List of famous aviophobia sufferers
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A list of famous people who suffer or have suffered from Aviophobia, the fear of flying in an aeroplane or helicopter.
Real people
- Isaac Asimov
- Dennis Bergkamp
- David Bowie
- Ben Burnley
- Elisha Cuthbert
- Doris Day
- Brandon DiCamillo
- The Dalai Lama
- David Eddings
- Agnetha Fältskog
- Aretha Franklin
- H.R. Giger
- Larbi Larbinson
- Fat Joe
- Jackie Gleason
- Whoopi Goldberg
- Jackie Jensen
- Jimmy Johnstone
- R. Kelly
- Tony Kornheiser
- New Found Glory (contemporary pop-punk band, once joking in an interview how members need to be drugged in order to fly, à la The A-Team)
- Edgerrin James
- Kim Jong-Il
- Tom Irving
- Benn Jordan
- Stanley Kubrick
- Leo Laporte
- Li Ao
- Loretta Lynn
- John Madden
- Alexander Mogilny
- Alex Pettyfer
- Alan Price
- Kazushi Sakuraba
- Robert Smith
- Matthew Sweet
- Mr. T
- Billy Bob Thornton
- Ritchie Valens (died in a 1959 plane crash near Mason City, Iowa--"The Day the Music Died")
- Lars von Trier
- Thomas Ravelli
- Jim Cornette
- Sean Bean
Fictional characters
- Jonathan "The Duke" Mardukas: Charles Grodin's character in Midnight Run. He claims to have this phobia, among others.
- B. A. Baracus of the TV series The A-Team. He is often drugged or otherwise knocked out by his friends so that they can get him onto a plane.
- Adrian Monk from the TV series Monk. He did achieve getting on a plane by the end of the first season however.
- Carla Tortelli from the TV series Cheers.
- John Doe from the TV series John Doe.
- Raymond Babbitt in the 1988 film Rain Man. An autistic man who refuses to fly on any airline for fear of it crashing--except Qantas, which he claims has never had a crash.
- Alex Browning from the film Final Destination.
- Wendell Urth, a housebound detective created by, and sharing his fears with, Isaac Asimov.
- Jack Ryan, protagonist of most novels by Tom Clancy.
- Marge Simpson , although she later overcame her fear of flying, before being involved in a minor air crash. (Episode 2F08, "Fear of Flying")
- Maris Crane, of Frasier, due to a bad experience of being "bumped" from first class.
- Father Ted from the TV series Father Ted.
- Tyler from the 2006 movie Snakes on a Plane.
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