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
