Balloonist

Professional aeronauts made their appearance soon after the invention of Montgolfières. Blanchard, Robertson, and others soon found that it was possible to make a little money out of the new discoveries, and it can be easily understood that the tricks of the showman's art soon brought the sport into discredit.

Celebrity ballooning apparently ran in families; see Green family and Godard family.

By aeronauts (omitting the pioneers Lunardi, Zambeccari, and others who have been already spoken of we mean persons who have followed ballooning as a business or trade. Of these, perhaps the most successful have been Blanchard, Garnerin, the Sadlers, Mr. Charles Green, Mr. Wise, Mr. Coxwell, and the brothers Godard.

See also Category:Aeronauts

Balloonists

• Albert Bond Lambert (Birth date: 1875, Death date: 1946)
• Alfred Leblanc (Birth date: 1869-04-13, Death date: 1921-11-22)
• Charles F. Baudry (Birth date: 1867-11-02, Death date: 1920)
• Charles Ferson Durant (Birth date: 1805, Death date: 1873)
• Charles Green (Birth date: 1785-01-31, Death date: 1870-03-27)
• Ernest Pétin (Birth date: 1812, Death date: 1878)
• Gabriel Yon (Birth date: 1835-05-13, Death date: 1894-03-09)
• Gaston Tissandier (Birth date: 1843, Death date: 1899)
• Henri Giffard (Birth date: 1825, Death date: 1882)
• Henry Coxwell (Birth date: 1819-03-02, Death date: 1900-01-05)
• John La Mountain (Birth date: 1830, Death date: 1870-02-14)
• Käthe Paulus (Birth date: 1868-12-22, Death date: 1935-07-27)
• Louis Godard père (Birth date: 1829, Death date: 1885)
• Modeste-Abel Latouche
• Percival Green Spencer (Birth date: 1864-11-11)
• Samuel Archer King (Birth date: 1828, Death date: 1914)
• Theodor Schaeck (Death date: 1911)
• Washington H. Donaldson (Birth date: 1840, Death date: 1875-07-15)