Brian Jones

Brian Jones

male, 62 years old
Brian Jones is an English balloonist. Brian Jones, along with Bertrand Piccard, co-piloted the first successful uninterrupted circumnavigation of...
Bertrand Piccard

Bertrand Piccard

male, 51 years old
Bertrand Piccard was born on March 1st 1958 in Lausanne (Switzerland) into a family of explorers and scientists. His grandfather was the first...
Jean-Pierre Blanchard

Jean-Pierre Blanchard

male, deceased (1809)
Jean-Pierre Blanchard (7 July 1753 - 7 March 1809) was a French inventor, most remembered a pioneer in aviation and ballooning. Blanchard made his...
Charles Green

Charles Green

male, deceased (1870)
Charles Green born in London 31 January 1785, died 26 March 1870, was the United Kingdom's most famous balloonist of the 19th century. He...
Anthony Smith

Anthony Smith

male, 83 years old
Anthony Smith (born March 30, 1926) is, among other things, an explorer, author and former "Tomorrow's World" television presenter. He is perhaps...
John Jeffries

John Jeffries

male, deceased (1819)
Dr. John Jeffries (1745-1819) was a Boston physician, scientist, and a military surgeon with the British Army in Nova Scotia and New York during...

John Wise

male, 201 years old
John Wise was a pioneer in the field of ballooning. He made over 400 flights during his lifetime and was responsible for several innovations in...
Ben Abruzzo

Ben Abruzzo

male, deceased (1985)
Benjamin L. Abruzzo was an American hot air balloonist and businessman. He helped place Albuquerque on the map as the balloon capital of the world....

Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier

male, deceased (1785)
Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier was a French chemistry and physics teacher, and one of the first pioneers of aviation. His balloon crashed near Wi...

John Cassidy

male
John Cassidy is a comedian, magician and a balloon artist. He is known for his ability to entertain both children and adults on disparate levels...