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Sophie Blanchard

1778 - 1819

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Sophie Blanchard (French pronunciation: [sɔfi blɑ̃ʃaʁ]; 25 March 1778 – 6 July 1819), commonly referred to as Madame Blanchard, was a French aeronaut and the wife of ballooning pioneer Jean-Pierre Blanchard. Blanchard was the first woman to work as a professional balloonist, and after her husband's death she continued ballooning, making more than 60 ascents. Known throughout Europe for her ballooning exploits, Blanchard entertained Napoleon Bonaparte, who promoted her to the role of "Aeronaut of the Official Festivals", replacing André-Jacques Garnerin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sophie Blanchard has received more than 312,057 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Sophie Blanchard is the 158th most popular explorer (up from 6,067th in 2019), the 1,999th most popular biography from France (down from 1,868th in 2019) and the 14th most popular French Explorer.

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  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Sophie Blanchard ranks 158 out of 405. Before her are Juan de Grijalva, Adrien de Gerlache, Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, Samuel Wallis, Ahmad ibn Rustah, and Anthony van Diemen. After her are Gerónimo de Aguilar, Gil Eanes, Paulo da Gama, Pedro Mascarenhas, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec, and Lancelotto Malocello.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1778, Sophie Blanchard ranks 22. Before her are Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Ugo Foscolo, Kittur Chennamma, Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Beau Brummell. After her are Honoré V, Prince of Monaco, Carl Ludvig Engel, Augustinos Kapodistrias, Sigismund von Neukomm, Joseph Lancaster, and Princess Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Among people deceased in 1819, Sophie Blanchard ranks 14. Before her are Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia, Daniel Rutherford, August von Kotzebue, Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier, Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco, and Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. After her are Erik Acharius, Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne, Alexander Andreyevich Baranov, Bodawpaya, Abbé Faria, and Alexander Tormasov.

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In France

Among people born in France, Sophie Blanchard ranks 1,999 out of 6,011. Before her are Pierre Paul Émile Roux (1853), Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma (1940), Guillaume Dupuytren (1777), Henri Michel (1947), Robert Surcouf (1773), and Guillaume Bigourdan (1851). After her are Recceswinth (620), Gaspard Ulliel (1984), Patrick Tambay (1949), Martine Carol (1920), Narcisse Virgilio Díaz (1807), and Jean-Marc Ayrault (1950).

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Among EXPLORERS In France

Among explorers born in France, Sophie Blanchard ranks 14. Before her are Jeanne Baret (1740), Charles Marie de La Condamine (1701), Jean de Béthencourt (1362), René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (1643), Jean Chardin (1643), and Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier (1705). After her are Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec (1734), Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605), Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne (1724), Henri Mouhot (1826), Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney (1757), and Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon (1510).

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