- Source: List of 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.
= A
=Bert Acosta
Saarah Hameed Ahmed
John Alcock
Buzz Aldrin
Scott Anderson
Gaby Angelini
Kimberly Anyadike
Neil Armstrong
Ludovic Arrachart
Jacqueline Auriol
= B
=Douglas Bader
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
Lilian Bland
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
Clyde Cessna
Touria Chaoui
Francis Chichester
Juan de la Cierva
Henri Coandă
Jerrie Cobb
Sir Alan Cobham
Jackie Cochran
George Bertram Cockburn
Bessie Coleman
François Coli
Carmela Combe
Jean Louis Conneau
Joseph Costa
Max Conrad
Dieudonné Costes
Marcel Courmes
Gago Coutinho
Jessica Cox
Henry Coxwell
Albert Scott Crossfield
Glenn Curtiss
Sharifah Czarena
= D
=Steponas Darius
Aida de Acosta
B. H. DeLay
Jurgis Dobkevičius
Jimmy Doolittle
Claudius Dornier
Donald Douglas
Douglas Douglas-Hamilton
Neville Duke
Hélène Dutrieu
= E
=Amelia Earhart
Eugene Burton Ely
= F
=Craig Ferguson
Henri Farman
Charles Fern
Anthony Fokker
Steve Fossett
Ramón Franco
= G
=Ernest K Gann
Roland Garros
Viola Gentry
Dagoberto Godoy
Sabiha Gökçen
Mike Goulian
Marlon Green
Henri Guillaumet
Bartolomeu de Gusmão
Antanas Gustaitis
= H
=Geoffrey de Havilland
Mary, Lady Heath
Ernst Heinkel
Alex Henshaw
Hilda Hewlett
Bert Hinkler
Bob Hoover
Howard Hughes
= I
=Abbas Ibn Firnas
Max Immelmann
= J
=Tony Jannus
Elrey Borge Jeppesen
Jiro Horikoshi
W. E. Johns
Amy Johnson
Evelyn Bryan Johnson
Tex Johnston
Hubert Julian
Hugo Junkers
= K
=Bettina Kadner
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith
Algene and Fred Key
Vladimir Kokkinaki
Opal Kunz
= L
=Clay Lacy
Raymonde de Laroche
Ruth Bancroft Law
Bill Lear
Alfred LeBlanc
Léon Lemartin
Tony LeVier
Otto Lilienthal
Charles Lindbergh
Per Lindstrand
Alexander Lippisch
John H. Livingston
Ormer Locklear
= M
=Eilmer of Malmesbury
Paul Mantz
Beryl Markham
Angela Masson
Wop May
Esther Mbabazi
Frederick McCall
Marie McMillin
Mike Melvill
Jean Mermoz
Russel Merrill
Betty Miller
Billy Mitchell
R. J. Mitchell
Geraldine "Jerrie" Mock
Charlotte Möhring
Jim Mollison
Montgolfier brothers
John J. Montgomery
Ed Musick
= N
=Jorge Newbery
Charles Nungesser
= O
=Phoebe Omlie
= P
=Clyde Pangborn
John Lankester Parker
Ivy May Pearce
Percy Pilcher
Francesco de Pinedo
Albert Plesman
Paul Poberezny
Tom Poberezny
Wiley Post
= Q
=Jeffrey Quill
Harriet Quimby
= R
=Carol Rabadi
Bessica Medlar Raiche
Robert Campbell Reeve
Molly Reilly
Hanna Reitsch
Sally Ride
Margaret Ringenberg
Keith Rosenkranz
Yves Rousseau
Edvard Rusjan
Mathias Rust
Dick Rutan
= S
=Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Alberto Santos-Dumont
Blanche Stuart Scott
Sheila Scott
Igor Sikorsky
Elinor Smith
Sir Ross Smith
Sir Thomas Sopwith
Melitta Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg
Katherine Stinson
John Stringfellow
Chesley Sullenberger
= T
=Kurt Tank
Louise Thaden
Bobbi Trout
Sean D. Tucker
Alia Twal
= V
=Polly Vacher
Traian Vuia
= W
=Patty Wagstaff
Emily Warner
Erich Warsitz
Arthur Whitten-Brown
Frank Whittle
Roger Q. Williams
Orville and Wilbur Wright
= Y
=W.A. Yackey
Lewis Yancey
Chuck Yeager
Jeana Yeager
John Young
= Z
=Bernard Ziegler
Military pilots
= A
=Asli Hassan Abade
Muhammad Mahmood Alam
John Astle
= B
=Richard Bach
Douglas Bader
Francesco Baracca
Kristin Bass
Arturo Merino Benítez
Brian Binnie
Mark Binskin
Billy Bishop
Richard Bong
Robert Benedict Bourdillon
John Boyd
Pappy Boyington
Eric Brown
James E. Brown III
Roy Brown
Willa Brown
Eugene Bullard
= C
=Pierre Clostermann
Stephen Coonts
Chip Cravaack
= D
=Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.
Jimmy Doolittle
= F
=Joe Foss
= G
=Yuri Gagarin
Roland Garros
Roy Geiger
Jim Gibbons
Guy Gibson
Richard E. Gray
= H
=Erich Hartmann
Laurie Hawn
Cedric Howell
James W. Huston
= J
=James Jabara
James Denis
= K
=Shawna Rochelle Kimbrell
= L
=Clay Lacy
Fred Ladd
Tom Landry
Hazel Ying Lee
Lydia Litvyak
Lee Lue
Frank Luke
= M
=Mike Mangold
Edward "Mick" Mannock
Charles McGee
Karina Miranda
Billy Mitchell
= N
=Jorge Newbery
O
Edward O'Hare
Lola Odujinrin
Robin Olds
Shane Osborn
= P
=Keith Park
= R
=Hanna Reitsch
Manfred von Richthofen
Eddie Rickenbacker
Harry Robinson
Hans-Ulrich Rudel
= S
=Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon
Brian Shul
Denny Smith
James Stewart
Vang Sue
= T
=Stephen W. Thompson
Hugh Thompson, Jr.
Paul Tibbets
Siyka Tsoncheva
= V
=Valentina Tereshkova
Werner Voss
= W
=Douglas (Duke) Warren
James White
= Y
=W.A. Yackey
Chuck Yeager
= Z
=Fred Zinn
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; co-founder of Ascalon Studios
= B
=Dierks Bentley, American country musician
Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld
Ryan Bittle, American actor
Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City from 2002 to 2013
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
Dave Coulier, American actor and comedian
Tom Cruise, American actor
Robert Cummings, American actor and aviator
= D
=Roald Dahl, British novelist, short story writer and screenwriter
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
Malcolm 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
Ken Griffey Jr., Major League Baseball 13-time All-Star
= H
=Najeeb Halaby, Administrator of the United States Federal Aviation Administration and father of Queen Noor of Jordan
Howard Hawks, American film director, producer and screenwriter 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
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 Series competitor
= K
=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
B. B. King, musician
Kris Kristofferson, American writer, singer-songwriter, actor and musician
Larry Kusche, American author
= L
=Veronica Lake, American actress
Lorenzo Lamas, American actor
Cory Lidle, 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
= M
=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 U.S. Senator from Arizona, 2008 U.S. presidential candidate
Richie McCaw, retired New Zealand rugby great, now working as a helicopter pilot in his homeland
Jay McGraw, American writer
Phil McGraw, American television personality; host of Dr. Phil
Tim McGraw, American actor and musician
Michael of Romania, the last King of Romania, and one of the last living leaders of World War II
John Michels, American football player
Arseny Mironov, Russian aerospace engineer and aviator, scientist in aircraft aerodynamics and flight testing
Paul Moyer, American journalist; veteran television news broadcaster in Southern California
Thurman Munson, American baseball player
= N
=Gary Numan, English singer, musician, composer, air display pilot, flying examiner
= O
=Vivek Oberoi, Indian actor
Miles O'Brien, American journalist; former CNN correspondent
Susan Oliver, Emmy-nominated American actress, television director and aviator
= P
=Arnold Palmer, late American champion golfer
Fess Elisha Parker, American actor
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, multiple United States national champion 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
Cliff Robertson, American actor
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, youngest solo pilot to fly around the world
Jon Scott, American journalist, anchor for Fox News channel
Al Secord, former NHL player
Ryan Shore, Grammy and Emmy Award-nominated composer for film, television, games, theater and records
Nevil Shute, popular British novelist; successful aeronautical engineer
Dean Smith, American pioneer pilot
James Stewart, popular American actor
= T
=J. R. D. Tata, Indian industrialist
Ratan Naval Tata, Indian industrialist
Norman Tebbit, British Conservative politician
John Travolta, American actor
Ariel Tweto, one of two daughters of the Alaska airline family
= U
=Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Second Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
= V
=Gore Vidal, American novelist, screenwriter, playwright, essayist, short story writer, actor and politician
Mike Vogel, American actor
Pavel Vlasov, Russian test pilot, Hero of the Russian Federation
Igor Volk, Soviet test pilot, cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union
= W
=Bonny Warner, American luger
Frank Welker, American actor, best known for the thousands of voices he performs in television and films including Freddie in Scooby-Doo and Megatron in the Transformers franchise.
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge
Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, King of the Netherlands and part-time KLM pilot
Alverna Babbs Williams, First American pilot with disabilities to earn a pilot's license
Ted Williams, left fielder in Major League Baseball
See also
List of Russian aviators
List of women aviators
References
External links
Database of notable aviators with photos
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- List of aviators who became ace in a day
- List of World War I flying aces from the British Empire
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