- Rajesh Pilot
Rajesh Pilot (died June 11, 2000) was an Indian politician and a minister in Government of India. He belonged to the Indian National Congress party and represented the Dausa constituency in Lok Sabha. Rajesh Pilot was born in Viadpura, a village in Ghaziabad District or Uttar Pradesh, to an armyman. His birthname was Rajeshwar Prasad Singh Vidhudi. He was brought up in the poor family of his uncle, in Delhi. - Louis Pilot
Louis Pilot (born November 11, 1940 in Esch-sur-Alzette) is a former Luxembourgian football (soccer) player and head coach of Luxembourg's national team. In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's jubilee, he was selected by the Luxembourg Football Federation as the country's Golden Player - the greatest player of the last 50 years. Pilot started his footballing career at his home town club CS Fola Esch, before signing for Belgian team Standard Liège at the age of 20. - Ann Hobson Pilot
Ann Hobson Pilot is the principal harpist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops. Prior to joining the BSO in 1969, she was the second harpist with the Pittsburgh Symphony and the principal harpist of the National Symphony. In addition to solo appearances with the BSO and Boston Pops, she has been a soloist with many American orchestras. She has played in the Marlboro Festival, with the Boston Symphony Chamber Players and the contemporary music ensemble Collage, … - Sachin Pilot
Sachin Pilot (born September 7 1977) is a member of the fourteenth Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Dausa constituency of Rajasthan and is a member of the Indian National Congress. - Eli Stone
"Eli Stone" is an upcoming American television drama created by Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim, who also serve as executive producers alongside Ken Olin who directed the pilot, with Melissa Berman producing. Produced by ABC Television Studio, After Portsmouth and Berlanti Television, the series was officially greenlit and given a thirteen-episode order on May 11, 2007, and is currently scheduled to air as a mid-season replacement in 2008. - George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker Bush was the forty-first President of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993. Before his presidency, Bush was the forty-third Vice President of the United States in the administration of Ronald Reagan. He has also served as the member of the United States House of Representatives for the 7th district of Texas (1967–1971), the United States Ambassador to the United Nations (1971–1973), … - Charles Lindbergh
Charles Augustus Lindbergh (4 February 1902 - 26 August 1974), known as "Lucky Lindy" and "The Lone Eagle," was an American pilot famous for the first solo, non-stop flight across the Atlantic, from Roosevelt Field, Long Island, NY to Paris in 1927 in the "Spirit of St. Louis." In the ensuing deluge of notoriety, Lindbergh became the world's best-known aviator. Charles Lindbergh is a recipient of the Medal of Honor. In the years prior to World War II, … - Michael Bloomberg
Michael Rubens Bloomberg (born 14 February 1942) is an American businessman, philanthropist, and the founder of Bloomberg L.P., currently serving as the Mayor of New York City. He was a general partner at Salomon Brothers before founding the financial software service company in 1981. Although a lifelong Democrat, he ran on the Republican ballot and was elected mayor in 2001, and was reelected to a second term in 2005. - Chris Carter
Chris Carter (born October 13, 1956) is an American screenwriter and producer, best known as the creator of "The X-Files". He was born in Bellflower, California to William and Catherine Carter. In college, he majored in journalism, graduating from California State University Long Beach in 1979. His brother, W. Craig Carter, is a Lord Foundation Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT. Carter began writing for Surfing magazine out of college. - B. B. King
Riley B. King, better known as B. B. King or "The King of Blues" (born September 16 1925 in Itta Bena, Mississippi), is an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter, widely considered one of the best and most respected blues musicians of all time. He was also ranked 3<sup>rd</sup> on the Rolling Stone's list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. - David Brown
Sir David Brown (May 10, 1904 - September 3, 1993) was an English entrepreneur, managing director of his family firm David Brown Limited and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thornycroft. Brown was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire. After attending Rossall School he started work as an apprentice in the family business, "David Brown Gear Company Ltd", aged 17, becoming managing director in 1931, on his uncle Percy's death. - My First Day
"My First Day" is the pilot of the American situation comedy "Scrubs". It originally aired as Episode 1 of Season 1 on October 2, 2001. - Entourage
"Entourage" is the pilot episode from Season 1 of the dramedy television series "Entourage". - Wiley Post
Wiley Hardeman Post (November 22, 1898 - August 15, 1935) was the first pilot to fly solo around the world. Also known for his work in high altitude flying, Post helped develop one of the first pressure suits. His plywood aircraft, the "Winnie Mae" is on display at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center adjacent to Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Virginia, and his pressure suit is being prepared for display at the same location. - Gary Powers
