The following is a list of notable autobiographies:
By profession Author Title of book YearAerospaceManfred von RichthofenThe Red Fighter Pilot1917Billy BishopWinged Warfare1918James McCuddenFive Years in the Royal Flying Corps1919René FonckMy Fights (Mes Combats)1919Richard E. ByrdSkyward1928Clarence ChamberlinRecord Flights1928Frank HawksSpeed1931Willy CoppensDays Gone: Memories (Jours Envolés: Mémoires)1932Amelia EarhartThe Fun of It1933Duncan Grinnell-MilneWind in the Wires1933C. W. A. ScottC. W. A. Scott's Book: The Life and Mildenhall-Melbourne Flight of C.W.A. Scott1934Beirne Lay Jr.I Wanted Wings1937Frank Glasgow TinkerSome Still Live1938Louise ThadenHigh, Wide and Frightened1938Igor SikorskyThe Story of the Winged-S1939Richard HillaryThe Last Enemy1940Beryl MarkhamWest with the Night1942Ted W. LawsonThirty Seconds Over Tokyo1943Don S. GentileOne Man Air Force1944Guy GibsonEnemy Coast Ahead1946Arthur HarrisBomber Offensive1947Bert StilesSerenade to the Big Bird1947Henry H. ArnoldGlobal Mission1949Claire Lee ChennaultWay of a Fighter: The Memoirs of Claire Lee Chennault1949George KenneyGeneral Kenney Reports: A Personal History of the Pacific War1949Ivan KozhedubI Serve the Motherland (Служу Родине)1949Hans-Ulrich RudelNevertheless (Trotzdem)1949Dick GraceVisibility Unlimited1950William Bushnell StoutSo Away I Went!1951Pierre ClostermannThe Big Show (Le Grand Cirque)1951Hanna ReitschFlying is My Life (Fliegen, Mein Leben)1951Adolf GallandThe First and the Last1953Ernst Heinkel Stormy Life (Stürmisches Leben)1953Heinz KnokeI Flew for the Führer1953Hugh Henry Home PophamSea Flight: A Fleet Air Arm Pilot's Story1954Nevil ShuteSlide Rule: Autobiography of an Engineer1954Bill BridgemanThe Lonely Sky1955Eino Luukkanen Fighter Over Finland (Hävittäjälentäjänä Kahdessa Sodassa)1956Johnnie JohnsonWing Leader1956John SlessorThe Central Blue: Recollections and Reflections1956Basil EmbryMission Completed1957Saburō SakaiSamurai!1957Pappy BoyingtonBaa Baa Black Sheep1958Robert S. JohnsonThunderbolt!1958Alan DeereNine Lives1959Albert Scott CrossfieldAlways Another Dawn: The Story of a Rocket Test Pilot1960Eric BrownWings on My Sleeve1961Geoffrey de HavillandSky Fever: The Autobiography of Sir Geoffrey de Havilland1961John BrahamNight Fighter1961Nancy BirdBorn to Fly1961Bud MahurinHonest John1962Arch WhitehouseThe Fledgling: An Autobiography1964Curtis LeMayMission with LeMay: My Story1965Arthur TedderWith Prejudice: The War Memoirs of Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Lord Tedder1966Eddie RickenbackerRickenbacker: An Autobiography1967Alexander Sergeyevich YakovlevThe Purpose of Life (Цель жизни)1967Benjamin FouloisFrom the Wright Brothers to the Astronauts: The Memoirs of Benjamin D. Foulois1968George William GoddardOverview: A Lifelong Adventure in Aerial Photography1969Francis Gary PowersOperation Overflight: The U-2 Spy Pilot Tells His Story for the First Time1970Raymond CollishawAir Command: A Fighter Pilot's Story1973Donald WilsonWooing Peponi: My Odyssey through Many Years1973Jan ZumbachMister Brown1973Arthur LeeNo Parachute: A Fighter Pilot in World War I1974Cecil Arthur LewisNever Look Back: An Attempt at Autobiography1974Igor KaberovSwastika in the Gunsight (В прицеле свастика)1975Alexander LippischA Triangle Flies: The Development of Delta Aircraft Until 1945 (Ein Dreieck Fliegt: Die Entwicklung der Delta-Flugzeuge bis 1945)1976Charles LambWar in a Stringbag1977Alan CobhamA Time to Fly1978Alex HenshawSigh for a Merlin: Testing the Spitfire1979Murray PedenA Thousand Shall Fall1979Jean BattenAlone in the Sky1979George GaySole Survivor1980Wladek GnyśFirst Kill: A Fighter Pilot's Autobiography1981William R. DunnFighter Pilot: The First American Ace of World War II1982Robert MasonChickenhawk1983Charles R. Bond Jr.A Flying Tiger's Diary1984Duke CunninghamFox Two: The Story of America's First Ace in Vietnam1984Gerhard NeumannHerman the German: Enemy Alien U.S. Army Master Sergeant1984Stanley HookerNot Much of an Engineer1985Al MooneyThe Al Mooney