[fermigier]

If you're French, it's Clément Ader: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cl%C3%A9ment_Ader

[317070]

Or the Montgolfier brothers! That was the first time humans went up in the air.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgolfier_brothers

I was surprised the first time I heard Americans attribute flight to the Wright brothers. (For reference, I was educated in Belgium)