List of people buried at sea
Burial at sea on the USS Enterprise, May 19, 2004
This is a list of people buried at sea
- John Carradine (1906–1988), prolific film actor, buried in the Southern California Bight
- Captain James Cook (1728–1779), Royal Navy officer and explorer buried at sea after being abducted and cannibalized by Hawaiians
- Francis Drake (1540–1596), English privateer buried with two ships off the coast of Portobelo after his failed invasion of Panama
- George Duff (1764–1805), Royal Navy admiral buried at sea after being killed in the Battle of Trafalgar.
- Frank Watson Dyson (1868–1939), British Astronomer Royal buried at sea during voyage between Australia and England.
- Zachary Hickes (d. 1771), Royal Navy first lieutenant aboard HMS Endeavour on its voyage to Australia[1]
- Kealiiahonui (1800–1849), Kaua'i nobleman buried at sea in Pearl Harbor.
- Sir Arthur Kennedy (1809–1883), British colonial governor of Hong Kong and Queensland, buried in the Red Sea after dying on voyage to England.
- Christopher Levett (1586–1630), English explorer of modern-day New England, buried at sea after dying on voyage out of Massachusetts.
- William Lowndes (1782–1822), U.S. Congressman from South Carolina, buried in the Atlantic Ocean after dying en route to the United Kingdom.
- Osama bin Laden
- Atholl MacGregor (1883–1945), Chief Justice of Hong Kong, buried in the Indian Ocean after dying aboard British hospital ship after Japanese internment
- James Martin (Australian soldier) (1901–1915), Australian Army private, buried in the Mediterranean Ocean after dying aboard the HMHS Glenart Castle following the Gallipoli Campaign.
- Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma (1901–1960), buried at sea from the HMS Wakeful off the coast of Portsmouth.
- Naihekukui, Hawaiian admiral, buried at sea after dying in Valparaiso, Chile
- Michael Parks (1940–2017), American film actor
- Christian Ferdinand Schiess (1856–1884), Swiss Victoria Cross recipient and Natal Native Contingent corporal during the Anglo-Zulu War, buried at sea after dying aboard the HMS Serapis.
- Frederic John Walker (1896–1944), Royal Navy captain known for anti-submarine operations in the Battle of the Atlantic, buried from the HMS Hesperus.
- Dennis Wilson (1944–1983), American musician and cofounder of the Beach Boys,
- Zheng He (1371–1433/35), Chinese admiral known for treasure voyages commissioned by the Yongle Emperor under the Ming Dynasty.
People whose ashes were scattered at sea
Janis Joplin's ashes were scattered at the Pacific Ocean
Chyna's ashes were scattered at the Pacific Ocean
John F. Kennedy Jr.'s ashes were scattered at the Atlantic Ocean
- Bud Abbott (1897–1974)
- Aizong (1198–1234)
- Hal Ashby (1929–1988)
- Queen Aishwarya of Nepal[2] (1949–2001)
- Jack Albertson (1907–1981)
- Mabel Albertson (1901–1982)
- Peter Allen (1944–1992)
- Kirk Alyn (1910–1999)
- Dev Anand (1923–2011)
- Edward Andrews (1914–1985)
- John Anderson (actor) (1922–1992)
- Roscoe Arbuckle (1887–1933)
- Neil Armstrong (1930–2012)
- Desi Arnaz (1917–1986)
- Sig Arno (1895–1975)
- Jean Arthur (1900–1991)
- Malcolm Atterbury (1907–1992)
- Edith Atwater (1911–1986)
- James Avery (1945–2013)
- Cleo Baldon (1927–2014)
- Raymond Bailey (1904–1980)
- Lester Bangs (1948–1982)
- Lynn Bari (1913–1989)
- Saul Bass (1920–1996)
- Hugh Beaumont (1909–1982)
- Orson Bean (1928–2020)
