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Aviators and astronauts buried in Virginia
Wikidata records 171 aviators and astronauts as buried in 8 of the cemeteries we list in Virginia. Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington holds the most, with 164. Virginia has the highest count of any state, out of 470 nationally.
People recorded as aircraft pilots, aviators or astronauts.
171
aviators and astronauts
8
cemeteries
3%
of notable burials in Virginia
2000s
the decade with the most deaths (34)
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Best documented
Aviators and astronauts buried in Virginia
- Michael Collins1930-2021American astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- John Glenn1921-2016American astronaut and politicianArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Alan Bean1932-2018American astronaut and painterArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Richard E. Byrd1888-1957American naval officer, explorerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Pete Conrad1930-1999American astronaut and lunar explorerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- John Young1930-2018American astronaut, naval officer, test pilot and aeronautical engineerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Christa McAuliffe1948-1986American educator and astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Gus Grissom1926-1967American astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Edgar Mitchell1930-2016American astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Judith Resnik1949-1986American engineer and astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Hiram Bingham III1875-1956American academic, explorer, treasure hunter and politicianArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Laurel Clark1961-2003NASA astronaut, medical doctor, United States Navy Captain, and Space Shuttle mission specialistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- James Irwin1930-1991American astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Roger Bruce Chaffee1935-1967United States Navy commander, NASA astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Francis Gary Powers1929-1977American pilot shot down flying a U-2 spy plane over the Soviet UnionArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Ronald McNair1950-1986American physicist, astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Richard F. Gordon1929-2017American astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Michael P. Anderson1959-2003Astronaut, scientistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- David M. Brown1956-2003American astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Dick Scobee1939-1986American astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Henry H. Arnold1886-1950American general officer holding the ranks of General of the Army and General of the Air ForceArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Gregory Jarvis1944-1986American astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Michael J. Smith1945-1986American astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Stuart Roosa1933-1994American astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Ellison Onizuka1946-1986American astronaut from Kealakekua, Kona, Hawaii, first Asian American to reach space, later died in the Space Shuttle Challenger accidentArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Alfred Worden1932-2020American astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Donn F. Eisele1930-1987American astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Jimmy Doolittle1896-1993American military officer and aviation pioneerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Henry Hartsfield1933-2014American astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Mal Whitfield1924-2015American middle-distance runner and sprinterArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Claire Lee Chennault1893-1958US generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- C. Gordon Fullerton1936-2013American astronaut and test pilotArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.1915-1944Junior officer in the United States Navy and elder brother of John F. KennedyArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Jack Valenti1921-2007American political advisor and lobbyist who served as a Special Assistant to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson; also President of the MPAAArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Elliot See1927-1966American test pilot and NASA astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Theodore Freeman1930-1964American astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Clifton Williams1932-1967American astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Thomas J. Hudner1924-2017United States Navy Medal of Honor recipientArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Charles Bassett1931-1966United States Air Force test pilot and astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Robert F. Overmyer1936-1996American astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Marc Mitscher1887-1947United States admiralArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- David M. Walker1944-2001American astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- S. David Griggs1939-1989United States admiralArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Willis Augustus Lee1888-1945AdmiralArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Lewis Hyde Brereton1890-1967United States Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Ira Clarence Eaker1896-1987United States Air Force generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Nathan Farragut Twining1897-1982United States generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Richard Halsey Best1910-2001US Navy pilotArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Pappy Boyington1912-1988United States Marine Corps aviator and Medal of Honor recipientArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Robert Michael White1924-2010American officer, astronaut, engineer and test pilotArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Dieter Dengler1938-2001Vietnam War prisoner of warArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Floyd Bennett1890-1928US pilotArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Bernt Balchen1899-1973Aviation pioneer and United States Army officerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Albert Scott Crossfield1921-2006United States Navy officerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Joe Foss1915-2003United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipientArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Frank Maxwell Andrews1884-1943United States Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Thomas McGuire1920-1945United States Army officerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Brian Binnie1953-2022United States naval aviator and commercial astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Bud Anderson1922-2024American World War II flying aceArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Daniel James, Jr.1920-1978United States Air Force generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Iven Carl Kincheloe1928-1958American flying aceArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Charles Burlingame1949-2001American pilotArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.1912-2002American World War II pilot, first African-American U.S. Air Force generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Scott Stearney1960-2018American naval aviator and Vice Admiral of the United States NavyArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Forrest Silas Petersen1922-1990American Naval Rear AdmiralArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Stephen D. Thorne1953-1986American astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Lee Archer1919-2010Tuskegee AirmanArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Bill Dudley1921-2010American football playerSpring Hill Cemetery, West Lynchburg, VA
- Russell L. Rogers1928-1967American astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- John A. Samford1905-1968United States generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- David McCampbell1910-1996United States Navy Officer and Medal of Honor recipientArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Kara Hultgreen1965-1994US Navy aviatorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Robert Lee Scott Jr.1908-2006Brigadier General in the United States Air ForceArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Clyde Edward Pangborn1895-1958American aviatorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Charles F. Blair, Jr.1909-1978American aviatorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Viola Estelle Gentry1900-1988(1889-1988) American aviatorLeemont Cemetery, Danville, VA
- James H. Howard1913-1995American fighter pilot in World War IIArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Frank E. Petersen1932-2015U.S. Marine Corps general; First African-American Marine Corps general; First African-American Marine Corps aviatorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Bennett Griffin1895-1978American aviatorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Albert Cushing Read1887-1967United States Navy admiral and aviatorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- David Sinton Ingalls1899-1985American flying aceWarm Springs Cemetery, Warm Springs, VA
