| Name | Nationality | Year | Notability | Flight/Aircraft | Location | Cause/Circumstances |
| Aaliyah |  USA | 2001 | actress, singer, model & dancer | Cessna 402 | Marsh Harbour, Bahamas | gross weight of the airplane was substantially exceeded[1], pilot intoxicated |
| Michael J. Adams | USA | 1967 | test pilot | X-15 Flight 3-65-97 | Randsburg, CA | aircraft broke up |
| Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe |  GER | 1936 | royalty | Ford Trimotor | Zumpango, Mexico State | CFIT into a Volcano |
| Davey Allison | USA | 1993 | NASCAR driver | Hughes 369 helicopter | Talladega, AL | pilot error[2] |
| Hans Alsér |  SWE | 1977 | table tennis player | Linjeflyg Flight 618 | Kälvesta, Sweden | mechanical failure; pilot error |
| Roald Amundsen |  NOR | 1928 | explorer | Latham 47 | Barents Sea | disappearance |
| Elsa Andersson | SWE | 1922 | aviator, parachutist | | Askersund, Sweden | |
| Gunnar Andersson | SWE | 1974 | aviator | | Medelpad, Sweden | |
| David Angell | USA | 2001 | producer | American Airlines Flight 11 | World Trade Center North Tower, New York, NY | hijacking; CFIT |
| Mel Apt | USA | 1956 | test pilot | Bell X-2 | Edwards AFB | Aircraft rolled out of control |
| Abdul Salam Arif |  IRQ | 1966 | President of Iraq | helicopter | Southern Iraq | ??? |
| "Ace" Garnet Bailey |  CAN | 2001 | ice hockey player (NHL) | United Airlines Flight 175 | World Trade Center South Tower, New York, NY | hijacking; CFIT |
| Valentine Baker |  GBR | 1942 | World War I flying ace | Martin-Baker MB 3 | England | engine failure |
| Daniel Balavoine |  FRA | 1986 | singer and songwriter | Ecureuil helicopter | Mali | CFIT during a sandstorm |
| G. M. C. Balayogi |  IND | 2002 | politician | Bell 206 helicopter | Kaikalur, West Godavari district | mechanical failure, pilot error |
| Frederick Banting | CAN | 1941 | scientist: co-discovered insulin | Lockheed Hudson | Musgrave Harbour, Newfoundland | Engine problems |
| Heinrich Bär | GER | 1957 | test pilot | LF-1 Zaunkönig | Braunschweig | lost control of aircraft |
| Silvio Barbato |  ITA | 2009 | conductor and composer | Air France Flight 447 | Atlantic Ocean | unknown; under investigation |
| Bill Barilko | CAN | 1951 | ice hockey player (NHL) | Fairchild 24 floatplane | 100 km N of Cochrane, Ontario | pilot inexperience, poor weather, overloaded cargo |
| René Barrientos |  BOL | 1969 | President of Bolivia | helicopter | Arque, Cochabamba Department | rotors got caught on power lines |
| Charles Bassett | USA | 1966 | astronaut | T-38 Talon | St. Louis, Missouri | poor visibility, pilot error |
| Tomáš Baťa |  CZE | 1932 | founder of Bata Shoes company | Junkers J13 | Otrokovice, Czechoslovakia | poor weather |
| Nick Begich | USA | 1972 | US Congressman from Alaska | Cessna 310 | southern Alaska | disappearance |
| Derek Bennett | GBR | 1978 | Racing car designer, driver and founder/owner of Chevron Cars Ltd | | Lancashire | Pilot error in a hang glider |
| Berry Berenson | FRA | 2001 | entertainer, actress, and photographer | American Airlines Flight 11 | World Trade Center North Tower, New York, NY | hijacking; CFIT |
| Brook Berringer | USA | 1996 | quarterback for the Nebraska Cornhuskers | Piper J-3 Cub | Raymond, Nebraska | Pilot error (Loss of engine power due to fuel valve mis-position)[3] |
| Lauren Bessette | USA | 1999 | sister-in-law of John F. Kennedy, Jr. | Piper Saratoga | Martha's Vineyard | pilot error see John F. Kennedy, Jr. airplane crash |
| Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy | USA | 1999 | wife of John F. Kennedy, Jr. | Piper Saratoga | Martha's Vineyard | pilot error see John F. Kennedy, Jr. airplane crash |
| Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. | USA | 2000 | racing CART driver/owner | Beech Baron 58 | Kentucky | Airframe icing |
| George Beurling | CAN | 1948 | World War II ace pilot | P-51 Mustang | Rome | ??? |
| Neerja Bhanot | IND | 1986 | flight attendant who saved lives during a hijacking | Pan Am Flight 73 | Karachi, Pakistan | Hijacking |
| Lin Biao |  PRC | 1971 | military commander | Hawker Siddeley Trident | Öndörkhaan, Mongolia | fleeing a coup attempt |
| Džemal Bijedić |  BIH | 1977 | politician: Premier of Yugoslavia | Learjet 25 | Kreševo | poor weather conditions |
| Muhammad bin Laden |  KSA | 1967 | entrepreneur and father of Osama bin Laden | a Beechcraft airplane | southwestern Saudi Arabia | ??? |
| Salem bin Laden | KSA | 1988 | entrepreneur and half-brother of Osama bin Laden | a Sprint ultra-light aircraft | San Antonio, Texas | flew into power lines |
| Barthélemy Boganda |  CAF | 1959 | 1st Prime Minister of the Central African Republic | Nord Noratlas | Boda, Lobaye | mid-air explosion |
| Hale Boggs | USA | 1972 | politician: US Congressman from Louisiana | Cessna 310 | southern Alaska | disappearance |
| Richard Bong | USA | 1945 | World War II fighter ace and test pilot | P-80 Shooting Star | Burbank, California | fuel pump malfunction |
| Billy Joe Booth | USA | 1972 | Canadian football player for the Ottawa Rough Riders | Piper Cherokee | Dorchester, Ontario | thunderstorm |
| Bruce Borland | USA | 1999 | golf course designer | Learjet 35 | Mina, SD (crash site). Location at time of death undetermined. | Hypoxia. Payne Stewart also died in this plane crash. |
| Subhash Chandra Bose | IND | 1945 | Indian politician and Freedom fighter | | Taiwan (alleged) | Cause disputed |
| Ahmed Ould Bouceif |  MRT | 1979 | politician: Prime Minister of Mauritania | ??? | Dakar, Senegal | ??? |
| Michel Breistroff | FRA | 1996 | Ice hockey defenseman for the Ligue Magnus | TWA Flight 800 | East Moriches, New York (8mi E) | Mid-air explosion |
| Ron Brown | USA | 1996 | politician: US Secretary of Commerce | Boeing CT-43 | Dubrovnik, Croatia | pilot error |
| Milo Burcham | USA | 1944 | test pilot for Lockheed | YP-80 Shooting Star | Burbank, California | engine flame-out |
| William D. Byron | USA | 1941 | politician: US Congressman from Maryland | Eastern Air Lines Flight 21 | Atlanta, Georgia | CFIT |
| Tomas Cabili |  PHL | 1957 | politician: Philippine senator | Douglas C-47 Skytrain | Cebu City, Philippines (22 mi NW) | see: 1957 Cebu Douglas C-47 crash |
| Fanny Cano |  MEX | 1983 | entertainer: actress | Aviaco DC-9 | Madrid | collision of Iberia and Aviaco jetliners |
| Guido Cantelli | ITA | 1956 | orchestral conductor | ??? | Paris, France | ??? |
| Mel Carnahan | USA | 2000 | politician: Governor of Missouri | Cessna 335 | Goldman, Missouri | thunderstorm |
| Bernt Carlsson | SWE | 1988 | Assistant-Secretary-General of the UN, UN Commissioner for Namibia | Pan Am Flight 103 | Lockerbie, Scotland | terrorism |
| Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington | USA | 1948 | sister of U.S. President John F. Kennedy | De Havilland Dove | Saint-Bauzile, Ardèche, France | ??? |
| Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark |  GRE | 1937 | royalty: Princess of Greece and Denmark | Junkers Ju 52 | Ostend, Belgium | crashed into a factory chimney (Sabena OO-AUB Ostend crash) |
| Carl Cederström | SWE | 1918 | aviator | | Gulf of Bothnia | |
| Marcel Cerdan | FRA | 1949 | athlete: world boxing champion | | São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal | CFIT: mountain |
| Frank Charles | GBR | 1939 | racer: motorcycle speedway rider | glider | ??? | died in competition |
| Bill Chase | USA | 1974 | musician: trumpet player and band leader | Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche | Jackson, Minnesota | Poor weather[4] |
| Néstor Chávez |  VEN | 1969 | baseball player (MLB) | Viasa Flight 742 | Maracaibo, Venezuela | struck power lines during take-off |
| Jorge Chávez |  PER | 1910 | aviator | ??? | Domodossola, Italy | inadequate repairs to aircraft |
| Prince Christoph of Hesse | GER | 1943 | royalty: Prince of Hesse | ??? | Forlì, Italy | ??? |
| Camilo Cienfuegos |  CUB | 1959 | military: Cuban revolutionary | Cessna 310 | Caribbean Sea | disappearance |
| Juan de la Cierva |  ESP | 1936 | inventor of the autogyro, on a fixed-wing plane | Douglas DC-2 | South London | stalled aircraft |
| Buddy Clark | USA | 1949 | entertainer and singer | ??? | Los Angeles, California | lack of gasoline |
| Roberto Clemente |  PRI | 1972 | baseball player (MLB) | Douglas DC-7 | off the coast of Isla Verde, Puerto Rico | mechanical problems; overloaded plane |
| Patsy Cline | USA | 1963 | entertainer and country singer | Piper Comanche | Camden, Tennessee | severe weather |
| Bessie Coleman | USA | 1926 | aviator: first African-American woman pilot | Curtiss JN-4 | Jacksonville, Florida | thrown from aircraft after controls jammed |
| Bob Collins | USA | 2000 | entertainer: WGN (AM) radio personality | | Waukegan, Illinois | runway collision |
| George W. Collins | USA | 1972 | politician: US Representative from Illinois | United Airlines Flight 553 | Chicago, Illinois | pilot error |
| Maurice Connolly | USA | 1921 | politician: former US Congressman from Iowa | ??? | Indian Head, Maryland | severe weather |
| John Cooper | GBR | 1974 | athlete: silver medalist at the 1964 Summer Olympics | Turkish Airlines Flight 981 | Ermenonville, France | Cargo hatch failure and control cable failures |
| Cowboy Copas | USA | 1963 | entertainer and country music singer | Piper Comanche | Camden, Tennessee | severe weather |
| Philippe Cousteau | FRA | 1979 | oceanographer | PBY Catalina | Lisbon, Portugal | Nosed over during high speed water taxi |
| Jim Croce | USA | 1973 | entertainer and singer | Beechcraft Model 18 | Natchitoches, Louisiana | collision with trees[5] |
| Hansie Cronje |  RSA | 2002 | athlete: Cricket captain | Hawker Siddeley HS 748 | George, Western Cape, South Africa | unserviceable navigational equipment |
| Scott Crossfield | USA | 2006 | test pilot | Cessna 210 | Gordon County, Georgia | severe weather |
| Vicki Cruse | USA | 2009 | stunt pilot | Zivko Edge 540 | Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire | Currently under investigation |
| Carlos Cruz |  DOM | 1970 | athlete: world boxing champion | Dominicana DC-9 air disaster | Punta Caucedo | Mechanical failure |
| Bronson M. Cutting | USA | 1935 | politician: US Senator from New Mexico | TWA Douglas DC-2 | Atlanta, Missouri | bad weather |
| Adelino Amaro da Costa |  PRT | 1980 | politician: Defense minister of Portugal | Cessna 421 | Loures, Portugal | |
| Marcel Dadi | FRA | 1996 | entertainer and musician | TWA Flight 800 | East Moriches, New York (8mi E) | Mid-air explosion |
| Harold Evans Dahl | USA | 1956 | aviator during the Spanish Civil War | Douglas DC-3 | Canada | severe weather |
| Donny Davies | GBR | 1958 | cricketer and journalist | Munich air disaster | Munich | Take-off failure |
| Geoffrey de Havilland, Jr. | GBR | 1946 | test pilot | de Havilland DH 108 | Hoo Peninsula | while carrying out high speed tests |
| John de Havilland | GBR | 1943 | test pilot | de Havilland Mosquito | Hatfield, England | mid-air collision |
| B. H. DeLay | USA | 1923 | stunt pilot, airport owner, aviation school owner | the "Wasp" | Venice, Los Angeles, California | substandard wing pins |
| John Denver | USA | 1997 | entertainer, singer, songwriter, actor | Rutan Long-EZ | Pacific Grove, California | aircraft unfamiliarity |
| Alison Des Forges | USA | 2009 | investigator of human rights and an expert on the Rwandan genocide | Colgan Air Flight 3407[6] | Clarence Center, New York | Icing; pilot error |
| José Dolhem | FRA | 1988 | race car driver | ??? | Saint-Etienne | ??? |
| Georg Donatus | GER | 1937 | royalty: Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse | ??? | Ostend, Belgium | crashed into a factory chimney |
| Jessica Dubroff | USA | 1996 | aviator: 7-year-old aspiring pilot | Cessna 177 | Cheyenne, Wyoming | thunderstorm |
| Amelia Earhart | USA | 1937 | aviator: pioneer woman pilot | Lockheed L-10 Electra | Pacific Ocean, near Howland Island | unknown |
| Beverly Eckert | USA | 2009 | activist: co-chair of the 9/11 Family Steering Committee | Colgan Air Flight 3407[6] | Clarence Center, New York | Icing; pilot error |
| Glen Edwards | USA | 1948 | test pilot, namesake of Edwards AFB | Northrop YB-49 | Edwards Air Force Base | aircraft broke apart |
| Richard E. Ellsworth | USA | 1953 | aviator: US Air Force Brigadier General | Convair B-36 | Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador | CFIT into a hill |
| Eugene Ely | USA | 1911 | aviator: pioneer pilot in American naval aviation | ??? | Macon, Georgia | crashed while pulling from a dive |
| Robert Henry English | USA | 1943 | military: Rear-Admiral, Commander, Submarines, U.S. Pacific Fleet | Pan Am Flight 1104 | Boonville, California (15mi E) | pilot error |
| Harald Ertl |  AUT | 1982 | race car driver of Formula One cars | Beechcraft Bonanza | ??? | engine failure |
| Philip Don Estridge | USA | 1985 | project manager for IBM PC | Delta Air Lines Flight 191[7] | Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport | Microburst-induced wind shear |
| Graydon Evans | USA | 1943 | test pilot for Consolidated Aircraft Corporation | Convair prototype | Fort Worth, Texas | engine fire |
| Igor Farkhutdinov |  RUS | 2003 | politician: governor of Sakhalin | helicopter | ??? | ??? |
| Manuel J. "Pete" Fernandez | USA | 1980 | aviator: ace pilot in the Korean War | ??? | Grand Bahama Island | |
| Denys Finch Hatton | GBR | 1931 | Game Hunter | Tiger Moth | Voi, Kenya | |
| Ron Flockhart | GBR | 1962 | race car driver: 24 Hours of Le Mans winner | CAC Mustang | Australia | ??? |
| James Stephen Fossett | USA | 2007 | entrepreneur: commodities trader | American Champion Decathlon | Sierra Nevada Mountains | pilot error due to downdrafts resulting in CFIT |
| Jimmy Franklin | USA | 2005 | aviator: aerobatic pilot | ??? | Moose Jaw | collision with Bobby Younkin |
| Reinhard Furrer | GER | 1995 | scientist and astronaut | Messerschmitt Bf 108 | Berlin, Germany | lost control of aircraft |
| Yuri Gagarin | RUS | 1968 | cosmonaut: the first man in space | MiG 15UTI | | |
| Sanjay Gandhi | IND | 1980 | son of Indira Gandhi | Pitts S-2A Special | India | |
| Matthew Gannon | USA | 1988 | investigator: CIA Officer | Pan Am Flight 103 | | |
| John Garang |  SUD | 2005 | politician: Vice President of Sudan | Mil Mi-17 | | |
| Carlos Gardel |  ARG | 1935 | singer | | | |
| Tom Gastall | USA | 1956 | athlete: Major League Baseball player | | | |
| Harold Geiger | USA | 1927 | Army Major, aviation pioneer, namesake of Geiger Field | Airco DH.4 | Olmsted Field, Pennsylvania | |
| Bruce Geller | USA | 1978 | producer and creator of Mission: Impossible | Cessna Skymaster | | Weather conditions |
| Prince George, Duke of Kent | GBR | 1942 | royalty: Duke of Kent | Short Sunderland | Scotland | CFIT in bad weather |
| Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai |  AFG | 1997 | politician: prime minister of the anti-Taliban government | | | |
| Stasys Girėnas |  LTU | 1933 | aviator | | | |
| Rolls Gracie |  BRA | 1982 | athlete: practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | hang gliding accident | | |
| Bill Graham | USA | 1991 | rock concert promoter | Bell 206 helicopter | | Flew into power lines |
| Richard E. Gray | USA | 1982 | aviator: test pilot | | | |
| Keith Green | USA | 1982 | entertainer: contemporary Christian musician | | | |
| Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten | SWE | 1947 | royalty: Crown Prince of Sweden | DC 3 | Kastrup, Denmark | Locked elevator, pilot error |
| Werner Haas | GER | 1956 | Motorcycle racer | "Jodel Bebe" type | near Neuburg/Donau, Germany | [8] |
| Juvénal Habyarimana |  RWA | 1994 | politician: President of Rwanda | Assassination of Habyarimana and Ntaryamira | | |
| A. P. Hamann | USA | 1977 | City Manager of San Jose, California | Tenerife disaster | Canary Islands, Spain | Airplane collision |
| Dag Hammarskjöld | SWE | 1961 | Secretary-General of the United Nations | Douglas DC-6B | Ndola, Zambia | |
| Wal L. Handley | GBR | 1941 | racer of motorcycles | | | |
| Jim Hardin | USA | 1991 | athlete: Major League Baseball player | Beechcraft Bonanza | Key West, Florida | Propeller failure |
| Matthew Harding | GBR | 1996 | Vice-Chairman of Chelsea Football Club | a helicopter | | |
| Raymond Harries | UK | 1950 | Second world war fighter ace | Gloster Meteor | Near Sheffield, Yorkshire, England | |
