. (1886), Terry Crews (1968), and Sofia Coppola (1971). After him are Leo Ryan (1925), Felicity Huffman (1962), Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901), James Baker (1930), Robert Benton (1932), and Jim Bridger (1804).

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Among PILOTS In United States

Among pilots born in United States, Joseph Kittinger ranks 6. Before him are Charles Lindbergh (1902), Amelia Earhart (1897), Francis Gary Powers (1929), Chesley Sullenberger (1951), and Chuck Yeager (1923). After him are Claire Lee Chennault (1890), Bessie Coleman (1892), Jacqueline Cochran (1906), Wally Funk (1939), Jerrie Cobb (1931), and Cornelia Fort (1919).

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