| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Louis Blériot |
Aviator |
1-Jul-1872 |
2-Aug-1936 |
First to fly across English Channel |
| William Boeing |
Business |
1-Oct-1881 |
28-Sep-1956 |
Founder of Boeing, United Airlines |
| Jackie Cochran |
Aviator |
11-May-1906 |
9-Aug-1980 |
First woman to break the sound barrier |
| Frank Corder |
Aviator |
26-May-1956 |
12-Sep-1994 |
Crashed a Cessna into White House lawn |
| Wrong Way Corrigan |
Aviator |
22-Jan-1907 |
9-Dec-1995 |
Flew transatlantic route "by accident" |
| Glenn Curtiss |
Aviator |
21-May-1878 |
23-Jul-1930 |
American aviation pioneer |
| James Doolittle |
Aviator |
14-Dec-1896 |
27-Sep-1993 |
Doolittle Raid against Tokyo in 1942 |
| Amelia Earhart |
Aviator |
24-Jul-1897 |
2-Jul-1937 |
Misplaced aviatrix |
| Steve Fossett |
Aviator |
22-Apr-1944 |
3-Sep-2007 |
First to cross Pacific in a balloon |
| Laura Ingalls |
Aviator |
14-Dec-1893 |
10-Jan-1967 |
Aviatrix and Nazi sympathizer |
| Samuel P. Langley |
Astronomer |
22-Aug-1834 |
2-Feb-1906 |
Heavier-than-air flying machine |
| 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 |
| Beryl Markham |
Aviator |
26-Oct-1902 |
3-Aug-1986 |
West with the Night |
| James S. McDonnell |
Business |
9-Apr-1899 |
22-Aug-1980 |
Founder of McDonnell Aircraft Co. |
| Susan Oliver |
Actor |
13-Feb-1932 |
10-May-1990 |
Actress-cum-Aviatrix |
| Auguste Piccard |
Physicist |
28-Jan-1884 |
24-Mar-1962 |
First man in the stratosphere |
| Jean Piccard |
Aviator |
28-Jan-1884 |
28-Jan-1963 |
Extreme balloonist |
| Wiley Post |
Aviator |
22-Nov-1898 |
15-Aug-1935 |
First pilot to fly solo round the world |
| Bessica Raiche |
Aviator |
Apr-1875 |
11-Apr-1932 |
Aviatrix and gynecologist |
| Eddie Rickenbacker |
Aviator |
8-Oct-1890 |
23-Jul-1973 |
Flying ace shot down 22 planes in WWI |
| Charles Stewart Rolls |
Business |
27-Aug-1877 |
12-Jul-1910 |
Co-Founder of Rolls-Royce |
| Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
Author |
29-Jun-1900 |
31-Jul-1944 |
The Little Prince |
| Blanche Stuart Scott |
Aviator |
8-Apr-1885 |
12-Jan-1970 |
Auto and air daredevil |
| Chesley Sullenberger |
Aviator |
23-Jan-1951 |
|
Landed Flight 1549 on the Hudson River |
| Vicki Van Meter |
Aviator |
13-Mar-1982 |
15-Mar-2008 |
Child cross-country aviator |
| Manfred von Richthofen |
Military |
2-May-1892 |
21-Apr-1918 |
The Red Baron |
| 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 |