Story: They All Fly Through the Same Air1985Chuck YeagerYeager: An Autobiography1985Roald DahlGoing Solo1986Haywood S. HansellThe Strategic Air War Against Germany and Japan: A Memoir1986Jackie CochranJackie Cochran: An Autobiography1987Alberto BrigantiBeyond the Clouds the Serene: Memories of Forty Years of Flight and Adventure (Oltre le Nubi il Sereno: Ricordi di Quarant'anni di Volo e di Avventura)1988Samuel HynesFlights of Passage: Recollections of a World War II Aviator1988Robert Lee Scott Jr.The Day I Owned the Sky1988Fred WeickFrom the Ground Up1988John Thomas BlackburnThe Jolly Rogers: The Story of Tom Blackburn and Navy Fighting Squadron VF-171989Takeo DoiFifty Years Recollections on Aircraft Design (航空機設計50年の回想)1989Hugh DundasFlying Start: A Fighter Pilot's War Years1989Kelly JohnsonKelly: More Than My Share of It All1989Boone GuytonWhistling Death: The Test Pilot's Story of the F4U Corsair1990Bud AndersonTo Fly and Fight1991Jimmy DoolittleI Could Never Be So Lucky Again1991Gabby GabreskiGabby: A Fighter Pilot's Life1991Hajo HerrmannEagle's Wings1991Brian ShulSled Driver: Flying the World's Fastest Jet1991Joe FossA Proud American: The Autobiography of Joe Foss1992Tex JohnsonTex Johnston: Jet-Age Test Pilot1992Harry H. CrosbyA Wing and a Prayer: The "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the U.S. Eighth Air Force in Action over Europe in World War II1993Lawrence A. HylandCall Me Pat: The Autobiography of the Man Howard Hughes Chose to Lead Hughes Aircraft1993Diana Barnato WalkerSpreading My Wings: One of Britain's Top Women Pilots Tells Her Remarkable Story1994Marion Eugene CarlPushing the Envelope: The Career of Fighter Ace and Test Pilot Marion Carl1994Neal Vernon LovingLovings Love: A Black American's Experiences in Aviation1994Ben RichSkunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed1994Bob HooverForever Flying: Fifty Years of High-flying Adventures, From Barnstorming in Prop Planes to Dogfighting Germans to Testing Supersonic Jets1996No Kum-SokA MiG-15 to Freedom: Memoir of the Wartime North Korean Defector Who First Delivered the Secret Fighter Jet to the Americans in 19531996Charles W. DrydenA-Train: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman1997James V. HartingerFrom One Stripe to Four Stars1997Frank E. PetersenInto the Tiger's Jaw: America's First Black Marine Aviator1998Paul TibbetsReturn of The Enola Gay1998Jeffrey QuillSpitfire: A Test Pilot's Story1998Michael J. NovoselDustoff: The Memoir of an Army Aviator1999Gene KranzFailure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond2000Frederick LibbyHorses Don't Fly: A Memoir of World War I2000Roland BeamontThe Years Flew Past: 40 Years at the Leading Edge of Aviation2001Robert K. MorganThe Man Who Flew the Memphis Belle: Memoir of a WWII Bomber Pilot2001Peter MasefieldFlight Path: The Autobiography of Sir Peter Masefield2002Donald L. MallickSmell of Kerosene: A Test Pilot's Odyssey2003Bernard F. FisherBeyond the Call of Duty: The Story of an American Hero2004Clayton Kelly GrossLive Bait: WWII Memories of an Undefeated Fighter Ace2006Günther RallMy Logbook: Reminiscences, 1938-20062006Joe Sutter747: Creating the World's First Jumbo Jet and Other Adventures from a Life in Aviation2006Jack BroughtonRupert Red Two: A Fighter Pilot's Life from Thunderbolts to Thunderchiefs2007Leland SnowPutting Dreams to Flight2008Anna YegorovaRed Sky, Black Death: A Soviet Woman Pilot's Memoir of the Eastern Front2009Ann B. CarlA WASP Among Eagles: A Woman Military Test Pilot in World War II2000Mitsuo FuchidaFor That One Day: The Memoirs of Mitsuo Fuchida, the Commander of the Attack on Pearl Harbor2011Harold BrownKeep Your Airspeed Up: The Story of a Tuskegee Airman2017Norman KleissNever Call Me a Hero: A Legendary American Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of Midway2017Tammie Jo ShultsNerves of Steel: How I Followed My Dreams, Earned My Wings, and Faced My Greatest Challenge2019AnthropologyMargaret MeadBlackberry Winter: My Earlier Years1972ArchaeologyMargaret