Francis "Frank" Gary Powers (August 17, 1929 - August 1, 1977) Capt. USAF; was an American pilot whose U-2 spy plane was shot down while over the Soviet Union, thus causing the U-2 Crisis of 1960. He was born in Jenkins, Kentucky and was raised in Pound, Virginia, on the Virginia-Kentucky border. After graduating from Milligan College in Eastern Tennessee, Gary was commissioned in the United States Air Force in 1950. - Larry Ellison
Lawrence Joseph Ellison (born August 17, 1944) is the co-founder and CEO of Oracle Corporation, a major database software company. - Derren Brown
Derren Victor Brown (born February 27 1971) is an English psychological illusionist and skeptic of paranormal phenomena. He was born in Croydon, South London, where he attended Whitgift School, where his father was the swimming teacher. While studying Law and German at the University of Bristol he attended a show by the hypnotist Martin S. Taylor, which inspired him to turn to illusion and hypnosis as a career. - Bruce Dickinson
Paul Bruce Dickinson (born August 7, 1958 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England) is a British singer, airline pilot, radio show host, fencer and songwriter, best-known as the lead singer in the iconic heavy metal band Iron Maiden. According to All Music Guide, Dickinson "was the most acclaimed and instantly recognizable vocalist to emerge from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement of the early-'80s". - Benito Mussolini
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (July 29, 1883 - April 28, 1945) was the prime minister and dictator of Italy from 1922 until 1943, when he was overthrown. He established a fascist regime that valued socialism, nationalism, militarism and anti-communism combined with strict censorship and state propaganda. Mussolini became a close ally of German dictator Adolf Hitler, whom he influenced. Mussolini entered World War II in June 1940 on the side of Nazi Germany. - Jeremy Davies
Jeremy Davies (b. October 8 1969, Traverse City, Michigan) is an American film and television actor. Born Jeremy Boring, he is the second of four children, having an older brother, Josh, who is an Air Force Pilot; a younger brother, Zachary; and younger sister, Katy. He was raised in Traverse City, Michigan during his early childhood, then moved to Kansas with his mother after his parents divorced. When his mother died of complications from Lupus in the mid 1970s, … - John Boyd
Colonel John (Richard) Boyd was a United States Air Force fighter pilot and military strategist of the late 20th century whose theories have been highly influential in the military and in business. Boyd was born on January 23, 1927 in Erie, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a Bachelor's degree in economics and from Georgia Tech with a Bachelor's degree in industrial engineering. - Gus Grissom
Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom was a United States Air Force pilot and a NASA astronaut. A native of Mitchell, Indiana, he was the second American to fly in space and the first person to fly in space twice. He was killed during a training exercise for the Apollo One mission on January 27, 1967, at Launch Complex 34 at Cape Kennedy, along with fellow astronauts Ed White and Roger Chaffee. - Thomas Reiter
Thomas Arthur Reiter (born May 23 1958 in Frankfurt, Germany) is an astronaut with the European Space Agency and is a colonel ("Oberst") in the Luftwaffe. As of 2006, he was one of the top 50 astronauts in terms of total time in space. He lives in Rastede (near Oldenburg) in Lower Saxony. In 1982, Reiter received his diploma in astronautics from the University of the German Federal Armed Forces in Munich. He completed his training as a pilot in Germany and Texas. - John Baker
John Baker (born 1960 or 1961, in Kotzebue, Alaska) is self-employed American dog musher, pilot and motivational speaker of Inupiat descent who consistently places in the top 10 during the 1,000+ mi (1,600 km) Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. - Bud Day
George E. "Bud" Day (born February 24, 1925) is a former U.S. Air Force pilot during the Vietnam War and recipient of the Medal of Honor. He is often cited as being the most decorated U.S. service member since General Douglas MacArthur, having received some seventy decorations, a majority for actions in combat. Day enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1942 and served thirty months in the South Pacific during World War II. - Ziad Jarrah
Ziad Samir Jarrah (May 11, 1975 - September 11, 2001), was the hijacker who acted as pilot of United Airlines Flight 93, part of the September 11, 2001 attacks. He is believed to have taken over as the pilot of the aircraft and made an unsuccessful attempt to crash the plane into the U.S. Capitol. There are many variations on his name, including Ziad Samir Al-Jarrah, Zaid Jarrahi, Ziad Jarrah Jarrat, … - Ivan Reitman
Ivan Reitman is a Slovakian-born, Canadian-raised jewish film actor, producer, and director. He is most remembered for directing and producing a string of comedies, mostly in the 1980s and 1990s. Reitman worked on a number of films after graduating from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. He produced two films for director David Cronenberg with "Shivers/They Came from Within/The Parasite Murders" (1974) and "Rabid" (1976). - John Morgan
