- Source: List of balloonists
This is a list of notable balloonists:
Jean-Pierre Blanchard (French) and John Jeffries (American), first flight across the English Channel, 1785.
Sophie Blanchard (1778-1819), first professional female balloonist, first woman to pilot her own balloon, received honours from both Napoleon and Louis XVIII
Mercedes Corominas (1886–1926), first female Spanish balloonist to make a solo ascent, later famed exhibitionist in Portugal and Brazil.
Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873–1932), Brazilian and one of the very few people to have contributed significantly to the development of both lighter-than-air and heavier-than-air aircraft.
Francisque Arban (1815-1849), famous for being the first to cross the Alps by balloon in the September of 1849, and for getting lost at sea a month later.
Steve Fossett (1944–2007), American, first solo non-stop balloon flight around the Earth.
James Glaisher FRS (1809–1903), English meteorologist, astronomer, and pioneering balloonist, with a world record-breaking ascent in 1862
David N. Levin (1948–2017), American, only "triple crown pilot"
J. B. Holmes - (1982), American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. Bronze medal balloonist.
Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, French, inventors of the Montgolfière-style hot air balloon
Jean Pierre Alfred Nadal, Siege of Paris 1870 French balloon aeronautist, 1871 lieutenant magasinier général des aérostiers civils et militaires
Letitia Ann Sage (c.1750–1817), first British woman to ascend in a balloon
James Sadler (balloonist) (1753–1828), first English balloonist
Élisabeth Thible (1757–c.1784), first female balloonist
John Wise (1808–1879), American
Roger Wootton (1944–2017), English