- Bruce Bennett (1906–2007)
- Krishna Prasad Bhattarai (1924–2011)
- Herbert Biberman (1900–1971)
- Birendra of Nepal (1945–2001)[3]
- Joey Bishop (1918–2007)
- Kirti Nidhi Bista (1927–2017)
- Bill Bixby (1934–1993) (ashes scattered off Hana, Hawaii)
- Mari Blanchard (1923–1970)
- Jorge Bolet (1914–1990)
- Ward Bond (1903–1960)
- Veda Ann Borg (1915–1973)
- David Bowie (1947–2016)
- Lee Bowman (1914–1979)
- Joseph Boxhall (1884 –1967) (ashes scattered off Atlantic Ocean)
- Marlon Brando (1924–2004)
- Robert Bray (1917–1983)
- George Brent (1904–1979)
- Martin E. Brooks (1925–2015)
- James Brown (actor) (1920–1992)
- Phil Brown (actor) (1916–2006)
- Obadiah Bush (1797–1851)
- Cliff Burton (1962–1986)
- Maria Callas (1923–1977) (Her ashes were originally buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery. After being stolen and later recovered, they were scattered into the Aegean Sea, off the coast of Greece on June 3, 1979)
- Norman Campbell (1924–2004) (ashes sprinkled off Prince Edward Island)
- Olive Carey (1896–1988)
- Allen Carr (1934–2006)
- Anthony Caruso (1916–2003)
- Adriana Caselotti (1916–1997)
- Jack Cassidy (1927–1976)
- Joan Caulfield (1922–1991)
- Dorothy Buffum Chandler (1901–1997)
- Norman Chandler (1899–1973)
- Ben Chapman (1925–2008) (ashes scattered off Hawaii and at Park Lake (Black Lagoon) at Universal Studios)
- Lonny Chapman (1920–2007)
- Chyna (1969–2016) (cremated and ashes scattered at the Pacific Ocean)[4][5]
- Dick Clark (1929–2012)
- Fred Clark (1914–1968)
- Colin Clive (1900–1937)
- Alberto Closas (1921–1994)
- Kurt Cobain (1967–1994)
- Tris Coffin (1909–1990)
- Cyril Collard (1957–1993)
- William Collier Jr. (1902–1987)
- Christopher Collins (1949–1994)
- Jack Colvin (1934–2005)
- Chester Conklin (1886–1971)
- Pat Conway (1931–1981)
- Robert Coogan (1924–1978)
- Merian C. Cooper (1893–1973)
- Kevin Corcoran (1949–2015)
- Ted de Corsia (1903–1973)
- Wally Cox (1924–1973)
- Mary Jane Croft (1916–1999)
- Joel Crothers (1941–1985)
- Georg Danzer (1946–2007) (cremated and his ashes scattered near Mallorca)
- Frankie Darro (1917–1976)
- Don S. Davis (1942–2008)
- Richard Deacon (actor) (1921–1984)
- Frances Dee (1909–2004)
- Deng Xiaoping (1904–1997)
- Deng Yingchao (1904–1992)
- Martin Denny (1911–2005)
- Tara Devi (1945–2006)
- Upendra Devkota (1953–2018)
- Dhirendra of Nepal (1950–2001)
- Dena Dietrich (1928–2020)
- Roy E. Disney (1930–2009)
- Phyllis Diller (1917–2012)
- Dipendra of Nepal (1971–2001)
- Lawrence Dobkin (1919–2002)
- Brian Donlevy (1901–1972)
- Ann Doran (1911–2000)
- Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (1892–1981)
- Robert Douglas (actor) (1909–1999)
- Charles Drake (actor) (1917–1994)
- Doris Duke (1912–1993)
- James Dunn (actor) (1901–1967)
- Ann (1942–1995) and Madelyn Dunham (1922–2008) (ashes were scattered on the south side of Oahu into the Pacific Ocean.)
- Ann Dvorak (1911–1979)
- Buddy Ebsen (1908–2003)
- William Edmunds (1886–1981)
- Adolf Eichmann (1906–1962) (Following the 1962 execution in Israel of Eichmann, the Nazi responsible for overseeing the extermination of millions of Jews during the Holocaust, his body was cremated and his ashes scattered over the Mediterranean Sea in international waters because Israel did not want Eichmann buried on its soil or to have a grave anywhere else that might have become a place of pilgrimage for other Nazis.)
