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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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
Lawrence Bell
Business
5-Apr-1894 20-Oct-1956 Founder of Bell Helicopter
Vincent Bendix
Inventor
12-Aug-1881 27-Mar-1945 Founder of Bendix Corporation
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
Donald W. Douglas
Business
6-Apr-1892 1-Feb-1981 Founder of Douglas Aircraft Co.
Amelia Earhart
Aviator
24-Jul-1897 2-Jul-1937 Misplaced aviatrix
Henry Ford
Business
30-Jul-1863 7-Apr-1947 Founder of Ford Motors
Joe Foss
Military
17-Apr-1915 1-Jan-2003 WWII ace, Governor of South Dakota
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
Kelly Johnson
Engineer
27-Feb-1910 21-Dec-1990 Lockheed Skunk Works plane designer
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
Glenn L. Martin
Engineer
17-Jan-1886 5-Dec-1955 Martin Aircraft Co.
Jack Northrop
Business
10-Nov-1895 18-Feb-1981 All-wing aircraft
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 23-Jul-2012 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
Lawrence B. Sperry
Inventor
22-Dec-1892 13-Dec-1923 Invented the autopilot
Thomas P. Stafford
Astronaut
17-Sep-1930   Gemini 6 & 9, Apollo 10, Apollo-Soyuz
John P. Stapp
Scientist
11-Jul-1910 13-Nov-1999 Rocket sled pioneer
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 scientist
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


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