- male, deceased (1996)
- Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, OM, KBE, FRS, Hon FRAeS (1 June 1907-9 August 1996) was an English Royal Air Force officer and is seen as the...
- male, deceased (1998)
- Hans Joachim Pabst von Ohain (December 14 1911 - March 13 1998) was one of the inventors of jet propulsion. Ohain designed the first self-contained...
- male, 51 years old
- Yves Rossy (born August 27, 1959) is a Swiss pilot, inventor and aviation enthusiast. He invented and is the first person to have flown a jet...
- male, deceased (1978)
- Wilhelm Emil "Willy" Messerschmitt (June 26, 1898 - September 15, 1978) was a legendary German aircraft designer and manufacturer. He was born in...
- male, deceased (1994)
- Anselm Franz (1900-1994) was a pioneering jet engine engineer, known for the development of the Jumo 004 turbojet in Germany during World War II,...
- male, deceased (1952)
- John Rhodes Cobb was a British racing motorist. He made money as a director of fur brokers Anning, Chadwick and Kiver and could afford to...
- male, deceased (1980)
- Secondo Campini (born August 28 1904 in Bologna, died February 7 1980 in Milan) was an Italian engineer and one of the pioneers of the jet engine....
- male, deceased (1984)
- Sir Stanley George Hooker was a jet engine engineer, first at Rolls-Royce where he worked on the earliest designs such as the Welland and Derwent,...
- male
- Ken Warby is an Australian motorboat racer, who currently holds the Water speed record of 317.60 miles per hour. This was set in Blowering Dam,...
- male, deceased (1949)
- Jens William Ægidius Elling (also Aegidus or Aegidius was a Norwegian inventor who is considered to be the father of the gas turbine. His first g...
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