List of aviators
This is a list of notable aviators.
General
While all of these people were pilots (and some still are), many are also noted for contributions in areas such as aircraft design and manufacturing, navigation or popularization.
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B
- Richard Bach
- Italo Balbo
- Bernt Balchen
- Mike Bannister
- Pancho Barnes
- João Ribeiro de Barros
- Jean Batten
- André Beaumont
- Amelie Beese
- Elly Beinhorn
- Jean-Pierre Blanchard
- Louis Blériot
- John Nicolaas Block
- William Boeing
- Arthur Whitten Brown
- Miles Browning
- The Hon Mrs Victor Bruce
- Milo Burcham
- Beverly Lynn Burns
- Richard Byrd
C
- Artur de Sacadura Cabral
- Don Cameron
- George Cayley
- Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi
- Lagâri Hasan Çelebi
- Jonard Cerafica
- Francis Chichester
- Juan de la Cierva
- Henri Coandă
- Sir Alan Cobham
- Jackie Cochran
- George Bertram Cockburn
- Bessie Coleman
- François Coli
- Jean Louis Conneau
- Joseph Costa
- Max Conrad
- Dieudonné Costes
- Gago Coutinho
- Henry Coxwell
- Albert Scott Crossfield
- Glenn Curtiss
D
- Door Davidovici
- Aida de Acosta
- B. H. DeLay
- Jimmy Doolittle
- Claudius Dornier
- Donald Douglas
- Douglas Douglas-Hamilton
- Neville Duke
- Hélène Dutrieu
E
F
- Craig Ferguson
- Henri Farman
- Charles Fern
- Anthony Fokker
- Steve Fossett
- Ramón Franco
- Hermann Fontillas
G
H
- Geoffrey de Havilland
- Ernst Heinkel
- Alex Henshaw
- Conrad Herrera
- Hilda Hewlett
- Bert Hinkler
- Bob Hoover
- Howard Hughes
- Rupert Herrera
I
J
K
- Sir Charles Kingsford Smith
- Algene and Fred Key
- Ambrose Kirsch
- Vladimir Kokkinaki
- Opal Kunz
- Reginald Klaus
- Wallace Kirsch
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- Raymonde de Laroche
- Ruth Bancroft Law
- Bill Lear
- Alfred LeBlanc
- Léon Lemartin
- Tony LeVier
- Otto Lilienthal
- Charles Lindbergh
- Per Lindstrand
- Ormer Locklear
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- Eilmer of Malmesbury
- Paul Mantz
- Beryl Markham
- Marie Marvingt
- Angela Masson
- Wop May
- Esther Mbabazi
- Frederick McCall
- Mike Melvill
- Jean Mermoz
- Russel Merrill
- Betty Miller
- Billy Mitchell
- R. J. Mitchell
- Geraldine "Jerrie" Mock
- Jim Mollison
- Montgolfier brothers
- John J. Montgomery
- Ed Musick
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P
- John Lankester Parker
- Ivy May Pearce
- Richard Pearse
- Percy Pilcher
- Francesco de Pinedo
- Albert Plesman
- Paul Poberezny
- Tom Poberezny
- Wiley Post
- Tjitemisa Petty Peterson
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R
- Bessica Medlar Raiche
- Robert Campbell Reeve
- Hanna Reitsch
- Margaret Ringenberg
- Yves Rousseau
- Edvard Rusjan
- Mathias Rust
- Burt Rutan
- Dick Rutan
- Scott Reagan
S
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Alberto Santos-Dumont
- Blanche Stuart Scott
- Sheila Scott
- Igor Sikorsky
- Sir Ross Smith
- Sir Thomas Sopwith
- Melitta Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg
- Katherine Stinson
- John Stringfellow
- Chesley Sullenberger
T
Ariel Tweto
U
V
- Polly Vacher
- Hugo A. Vreeburg (1889–1973) Builds in 1918 aircraft Vreeburg 2.AM
- Traian Vuia
W
- Patty Wagstaff
- Erich Warsitz
- Arthur Whitten-Brown
- Frank Whittle
- Roger Q. Williams
- Orville and Wilbur Wright
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Z
Military pilots
A
B
- Richard Bach
- Douglas Bader
- Francesco Baracca
- Arturo Merino Benítez
- Brian Binnie
- Mark Binskin
- Billy Bishop
- Richard Bong
- John Boyd
- Pappy Boyington
- Willa Brown
- Roy Brown
- James E. Brown III
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Other famous figures with an aviation history
The following is a list of notable people from various professions who are also pilots:
A
- Prince Andrew, Duke of York
- Carl Anthony, American actor
- James Arness, American actor
- David Ascalon, Contemporary sculptor and stained glass artist and co-founder of Ascalon Studios
B
- Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld
- Ryan Bittle, American actor
- Michael Bloomberg, mayor of New York City
- André Borschberg, Swiss businessman
- Richard Branson, Chairman, Virgin Group
- Aaron Buerge, The Bachelor star
- Jimmy Buffett, American singer, songwriter, author, businessman
- Gisele Bündchen, Brazilian model
- George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States
- George W. Bush, eldest son of George H. W. Bush and 43rd President of the United States
- Rod Buskas, Canadian ice hockey player
C
- Maie Casey, Australian pioneer aviator, poet, librettist, biographer, memoirist and artist, Wife of Richard Casey, Governor-General of Australia 1969-74
- Kirby Chambliss, American aerobatics world champion
- Roy Clark, American musician
- Tom Cruise, American actor
D
- Roald Dahl, British novelist, short story writer and screenwriter
- Steven Dengler, Canadian entrepreneur, businessperson, and investor
- Terry Deitz, American television personality
- Glen Dell, South African commercial airline trainer and aerobatics pilot
- John Denver, American country music/folk singer-songwriter and folk rock musician
- Mukul Dev, Indian actor
- Bruce Dickinson, English singer, TV presenter, airline pilot
- Michael Dorn, American actor
- Billie Dove, American actress
- Jerry Doyle, American talk radio host, right-libertarian political commentator and television actor
- Jeff Dunham, American ventriloquist and stand-up comedian.