| Harry Hawker |  AUS | 1921 | aviator: pioneer and co-founder of Hawker Aircraft | Nieuport Goshawk | | |
| Hawkshaw Hawkins | USA | 1963 | entertainer: country music singer | | | |
| John Heinz | USA | 1991 | politician:US Senator from Pennsylvania | | | |
| Brenda Hean | AUS | 1972 | Environmental activist | Tiger Moth | enroute to Canberra | vanished |
| Mack Hellings | USA | 1951 | racing driver | | | |
| Graham Hill | UK | 1975 | Formula 1 driver, winner of the Indianapolis 500 | Piper Aztec | France | |
| Bryan Hindle | AUS | 1978 | Motorcycle racer | | | [9] |
| John Stuart Hindmarsh | UK | 1938 | racecar driver and aviator | Hawker Hurricane | Brooklands | |
| Bert Hinkler | AUS | 1933 | aviator | | | |
| Steve Hislop | GBR | 2003 | racer: Isle of Man TT winner | | | |
| Tommy Hitchcock, Jr. | USA | 1944 | athlete: polo player | | | |
| Al Holbert | USA | 1988 | racer: 24 Hours of Le Mans winner | | | |
| Buddy Holly | USA | 1959 | singer-songwriter | Beechcraft Bonanza | Clear Lake, IA | Pilot error (VFR into IMC). Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson also died in this plane crash. |
| Ken Hubbs | USA | 1964 | athlete: Major League Baseball player | | | |
| Gary Hubler | USA | 2007 | aviator and aircraft racer | | | Collision with another plane during the Reno Air Races |
| Dorothy Hunt | USA | 1972 | wife of E. Howard Hunt | United Airlines Flight 553 | | |
| Karen Lee Hunt | USA | 1988 | student of Syracuse University | Pan Am Flight 103 | Lockerbie, Scotland | terrorism |
| Osvaldo Hurtado |  ECU | 1981 | President of Ecuador | Beechcraft Super King Air | Ecuador | flew into mountain |
| Jorge Ibargüengoitia | MEX | 1983 | novelist and playwright | Avianca Flight 011 | | |
| Pedro Infante | MEX | 1957 | entertainer: singer and actor | | | |
| Paul Jeffreys | GBR | 1988 | British musician | Pan Am Flight 103 | Lockerbie, Scotland | terrorism |
| Anna Jantar |  POL | 1980 | entertainer: singer | LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007 | | |
| Jayan | IND | 1980 | entertainer: Malayalam film actor | | | accident whilst performing a film stunt. |
| Jed Johnson | USA | 1996 | designer | TWA Flight 800 | East Moriches, New York (8mi E) | Mid-air explosion |
| Martin Johnson | USA | 1937 | adventurer and film producer | | | |
| William Kapell | USA | 1953 | American classical pianist | | | |
| William Kirk Kaynor | USA | 1929 | US Congressman from Massachusetts | | | |
| John F. Kennedy, Jr. | USA | 1999 | son of John F. Kennedy | Piper PA-32R | Atlantic Ocean off Martha's Vineyard | pilot error |
| Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. | USA | 1944 | older brother of John F. Kennedy | | | Killed on a combat flight |
| Iven Carl Kincheloe, Jr. | USA | 1958 | Korean War ace pilot and test pilot | | | |
| Charles Kingsford Smith | AUS | 1935 | Australian air pioneer | Lockheed Altair | | |
| Nile Kinnick | USA | 1943 | American football player winner of the 1939 Hiesman Trophy | F4F Wildcat | | Training accident off the Carribbean |
| Giannos Kranidiotis | GRE | 1999 | Greek diplomat and politician. | Dassault Falcon 900 | | |
| Alan Kulwicki | USA | 1993 | NASCAR driver | | | |
| Joseph LaMotta | USA | 1998 | noted chef, son of Jake LaMotta | Swissair Flight 111 | | |
| Raymonde de Laroche | FRA | 1919 | first woman to earn a pilot's license | | | |
| Guadalupe Larriva | ECU | 2007 | Defence minster of Ecuador | | | |
| Alexander Lebed | RUS | 2002 | Russian politician, governor of Krasnoyarsk | | | |
| Mickey Leland | USA | 1989 | US Congressman from Texas | | | |
| Tony Lema | USA | 1966 | champion golfer | | | |
| Jim LeRoy | USA | 2007 | Stunt Performer Bulldog Airshows| | | | |
| Daniel Lewin | USA | 2001 | Founder and CTO of Akamai | American Airlines Flight 11 | World Trade Center North Tower, New York, NY | hijacking; CFIT |
| Cory Lidle | USA | 2006 | Major League Baseball player | Cirrus SR20 | New York, NY | Pilot error; CFIT |
| Otto Lilienthal | GER | 1896 | German glider pioneer | Normalapparate ("Normal Glider") | Stölln, Havelland, Brandenburg, Germany | Wing stall |
