List of aerospace engineers

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This is a list of aerospace engineers, people who were trained in or practiced aerospace engineering.

See also List of engineers - for lists of engineers from other disciplines.

Contents:	Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

[edit] A

• Neil Armstrong, (born 1930)

[edit] B

• Steve Bales
• Frank Barnwell
• Mark Bell
• Wernher von Braun, (1912-1977), famous German rocket pioneer

[edit] C

• Sir Sidney Camm
• Sir George Cayley - inventor of the science of aerodynamics
• Roy Chadwick
• Roger Chaffee - Apollo 1 fire victim
• Vladimir Chelomei
• Henri Coandă
• Philip Condit CEO of Boeing
• Glenn Curtiss

[edit] D

• Alberto Santos Dumont, (1873-1932) - Airplane Inventor
• Marcel Dassault, (1892-1986)
• Leonardo da Vinci, (1452-1519)
• Claudius Dornier
• Sir George Dowty
• Prof. John F. Dannenhoffer, III - Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Syracuse University

[edit] E

• Joe Engle
• Richard Eppler computational aerodynamicist
• Eugene Kranz

[edit] F

• Anton Flettner
• Anthony Fokker, (1890-1939)
• Henry Folland
• Stelio Furner Italian aircraft designer responsible for the Falco and SIAI Marchetti

[edit] G

• Robert Goddard
• Sir Arthur Gouge (1890-1962) President of the Royal Aeronautical Society
• Alfred Gessow, helicopter expert
• Tadeusz Góra
• Jay Greene
• Ross Gilmore

[edit] H

• Raoul Hafner
• Geoffrey de Havilland, (1882-1965)
• Harry Hawker
• Ernst Heinkel
• Homer Hickam

[edit] I

• Igor Sikorsky

[edit] K

• A.P.J Abdul Kalam
• Theodore von Kármán, (1881-1963)
• Sergey Korolev
• Chris Kraft

[edit] L

• Samuel Pierpont Langley - aircraft
• Otto Lilienthal
• Alexander Lippisch
• Per Lindstrand - balloons (and other aircraft)
• Glynn Lunney (1936- )

[edit] M

• Paul MacCready
• Ernst Mach, (1838-1916)
• Edward Margański
• Frederick Marriott, (1805-1884)
• Mark D. Maughmer
• Wilhelm Messerschmitt (1898-1978)
• R.J. Mitchell
• Montgolfier Brothers

[edit] N

• Nevil Shute

[edit] O

• Hermann Oberth
• Hans von Ohain
• Denys Overholser

[edit] P

• Richard Pearse - Early New Zealand aircraft builder who is reputed to have made the first powered aircraft flight on March 31, 1903
• W. E. W. (Teddy) Petter
• Percy Pilcher
• John Porte
• Herman Potočnik, (1892-1929)
• Ludwig Prandtl

[edit] Q

[edit] R

• Judith Resnik
• Osborne Reynolds, (1842-1912)
• Raymond Rice
• Ben Rich - Skunk Works engineer who helped design the engine inlet for the SR-71, winner of a Collier Trophy
• Sir Alliott Verdon Roe
• Jan Roskam
• Burt Rutan

[edit] S

• Mikhail Simonov - Major contributor to the design of the Su-27 and its derivatives, in addition to the Su-47.
• Herbert Smith
• Tadeusz Sołtyk, (1909-2004)
• Sir Tom Sopwith
• Klaus von Storch
• Pavel Sukhoi - Founder of OKB Sukhoi.
• Victor Szebehely - Aerospace Engineering & Celestial Mechanics

[edit] T

• Richard Truly
• Andrei Tupolev - Founder of OKB Tupolev

[edit] U

[edit] V

[edit] W

• Sir Barnes Wallis (1887-1979)
• Ken Wallis MBE - autogyro
• Hellmuth Walter, (1900-1980) - rocket engines
• Stanisław Wigura, (1901-1932)
• Richard Whitcomb
• Sir Frank Whittle, (1907-1996)
• Wright Brothers - inventors of the wind tunnel; designed and constructed the first practical powered airplane

[edit] X

[edit] Y

• Alexander Yakovlev - Founder of OKB Yakovlev.

Gregory C.Yust-lives in Glastonbury,CT;born in the year 1946;grew up in Miami,OK;graduated from the U.of Notre Dame-1968;team developed fuel cells for spaceshuttle

[edit] Z

• Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838-1917)
• Robert Zubrin