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Lindbergh was born on August 16, 1932, five months after the kidnapping and death of his older brother, Charles Lindbergh Jr. [1] Jon's parents had discovered the name "Jon" in a book about Scandinavian history. [2] [3] During his mother's pregnancy with him, his parents received large numbers of letters and phone calls threatening his life. [4]
Charles Lindbergh, pioneering aviator famous for piloting the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927 [120] Erik Lindbergh, aviator; Godfrey Lundberg, Swedish-born, engraver [121] Jon Lindbergh, is a former underwater diver from the United States. He has worked as a United States Navy demolition expert and as a commercial ...
Her second marriage was to Jon Lindbergh, [5] son of aviator Charles Lindbergh and writer Anne Morrow Lindbergh; they divorced in 1997. Pryor died on January 4, 2025, at the age of 92. [ 6 ]
Anne Spencer Morrow Lindbergh (June 22, 1906 – February 7, 2001) was an American writer and aviator. She was the wife of decorated pioneer aviator Charles Lindbergh , with whom she made many exploratory flights.
Jon Lindbergh (1932–2021), U.S. diver and demolition expert, son of the famous pilot Charles Lindbergh Erik Lindbergh (born c. 1965), U.S. aviator; grandson of the famous pilot Charles Lindbergh Pelle Lindbergh (1959–1985), Swedish ice hockey player
Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, and author. On May 20–21, 1927, he made the first nonstop flight from New York to Paris, a distance of 3,600 miles (5,800 km), flying alone for 33.5 hours.
Bruno Richard Hauptmann (November 26, 1899 – April 3, 1936) was a German-born carpenter who was convicted of the abduction and murder of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., the 20-month-old son of aviator Charles Lindbergh and his wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh. The Lindbergh kidnapping became known as the "crime of the century". [1]
The Lindberghs built Highfields in 1931 on a secluded spot of the Sourland Mountain so as to escape the spotlight brought on by their celebrity status. After his pioneering solo flight from New York to Paris in 1927, four million people had attended the ticker tape parade in Charles Lindbergh's honor, and he had received two million congratulatory telegrams, making him one of the most famous ...