Agnes Milowka This is a list ofunderwater divers [ a] activities –Underwater diving is practiced as part of an occupation, or for recreation, where the practitioner submerges below the surface of the water or other liquid for a period which may range between seconds to order of a day at a time, either exposed to the ambient pressure or isolated by a pressure resistant suit, to interact with the underwater environment for pleasure, competitive sport, or as a means to reach a work site for profit or in the pursuit of knowledge, and may use no equipment at all, or a wide range of equipment which may include breathing apparatus, environmental protective clothing, aids to vision, communication, propulsion, maneuverability, buoyancy and safety equipment, and tools for the task at hand.
[ edit ] This list refers to people who are notable for their underwater diving activities and for whom a biographical article exists in Wikipedia.The following lists may also be relevant:
Jacques Cousteau Victor Berge – Swedish diving pioneer and author (1891–1974)Alberto Gianni – Italian underwater diver and inventor (1891–1930)James F. Cahill – American scuba diving pioneer (1926–2008)[ 1] Alphonse and Théodore Carmagnolle – Inventors of an early atmospheric diving suitCharles Condert – American inventor of a failed underwater breathing apparatusJacques Cousteau – French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)Charles Anthony Deane – Pioneering diving engineer and inventor of a surface supplied diving helmetGuglielmo de Lorena – Underwater archaeologist who invented a diving bellAuguste Denayrouze – French inventor of a demand air supply regulator for underwater divingPhilippe Diolé – French author and undersea explorer (1908–1977)Frédéric Dumas – French pioneer of scuba diving (1913–1991)Ted Eldred – Australian inventor of the single hose diving regulatorMaurice Fernez – French inventor and pioneer in underwater breathing apparatusÉmile Gagnan – French engineer and co-inventor of the open circuit demand scuba regulatorGary Gentile – American author and pioneering technical diver (1946–)Bret Gilliam – Pioneering technical diver and author (1951–2023)Edmond Halley – English astronomer (1656–1742)Hans Hass – Austrian biologist, film-maker, and underwater diving pioneer (1919–2013)Stig Insulán – Inventor of an adjustable automatic exhaust valve for variable volume dry suitsJim Jarret – Test diver of the first successful atmospheric diving suitYves Le Prieur – French naval officer and inventor of a free-flow scuba systemJohn Lethbridge – English wool merchant who invented a diving machine in 1715William Hogarth Main – Cave diver and scuba configuration experimentalistTom Mount – Pioneering technical and cave diver (1939–2022)Bill Nagle – American wreck diving pioneer (1952–1993) wreck divingPhil Nuytten – Canadian deep-ocean explorer, scientist, and inventor of the NewtsuitJoseph Salim Peress – Pioneering British diving engineerBenoît Rouquayrol – French inventor of an early diving demand regulatorDick Rutkowski – American pioneer in hyperbaric and diving medicineJoe Savoie – Diver and inventor of diving helmetsAugustus Siebe – British engineer mostly known for his contributions to diving equipmentCharles Spalding – Scottish confectioner and amateur diving bell designerE. Lee Spence – Underwater archaeologist (1947–)′Robert Sténuit – Belgian journalist, writer and underwater archeologist (1933–2024)Philippe Tailliez – French pioneer of scuba diving and underwater photographer (1905–2002)Teseo Tesei – Italian naval officer and pioneering military diver (1909–1941) inventor of human torpedoArne Zetterström – Swedish diver and researcher (1917–1945)Underwater explorers [ edit ] [ edit ] Eugenie Clarke in 2011 Sylvia Earle prepares to dive in a JIM suit Honor Frost Herbert Nitsch Natalia Molchanova Surface supplied and saturation divers [ edit ] This section is empty. You can help by
