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Wiley Post

1898 - 1935

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Wiley Hardeman Post (November 22, 1898 – August 15, 1935) was an American aviator during the interwar period and the first pilot to fly solo around the world. Known for his work in high-altitude flying, he helped develop one of the first pressure suits and discovered the jet stream. On August 15, 1935, he and American humorist Will Rogers were killed when his aircraft crashed on takeoff from a lagoon near Point Barrow in the Territory of Alaska. Post's Lockheed Vega aircraft, the Winnie Mae, was on display at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wiley Post has received more than 764,331 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Wiley Post is the 476th most popular explorer (down from 428th in 2019), the 10,803rd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,360th in 2019) and the 35th most popular American Explorer.

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.75

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  • 3.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Wiley Post ranks 476 out of 498. Before him are Oscar Baumann, George Grey, Jan Carstenszoon, Hubert Wilkins, Tryggve Gran, and Adolphus Greely. After him are Elisha Kent Kane, Samuel Hearne, David Thompson, Sarat Chandra Das, Allan Cunningham, and Erling Kagge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Wiley Post ranks 297. Before him are Rachel Fuller Brown, Albert Kivikas, Stephen Vincent Benét, Gracie Fields, Ernő Nagy, and Norman Z. McLeod. After him are Clarence Walker, Molly Picon, Harry Watson, Baby Dodds, Lucy Morton, and Yefim Dzigan. Among people deceased in 1935, Wiley Post ranks 146. Before him are Paolo Orsi, Silverio Izaguirre, Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, Junior Durkin, Leroy Carr, and Adolphus Greely. After him are Ivar Otto Bendixson, Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer, Edward Carson, Alice Dunbar Nelson, and Jay Gould II.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wiley Post ranks 10,803 out of 20,380. Before him are Cecily von Ziegesar (1970), The Game (1979), Doug Collins (1951), Wallace Stegner (1909), James Workman (1908), and Wilton Daniel Gregory (1947). After him are Frank Perry (1930), Paul Stewart (1908), Alan Cooper (1952), Victor Wooten (1964), Peter Shor (1959), and Pauline Betz (1919).

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Among EXPLORERS In United States

Among explorers born in United States, Wiley Post ranks 35. Before him are Benjamin Morrell (1795), Frederick Russell Burnham (1861), John Colter (1774), Matthew Henson (1866), Isaac Israel Hayes (1832), and Adolphus Greely (1844). After him are Elisha Kent Kane (1820), Ann Bancroft (1955), Ezra Meeker (1830), and Sue Hendrickson (1949).

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