Aviators from California

American aviator, engineer, industrialist, and film producer (1905–1976)

American astronaut, naval officer, test pilot and aeronautical engineer (1930–2018)

American astronaut and lunar explorer (1933–2024)

Victor Jerome Glover Jr. is an American naval officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut of the 2013 class. A former F/A‑18 pilot and graduate of the United States Air Force Test Pilot School, in 2020, he piloted the first operational flight of SpaceX's Crew Dragon to the International Space Station. Glover served as a flight engineer on Expedition 64 and became the first Black American astronaut to live aboard the ISS. In April 2026, Glover piloted the Artemis II mission, during which he became the first person of color to travel to the vicinity of the Moon, and one of the four humans who have travelled the farthest from Earth.

British actor

U.S. Navy Commander, NASA astronaut and the pilot of Space Shuttle Columbia which was destroyed during re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere in 2003

American businessman, record-setting aviator, sailor, and adventurer

American rock musician

American military officer and aviation pioneer (1896–1993)

American baseball player and fighter pilot

American aerospace engineer (born 1943)

American actress, author, aviator (1932-1990)

American hurdler (1891–1974)

United States general and astronaut

aviator, engineer and astronaut (1930–1967)

American astronaut

American astronaut

American actor (1914-1959)

American actor (born 1970)

former U.S. House of Representatives member, convicted and sentenced for conspiracy to commit bribery, mail fraud, wire fraud and tax evasion

American aviator (1901-1975)

NASA research pilot and astronaut (1930–2014)

United States Navy officer (1921-2006)

Lawnchair balloon pilot (1949–1993)

American aviation pioneer, inventor, scientist (1858-1911)

American World War II flying ace (1922–2024)

American World War II pilot (1918–2006)

first person ever to die in an airplane crash

American swimmer, Olympic athlete, aviator

American aviator (1895–1954)

American aviator, test pilot, and recipient of the Purple Heart medal

American comic artist (1925-1982)

American pilot

American aerobatic pilot (1887–1915)

Chinese-American aviator

American aviator (1894–1967)

American broadcast reporter and scientist

American luger, bob pilot and pilot

American aviator (1898-1982)

American pilot

American water polo player and actor

American snowboarder, extreme sports athlete, YouTuber, and former aircraft pilot

American astronaut (1932-2005)

American aviator

American pilot, first female pilot to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean (1963)

American aviator

United States Navy Rear Admiral and American Airlines pilot (1938-2001)

United States naval offocer (1888-1950)

American aviation pioneer

American aviator (1895–1927)

US Air Force officer

United States Air Force Medal of Honor recipient (1919–1944)

American businessman

Aerobatic pilot

U.S. Air Force general

American World War I flying ace (1896–1990)