| Arvid Lindman | SWE | 1936 | Prime Minister of Sweden | | Croydon Airport, United Kingdom | |
| Jerry Litton | USA | 1976 | U.S. Representative from Missouri | | | |
| Ormer Locklear | USA | 1920 | aerobatic and stunt performer | | | during filming of The Skywayman. |
| Alfred Lowenstein |  BEL | 1928 | Belgian entrepreneur and financier | | Disappearance over the English Channel | |
| Carole Lombard | USA | 1942 | actress | TWA Flight 3
Douglas DC-3 | Mount Potosi, Nevada, United States | CFIT |
| Einar Lundborg | SWE | 1931 | aviator | | Linköping, Sweden | flight show |
| Ernest Lundeen | USA | 1940 | US Senator from Minnesota | | | |
| Pam Lychner | USA | 1996 | real estate agent & sex offender activist | TWA Flight 800 | | Mid-air explosion |
| Nancy Lynn | USA | 2006 | aerobatic pilot and flight instructor | | | |
| Mohammadu Maccido |  NGA | 2006 | The 19th Sultan of Sokoto | ADC Airlines Flight 53; Boeing 737 | | cause disputed |
| Samora Machel |  MOZ | 1986 | President of Mozambique | | | |
| Ramón Magsaysay | PHL | 1957 | president of the Philippines | Presidential plane crash: "Mt. Pinatubo" | | |
| Jonathan Mann | USA | 1998 | AIDS researcher and WHO official | Swissair Flight 111 | | |
| Paul Mantz | USA | 1965 | racing and stunt pilot | | | during filming of The Flight of the Phoenix |
| Rocky Marciano | USA | 1969 | former world boxing champion | | | |
| Dean Paul Martin | USA | 1987 | actor, singer and son of Dean Martin | F-15 | | During manuvers with his Air Force Reserve unit |
| Eduardo Mata | MEX | 1995 | Mexican orchestra conductor and composer. | | | |
| Enrico Mattei | ITA | 1962 | President of Eni | | | |
| Joseph C. McConnell | USA | 1954 | Korean War ace pilot | F-86H Sabre | | control malfunction attributed to a missing bolt |
| Larry McDonald | USA | 1983 | American Congressman | Korean Air Lines Flight 007 | | |
| Colin McRae | GBR | 2007 | Scottish rally driver | | | [10] |
| Alan P. Merriam | USA | 1980 | ethnomusicologist | LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007 | | |
| Eve Meyer | USA | 1977 | actress, Playboy Centerfold June 1955 | Pan Am Flight 1736; Boeing 747-100 | | runway collision |
| George S. Mickelson | USA | 1993 | Governor of South Dakota | | | |
| Glenn Miller | USA | 1944 | musician: Big Band leader | | | Missing |
| John Purroy Mitchell | USA | 1918 | former Mayor of New York City | | | |
| William A. Moffett | USA | 1933 | US Navy admiral | in crash of airship USS Akron | | |
| Grace Moore | USA | 1947 | opera singer | | | |
| Paul Morgan | GBR | 2001 | British race car engineer and co-founder of Ilmor Engineering | | | |
| de Lesseps Story Morrison | USA | 1964 | former Mayor of New Orleans | | | |
| Vic Morrow | USA | 1982 | actor | | | Helicoptor crash while filming The Twilight Zone movie |
| Edward Moss | USA | 1964 | aide of senator Ted Kennedy | | | |
| Juan Camilo Mouriño | MEX | 2008 | Mexican Secretary of the Interior (Mexico) | Learjet 45 | | |
| Kuniko Mukoda |  JPN | 1981 | Japanese writer, mainly television drama | Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103 | | |
| Thurman Munson | USA | 1979 | Major League Baseball player | | | |
| Audie Murphy | USA | 1971 | Medal of Honor Recipient and Actor | | | |
| Fatma Ceren Necipoğlu |  TUR | 2009 | harpist | Air France Flight 447 | Atlantic Ocean | Unknown; Under investigation |
| Ricky Nelson | USA | 1985 | actor and singer | | | |
| Ginette Neveu | FRA | 1949 | French classical violinist | | | |
| Grant Notley | CAN | 1984 | politician: leader of the opposition in Alberta | | | |
| Cyprien Ntaryamira |  BDI | 1994 | President of Burundi | Dassault Falcon 50 | | His plane was shot down by rebels. |
| Donald Nutter | USA | 1962 | Governor of Montana | | | |
| Barbara Olson | USA | 2001 | lawyer and commentator | American Airlines Flight 77 | The Pentagon, Washington, DC | hijacking; CFIT |
| Rafael Osuna | MEX | 1969 | Mexican tennis player | | | |
| Renny Ottolina | VEN | 1978 | Venezuelan TV producer and entertainer | | | |
| Carlos Pace | BRA | 1977 | Formula One driver | | | |
| Prince Pedro Luís of Orléans-Braganza | BEL | 2009 | Third in succession to the now extinguished throne of Brazil | Air France Flight 447 | Atlantic Ocean | Unknown; Under investigation |
| John-Olof Persson | SWE | 1989 | Mayor of Stockholm 1973-76 and 1979-86 | | Oskarshamn, Sweden | |
| Jerry Pettis | USA | 1975 | Representative from California | | | |
| Lionel Poilâne | FRA | 2002 | French baker and entrepreneur | | | |
| Wiley Post | USA | 1935 | aviation pioneer | Modified Lockheed Orion | Walakpa Bay near Barrow, Alaska | Engine Failure. Killed in same crash with Will Rogers |
| Francis Gary Powers | USA | 1977 | 1960 U-2 incident pilot | Modified Bell 206 Jet-Ranger (KNBC News Helicopter) | Los Angeles, CA | Fuel exhaustion |
| David Purley | GBR | 1985 | Formula One driver | Pitts Special | | |
| Harald Quandt | GER | 1967 | German industrialist | | Italy | |
| Edson Queiroz | BRA | 1982 | Brazilian entrepreneur | VASP Flight 168 | | |
| Harriet Quimby | USA | 1912 | first licensed female pilot in the U.S. | | | |
| Lotario Rangoni | ITA | 1942 | Italian racing driver | | | |
| Otis Redding | USA | 1967 | singer | | | |
| Jim Reeves | USA | 1964 | country music singer | | | |
| Bo Rein | USA | 1980 | LSU Tigers college football coach | | | |
| Lance Reventlow | USA | 1972 | entrepreneur and racecar driver | | | |
| Randy Rhoads | USA | 1982 | Guitarist with Ozzy Osbourne | | | |
| J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson | USA | 1959 | singer, songwriter, disc jockey | Beechcraft Bonanza | Clear Lake, IA | Pilot error (VFR into IMC). Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens also died in this plane crash. |
| Jack Ridley | USA | 1957 | test pilot | | | |
| Knute Rockne | NOR | 1931 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish football coach | TWA Flight 599 | | |
| Stan Rogers | CAN | 1983 | Canadian singer | Air Canada Flight 797 | Boone County, KY | In-flight fire. Made emergency landing in Cincinnati Airport. |
| Will Rogers | USA | 1935 | actor, humorist, singer | Modified Lockheed Orion | Walakpa Bay near Barrow, Alaska | Engine Failure. Killed in same crash with Wiley Post |
| Jaime Roldós Aguilera | ECU | 1981 | President of Ecuador | | | |
| Charles Rolls | GBR | 1910 | Co-Founder of Rolls-Royce Motors | Modified Short-Wright Flyer | Bournemouth, England | Tail structural failure. |
| Hillevi Rombin | SWE | 1996 | Miss Universe 1955, national decathlon | private plane | California, United States | engine failure |
| Edvard Rusjan |  SVN | 1911 | first Slovene aviator, aircraft constructor | | | |
| Thierry Sabine | FRA | 1986 | Paris-Dakar rally founder. | | | |
| Francisco Sá Carneiro | PRT | 1980 | Prime Minister of Portugal | Cessna 421 | | |
| Kyu Sakamoto | JPN | 1985 | Japanese singer | Japan Airlines Flight 123 | Mount Osutaka, Japan | Maintenance error due to structural failure and hydraulic loss |
| Pablo Santos | MEX | 2006 | Mexican actor | | | |
| Madhavrao Scindia | IND | 2001 | Indian politician | | | |
| Eddie August Schneider | USA | 1940 | transcontinental record holder | | | |
| Art Scholl | USA | 1986 | aerobatic and stunt performer | | | during filming of Top Gun. |
| Philippa Schuyler | USA | 1967 | American musician | | | |
| Elliott See | USA | 1966 | American Astronaut | | | routine airplane flight with Charles Bassett |
| Antoine de Saint Exupéry | FRA | 1944 | french writer | | | |
| Thomas Selfridge | USA | 1908 | First powered airplane fatality. First military pilot to die in related crash. Namesake of Selfridge Field | Wright Model A | Fort Myer, Arlington County, VA | Right propeller failure. U.S. Army Signal Corp contract acceptance trial flight piloted by Orville Wright, who was seriously injured. |
| Wilbur Shaw | USA | 1954 | three-time Indianapolis 500 winner | | | |
| Shin Ki-ha |  KOR | 1997 | four term lawmaker and parliamentary leader | Korean Air Flight 801[11][12] | | |
| Larry Shue | USA | 1985 | playwright | | | |
| Władysław Sikorski | POL | 1943 | Prime Minister of Poland | Consolidated Liberator II | Sea near Gibraltar | |
| Larkin I. Smith | USA | 1989 | American Congressman from Mississippi | | | |
| Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy | IND | 2009 | Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, India | Bell 430 | Nallamala, India | |
| Samantha Smith | USA | 1985 | young activist | Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808 | | |
| Robert Smithson | USA | 1973 | Land art artist | | | |
| Earl Snell | USA | 1947 | Governor of Oregon | | | |
| Soundarya | IND | 2004 | Kollywood (Tamil) actress | | | |
| Tun Fuad Stephens |  MAS | 1976 | Chief Minister of the state of Sabah, Malaysia | GAF Nomad | Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia | |
| Payne Stewart | USA | 1999 | champion golfer | Learjet 35 | Mina, SD (crash site). Location at time of death undetermined. | Hypoxia. Bruce Borland also died in this plane crash. |
| Graeme "Shirley" Strachan | AUS | 2001 | singer, Skyhooks | helicopter | | |
| Erik Strandmark | SWE | 1963 | actor | | Trinidad and Tobago | |
| Jud Strunk | USA | 1981 | singer, songwriter, comedian | | | |
| Thaddeus C. Sweet | USA | 1928 | U.S. Congressman from New York. | An Army observation plane | | |
| Frank Swift | GBR | 1958 | goalkeeper, Manchester City and England, journalist | Munich air disaster | | |
| Frank Tallman | USA | 1978 | stuntman | | | |
| Ganapathi Thanikaimoni | IND | 1986 | Palynologist | Pan Am Flight 73 | | |
| Jacques Thibaud | FRA | 1953 | French classical violinist | | | |
| Lord Thomson | GBR | 1930 | British Secretary of State for Air | R101 disaster | | |
| June Thorburn | GBR | 1967 | English actress | Iberia Airlines Flight 062
(Sud Caravelle) | Sussex, England | CFIT |
| Melanie Thornton | USA | 2001 | singer, member of La Bouche | Crossair Flight 3597 | | |
| Enoch Thulin | SWE | 1919 | aeronautics industry leader, founder of AB Thulinverken | | Landskrona, Sweden | |
| Mike Todd | USA | 1958 | film producer | | | |
| Fritz Todt | GER | 1942 | German Nazi official | | | |
| Rick Tolley | USA | 1970 | Marshall University football head coach | | | |
| Peter Tomarken | USA | 2006 | former game show host, Press Your Luck | Beechcraft Bonanza A36 | | engine trouble |
| Omar Torrijos |  PAN | 1981 | Leader of the Panamanian Revolution (President) | | | |
| John Tower | USA | 1991 | former US Senator from Texas | | | |
| Boris Trajkovski |  MKD | 2004 | President of Macedonia | | | |
| Curtis Turner | USA | 1970 | NASCAR driver | | | |
| Charles Ulm | AUS | 1934 | Australian air pioneer, made the first trans-Pacific flight from the United States to Australia | | | |
| Ritchie Valens | USA | 1959 | singer | Beechcraft Bonanza | Clear Lake, IA | Pilot error (VFR into IMC). Buddy Holly and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson also died in this plane crash. |
| Nick Vanos | USA | 1987 | NBA player for the Phoenix Suns | Northwest Airlines Flight 255 | Romulus, Michigan | Pilot error after take off. |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan | USA | 1990 | guitarist and singer | | | |
| Lothar von Richthofen | USA | 1922 | German World War One ace pilot | | | |
| Joseph A. Walker | USA | 1966 | test pilot | | | |
| John T. Walton | USA | 2005 | son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton | experimental aircraft | | |
| George Welch | USA | 1954 | American World War II Pearl Harbor and test pilot | F-100 Super Sabre fighter | | demonstration flight |
| Paul Wellstone | USA | 2002 | US Senator from Minnesota | | | |
| Peter Wentworth-Fitzwilliam | GBR | 1948 | 8th Earl FitzWilliam | De Havilland Dove | France | |
| Prince William of Gloucester | GBR | 1972 | Prince of Gloucester | | | |
| Ernest Willows | GBR | 1926 | Welsh airship pioneer | | | |
| Orde Wingate | GBR | 1944 | soldier and founder of the Chindits | North American B-25 Mitchell | India | |
| Steve Wittman | USA | 1995 | Aircraft designer and builder and air-race pilot | | | |
| Donald Yenko | USA | 1987 | Ex-racecar driver and owner/founder of Yenko Chevrolet | Cessna 210 | | landing error |
| Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq |  PAK | 1988 | President of Pakistan | Lockheed C-130 Hercules | | |
