List of aerospace engineers
This is a list of notable aerospace engineers, people who were trained in or practiced aerospace engineering.
See also List of engineers for people from other disciplines.
A
- Clément Ader
- Neil Armstrong (1930–2012) - first man on the moon
- A.P.J Abdul Kalam (1930–2015) - Missile Man of India
- Ron Ayers - designer of ThrustSSC, the first land-based vehicle to break the sound barrier
B
- V. P. Barmin - designer of the rocket launch complex
- Frank Barnwell (1880–1938) - chief engineer, Bristol Aeroplane Company
- Don Beckerleg (1933–2015) - iconic flight engineer, Lockheed Martin[1]
- Thomas W. Benoist (1874–1917) - early airline entrepreneur
- Charles Bolden - NASA Administrator
- Ludwig Bölkow - aerodynamicist for the Me 262
- Frank Borman (born March 14, 1928) - first man to circle the moon
- Yvonne Brill (1924–2013) - electrothermal hydrazine thruster
- Adolf Busemann - swept wing
C
- Sir Sydney Camm
- Giovanni Caproni (1886–1957)
- Sir George Cayley - notable for his research in aerodynamics
- Clyde Cessna (1879–1954) - early aircraft designer
- Roy Chadwick
- Roger Chaffee - Apollo 1 fire victim
- Kalpana Chawla (1961–2003) - died in Columbia disaster
- Vladimir Chelomei
- Henri Coandă - inventor of the jet engine
- Nicholas Comper (1897–1939) - designer of the Comper Swift
- Philip M. Condit - former CEO of Boeing
- Scott Crossfield
- Glenn Curtiss
D
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519)
- Werner Dahm[2]
- Marcel Dassault (1892–1986)
- Serge Dassault (1925–)
- Geoffrey de Havilland (1882–1965)
- Juan de la Cierva – inventor of the autogyro
- Satish Dhawan (1920–2002)
- Paul Bernard Dilworth (1915–2007)
- Heini Dittmar (1911–1960) - record-breaking pilot
- Claudius Dornier
- Donald W. Douglas
- Iain Dowie
- Sir George Dowty
- Alberto Santos Dumont (1873–1932) - inventor of the dirigible; aeronautics pioneer
- Pedro Duque
E
F
- Maxime Faget (1921–2004) - designer of the Project Mercury spacecraft
- Charles Richard Fairey - founder of the Fairey Aviation company
- Roy Fedden - British engine designer for Bristol Engine Company
- Gerhard Fieseler - German aircraft designer
- Anton Flettner
- Anthony Fokker (1890–1939)
- Henry Folland
G
- Giuseppe Gabrielli (1903–1987) - Italian aircraft designer
- Valentin Glushko
- Robert Goddard
- Tadeusz Góra
- Jay Greene
- Bartolomeu de Gusmão - Portuguese priest; aircraft designer
H
- Wolfgang Haack
- B. J. Habibie
- Raoul Hafner
- Harry Hawker
- Edward H. Heinemann
- Ernst Heinkel
- Homer Hickam
- Peter K. Homer
- Stanley Hooker
- Jiro Horikoshi (1903–1982) - chief engineer for the Mitsubishi A6M
- Howard Hughes - aerospace engineer, cineast, entrepreneur
- Rick Husband - died in the Columbia disaster
- François Hussenot - inventor of one of the early forms of the flight recorder
J
- Clarence "Kelly" Johnson (1910–1990)
- Paul Johnston - chief engineer for Cirrus Aircraft; contributed to SR20 and SR22 design[3]
- Robert T. Jones
- Hugo Junkers (1859–1935) - pioneered the design of all-metal airplanes
K
- A.P.J Abdul Kalam (born October 15, 1931) - former President of India
- Dutch Kindelberger
- Ave K. Kludze, Jr.
