Who was the first passenger on a hot air balloon?

The first passengers on a hot air balloon were a sheep, a duck, and a rooster, launched by the Montgolfier brothers in 1783. This flight took place in France and lasted about eight minutes, reaching an altitude of approximately 3,000 feet. The brothers aimed to demonstrate the safety of their invention before carrying humans. The first human flight occurred shortly after, when Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlincourt ascended in a balloon on June 4, 1783.