John Morgan (September 21, 1930 - November 15, 2004) was a British-born Canadian comedian. Born in Aberdare, Wales, United Kingdom, Morgan played numerous characters on the CBC sketch comedy television series "Royal Canadian Air Farce" from 1993 to 2001 and its predecessor on CBC Radio, including perpetually disgusted Scotsman Jock McBile, socialite Amy De La Pompa, and monosyllabic Mike from Canmore, … - Douglas Bader
Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader, CBE, DSO and Bar, DFC and Bar, FRAeS, DL, RAF (21 February 1910-5 September 1982); surname pronounced) was a successful fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Bader is upheld as an inspirational leader and hero of the era, not least because he fought despite having lost both legs in a pre-war flying accident. - Dieter Dengler
Dieter Dengler (May 22, 1938 - February 7, 2001) was a United States Navy pilot during the Vietnam War. He was the sole survivor of an escape attempt from a Pathet Lao prison camp in Laos. - David Edwards
David Wayne Edwards (born April 18, 1956) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour from 1979-2005. He is the younger brother of former PGA Tour professional, Danny Edwards. Edwards was born in Neosho, Missouri. He attended Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma and was a distinguished member of the golf team. Edwards was the individual medalist his senior year at the 1978 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships, … - Noah Gray-Cabey
Noah Gray-Cabey (born November 16, 1995) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Franklin Aloyisious Mumford on the ABC sitcom "My Wife and Kids", and as Micah Sanders in the NBC science-fiction drama "Heroes". Gray-Cabey was born in Newry, Maine to Whitney Gray and Shawn Cabey. He started playing the piano when he was eighteen months old. At age four, he performed in several venues throughout New England and Washington, … - Patty Wagstaff
Patty Wagstaff (born September 11, 1951 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an aerobatic pilot from the United States. Wagstaff traveled all over the world as a child: her father was a pilot for Japan Airlines, and Wagstaff would travel to Southeast Asia, Australia and Alaska to prepare for her own career as a pilot. Her first lesson was on a Cessna 185; since then, she has earned licenses to fly multiple aircraft, including commercial helicopters. - Ron Arad
Ron Arad (born May 5, 1958) is an Israeli Air Force weapon systems officer (WSO) who is officially classified as missing in action but widely presumed dead. - Wally Schirra
Walter Marty Schirra, Jr. (March 12, 1923 - May 3, 2007) was one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts chosen for the Project Mercury, America's first effort to put men in space. He was the only man to fly in all of America's first three space programs (Mercury, Gemini and Apollo). He logged a total of 295 hours and 15 minutes in space. - Robert Butler
Robert Butler (born November 17, 1927) was a very influential and highly demanded film director from the mid 1960s all the way through the 1980s. He helped launch actor Kurt Russell's career through four Walt Disney movies (including "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes" and "The Barefoot Executive"), but his strongest and most fondly remembered contributions have been to the small screen. Butler began his career as a stage manager and an assistant, … - Robert Evans
Robert Evans (born April 30, 1977) is a playwright and actor. Born in Abergavenny, South Wales, he graduated in English at Oxford Brookes University, trained as an actor at The Central School of Speech and Drama, and in 2001 began writing. His first play, "Leslie's Electric Video" was produced by Sgript Cymru in 2002; "Mary's in the Shed" was produced and published by the same company in 2003. - Jerry Doyle
Jerry Doyle (born July 16, 1956, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor and libertarian radio personality, best known for his role as Michael Garibaldi on the 1990s science fiction television series "Babylon 5". His other science fiction acting credits include "Sliders" and "Gangster World". Doyle received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Aeronautics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, while also receiving his flight training. - Scott Anderson
Scott D. Anderson (1965 - March 23, 1999) was an F-16 fighter pilot for the Air National Guard in Duluth, Minnesota. He was also a test pilot for Cirrus Design. He was killed in an aircraft crash while testing Cirrus's SR20. Anderson is also the author of "Distant Fires", an outdoor adventure autobiography. - Leslie Jordan
Leslie Allen Jordan (according to his biography born April 29, 1955) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor. Hailing from Chattanooga, Tennessee and at a height of just 4 ft 11 in (1.50 m), Jordan has become an instantly recognizable face in film and television. He is most well known for his television work - including guest appearances on "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman", "Star Trek: Voyager", "Reba", "Boston Public", …
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