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): Aiden Blizzard • Armand Mondou • Augustus De Morgan • Bill Baxley • Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick • Frank Rattray Lillie • Guilhermina Suggia • Jörg Bergen • Monté Morris • Nikola Rakočević • Serginho (footballer, born 1971) • Vernon Watkins • Óscar Vega (boxer)

Born in the same month (June 1899): Carlos Chávez • Edwin Way Teale • Eugène Lapierre • Fritz Albert Lipmann • Georg von Békésy • Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia • Helen Traubel • Jean Moulin • Lotte Reiniger • Madge Bellamy • Michał Kalecki • Otis Barton • Pavel Haas • Richard Gurley Drew • Stanisław Czaykowski • Theippan Maung Wa • Weegee • Yasunari Kawabata