| Wilbur Wright  Born: 16-Apr-1867
Birthplace: Millville, IN
Died: 30-May-1912
Location of death: Dayton, OH
Cause of death: Typhoid Fever
Remains: Buried, Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, OH
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Aviator, Inventor Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Co-Inventor of the airplane Invented the airplane with brother Orville Wright. Made the first manned, powered, controlled heavier-than-air flight, in 1903. He was injured in a hockey accident in 1885, which caused lingering health problems for him and forced him to forego a Yale education. Wright State University is named after the brothers, and there is a Wright Brothers National Memorial in Manteo, North Carolina.
Father: Milton Wright
Mother: Susan Catherine Wright (died of tuberculosis)
Brother: Orville Wright
Brother: Lorin Wright
Sister: Katherine Wright
High School: (dropped out)
National Aviation Hall of Fame 1962
National Inventors Hall of Fame
Risk Factors: Typhoid
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