1. United States aviator and general who was an early advocate of military air power (1879-1936)
   - William Mitchell, Billy Mitchell
    
2. United States writer noted for her novel about the South during the American Civil War (1900-1949)
   - Margaret Mitchell, Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell
    
3. United States labour leader; president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1898 to 1908 (1870-1919)
   - John Mitchell
    
4. United States astronomer who studied sunspots and nebulae (1818-1889)
   - Maria Mitchell
    
5. United States dancer who formed the first Black classical ballet company (born in 1934)
   - Arthur Mitchell
    
6. English aeronautical engineer (1895-1937)
   - R. J. Mitchell, Reginald Joseph Mitchell

Derived forms: Mitchells

Type of: aeronautical engineer, astronomer, author, aviator, dancer, flier, flyer, full general, general, labor leader [US], labour leader [Brit, Cdn], professional dancer, stargazer [informal], terpsichorean, uranologist, writer

Encyclopedia: Mitchell, Oliver