# Chuck Yeager

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-yeager/152453>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [February 3, 2003, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-yeager/152453 "2003-02-03T06:52:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Galo\_Aguirre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/858c86/32.png) [@Galo\_Aguirre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galo_Aguirre)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-yeager/152453/1 "2003-02-03T06:52:02Z")

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The article about kemosabe mentions a charles yeager. Could this be Chuck Yeager, the first person to break the sound barrier? Just curious.

[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4\_061.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_061.html)

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-yeager/152453/2 "2003-02-03T06:57:16Z")

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No. The Chuck Yeager who was a test pilot in the 1950’s was born in 1923.