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Pierre Clostermann

1921 - 2006

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Pierre-Henri Clostermann (28 February 1921 – 22 March 2006) was a World War II French ace fighter pilot. During the conflict he achieved 33 air-to-air combat victories, earning the accolade "France's First Fighter" from General Charles de Gaulle. His wartime memoir, The Big Show (Le Grand Cirque) became a notable bestseller. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Clostermann has received more than 223,914 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Clostermann is the 112th most popular engineer (down from 92nd in 2019), the 136th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 106th in 2019) and the most popular Brazilian Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Pierre Clostermann ranks 112 out of 323Before him are Moshe Arens, Eupalinos, Christian Otto Mohr, Adrian Newey, Pedro Navarro, Count of Oliveto, and Viktor Kaplan. After him are Alexander Cunningham, François Laurent d'Arlandes, Alexander Lodygin, Robert Stephenson, Álvaro del Portillo, and Hertha Ayrton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Pierre Clostermann ranks 120Before him are Hannah Szenes, Esther Williams, Virgilio Barco Vargas, Shin Kyuk-ho, Alex Haley, and Ralph Asher Alpher. After him are Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Manitas de Plata, Eugenio Coșeriu, César Baldaccini, Gavriil Ilizarov, and Kisshomaru Ueshiba. Among people deceased in 2006, Pierre Clostermann ranks 95Before him are Peter Norman, Prince George William of Hanover, Dürrüşehvar Sultan, Igor Sergeyev, Mako, and Milan Babić. After him are Allan Kaprow, Trevor Berbick, Tina Aumont, Ali Farka Touré, P. F. Strawson, and Shin Sang-ok.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Pierre Clostermann ranks 136 out of 2,067Before him are Roberto Burle Marx (1909), Aldair (1965), Floriano Peixoto (1839), Felipe Massa (1981), Princess Januária of Brazil (1822), and Washington Luís (1869). After him are Oscar (1954), Thiago Silva (1984), Princess Leopoldina of Brazil (1847), Maria Bueno (1939), Eurico Gaspar Dutra (1883), and Olavo de Carvalho (1947).

Among ENGINEERS In Brazil

Among engineers born in Brazil, Pierre Clostermann ranks 1