List of aviators

This is a list of notable 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.

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Other famous figures with an aviation history

The following is a list of notable people from various professions who are also pilots:

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  • 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

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  • 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.

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  • 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

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  • 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
  • BB King, musician.
  • Kris Kristofferson, American writer, singer-songwriter, actor and musician
  • Larry Kusche, American author

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  • Gary Numan, English singer, musician, composer, air display pilot, flying examiner

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  • 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
  • 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

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  • Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Second Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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See also

References
  1. vanWyngarden, Greg (2006). Osprey Aircraft of the Aces #73: Early German Aces of World War 1. Botley, Oxford UK & New York City, USA: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84176-997-4.
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