# William Rankin

> Lieutenant Colonel William Henry Rankin was the first person to survive a fall from the top of a cumulonimbus thunderstorm cloud. He was a pilot in the United States Marine Corps and a World War II and Korean War veteran. In 1959, he was flying an F-8 Crusader jet fighter over a cumulonimbus cloud when the engine failed, and he ejected and parachuted into the cloud. Rankin wrote a book about his experience, The Man Who Rode the Thunder.

*Survivor of fall through a thunderstorm cloud (1920–2009)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/william-rankin

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1920-10-16
- **Died:** 2009-07-06
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 55.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 10.0 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 9.7 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 55.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100

## Sources
- [威廉·藍欽](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A8%81%E5%BB%89%C2%B7%E8%97%8D%E6%AC%BD)
- [ويليام رانكين (كاتب)](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86_(%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A8))
- [ويليام رانكين](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86)
- [William Rankin](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rankin)
- [William Rankin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rankin)
- [William Rankin](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rankin)
- [ויליאם רנקין (טייס)](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%9F_(%D7%98%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A1))
- [Рэнкин, Уильям](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC)
- [பாய்ட் ரன்கின்](https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D)
- [ولیم رینکن](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85_%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%86)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q561005)

---
Generated by Fame.am · https://fame.am/person/william-rankin