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This is a list of notable balloonists:

• Jean-Pierre Blanchard (French) and John Jeffries (American), first flight across the English Channel, 1785.^[1]
• Sophie Blanchard (1778-1819), first professional female balloonist, first woman to pilot her own balloon, received honours from both Napoleon and Louis XVIII
• Mercedes Corominas (1886–1926), first female Spanish balloonist to make a solo ascent, later famed exhibitionist in Portugal and Brazil.^[2]
• Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873–1932), Brazilian and one of the very few people to have contributed significantly to the development of both lighter-than-air and heavier-than-air aircraft.
• Francisque Arban (1815-1849), famous for being the first to cross the Alps by balloon in the September of 1849, and for getting lost at sea a month later.^[3]
• Steve Fossett (1944–2007), American, first solo non-stop balloon flight around the Earth.
• James Glais The Rise and Fall of Jean-Pierre Blanchard WIR