Montgolfier brothers

The Montgolfier brothers – Joseph-Michel Montgolfier and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier – were aviation pioneers, balloonists and paper manufacturers from the commune Annonay in Ardèche, France. They invented the Montgolfière-style hot air balloon, globe aérostatique, which launched the first confirmed piloted ascent by humans in 1783, carrying Jacques-Étienne.

26 August 1740

Born on the same birth day (26 August): Alain Peyrefitte • Amaia Montero • Aubrey Schenck • Brant Parker • Carsten Wolf • Chad Kreuter • Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca • Félix Porteiro • James Franck • Joe Hulme • Joe Solomon • Judith Rees • Liam Botham • Macaulay Culkin • Nicolae Dobrin • Patrice Oppliger • Saint Jhn • Stephen J. Dubner • Tom Heinsohn • Walter Bruno Henning

Born in the same month (August 1740): Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux • Matthias Claudius • Samuel Arnold (composer)