




The Most Famous
Pilots from Germany
This page contains a list of the greatest Germans Pilots. The pantheon dataset contains 71 Pilots, 6 of which were born in Germany. This makes Germany the birth place of the 4th most number of Pilots behind United States and France.
Top 6 Pilots
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Germans Pilots of all time. This list of famous Germans Pilots is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
- #1

Adolf Galland
1912 - 1996
HPI 71.1136 langsAdolf Galland was a German fighter pilot and general officer in the Luftwaffe during World War II. He was one of the leading German fighter...Read moreShow less
Adolf Galland was a German fighter pilot and general officer in the Luftwaffe during World War II. He was one of the leading German fighter pilots, achieving 102 aerial victories, all of them against the Western Allies. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds, Nazi Germany's highest military decoration.
- #2

Ernst Udet
1896 - 1941
HPI 70.4136 langsErnst Udet was a German fighter pilot during World War I and World War II. He was also a test pilot and designer of World War II aircraft.
- #3

Hermann Graf
1912 - 1988
HPI 66.1925 langsHermann Graf is most famous for his groundbreaking work in the field of virology. He was one of the first scientists to identify and...Read moreShow less
Hermann Graf is most famous for his groundbreaking work in the field of virology. He was one of the first scientists to identify and characterize the viruses that cause polio, measles, and mumps.
Overlapping Lives
Which Pilots were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 4 most globally memorable Pilots since 1700.

