John Moisant

John Bevins Moisant was an American aviator, aeronautical engineer, flight instructor, businessman, and revolutionary. He was the first pilot to conduct passenger flights over a city (Paris), as well as across the English Channel, from Paris to London. He co-founded an eponymous flying circus, the Moisant International Aviators.

25 April 1868

Born on the same birth day (25 April): Dejan Kulusevski • Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon • Edward R. Murrow • Foeke Booy • Hank Azaria • Jay Park • Joel Brand • Jon Kyl • Lorne Currie • Monty Panesar • Oliver Cromwell • Ross Lockridge Jr. • Satou Sabally • Tony Christie • Vladislav Tretiak

Born in the same month (April 1868): Akiyama Saneyuki • Alfred Henry Maurer • Asriel Günzig • Edmond Rostand • George Arliss • Georgy Voronoy • Lucy Booth • Mary Rogers Miller • Peter Behrens • Philippa Fawcett • Sandy Herd • Walter Mead (cricketer)