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René Fonck

1894 - 1953

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Colonel René Paul Fonck (27 March 1894 – 18 June 1953) was a French aviator who ended the First World War as the top Entente fighter ace and, when all succeeding aerial conflicts of the 20th and 21st centuries are also considered, Fonck still holds the title of "all-time Allied Ace of Aces". He received confirmation for 75 victories (72 solo and three shared) out of 142 claims. Taking into account his probable claims, Fonck's final tally could conceivably be nearer 100 or above. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of René Fonck has received more than 283,824 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. René Fonck is the 19th most popular pilot, the 2,243rd most popular biography from France (down from 2,071st in 2019) and the most popular French Pilot.

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Among PILOTS

Among pilots, René Fonck ranks 19 out of 71. Before him are Chesley Sullenberger, Chuck Yeager, Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi, Marina Raskova, Joseph Kittinger, and Valery Chkalov. After him are Mathias Rust, Claire Lee Chennault, Janina Lewandowska, Vladimir Ilyushin, Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, and Amy Johnson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, René Fonck ranks 86. Before him are Prince René of Bourbon-Parma, Meher Baba, Józef Beck, Boris Lyatoshinsky, Gerhard Schmidhuber, and José Carlos Mariátegui. After him are Nedo Nadi, Ivan Isakov, Claude Cahun, Julian Tuwim, Otto Wöhler, and Alexander Lippisch. Among people deceased in 1953, René Fonck ranks 55. Before him are Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu, Stanisław Wojciechowski, Jacques Thibaud, Albert Gleizes, Francesco Saverio Nitti, and Sergei Winogradsky. After him are Chōjun Miyagi, Julian Tuwim, Prince Oscar Bernadotte, Margaret Bondfield, Albert Austin, and Iuliu Maniu.

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In France

Among people born in France, René Fonck ranks 2,243 out of 6,770. Before him are Léon Brillouin (1889), Jacques Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay (1712), Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans (1648), Sophie Gengembre Anderson (1823), Jacques Amyot (1513), and Joseph Monier (1823). After him are Thierry Sabine (1949), William IV, Duke of Aquitaine (935), Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes (1788), Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786), Beatrice of Lorraine (1017), and Benedict Joseph Labre (1748).

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Among PILOTS In France

Among pilots born in France, René Fonck ranks 1. After him are Charles Nungesser (1892), Jean Mermoz (1901), Jacqueline Auriol (1917), Maryse Bastié (1898), Adrienne Bolland (1895), and Hélène Boucher (1908).

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