1894 - 1953
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, René Fonck ranks 19 out of 48. Before 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.
1912 - 1988
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 13
1912 - 1943
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 14
1609 - 1640
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 15
1923 - 2020
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 16
1904 - 1938
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 17
1968 - Present
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 18
1894 - 1953
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 19
1928 - 2022
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 20
1890 - 1958
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 21
1920 - 1971
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 22
1927 - 2010
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 23
1909 - 1977
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 24
1927 - 1977
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 25
Among people born in 1894, René Fonck ranks 81. Before 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 52. Before 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.
1894 - 1962
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 75
1894 - 1930
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 76
1894 - 1966
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 77
1894 - 1964
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 78
1894 - 1952
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 79
1894 - 1977
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 80
1894 - 1953
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 81
1894 - 1962
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 82
1894 - 1969
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 83
1894 - 1986
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 84
1894 - 1923
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 85
1894 - 1945
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 86
1894 - 1967
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 87
1880 - 1953
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 46
1862 - 1953
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 47
1874 - 1953
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 48
1893 - 1953
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 49
1880 - 1953
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 50
1897 - 1953
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 51
1894 - 1953
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 52
1856 - 1953
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 53
1894 - 1953
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 54
1869 - 1953
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 55
1859 - 1953
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 56
1888 - 1953
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 57
1881 - 1953
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 58
Among people born in France, René Fonck ranks 2,078 out of 6,011. Before 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).
1771 - 1833
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 2,072
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 2,073
1443 - 1495
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 2,074
1197 - 1253
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 2,075
1860 - 1918
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 2,076
1911 - 2003
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 2,077
1894 - 1953
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 2,078
378 - 448
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 2,079
1757 - 1827
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 2,080
1761 - 1844
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 2,081
1509 - 1546
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 2,082
1845 - 1875
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 2,083
1987 - Present
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 2,084
Among pilots born in France, René Fonck ranks 1. After him are Charles Nungesser (1892), Jacqueline Auriol (1917), Jean Mermoz (1901), Maryse Bastié (1898), and Hélène Boucher (1908).
1894 - 1953
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 1
1892 - 1927
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 2
1917 - 2000
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 3
1901 - 1936
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 4
1898 - 1952
HPI: 45.28
Rank: 5
1908 - 1934
HPI: 45.11
Rank: 6