# List of aviators
## Contents
### Military pilots

    0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

### Other famous figures with an aviation history

    0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

## 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

* Samaira Hullur
* 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