Famous fighter pilots
military aviator trained to engage in air-to-air, and often air-to-ground, combat
126 people
John McCain
1936
– 2018
· Age 81
Deceased
Hermann Göring
1893
– 1946
· Age 53
Deceased
Roald Dahl
1916
– 1990
· Age 74
Deceased
Hafez al-Assad
1930
– 2000
· Age 69
Deceased
Charles Lindbergh
1902
– 1974
· Age 72
Deceased
Alexey Leonov
1934
– 2019
· Age 85
Deceased
Eugene Cernan
1934
– 2017
· Age 82
Deceased
Chuck Yeager
1923
– 2020
· Age 97
Deceased
Sigmund Jähn
1937
– 2019
· Age 82
Deceased
Alexander Pokryshkin
1913
– 1985
· Age 72
Deceased
Ivan Kozhedub
1920
– 1991
· Age 71
Deceased
Lydia Litvyak
1921
– 1943
· Age 21
Deceased
Ernst Udet
1896
– 1941
· Age 45
Deceased
Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev
1925
– 1970
· Age 44
Deceased
Walter Cunningham
1932
– 2023
· Age 90
Deceased
Werner Mölders
1913
– 1941
· Age 28
Deceased
Joseph Kittinger
1928
– 2022
· Age 94
Deceased
Merian C. Cooper
1893
– 1973
· Age 79
Deceased
Hans-Joachim Marseille
1919
– 1942
· Age 22
Deceased
Amet-khan Sultan
1920
– 1971
· Age 50
Deceased
Gerhard Barkhorn
1919
– 1983
· Age 63
Deceased
Eddie Rickenbacker
1890
– 1973
· Age 82
Deceased
Yekaterina Budanova
1916
– 1943
· Age 26
Deceased
Valentin Bondarenko
1937
– 1961
· Age 24
Deceased
Jon McBride
1943
– 2024
· Age 80
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q618694