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Underwater filmmakers [ edit ] Hans Hass Eduard Admetlla i Lázaro – Catalan scuba diving pioneer and underwater filmmakerSamir Alhafith – Australian technical diver, cave explorer and adult underwater filmmakerHenri Bource – Dutch-Australian scuba diver, underwater filmmaker, musician and shark attack survivorScott Cassell – American underwater filmmakerJacques Cousteau – French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)Ben Cropp – Australian documentary filmmaker, conservationist and spearfishermanHans Hass – Austrian biologist, film-maker, and underwater diving pioneerJill Heinerth – Canadian diver, writer and underwater filmmakerHenry Kaiser (musician) – American guitarist, film director, and scientific diverRon Taylor – Australian diver and shark cinematographerValerie Taylor – Australian underwater photographerStan Waterman – American cinematographer and underwater film producer (1923–2023)Andrew Wight – Australian screenwriter and producer (1959–2012)Underwater photographers [ edit ] Tamara Benitez Peter Scoones Brian Skerry Tamara Benitez – Filipina cinematographerGeorges Beuchat – French inventor, diver and businessmanAdrian Biddle – English cinematographer (1952–2005)Jonathan Bird – American photographer, cinematographer, director and television hostEric Cheng – Taiwanese American entrepreneur and professional photographerNeville Coleman – Australian naturalist, underwater photographer, writer, publisher and educatorJacques Cousteau – French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)John D. Craig – American businessman, writer, soldier, and diverBen Cropp – Australian documentary filmmaker, conservationist and spearfishermanBernard Delemotte – French underwater diver and photographer (1939–2023)David Doubilet – Underwater photographer and authorJohn Christopher Fine – American marine biologist, wreck diver and authorRodney Fox – Australian diver, film maker and conservationistRic Frazier – American photographerStephen Frink – Underwater photographer and publisherPeter Gimbel – American filmmaker and underwater photojournalist (1927–1987)Monty Halls – British TV broadcaster, diver and naturalistHans Hass – Austrian biologist, film-maker, and underwater diving pioneerHenry Way Kendall – American particle physicist who won the Nobel Prize in PhysicsRudie Hermann Kuiter – Dutch-born Australian underwater photographer, taxonomist, and marine biologistJoseph B. MacInnis – Canadian physician, author, poet and aquanautLuis Marden – American photographer, explorer, writer, filmmaker, diver, navigator, and linguistAgnes Milowka – Australian cave diverBruce Mozert – American photographerNoel Monkman – New Zealand born Australian filmmaker specialising in underwater photographySteve Parish (photographer) – British born Australian photographer and publisherZale Parry – American scuba diver, photographer and actress (born 1933)Pierre Petit – French photographer (1831–1909)Leni Riefenstahl – German filmmaker (1902–2003)Peter Scoones – Underwater cameramanBrian Skerry – American film producer and photojournalistWesley C. Skiles – American cave diver and cinematographerPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets E. Lee Spence – Underwater archaeologistPhilippe Tailliez – French pioneer of scuba diving and underwater photographerRon Taylor – Australian diver and shark cinematographerValerie Taylor – Australian underwater photographerAlbert Tillman – American educator and underwater diverJohn Veltri – American filmmaker and underwater photographerStan Waterman – American cinematographer and underwater film producer (1923–2023)Michele Westmorland – American underwater photographerJ. Lamar Worzel – American geophysicist and underwater photographerChrist of the Abyss at San Fruttuoso,Liguria [ edit ] Lionel Crabb Lionel Crabb – Royal Navy frogman and MI6 diverIan Edward Fraser – Royal Navy Victoria Cross recipient (1920–2008)Sydney Knowles – British naval frogman during and after WWIIJohn H. Lang – American soldier and sailor (1899–1970)Alain Mafart – French military officer convicted for his part in the bombing of the Rainbow WarriorTeseo Tesei – Italian naval officer and pioneering military diverScott Carpenter Sylvia Earle displays samples to aquanaut inside TEKTITE Albert Falco in 2011 Michael Gernhardt Karen Kohanowich Sunita Williams Aquanaut – Diver who remains at depth underwater for longer than 24 hours
