| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Buzz Aldrin |
Astronaut |
20-Jan-1930 |
|
Second man on the Moon |
| Neil Armstrong |
Astronaut |
5-Aug-1930 |
|
First man on the Moon |
| Hap Arnold |
Military |
25-Jun-1886 |
15-Jan-1950 |
Commander, US Army Air Corps, WWII |
| Alexander Graham Bell |
Inventor |
3-Mar-1847 |
2-Aug-1922 |
Inventor of the telephone |
| William Boeing |
Business |
1-Oct-1881 |
28-Sep-1956 |
Founder of Boeing, United Airlines |
| Frank Borman |
Astronaut |
14-Mar-1928 |
|
First to circumnavigate moon |
| Gene Cernan |
Astronaut |
14-Mar-1934 |
|
Last man on the moon (Apollo 17) |
| Michael Collins |
Astronaut |
31-Oct-1930 |
|
Apollo 11 command module pilot |
| Pete Conrad |
Astronaut |
2-Jun-1930 |
8-Jul-1999 |
Apollo 12 mission commander, 3rd on moon |
| Amelia Earhart |
Aviator |
24-Jul-1897 |
2-Jul-1937 |
Misplaced aviatrix |
| Henry Ford |
Business |
30-Jul-1863 |
7-Apr-1947 |
Founder of Ford Motors |
| Steve Fossett |
Aviator |
22-Apr-1944 |
3-Sep-2007 |
First to cross Pacific in a balloon |
| Robert R. Gilruth |
Engineer |
18-Oct-1913 |
17-Aug-2000 |
NASA scientist |
| John Glenn |
Astronaut |
18-Jul-1921 |
|
First American to orbit earth |
| Arthur Godfrey |
Actor |
31-Aug-1903 |
16-Mar-1983 |
Arthur Godfrey and His Friends |
| Barry Goldwater |
Politician |
1-Jan-1909 |
29-May-1998 |
US Senator from Arizona, 1953-65, 1969-87 |
| Howard Hughes |
Business |
24-Sep-1905 |
5-Apr-1976 |
Insane billionaire |
| Theodore von Kármán |
Mathematician |
11-May-1881 |
7-May-1963 |
Kármán vortices |
| Anne Morrow Lindbergh |
Aviator |
22-Jun-1906 |
7-Feb-2001 |
Wife of Charles Lindbergh |
| Charles Lindbergh |
Aviator |
4-Feb-1902 |
26-Aug-1974 |
Transatlantic soloist |
| Jim Lovell |
Astronaut |
25-Mar-1928 |
|
Apollo 13 |
| Wiley Post |
Aviator |
22-Nov-1898 |
15-Aug-1935 |
First pilot to fly solo round the world |
| Eddie Rickenbacker |
Aviator |
8-Oct-1890 |
23-Jul-1973 |
Flying ace shot down 22 planes in WWI |
| Sally Ride |
Astronaut |
26-May-1951 |
|
First American woman in space |
| Burt Rutan |
Scientist |
17-Jun-1943 |
|
Homebrew aircraft guru |
| Wally Schirra |
Astronaut |
12-Mar-1923 |
3-May-2007 |
Commander of Apollo 7 |
| Igor Sikorsky |
Business |
25-May-1889 |
26-Oct-1972 |
Helicopter magnate |
| Deke Slayton |
Astronaut |
1-Mar-1924 |
13-Jun-1993 |
Original Mercury 7 astronaut |
| Frederick W. Smith |
Business |
11-Aug-1944 |
|
Founder and CEO of Federal Express |
| Elmer Sperry |
Inventor |
12-Oct-1860 |
10-Jun-1930 |
Gyroscopic compass |
| Thomas P. Stafford |
Astronaut |
17-Sep-1930 |
|
Gemini 6 & 9, Apollo 10, Apollo-Soyuz |
| James Stockdale |
Military |
23-Dec-1923 |
5-Jul-2005 |
H. Ross Perot's would-be Vice President |
| Paul Tibbets |
Military |
23-Feb-1915 |
1-Nov-2007 |
Pilot of the Enola Gay |
| Wernher von Braun |
Scientist |
23-Mar-1912 |
16-Jun-1977 |
German-American rocket technologist |
| Orville Wright |
Aviator |
19-Aug-1871 |
30-Jan-1948 |
Co-inventor of the airplane |
| Wilbur Wright |
Aviator |
16-Apr-1867 |
30-May-1912 |
Co-inventor of the airplane |
| Chuck Yeager |
Aviator |
13-Feb-1923 |
|
Test pilot, first to break speed of sound |
