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People who have walked on the Moon

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Neil Armstrong
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.
Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin is an American former astronaut, aeronautical engineer, and fighter pilot. He was the second person to walk on the Moon after mission commander Neil Armstrong. He made three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission, and was the Lunar Module Eagle pilot on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission. Following the deaths of Armstrong in 2012 and pilot Michael Collins in 2021, he is the last surviving Apollo 11 crew member. Following Jim Lovell's death in 2025, Aldrin became the oldest living astronaut.
Alan Shepard
American astronaut, first American in space, lunar explorer (1923–1998)
Eugene Cernan
NASA astronaut, Naval aviator, aeronautical engineer, electrical engineer, fighter pilot, eleventh human to walk on the Moon (Apollo 10 and Apollo 17)
Alan Bean
American astronaut and painter (1932-2018)
Pete Conrad
American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–1999)
John Young
American astronaut, naval officer, test pilot and aeronautical engineer (1930–2018)
Edgar Mitchell
American astronaut (1930-2016)
David Scott
American engineer, retired U.S. Air Force officer, former test pilot, and former NASA astronaut (born 1932)
James Irwin
American astronaut (1930-1991)
Harrison Schmitt
Astronaut, geologist, politician, 12th man to walk on the moon (Apollo 17)
Charles Duke
American engineer, U.S. Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (born 1935)