This is a list of celebrities that have died in aviation related tragedies. This list does not include the approximately three thousand people who died in the
September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack - see
September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack/Casualties
- Aaliyah, actor and singer
- The Big Bopper, singer
- Buddy Clark[?], singer
- Patsy Cline, country singer
- Jim Croce, singer
- Marcel Dadi[?], French musician
- John Denver, singer
- Steve Gaines[?], musician, Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Carlos Gardel, Argentinian singer
- William Gardner Knight[?], actor
- Keith Green, singer
- Anna Jantar[?], Polish singer
- Buddy Holly, singer
- Leslie Howard, actor
- Pedro Infante[?], Mexican singer
- Carole Lombard, actress
- Glenn Miller, Big Band leader
- Grace Moore, Opera singer
- Vic Morrow[?], actor
- Audie Murphy[?], actor
- Ricky Nelson, singer
- Barbara K. Olson, reporter
- Otis Redding, singer
- Lionel Poilane[?], French baker and entrepeneur
- Jim Reeves[?], country singer
- Stan Rogers, Canadian singer
- Will Rogers, actor, singer
- Kyu Sakamoto[?], Japanese singer
- Larry Shue[?], playwright
- Frank Tallman III[?], stunt man
- Melanie Thornton[?], singer
- Mike Todd[?], producer
- Ritchie Valens, singer
- Roger Van Zant[?], musician, Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Steven Ray Vaughan[?], singer
- Davey Allison[?], NASCAR driver
- Marcel Cerdan, French world boxing champion
- Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rico baseball player
- Carlos Cruz, Dominican world boxing champion
- Graham Hill, motor racing driver
- Alan Kulwicki[?], NASCAR driver
- Rocky Marciano, world boxing champion
- Thurman Munson[?], baseball player
- Rafael Osuna[?], Mexican tennis player
- Payne Stewart[?], golf player
- Nick Vanos[?], NBA player, Phoenix Suns
- Barthelemy Boganda[?], president of the Central African Republic
- Hale Boggs, U.S. Congressman
- Ron Brown[?], United States Secretary of Commerce
- Mel Carnahan[?], governor of Missouri
- Sanjay Gandhi[?], son of Indira Gandhi
- John F. Kennedy Jr., former first son
- Ramon Magsaysay[?], president of the Phillippines[?]
- Edward Moss[?], aide of senator Ted Kennedy, who was also injured during accident
- Omar Torrijos, Panamanian dictator
- John Tower[?], former Senator from Texas
- Paul Wellstone, Senator from Minnesota
- Mohammad Zia ul-Haq[?], Pakistani president