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- Sir Sydney Camm
- Sir George Cayley – notable for his research in aerodynamics
- Roy Chadwick
- Roger Chaffee – Apollo 1 fire victim
- Kalpana Chawla (1961–2003)- died in Columbia disaster
- Vladimir Chelomei
- Juan de la Cierva – Inventor of the autogyro
- Henri Coandă – Inventor of the jet engine
- Nicholas Comper (1897–1939) designer of the Comper Swift
- Philip M. Condit Former CEO of Boeing
- Scott Crossfield
- Glenn Curtiss
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