Astronauts – Spacecraft crew memberJoseph M. Acaba – American hydrogeologist and astronaut (born 1967)Clayton Anderson – Retired NASA astronaut and member of the ISS Expedition 15 crewRichard R. Arnold – American educator and NASA astronautSerena Auñón-Chancellor – American physician, engineer, and NASA astronautMichael Barratt (astronaut) – American aerospace medicine physician and astronaut born 1959Bob Behnken – US Air Force officer, NASA astronaut and former Chief of the Astronaut Office (born 1970)Randolph Bresnik – United States Marine Corps officer and a NASA astronaut on three expeditionsScott Carpenter – American astronaut and aquanaut (1925–2013)Gregory Chamitoff – Canadian born engineer and NASA astronaut (born 1962)Catherine Coleman – American astronaut, chemist, engineer and USAF colonel (born 1960)Timothy Creamer – NASA flight director, astronaut and US Army officerJeanette Epps – American aerospace engineer and NASA astronaut born 1970Andrew J. Feustel – American-Canadian NASA astronaut and geophysicistMichael Fincke – American astronaut and USAF colonel (born 1967)Satoshi Furukawa – Japanese surgeon and astronaut (born 1964)Ronald J. Garan Jr. – American astronautMichael L. Gernhardt – NASA astronaut and manager of Environmental Physiology Laboratory (born 1956)Chris Hadfield – Canadian astronaut (born 1959)Jeremy Hansen – Canadian astronaut (born 1976)José M. Hernández – American engineer and former NASA astronautJohn Herrington – Native American astronaut, aviator and engineer (born 1958)Akihiko Hoshide – Japanese astronaut and engineer (born 1968)Norishige Kanai – Japanese doctor and astronaut (born 1976)Scott Kelly (astronaut) – American engineer, astronaut, and naval aviator (born 1964)Timothy Kopra – American astronaut (born 1963)Michael López-Alegría – Spanish-American astronaut (born 1958)Sandra Magnus – American astronaut and engineer (born 1964)Thomas Marshburn – American physician and NASA astronautK. Megan McArthur – American oceanographer and NASA astronaut (born 1971)Jessica Meir – American astronaut and marine biologistDorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger – American astronautAndreas Mogensen – Danish engineer and astronaut (born 1976)Soichi Noguchi – Japanese astronaut and engineer (born 1965)Karen Nyberg – American mechanical engineer and NASA astronaut (born 1969)John D. Olivas – American engineer and a former NASA astronautTakuya Onishi – Japanese astronaut, engineer and pilot (born 1975)Luca Parmitano – Italian astronaut, pilot and engineer (born 1976)Nicholas Patrick – British-American astronaut and engineer (born 1964)Tim Peake – British Army Air Corps officer and astronaut (born 1972)Thomas Pesquet – French aerospace engineer, pilot, and astronaut (born 1978)Marc Reagan – American Station Training Lead in Mission Operations at NASA's Johnson Space CenterGarrett Reisman – American engineer and former NASA astronaut (born 1968)Kathleen Rubins – American microbiologist and NASA astronautDavid Saint-Jacques – Canadian astronaut (born 1970)Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper – American astronaut and Navy captain (born 1963)Hervé Stevenin – European aquanaut at the European Astronaut Centre (born 1962)Nicole Stott – American engineer and former astronaut (born 1962)Daniel M. Tani – American astronaut and engineer (born 1961)Robert Thirsk – Canadian engineer, astronaut and physician (born 1953)Bill Todd – Project Manager for Exploration Analogs at NASA's Johnson Space CenterMark T. Vande Hei – American engineer and NASA astronautKoichi Wakata – Japanese engineer and astronaut (born 1963)Rex J. Walheim – American astronaut, engineer and USAF colonel (born 1962)Shannon Walker – American