Amelia Earhart

1897 – 1937 · died at about 40^[1][2]

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Fun Facts About Amelia Earhart

• Amelia Earhart was only a passenger on her famous 1928 Atlantic crossing, and she said so: "I was just baggage, like a sack of potatoes."^[1]
• In 1904 young Earhart and her uncle built a homemade ramp modeled on a roller coaster on the roof of the family tool shed. After riding it down she said, "it's just like flying!"^[1]
• To pay for flying lessons, Earhart worked as a photographer, a truck driver, and a telephone company stenographer, saving $1,000.^[1]
• After flying with Earhart, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt got a student pilot permit, though she never followed through on her plans to learn to fly.^[1]
• Earhart endorsed Lucky Strike cigarettes and redirected the money to Richard Byrd's South Pole expedition. McCall's then withdrew its offer to make her its aviation editor.^[1]
• The press nicknamed Earhart "Lady Lindy" because she looked like fellow aviator Charles Lindbergh.^[1]
• Amelia Earhart was alive at the same time as Otto von Bismarck — their lives overlapped for 1 year (1897–1898).^[1][2][3][4]
• Amelia Earhart shares a birthday with Simón Bolívar: both were born on July 24.^[1][2][5][6]

Amelia Mary Earhart was an American aviator and aviation pioneer who became one of the most celebrated figures of early flight.^[1]

Contemporaries

John D. Rockefeller

40 yr overlap

Sigmund Freud

40 yr overlap

Nikola Tesla

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Rabindranath Tagore

40 yr overlap

Henry Ford

40 yr overlap

Edvard Munch

40 yr overlap

H.G. Wells

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Mahatma Gandhi

40 yr overlap

Max Planck

40 yr overlap

Orville Wright

40 yr overlap

Guglielmo Marconi

40 yr overlap

Winston Churchill

40 yr overlap

Their World

Questions About Amelia Earhart

When was Amelia Earhart born?

Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897, and died on July 2, 1937.

How old was Amelia Earhart at death?

Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897, and died on July 2, 1937, at age 39.

What was Amelia Earhart known for?

Amelia Earhart was known for: First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. Amelia Mary Earhart was an American aviator and aviation pioneer who became one of the most celebrated figures of early flight.

Who was alive at the same time as Amelia Earhart?

Amelia Earhart's closest contemporary was John D. Rockefeller. Their lives overlapped for 40 years.