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[[File:santosdumont.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Alberto Santos-Dumont]]

==Country==

Brazil

==Birth - Death==

1873 - 1932

==Occupation==

Inventor, Scientist

==Notable Achievements==

Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur

==Description==

Inventor and airplane designer.  Winner of the Deutsch de la Meurthe prize in 1901 for a flight in an air balloon that rounded the Eiffel Tower. Considered to be the builder of the first practical airplane, building both lighter-than-air and heavier-than-air aircraft.  Member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.  Member of the International Air & Space Hall of Fame (1967).  Died by suicide. 

==See Also==

* [[LGBTQ Individuals Who Have Received France's Highest Honours]]

==Further Reading/Research==

* https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alberto-Santos-Dumont
* http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/scitech/impacto/graphic/aviation/alberto.html
* https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3597576/He-went-up-tiddly-up-up.html

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