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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 264,944 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). René Fonck is the 19th most popular pilot (up from 20th in 2019), the 2,078th most popular biography from France (down from 2,037th in 2019) and the most popular French Pilot.

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Among PILOTS

Among pilots, René Fonck ranks 19 out of 48Before him are Hermann Graf, Marina Raskova, Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi, Chuck Yeager, Valery Chkalov, and Mathias Rust. After him are Joseph Kittinger, Claire Lee Chennault, Amet-khan Sultan, Vladimir Ilyushin, Carl Gustaf von Rosen, and Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, René Fonck ranks 81Before him are Prince René of Bourbon-Parma, José Carlos Mariátegui, Wäinö Aaltonen, Francisco Craveiro Lopes, Hans Kramers, and Oskar Klein. After him are Trygve Gulbranssen, Meher Baba, Jacques Henri Lartigue, Albert Leo Schlageter, Gerhard Schmidhuber, and Ivan Isakov. Among people deceased in 1953, René Fonck ranks 52Before him are Otto Meissner, Mary Anderson, Elsa Beskow, Bill Tilden, Jacques Thibaud, and Herman J. Mankiewicz. After him are Sergei Winogradsky, Julian Tuwim, Stanisław Wojciechowski, Prince Oscar Bernadotte, Chōjun Miyagi, and Albert Gleizes.

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In France

Among people born in France, René Fonck ranks 2,078 out of 6,011Before him are Duke Alexander of Württemberg (1771), Michel Polnareff (1944), Magdalena of France (1443), Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy (1197), Michel Zevaco (1860), and André Claveau (1911). After him are Germanus of Auxerre (378), Michel-Gabriel Paccard (1757), Marie Harel (1761), Étienne Dolet (1509), Tristan Corbière (1845), and Samir Nasri (1987).

Among PILOTS In France

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