E
- Clint Eastwood, American actor, director
- Noel Edmonds, English television presenter and executive
- Carl Edwards, American NASCAR driver
- Hunter Ellis, American television personality
F
- Craig Ferguson, Scottish-American television host
- Harrison Ford, American actor
Malcom Forbes, Hot Air Balloon Pilot
- Morgan Freeman, American actor
G
- Lea Gabrielle, American fighter pilot turned journalist, Correspondent for Fox News Channel
- Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India 1984-1989, son of India's first female Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
- David Gilmour, English musician, best known as the guitarist, lead singer and one of the songwriters in the rock band Pink Floyd
- John Glenn, American astronaut and former Ohio senator
- Hermann Göring, German politician, military leader and a leading member of the Nazi party
- Mark-Paul Gosselaar, American actor
Kirby Grant, Sky King
H
- Howard Hawks, American film director, producer and screen writer of the classic Hollywood era
- Alfred C. Haynes, American Speaker at social events
- Rudolf Hess, Prominent figure in Nazi Germany
- Dexter Holland, Singer and rhythm guitarist for the Californian punk pop band The Offspring
- Wil Horneff, American actor
- Harry Houdini, Hungarian-American magician and escapologist, stunt performer, actor and film producer
- Adam Housley, American journalist, Senior Correspondent for Fox News Channel
- James G. Howes, American businessman
- Gary Hubler, Champion of the Reno Air Races
- Bruce Hyer, Canadian politician
J
- Angelina Jolie, American actress
- Bart Johnson, American actor
- Steve Jones, Red Bull Air Race World competitor
K
BB King, musician.
- Greg Kelly, American journalist, youngest son of NYPD commissioner Raymond Kelly, Anchor of WNYW (Fox 5 New York)
- John F. Kennedy, Jr., son of assassinated U. S. president John F. Kennedy
- John Kerry, U.S. Secretary of State
- Kris Kristofferson, American writer, singer-songwriter, actor and musician
- Larry Kusche, American author
L
- Veronica Lake, American actress
- Lorenzo Lamas, American actor
- Rick Leventhal, American journalist, Senior Correspondent for Fox News Channel
- Cory Lidle, former American baseball player
- Per Lindstrand
- Tom Logan, American director, writer, producer, acting instructor, and former actor
- Shane Lundgren, American aviator and commercial aviation businessman and entrepreneur
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- William P. MacCracken, Jr., First Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics
- Joe Manchin, United States Senator and Governor of West Virginia
- Dean Paul Martin, American singer and actor
- Soong Mei-ling, Former first lady of China
- John McCain, senior United States senator from Arizona, 2008 US presidential candidate
- Jay McGraw, American writer
- Phil McGraw, American television personality, Host of Dr. Phil
- Michael of Romania, the last King of Romania, and one of the last still living leaders of World War II
- John Michels, American football player
- Paul Moyer, American journalist, Veteran television news broadcaster in Southern California
- Thurman Munson, former American baseball player
O
- Vivek Oberoi, Indian actor
- Miles O'Brien, American journalist, Former CNN correspondent
- Susan Oliver, Emmy-nominated American actress, television director and aviator
P
- Fess Elisha Parker, American actor
- Buzz Patterson, American political author
- Jake Pavelka, reality TV personality
- Rick Perry, Texas governor
- Brad Pitt, American actor
- Dave Price, American journalist, Anchor of WNYW (Fox 5 New York), anchor of Good Day New York
- Michael D. Protack, American businessman and candidate for Governor of Delaware
Q
- Dennis Quaid, American actor
R
- Lars Rådeström, Swedish fighter aircraft test pilot
- Kangana Ranaut, Indian actress
- Katherine Rawls, the multiple United States national champions in swimming and diving in the 1930s
- Christopher Reeve, American actor, director, producer and writer
- Earl W. Renfroe, History maker in the field of orthodontics and in breaking down the barriers of racism
- Rob Riggle, American actor and comedian
- James A. Rice, American attorney, judge, and politician
- Ed Robertson, Canadian musician
- Stephen Rogers, Canadian politician
- Charles Rolls, British aviation pioneer
- Kurt Russell, American actor
S
- Chuck Scarborough, American journalist, Veteran television news anchor for WNBC (Channel 4 New York)
- Carlo Schmid, the youngest solo pilot to fly around the world
- Jon Scott, American journalist, anchor for Fox News Channel
- Ryan Shore, Grammy and Emmy Award nominated composer for film, television, games, theater and records
- Nevil Shute, Popular British novelist and a successful aeronautical engineer
- James Stewart, Popular American actor
T
Ariel Tweto
- J. R. D. Tata, Indian industrialist
- Ratan Naval Tata, Indian industrialist
- Norman Tebbit, British Conservative politician
- Sean D. Tucker
- John Travolta, American actor
U
- Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Second Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Gore Vidal, American novelist, screenwriter, playwright, essayist, short story writer, actor and politician
V
- Mike Vogel, American actor
W
- Bonny Warner, American luger
- Prince William, Duke of Cambridge
- Ted Williams, left fielder in Major League Baseball
See also
References
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