Felix Baumgartner
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Felix Baumgartner (born on 20 April 1969 in Austria) is a skydiver and a BASE jumper. His nickname is "Fearless Felix" and "God of the skies" because of the dangerous nature of the stunts he has performed during his career.
In 1999 he claimed the world record for the highest parachute dive from a building when he jumped from the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
On 31st July, 2003, Felix became the first person to cross the English Channel in freefall using a specially made fibre wing [1].
He became the first person to BASE jump from the completed Millau Viaduct in France on 27 June 2004[citation needed]. And the first person to sky dive onto, then BASE jump from the Turning Torso building in Malmö Sweden on 18 August 2006[citation needed].
On 12 December 2007 he became the first person who jumped from the 91st floor observation deck, than go to the 90th floor (about 390 m (1,280 ft)) of the tallest completed building in the world, Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan[2].
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