Royal Aeronautical Society Gold Medal winners

Elon Reeve Musk is a businessman and entrepreneur known for his leadership of Tesla, SpaceX, X, and xAI. Musk has been the wealthiest person in the world since 2025; as of April 2026, Forbes estimates his net worth to be US$809 billion.

American aviation pioneers

Hungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer and physicist (1881–1963)

British Royal Air Force engineer air officer (1907–1996)

French aircraft industrialist (1892-1986)

English aircraft engineer (1882–1965)

French-American aviation pioneer (1832–1910)

British aeronautical engineer (1893–1966)

British aerospace engineer (1885–1962)

aircraft engine engineer (1907-1984)

American aviator (1886–1984)