- Sergey Korolev
- Chris Kraft
- Eugene Kranz - aeronautical engineer
- Dietrich Küchemann
L
- Samuel Pierpont Langley - aircraft
- Otto Lilienthal
- Alexander Lippisch
- Per Lindstrand - balloons and other aircraft
- Glynn Lunney (1936– )
M
- Paul MacCready
- Ernst Mach (1838–1916)
- Elsie MacGill (1905–1980)
- Frederick Marriott (1805–1884)
- Mark D. Maughmer
- William C. McCool - died in Columbia disaster
- Sean McMahon - Aeronautical Engineer
- Wilhelm Messerschmitt (1898–1978)
- R. J. Mitchell
- Montgolfier brothers
- John J. Montgomery
N
- Gerhard Neumann - engineer for General Electric; contributed to the design of the J79
O
- Hermann Oberth (1894–1989)
P
- Richard Pearse - early New Zealand aircraft builder
- W. E. W. (Teddy) Petter
- Percy Pilcher
- Curtis Pitts (1915–2005)
- Paul Poberezny (1921–2013) - founder of the Experimental Aircraft Association
- Boris Popov - inventor of the ballistic parachute recovery system[4]
- Henry Potez
- Herman Potočnik (1892–1929)
- Ludwig Prandtl
R
- Wilfrid Thomas Reid (1887–1968)
- Judith Resnik
- Osborne Reynolds (1842–1912)
- Ben Rich - director of Lockheed's Skunk Works; contributed to SR-71 and F-117 development
- John M. Riebe (1921–2011)
- Robert brothers - balloonists
- Sir Alliott Verdon Roe
- Jan Roskam
- Ludwig Roth
- Edward J. Ruppelt (1923–1960) - director of Project Blue Book
- Burt Rutan
- Tubal Claude Ryan (1898–1982) - founder of the Ryan Aeronautical Company
S
- Nevil Shute - aeronautical engineer and author
- Igor Sikorsky - pioneered helicopters
- Ozires Silva - Brazilian founder of Embraer
- Herbert Smith - designer of the Sopwith Triplane
- Sir Tom Sopwith - Sopwith Aviation Company
- Joe Sutter - chief engineer for the Boeing 747
- Victor Szebehely - aerospace engineering and celestial mechanics
T
- Kurt Tank - design engineer for Focke-Wulf
- Theodore Theodorsen - aerodynamicist at NACA
- Richard Truly - former astronaut and head of NASA
- Andrei Tupolev - founder of OKB Tupolev
V
- Richard VanGrunsven - prolific kit aircraft engineer
- Aurel Vlaicu
- Wernher von Braun (1912–1977) - German rocket pioneer
- Theodore von Kármán (1881–1963)
- Hans von Ohain (1911–1998)
- Traian Vuia - first flight with no other ground devices
W
- Dwane L. Wallace (1911–1989) - early Cessna CEO and designer[5]
- Sir Barnes Wallis (1887–1979)
- Ken Wallis MBE - autogyro
- Hellmuth Walter (1900–1980) - rocket engines
- Johanna Weber
- Fred Weick
- Edward Curtis Wells (1910–1986)
- Richard Whitcomb
- Sir Frank Whittle (1907–1996) - pioneer of the jet engine
- Stanisław Wigura (1901–1932)
- Steve Wittman (1904–1995) - air-racer and aircraft designer
- Wright brothers
X
Y
- Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev - founder of OKB Yakovlev
Z
- Engelbert Zaschka (1895–1955) - one of the first German helicopter pioneers
- Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838–1917)
- Henri Ziegler - father of the Airbus program
- Robert Zubrin
See also
References
- ↑ http://archive.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/articles/2009/07/22/20090722swv-gylockheed0722.html
- ↑ http://www.physicstoday.org/obits/notice_206.shtml
- ↑ http://cirrusaircraft.com/cirrus-aircraft-sr-series-engineering-and-design-team-receives-joseph-t-nall-safety-award/
- ↑ http://www.nasa.gov/offices/oct/home/tech_life_brs.html
- ↑ https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/dwane-l-wallace/18320
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