- Donald Blakeslee1917-2008World War II pilot and flying AceArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- John R. Alison1912-2011US World War II flying aceArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Richard E. Lawyer1932-2005American astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Lowell Herbert Smith1892-1945American pilotArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Roscoe Brown1922-2016Tuskegee airman and academicArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Duane Beeson1921-1947American flying aceArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- John Rodgers1881-1926American aviatorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Marie Rossi1959-1991American military pilotArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Albert Boyd1906-1976American aviator and Air Force generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Archie Miller1878-1921United States Army Medal of Honor recipientArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Thomas Dewitt Milling1887-1960United States Air Force generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Townsend F. Dodd1886-1919First US Pilot of World War I to receive the DSMArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Walter Hinton1888-1981American aviatorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Walter J. Boyne1929-2020US Air Force officerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Hans Christian Adamson1890-1968Danish-American writerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Peter F. Mack, Jr.1916-1986American politicianArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Willis Bradley Haviland1890-1944AviatorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Harold M. Clark1890-1919American Army officerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Einar Axel Malmstrom1907-1954US Air Force officerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Elmer Fowler Stone1887-1936United States naval aviatorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Fred V. Cherry1928-2016US Air Force officer and POWArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Leighton Wilson Hazelhurst, Jr.1887-1912American pioneer aviatorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Harold Geiger1884-1927American aviatorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Alfred Austell Cunningham1881-1939United States naval aviator and Navy Cross recipientArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Harold Fischer1925-2009American flying aceArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Herbert Dargue1886-1941American generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Paul Ward Beck1876-1922(1876-1922) United States Army officerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Paul Edward Garber1899-1992American museum headArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Charles Dryden1920-2008United States Army officerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Byron Quinby Jones1888-1959American Army officerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Thomas George Lanphier, Sr.1890-1972Major in the United States ArmyArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- William G. Draper1920-1964US Air Force officer and personal pilot to U.S. President Dwight D. EisenhowerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Eugene Calvin Cheatham, Jr.1915-2005Episcopal missionaryArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Elaine D. Harmon1919-2015American aviatorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Dianne Kasnic Prinz1938-2002American scientistColumbia Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Dick Johnson1917-2002American test pilotArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Edward "Porky" Cragg1919-1943Recipient of the Purple Heart medalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Kenneth H. Dahlberg1917-2011American World War II flying ace and businessmanArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Grandison Gardner1892-1973American generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Alexander Pearson, Jr.1895-1924American aviatorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Horace Meek Hickam1885-1934US Army Air Corps officerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Bobby Wilks1931-2009African American aviatorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Samuel Nathan Blatchford1925-2005Recipient of the Purple Heart medalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Wilmeth Sidat-Singh1918-1943American football & basketball playerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Robert G. Owens Jr.1917-2007US Marine Corps generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Jack E. Conger1921-2006American flying aceArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- William L. Leverette1913-2003American World War II flying aceArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- James B. Tapp1920-2014American flying aceArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Donald S. Lopez, Sr.1923-2008World War II flying ace; deputy director of the Smithsonian National Air and Space MuseumArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Dale Mabry1891-1922American World War I aviatorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Ross Erastus Rowell1884-1947United States Marine Corps generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Spann Watson1916-2010Legionnaire of Legion of MeritArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Robert Selway1902-1967United States Army Air Forces officerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Thomas Caldwell Turner1882-19311882-1931 , U.S. Marine Corps officerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Irving L. Branch1912-1966United States Air Force generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Thomas L. Hayes Jr.1917-2008United States Air Force generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Clarence Shortridge Irvine1897-1975(1897-1975) American aviatorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Joseph J. Kruzel1918-2002American major generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Edwin H. Brainard1882-1957United States Marine Corps officerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Theodore H. Winters Jr.1913-2008Navy captainArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Robert Baird1921-1992Flying aceArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Verneda Rodriguez1918-1982American aviatorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- John Carroll Cone1891-1976(1891-1976) American aviatorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Edwin L. Heller1918-2004Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air ForceArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Frank L. Gailer Jr.1923-2018Brigadier General in the United States Air ForceArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Mary C. Alexander1893-1955American aviatorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Harold Huglin1906-1975American generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Davenport Johnson1890-1963Group commander of the United States ArmyArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- William E. Bryan Jr.1921-2008Major General in the United States Air ForceArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Showing the 150 with the most Wikipedia language editions, of 171. Cemetery pages list everyone recorded there.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1910s4
- 1920s8
- 1930s7
- 1940s14
- 1950s13
- 1960s19
- 1970s12
- 1980s18
- 1990s13
- 2000s34
- 2010s22
- 2020s7
By recorded year of death, for the 171 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Arlington National Cemetery · Arlington, VA164
- Spring Hill Cemetery · West Lynchburg, VA1
- Evergreen Cemetery · Roanoke, VA1
- Holly Lawn Cemetery · Suffolk, VA1
- Leemont Cemetery · Danville, VA1
- Warm Springs Cemetery · Warm Springs, VA1
- Columbia Gardens Cemetery · Arlington, VA1
- Prospect Hill Cemetery · Front Royal, VA1
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Other notable burials in Virginia
World War II veterans1,175World War I veterans815American Civil War veterans444Medal of Honor recipients401Spanish-American War veterans353Korean War veterans314United States representatives305Writers and poets279Vietnam War veterans213Journalists125Inventors and engineers113Painters, sculptors and photographers95Business leaders92Physicians86Scientists86United States senators85American football players81Governors64Mexican-American War veterans53Actors50Musicians and singers45Baseball players43Architects23Supreme Court justices19Basketball players18
Method
How this list is made
A person is on this list when their Wikidata entry gives a cemetery we list as their place of burial and also carries the statement this list is built on. We do not add anyone by judgment, so the list reflects how complete Wikidata is: some people are missing, and burial places can be disputed.
Names, years and descriptions are shown as Wikidata records them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists.