List of aviators

Well-known aviators

People largely known for their contributions to the history of aviation

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.

• John Alcock
• Neil Armstrong
• Jacqueline Auriol

Richard Bach Italo Balbo Bernt Balchen Mike_Bannister Pancho Barnes Jean Batten Amelie Beese Elly Beinhorn Jean-Pierre Blanchard Louis Blériot John Nicolaas Block Bill Boeing Arthur Whitten Brown Miles Browning Mildred Mary Bruce/The Hon Mrs Victor Bruce Milo Burcham Richard Byrd Sacadura Cabral Don Cameron George Cayley Hezarfen Ahmet Celebi Lagari Hasan Çelebi Sir Francis Chichester Juan de la Cierva y Codorniu Henri Coandă Sir Alan Cobham Jackie Cochran Bessie Coleman Francois Coli Dieudonné Costes Frank Courtney Gago Coutinho Henry Coxwell Gaetan Croteau Glenn Curtiss Doru Davidovici B.H. DeLay Jimmy Doolittle Claudius Dornier Donald Douglas The Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale

Hélène Dutrieu Amelia Earhart Eugene Ely Henry/Henri Farman Charles Fern Abbas Ibn Firnas Anthony Fokker Steve Fossett Ramon Franco Ernest K Gann Roland Garros Sabiha Gökçen Dagoberto Godoy Alan Gooda Marlon Green Bartolomeu de Gusmão Geoffrey de Havilland Ernst Heinkel Hilda Hewlett Bert Hinkler Bob Hoover Howard Hughes Tony Jannus Elrey Jeppesen W. E. Johns Amy Johnson Tex Johnston Hubert Julian Hugo Junkers C/SMSgt Daniel Kator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith Algene and Fred Key Raymonde de Laroche Ruth Law William Lear Tony LeVier Otto Lilienthal Charles Lindbergh Per Lindstrand Ormer Locklear Eilmer of Malmesbury Paul Mantz Beryl Markham Marie Marvingt Angela Masson Wop May Mike Melvill Jean Mermoz Russel Merrill

Billy Mitchell James Mollison Ed Musick Montgolfier Brothers Charles Nungesser Richard Pearse Percy Pilcher Marquis de Pinedo Albert Plesman Wiley Post Harriet Quimby Bessica Medlar Raiche Robert Campbell Reeve Hanna Reitsch Margaret Ringenberg Yves Rousseau Mathias Rust Burt Rutan Dick Rutan Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Alberto Santos-Dumont John Stringfellow Blanche Stuart Scott Sheila Scott Melitta Schenk von Stauffenberg Aldo Sibi Igor Sikorsky Sir Ross Smith Sir Thomas Sopwith Katherine Stinson Kurt Tank Lachlan Telfer Louise Thaden John Torre Traian Vuia Patty Wagstaff Arthur Whitten-Brown Frank Whittle Roger Q. Williams Orville and Wilbur Wright Lewis Yancey Major General Chuck Yeager Jeana Yeager Bernard Ziegler

Famous military pilots

Muhammad Mahmood Alam Douglas Bader Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez Billy Bishop Richard I. Bong John Boyd Pappy Boyington A. Roy Brown Pierre Clostermann Daniel Curry Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. Jimmy Doolittle Joe Foss Yuri Gagarin

Roland Garros Roy Geiger Guy Gibson Michael J. Gillis Erich Hartmann Tom Landry Lee Lue Robin Olds Edward Mannock Billy Mitchell Jorge Newbery Edward O'Hare Manfred von Richthofen Eddie Rickenbacker Bradley Roberts Hans-Ulrich Rudel Nirmaljeet Singh Sekhon James Stewart Fred Zinn

People from other walks of life with aviation in their history

David Ascalon Rowan Atkinson Michael R. Bloomberg Richard Branson Jimmy Buffett George H. W. Bush George W. Bush Maie Casey Tom Cruise Roald Dahl John Denver Bruce Dickinson Michael Dorn Noel Edmonds Angelo Ford Remi Kaler Harrison Ford Morgan Freeman David Gilmour Hermann Göring Mark-Paul Gosselaar Rudolf Hess Harry Houdini

Angelina Jolie John F. Kennedy, Jr. John Kerry Cory Lidle Dean Paul Martin Vincent E. Mason John McCain Paul Moyer Susan Oliver Dennis Quaid Christopher Reeve Earl W. Renfroe Charles Rolls Saul Russo Chuck Scarborough Nevil Shute Norman Tebbit John Travolta Gore Vidal Ted Williams