Octave Chanute

Octave Chanute

male, deceased (1910)
Octave Chanute (18 February 1832 - November 23 1910) was an American railroad engineer and aviation pioneer. He provided the Wright brothers with...

Milton Wright

male, deceased (1917)
Milton Wright (17 November 1828 - 3 April 1917) was the father of aviation pioneers Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright, and a Bishop of the Church of...
Charlie Taylor

Charlie Taylor

male, deceased (1956)
Charles Edward Taylor or Charlie Taylor built the engine used by the Wright brothers in their early aircraft, the Flyer. Taylor also built the wind...
Paul Laurence Dunbar

Paul Laurence Dunbar

male, deceased (1906)
Paul Laurence Dunbar"' (June 27, 1872 - February 9, 1906) was a seminal American poet of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Dunbar gained...
Richard Pearse

Richard Pearse

male, deceased (1953)
Richard William Pearse, a New Zealand farmer and inventor, performed pioneering experiments in aviation. Pearse appears to have successfully flown...
Percy Pilcher

Percy Pilcher

male, deceased (1899)
Percy Sinclair Pilcher (January 1866 - 2 October, 1899) was a British inventor and pioneer aviator who, in one of the big "what if" events of...
Karl Jatho

Karl Jatho

male, deceased (1933)
Karl Jatho (February 3, 1873 - December 8, 1933) was a German pioneer and inventor, performer and public servant of the city of Hanover. On August...
John Stringfellow

John Stringfellow

male, deceased (1883)
John Stringfellow (1799-1883) was born in Sheffield, England and is known for his work on the Aerial Steam Carriage with William Samuel Henson....

Amos Root

male, deceased (1923)
Amos Ives Root (1839-1923) founder of the A. I. Root Company and developed innovative beekeeping techniques in the United States during the mid...
Henry H. Arnold

Henry H. Arnold

male, deceased (1950)
General of the Air Force Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold GCB (June 25, 1886 – January 15, 1950) was an aviation pioneer and Chief of the United States Ar...