MurrayMy First Hundred Years with Ammu1963ArchitectureFrank Lloyd WrightAutobiography1943ArtSalvador DalíThe Secret Life of Salvador Dalí1942Claude MonetAn Interview1900Gwen RaveratPeriod Piece1952BusinessAndrew CarnegieAutobiography of Andrew Carnegie: with Illustrations1920Henry FordMy Life and Work1922Richard DeVosSimply Rich: Life and Lessons from the Cofounder of Amway: A Memoir2014Andrew S. GroveA Memoir: Swimming Across2001ComedyTerry-ThomasFilling the Gap1959Harpo MarxHarpo Speaks1961Charlie ChaplinMy Autobiography1964Moe HowardMoe Howard and the Three Stooges, AKA I Came, I Stooged, I Conquered (published posthumously)1974Sid CaesarWhere Have I Been?1982Kenny EverettThe Custard Stops at Hatfield1982Bill CosbyFatherhood1986J. B. BoothroydA Shoulder To Laugh On1987Mel BlancThat's NOT All, Folks1988Gilda RadnerIt's Always Something1989Richard PryorPryor Convictions1995Betty WhiteBW: In Person and Here We Go Again: My Life In Televisionboth 1995Damon WayansBootleg1996Stephen FryMoab Is My Washpot1997Jenny McCarthyJen-X: My Open Book1997Chris RockRock This1997Sandra BernhardConfessions of a Pretty Lady1998Danny BonaduceRandom Acts of Badness2001Fran DrescherCancer Schmancer2002Alan ThickeHow Men Have Babies: a New Father's Survival Guide2003Rodney DangerfieldIt's Not Easy Being Me: a Lifetime of No Respect But Plenty of Sex and Drugs (published posthumously)2004Tom GreenHollywood Causes Cancer2004Rik MayallBigger than Hitler – Better than Christ2005Tommy ChongThe I Chong: Meditations From the Joint2006Bob NewhartI Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!2006Alan ThickeHow to Raise Kids Who Won't Hate You2006Steve MartinBorn Standing Up2007Denis LearyWhy We Suck2008Stephen FryErnie: The Autobiography2009Frankie BoyleMy Shit Life So Far2009Craig FergusonAmerican on Purpose2009Todd BridgesKilling Willis, AKA Thatswhatimtalkinbout2010Gilbert GottfriedRubber Balls & Liquor2011Michael MooreHere Comes Trouble2011Victoria JacksonIs My Bow Too Big? How I Went from SNL to the Tea Party2012Kevin SmithTough Sh*t: Life Advice from a Fat, Lazy Slob Who Still Made Good2012Jimmie WalkerDyn-o-mite!2012Andrew Dice ClayThe Filthy Truth2014Andrew SachsI Know Nothing (But Here's What I've Learned)2014John CleeseSo, Anyway...2014Bob SagetDirty Daddy2014David JasonOnly Fools and Stories2017Cheech MarinCheech Is Not My Real Name...But Don't Call Me Chong!2017Eric IdleAlways Look On the Bright Side Of Life2018Mel BrooksAll About Me: My Remarkable Life In Show Business2021Cassandra PetersonYours Cruelly, Elvira2021DanceIsadora DuncanMy Life1927Suzanne FarrellHolding Onto the Air1990Derek HoughTaking the Lead: Lessons from a Life in Motion2014Russ TamblynDancing On the Edge: A Journey of Living, Loving, and Tumbling Through Hollywood2024DramaVincent PriceI Like What I Know1959Fred AstaireSteps in Time1960Ken MurrayLife On a Pogo Stick1960George SandersMemoirs of a Professional Cad1960Sir Cedric HardwickeA Victorian in Orbit1961Dick GregoryNigger1964Brian AherneA Proper Job1969Veronica LakeVL: the Autobiography1970Orson BeanMe and the Orgone1971David NivenThe Moon's a Balloon1972Kim HunterLoose in the Kitchen1975Robert MitchumIt Sure Beats Working1975David NivenBring On The Empty Horses1975Joyce GrenfellJoyce Grenfell Requests the Pleasure1976Christopher LeeTall, Dark & Gruesome1977Peter UstinovDear Me1977Gregory PeckAn Actor's Life1978Ralph BellamyWhen the Smoke Hit the Fan1979Dale Evans & Roy RogersHappy Trails1979John GielgudAn Actor and His Time1979Bette MidlerA View From a Broad1980Ricardo MontalbánReflections: a Life In Two Worlds1980Robert StackStraight Shooting1980Henry FondaFonda: My Life, AKA How Did I Get to Golden Pond?1981Mercedes McCambridgeThe Quality of Mercy1981James MasonBefore I Forget1982Satyajit RayJakhan Choto Chilam1982Dirk BogardeAn Orderly Man1983James FoxComeback: an Actor's Direction1983Akira KurosawaSomething Like an Autobiography1983Laurence OlivierConfessions of an Actor1983Roman PolanskiRoman by Polanski1984 Mr. TThe Man With