List of aviators
== 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 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 Giribala Mohanty 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 Ruth Reinhold Hanna Reitsch Sally Ride Margaret Ringenberg Keith Rosenkranz Yves Rousseau Edvard Rusjan Mathias Rust Dick Rutan === S === 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 Zoey 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 Velta Benn 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.