Jan Davis

Jan Davis

female, 56 years old
University Of Alabama In Huntsville, Women engineer, From Huntsville, Alabama, Alpha Xi Delta, Georgia Institute of Technology alumni, NASA Exceptional Service Medal
Nancy Jan Davis (born November 1, 1953) is an American astronaut and the current director of the Safety and Mission Assurance directorate at...
Wernher von Braun

Wernher von Braun

male, deceased (1977) (United States)
Aerospace engineer, rocket, NASA personnel, Early spaceflight scientist, Saturn V, v-2 rocket…From Huntsville, Alabama
Dr. Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun (March 23 1912 - June 16 1977) was one of the leading figures in the development of rocket...
Lawrence J. Delucas

Lawrence J. Delucas

male, 59 years old
Syracuse, astronaut, scuba diving, space shuttle, payload, American…University Of Alabama In Huntsville
Lawrence James "Larry" DeLucas (O. D., Ph.D.) was Payload Specialist on Space Shuttle mission STS-50. He was born on July 11, 1950 in Syracuse, New...
John Christy

John Christy

male
American Meteorological Society, data set, John R. Christy, Climate Change Science Program, IPCC lead author, atmospheric sciences…University Of Alabama In Huntsville
John R. Christy is a climate scientist whose chief interests are global climate change, satellite sensing of global climate, and paleoclimate. He...
Homer Hickam

Homer Hickam

male, 66 years old
New York Times, NASA personnel, author, New York Times best-seller, Space advocacy, vietnam veteran…From Huntsville, Alabama
Homer Hadley Hickam, Jr. (born February 19, 1943) is an American author, Vietnam veteran, and a former NASA engineer. His autobiographical novel...
Konrad Dannenberg

Konrad Dannenberg

male, 97 years old
physicist, Rocketry, From Huntsville, Alabama, Redstone, naturalized, NASA personnel
Konrad Dannenberg is a rocket pioneer. At the age of two, he and his family moved to Velber with Hanover, where he spent his youth. A lecture by...
Bobby Eaton

Bobby Eaton

male, 51 years old
world championship wrestling, World Class Championship Wrestling, Jim Crockett Promotions, Smokey Mountain Wrestling, Koko B. Ware, Mid-South Wrestling…From Huntsville, Alabama
Robert Lee Eaton (born August 14, 1958), best known as"Beautiful" Bobby Eaton, is a semi-retired professional wrestler who made his debut in 1976....
Gabby Street

Gabby Street

male, deceased (1951)
Vaudeville performer, Major League Baseball announcer, Minnesota Twins, Cincinnati Reds, minor league baseball, from Alabama…From Huntsville, Alabama
Charles Evard "Gabby" Street, also nicknamed "The Old Sarge", was an American catcher, manager, coach and radio broadcaster in Major League...
Jimmy Means

Jimmy Means

male, 59 years old
NASCAR driver, American, racecar driver, NASCAR owner, Busch Series, Jimmy "Smut" Means…From Huntsville, Alabama
Jimmy Means is a former Winston Cup/Nextel Cup owner/driver. Currently, he is an adviser for Front Row Motorsports. He competed in NASCAR for...
Ernst Stuhlinger

Ernst Stuhlinger

male, 95 years old
physicist, From Huntsville, Alabama, Rocketry, American, Aerospace engineer, naturalized citizen of the United States
Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger is an American atomic, electrical and rocket scientist born in Niederrimbach, Germany, on December 19, 1913. He earned his...