scientist and NASA astronaut (born 1965)Douglas H. Wheelock – American engineer and astronaut (born 1960)Peggy Whitson – American astronaut and biochemistry researcher (born 1960)Dafydd Williams – Canadian astronaut, physician and public speaker (born 1954)Jeffrey Williams (astronaut) – American astronaut and US Army officer (born 1958)Sunita Williams – American astronaut and Navy officer (born 1965)Gregory R. Wiseman – American astronaut, engineer, and naval aviator (born 1975)Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets Kimiya Yui – Japanese pilot and astronaut (born 1970)Andrew Abercromby – Biomedical engineer from Scotland working for NASATimothy J. Broderick – American surgeon and academicBerry L. Cannon – American aquanaut who died in a diving incident (1935–1969)Justin Brown (aquanaut) – American professional aquanaut and habitat technicianSteve Chappell – American aerospace engineer (born 1969/1970)Robin Cook (American novelist) – American physician and novelist (born 1940)Craig B. Cooper – American aquanautFabien Cousteau – Aquanaut, ocean conservationist, and documentary filmmakerPhilippe Cousteau – French diver and cinematographer (1940–1979)Jonathan Dory – Human Systems Integration Lead at NASA's Johnson Space CenterSylvia Earle – American marine biologist and lecturerSheck Exley – American cave and deep diving pioneer and record breakerAlbert Falco – French scuba diver, chief diver and captain of the CalypsoChristopher E. Gerty – American aerospace engineer who worked on NASA's Constellation ProgramPaul Hill (flight director) – Former Director of Mission Operations at the NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space CenterMark Hulsbeck – American professional aquanautEmma Hwang – Scientist with Wyle Laboratories and aquanaut on NEEMO 5Les Kaufman – American evolutionary ecologist specializing in aquatic ecosystemsKaren Kohanowich – American aquanaut and ex US Navy diverDominic Landucci – American professional aquanaut and Network Analyst at the NOAA Aquarius Reef BaseJon Lindbergh – American underwater diver (1932–2021)Joseph B. MacInnis – Canadian physician, author, poet and aquanautCraig McKinley (physician) – Canadian physician and aquanautSimone Melchior – First woman scuba diver and aquanaut (1919–1990)Dick Rutkowski – American pioneer in hyperbaric and diving medicineTara Ruttley – Associate Chief Scientist for Microgravity Research at NASA HeadquartersJosef Schmid (flight surgeon) – NASA flight surgeon and Major General in the United States Air Force ReservesRobert Sheats – American Master Diver retired from the United States NavyDewey Smith – American aquanaut (1972–2009)Steve Squyres – Professor of Physical Sciences at Cornell UniversityRobert Sténuit – Belgian journalist, writer and underwater archeologist (1933–2024)James Talacek – American professional aquanautJoachim Wendler – German aquanaut (1939–1975)Graham Balcombe – Pioneering British cave diver (1907–2000)Jon Lindbergh – Pioneering American cave diver and early aquanaut (1932–2021)Jim Bowden – Record breaking technical and cave diverSheck Exley – American cave and deep diving pioneer and record breaker (1949–1994)Martyn Farr – British cave diver (1951–)Jarrod Jablonski – Pioneer American cave diver, author and previous cave diving record holder (1969–)Artur Kozłowski – Polish cave diver (1977–2011) (1977–2011)Jack Sheppard – British cave diver (1909–2001)Wesley C. Skiles – American cave diver and cinematographerPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets (1958–2010)Krzysztof Starnawski – Polish technical and cave diverRick Stanton – British cave diver who specialises in rescues (1961–)John Volanthen – British volunteer cave diver who specialises in rescues (1971–)Notable for other reasons [ edit ] (to be allocated)
^ Notability to qualify for this list is established by having, as a minimum requirement, cited mention in an article on English Wikipedia, in which their notability as a diver is explained.
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