Orville Wright
American aviation pioneer (1871–1948)
Also known as O-wei-erh Lai-tʻe
- Born
- August 19, 1871
10
Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-04-29
- 2.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 3.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 4.Stated in NCpediaRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 5.Stated in Brockhaus EnzyklopädieRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 6.Stated in Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana
- August 19, 1871
- Died
- January 30, 1948
10
Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-04-29
- 2.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 3.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 4.Stated in NCpediaRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 5.Stated in Brockhaus EnzyklopädieRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 6.Stated in Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana
- January 30, 1948
- Birthplace
- Dayton
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Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-12-15
- 2.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-18
- Dayton
- Place of death
- Citizenship
- Occupation
- inventor
- , businessperson
- , aircraft pilot
- +1 more
- Languages spoken, written or signed
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- Nominations
- Nobel Prize in Physics(1913)
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- Nobel Prize in Physics(1909)
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- Nobel Prize in Physics(1913)
- Awards
- National Inventors Hall of Fame(1975)
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- National Aviation Hall of Fame(1962)
- Franklin Medal(1933)
- Daniel Guggenheim Medal(1929)
- John Fritz Medal(1920)
- Albert Medal(1917) award rationale: in recognition of the value of the contributions of Wilbur and Orville Wright to the solution of the problem of mechanical flight
- Elliott Cresson Medal(1914)
- Honorary Scout
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- National Inventors Hall of Fame(1975)
- Sex or gender
- male
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Sources- 1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-06-23
- male
- Copyright status as a creator
- copyrights on works have expired applies to jurisdiction: countries with 70 years pma or shorter
- Partner in business or sport
- Wilbur Wright affiliation: Wright brothers
- Commons Creator page
- Orville Wright
On other databases
105 identifiers linking Orville Wright across the web's reference databases
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