Aviators from Ohio

Neil Alden Armstrong was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who, as the commander of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, became the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot and university professor.

American aviation pioneers

American astronaut and politician (1921–2016)

Sunita Lyn Williams is a retired United States Navy captain and former NASA astronaut. Williams served aboard the International Space Station as a flight engineer for Expedition 14, Expedition 15, Expedition 32, and Expedition 71 and commander of Expedition 33 and Expedition 72. A member of NASA’s Commercial Crew program, she became the first woman to fly on a flight test of an orbital spacecraft during the 2024 Boeing Crew Flight Test and had her stay extended by technical problems aboard the ISS for more than nine months. She is one of the most experienced spacewalkers: her nine spacewalks are second-most by a woman, and her total spacewalk time of 62 hours and 6 minutes is fourth overall and the most by a woman.

James Arthur Lovell Jr. was an American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and mechanical engineer. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8, he, along with Frank Borman and William Anders, became one of the first three astronauts to fly to and orbit the Moon. He then commanded the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970 which, after a critical failure en route, looped around the Moon and returned safely to Earth.

American astronaut (1930–1987)

United States Air Force test pilot and astronaut (1931–1966)

American astronaut (1936–1996)

American astronaut

.American aviation pioneer (1925–2014)

American air racer (1955-2015)

recipient of the Navy Cross (1903–1942)

Accused of involvement in JFK assassination

American flying ace (1920–1951)

career officer in the United States Air Force and participant in the Doolittle Raid (1915-2019)

American businessman (1866–1945)

American Air Force officer

American aviator

American entertainer; singer, actor, dancer, comedian, pianist, songwriter, bandleader, and nightclub performer (1895-1972)

US Navy officer (1888-1925)

early Female plane passenger

American flying ace (1899-1985)

World War II pilot and flying Ace (1917-2008)

American politician, former Marine fighter pilot, former college varsity soccer player

American balloonist (1876–1960)

American flying ace

First female aviator to join the US Forest Service.

American aviator (1888–1981)

American flying ace for Britain (1897-1967)