| 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 |
| 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 |
