List of aerospace engineers
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This is a list of aerospace engineers, people who were trained in or practiced aerospace engineering.
See also List of engineers - for lists of engineers from other disciplines.
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A
- Neil Armstrong, (born 1930)
- Dr A.P.J Abdul Kalam
B
- Frank Barnwell
- Wernher von Braun, (1912-1977), famous German rocket pioneer
C
- Sir Sidney Camm
- Sir George Cayley - inventor of the science of aerodynamics
- Roy Chadwick
- Roger Chaffee - Apollo 1 fire victim
- Philip Condit
- Henri Coanda
- Glenn Curtiss
D
- Leonardo Da Vinci, (1452-1519)
- Marcel Dassault, (1892-1986)
- Geoffrey de Havilland, (1882-1965)
- Claudius Dornier
E
F
- Anton Flettner
- Anthony Fokker, (1890-1939)
- Stelio Frati Italian aircraft designer responsible for the Falco and SIAI Marchetti
G
H
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J
- Clarence "Kelly" Johnson
- Hugo Junkers, (1859-1935)
- Joe Juneau, (NHL hockey player)
K
- Theodore von Kármán, (1881-1963)
L
M
- Ernst Mach, (1838-1916)
- Paul MacCready
- Wilhelm Messerschmitt (1898-1978)
- R.J. Mitchell
- Montgolfier Brothers
N
- Prof. A. Nagarajan, (born 1944)
- Nevil Shute Norway
- Richard M. Nissotti
O
P
- Richard Pearse - Early New Zealand aircraft builder who is reputed to have made the first powered aircraft flight on March 31, 1903
- W. E. W. (Teddy) Petter
- Percy Pilcher
- John Porte
- Herman Potočnik, (1892-1929)
- Ludwig Prandtl
Q
R
- Judith Resnik
- Osborne Reynolds, (1842-1912)
- Raymond Rice
- Ben Rich - Skunk Works engineer who helped design the engine inlet for the SR-71, winner of a Collier Trophy
- Sir Alliott Verdon Roe
- Burt Rutan
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- Sir Tom Sopwith
- Victor Szebehely - Aerospace Engineering & Celestial Mechanics
- Mikhail Simonov - Major contributor to the design of the Su-27 and its derivatives, in addition to the Su-47.
- Herbert Smith
- Pavel Sukhoi - Founder of OKB Sukhoi.
- Mercedes Sanders-Aerospace Engineer & Electrical Engineer one of the first African American females to graduate from Georgia Tech University with a degree in Aerospace Engineering
- Klaus von Storch
T
- Kurt Tank, (1898-1983)
- Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky, (1857-1935)
- Andrey Tupolev - Founder of OKB Tupolev.
U
- Daniel Uffelman, (1984 - )
V
W
- Sir Barnes Wallis
- Hellmuth Walter, (1900-1980) - rocket engines
- Richard Whitcomb
- Sir Frank Whittle, (1907-1996)
- Wright Brothers - inventors of the wind tunnel; designed and constructed the first practical powered airplane
X
Y
- Alexander Yakovlev - Founder of OKB Yakovlev.