Juan Trippe

Juan Terry Trippe was an American commercial aviation pioneer, entrepreneur and the founder of Pan American World Airways, one of the iconic airlines of the 20th century. He was involved in the introduction of the Sikorsky S-42, which opened trans-Pacific airline travel, the Boeing 307 Stratoliner which introduced cabin pressurization to airline operations, the Boeing 707 which started a new era in low cost jet transportation, and the Boeing 747 jumbo jets. Trippe's signing of the 747 contract coincided with the 50th anniversary of Boeing. He also founded InterContinental Hotels & Resorts.

27 June 1899

Born on the same birth day (27 June): Angela King (environmentalist) • Anita Wagner • Anna Moffo • George Walker (composer) • Hans Spemann • Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter • Hugh Wood • Jeff Conine • Jim Johnson (baseball, born 1983) • John McIntire • Johnny Estrada • Kirkpatrick Sale • Lewis Namier • M. Carl Holman • Michael Ball • Ross Perot • Simon Archer (badminton) • Sunanda Pushkar • Svetlana Kuznetsova

Born in the same month (June 1899): Georg von Békésy • Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia • Jean Moulin • Otis Barton • Richard Gurley Drew • Theippan Maung Wa