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Wally Funk

American aviator and astronaut

1939 - 2026

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Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Wally Funk is the 58th most popular pilot (up from 61st in 2024), the 7,905th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,862nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Pilot.

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Wally Funk shares a February 1 birthday with Boris Yeltsin, John Napier, and Clark Gable.

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Among Pilots

Among pilots, Wally Funk ranks 58 out of 71. Before her are Anna Yegorova, Nikolai Kamanin, Mariya Dolina, Gregorio Fuentes, Stasys Girėnas, and Tatyana Makarova. After her are Maryse Bastié, Hélène Boucher, Adrienne Bolland, Viktor Talalikhin, Jerrie Cobb, and Alexander Golovanov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Wally Funk ranks 432. Before her are Harry Reid, Anthony D. Smith, Koldo Aguirre, Rustam Ibragimbekov, Fred Schepisi, and Barbara Hammer. After her are Ernie Terrell, Héctor Bonilla, David Souter, George Cohen, Günther Herrmann, and Jan Nowicki. Among people deceased in 2026, Wally Funk ranks 210. Before her are Paul R. Ehrlich, Robert Carradine, Carlo Petrini, Tony Dallara, Francis Buchholz, and Wolfgang Paul. After her are Vicente Lucas, Haruhiro Yamashita, Helene Ahrweiler, Ursula Donath, Carmelo Cedrún, and Michael Tilson Thomas.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wally Funk ranks 7,905 out of 20,380. Before her are Jacob L. Devers (1887), Jan Sterling (1921), Daniel DiNardo (1949), Susanna Thompson (1958), Kirk Alyn (1910), and Leonard Slatkin (1944). After her are Ernie Terrell (1939), Stephen Sommers (1962), A Martinez (1948), Walton Goggins (1971), DeLisle Stewart (1870), and Landon Donovan (1982).

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Among Pilots In United States

Among pilots born in United States, Wally Funk ranks 11. Before her are Chuck Yeager (1923), Joseph Kittinger (1928), Claire Lee Chennault (1890), Jacqueline Cochran (1906), Blanche Stuart Scott (1884), and Bessie Coleman (1892). After her are Jerrie Cobb (1931), and Cornelia Fort (1919).

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