List of flight attendants

Notable flight attendants include the following:

• Ron Akana, second-longest-serving flight attendant^[1]
• Hokuma Aliyeva, Azerbaijani flight attendant who was killed on Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 in 2024 and was recognised as a National Hero of Azerbaijan.^[2]
• Sara Allen, American songwriter, best known for her work with the duo Hall & Oates, having inspired the song "Sara Smile"^[3]
• Kathy Augustine, a flight attendant prior to entering Nevada politics
• Pam Baricuatro, the governor of Cebu, Philippines who had worked for Cathay Pacific as a flight attendant^[4]
• Rico Barrera, an actor and former reality show contestant (Pinoy Big Brother) who continues to fly with Seair
• Alex Best, ex-wife of George Best
• Neerja Bhanot, was a flight attendant for Pan Am airlines, based in Bombay, India, who died while saving passengers from terrorists on board the hijacked Pan Am Flight 73 on 5 September 1986. She received India's highest civilian award for bravery, the Ashoka Chakra.
• Regina Bird, Big Brother Australia 2003 winner
• Deborah Burlingame, sister of Charles "Chic" Burlingame III, pilot of hijacked American Airlines Flight 77
• Nh. Dini, Indonesian novelist and mother of French director Pierre Coffin. Worked as a Garuda Indonesian Airways flight attendant during her early life
• Betty Ong, was a flight attendant on board American Airlines Flight 11 the first of four hijacked aircraft on the morning of 11 September 2001.
• Madeline Amy Sweeney, was also a flight attendant on board Flight 11, Sweeney was the first to describe the hijackers, and their actions.
• Beverly Lynn Burns, American Airlines stewardess class of 1971; first woman Boeing 747 Captain in the world July 1984
• Terence Cao, Singaporean actor
• Skye Chan, 2008 Miss Hong Kong first runner-up and Miss World 2008 contestant, artist with TVB
• Ellen Church, first female flight attendant in history
• Uli Derickson, on duty during the TWA Flight 847 hijacking
• Brian Dowling, UK Big Brother 2001 winner
• Gaëtan Dugas, alleged Patient Zero for acquired immune deficiency syndrome
• Ruth Carol Taylor, first verified African-American stewardess, hired by Mohawk Airlines in 1958^[5]
• Roz Hanby, face of the British Airways "Fly the Flag" campaign (1970s/1980s)
• Barbara Jane Harrison, posthumously awarded the George Cross for bravery
• Ann Hood, American novelist and short story writer; she has also written nonfiction^[6]
• Jennifer Hosten, 1970 Miss World winner
• Nexar Antonio Flores, Ecuadorian-Finnish artist
• Patricia Ireland, former President of the National Organization for Women
• Kris Jenner, was a flight attendant, for a year, before marrying Robert Kardashian
• Annita Keating, Dutch-born estranged wife of former Australian prime minister Paul Keating, who flew with KLM and Alitalia prior to her marriage
• Sonija Kwok, 1999 Miss Hong Kong, now a popular artist with TVB
• Evangeline Lilly, Canadian actress, who coincidentally played a plane crash survivor on Lost, worked for Royal Airlines.
• Katherine Lee, American flight attendant famous for her finger wag in Delta Air Lines' in-flight safety video, which became a hit on YouTube
• Kate Linder, actress on The Young and the Restless, who continues to fly with United Airlines on weekends when not filming
• Sharon Luk, 2005 Miss Hong Kong First Runner-up, artist with TVB
• Gabriele von Lutzau (born Gabriele Dillmann), a flight attendant on hijacked Lufthansa Flight 181, praised for her loyalty to the passengers and crew. In the aftermath, she was named "Der Engel von Mogadischu" (The Angel of Mogadishu).
• Catherine Maunoury, French winner of the Aerobatics World Championship in 1988 and 2000
• Pamela Bianca Manalo, a flight attendant for Philippine Airlines before she was crowned Miss Philippines-Universe in 2009
• Carole Middleton, mother of Catherine, Princess of Wales
• Avis Miller, Playboy Playmate Miss November 1970
• Jane McGrath, co-founder of the McGrath Foundation for breast cancer.
• Nyla Murphy, lawyer, real estate broker, member of the Wyoming House of Representatives
• Naila Nazir, Pakistani air hostess who received 1985's Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) Heroism Award for bravely handling a tense and dangerous situation during the Pakistan International Airlines Flight 326 hijacking^[7][8]
• Bette Nash, the world's longest-serving flight attendant at the time of her death in 2024
• Sara Netanyahu, wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former El Al flight attendant
• Froso Papaharalambous, singer
• Iris Peterson, flew for United Airlines from 1946 until 2007, retiring at the age of 85
• Lyudmila Putina, former wife of Russian president Vladimir Putin, a flight attendant early in her career
• Doria Ragland, social worker, yoga instructor, and mother of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
• Robert Reardon, retired from Delta Air Lines at the age of 90 as the world's longest serving flight attendant and also the oldest active flight attendant^[9]
• Linda Louise Rowley, former beauty queen who held the title Miss Alaska USA
• Lee Seung-yeon, Korean actress/talk show host
• Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Icelandic Airlines, former Prime Minister of Iceland and first openly LGBT Head of Government
• Ellen Simonetti, first flight attendant to be fired for blogging
• Steven Slater, who quit after the airplane landed and activated the emergency evacuation slide^[10][11]
• Tania Soni, beauty pageant winner
• Silver Tree, writer and producer
• Vesna Vulović, Guinness world record holder for surviving the highest fall without a parachute
• Julie Woodson, Playboy Playmate Miss April 1973
• Ziana Zain, Malaysian international artist, model, actress
• Ant (real name Anthony Steven Kalloniatis), TV personality Celebrity Fit Club former American Airlines flight attendant
• Queen Silvia of Sweden, briefly a flight attendant before marrying King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden