Aviators and Astronauts
- Walter Herschel Beech, (1891–1950), aviator and aircraft designer, Wichita, Kansas.
- Clyde Vernon Cessna, (1879–1954), aviator and aircraft designer, Rago, Kansas.
- Amelia Earhart, (1897–1937), aviator, Atchison, Kansas.
- Joe Engle, (born 1932), astronaut, Chapman, Kansas.
- Ronald Evans, (1933 – 90), astronaut, Topeka, Kansas.
- Daniel Forbes, (1920 – 48), United States Army Air Corps pilot, Carbondale, Kansas.
- Steve Hawley, (born 1951), astronaut, Salina, Kansas.
- Donald Hudson, (1895–1967), World War I flying ace, Topeka, Kansas.
- Lloyd Carlton Stearman, (1898–1975), aviator and aircraft designer, Wellsville, Kansas.
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“Just opening up the door, having this ordinary person fly, says a lot for the future. You can always equate astronauts with explorers who were subsidized. Now you are getting someone going just to observe. And then you’ll have the settlers.”
—Christa McAuliffe (1948–1986)