- James Ellison (actor) (1910–1993)
- Friedrich Engels (1820–1895) (ashes scattered into the English Channel off Beachy Head)
- Edith Evanson (1896–1980)
- Harold Farncomb (1899–1971)
- David Farrar (1908–1995) (ashes scattered into the Indian Ocean)
- José Fernández (pitcher) (1992–2016)
- Virginia Field (1917–1992)
- John Fiedler (1925–2005)
- Bill Finger (1914–1974)
- Paul Frees (1920–1986) (ashes sprinkled into the Pacific Ocean)
- Victor French (1934–1989)
- Benson Fong (1916–1987)
- Henry Ford II (1917–1987)
- Bob Fosse (1927–1987)
- Anne Francis (1930–2011)
- Jean Gabin (1904–1976)
- Jerry Garcia (1942–1995)
- Erle Stanley Gardner (1899–1970)
- Marvin Gaye (1939–1984)
- Leyla Gencer (1928–2008) (cremated and ashes scattered off from Bosphorus)
- Lowell George (1945–1979)
- Stan Getz (1927–1991)
- Jagadish Ghimire (1946–2013)[6]
- Madhav Prasad Ghimire (1919–2020)
- Frances Gifford (1920–1994)
- Tulsi Giri (1926–2018)
- Ned Glass (1906–1984)
- Hermann Göring (1893–1946)
- Michael Gough (1916–2011) (ashes scattered into the English Channel)
- Cary Grant (1904–1986)
- Virginia Grey (1917–2004)
- Charlotte Greenwood (1890–1977)
- Amber Gurung (1938–2016)
- Khem Raj Gurung (1975–2016)
- Alan Hale Jr. (1921–1990)
- Rusty Hamer (1947–1990)
- Alaina Reed Hall (1946–2009)
- Neil Hamilton (1899–1984)
- Yip Harburg (1896–1981)
- Hugh Harman (1903–1982)
- George Harrison (1943–2001)
- John Hart (actor) (1917–2009)
- Paul Hartman (1904–1973)
- Phil Hartman (1948–1998) (ashes scattered off from Santa Catalina Island's Emerald Bay)
- Walter de Havilland (1872–1968)
- Kenneth Hawks (1898–1930)
- Richard Haydn (1905–1985)
- Jean Heather (1921–1995)
- Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988) (cremated and ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean)[7]
- Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark (1934–2018)
- Rudolf Hess (1894–1987) (He was originally buried in Wunsiedel cemetery in Bavaria. After his tomb became a potential pilgrimage place for neo-Nazis, his body was disinterred in July 2011, cremated, and the ashes scattered at sea.)[8]
- David Hedison (1927–2019)
- Van Heflin (1910–1971)
- Jascha Heifetz (1901–1987)
- William Henry (actor) (1914–1982)
- Anne T. Hill (1916–1999)
- Arthur Hill (actor) (1922–2006)
- Edmund Hillary (1919–2008) (ashes scattered in New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf)[9]
- Barron Hilton (1927–2019)
- Pat Hingle (1924–2009)
- Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980)
- Don Ho (1930–2007)
- William Holden (1918–1981)
- Sterling Holloway (1905–1992)
- John Houseman (1902–1988)
- Kenny Howard (1929–1992)
- L. Ron Hubbard (1911–1986)[10]
- Rochelle Hudson (1916–1972)
- Rock Hudson (1925–1985)
- Diana Hyland (1936–1977)
- Thomas H. Ince (1880–1924)
- Richard Jaeckel (1926–1997)
- Joyce Jameson (1932–1987)
- Princess Jayanti of Nepal (1946–2001)
- Isabel Jewell (1907–1972)
- Buck Jones (1891–1942)
- Chuck Jones (1912–2002)
- Janis Joplin (1943–1970)
- Moe Keale (1939–2002)
- Gilbert Lani Kauhi (1937–2004)
- Kekāuluohi (1794–1845)
- DeForest Kelley (1920–1999)
- Israel Kamakawiwo'ole (1959–1997) (ashes sprinkled into the Pacific Ocean at Mākua Beach)
- Graham Kennedy (1934–2005) (ashes sprinkled at Kiama)
- John F. Kennedy Jr. (1960–1999) (cremated at Mayflower Cemetery crematorium,[11] Duxbury, Massachusetts, ashes sprinkled from USS Briscoe in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha's Vineyard)
- Barbara Kent (1907–2011)
- Klaus Kinski (1924–1991)
- Werner Klemperer (1920–2000)
- Girija Prasad Koirala (1924–2010)
- Sushil Koirala (1939–2016)
- Charles Korvin (1907–1998)
- Henry Koster (1905–1988)
- Otto Kretschmer (1912–1998)
- Frankie Laine (1913–2007)
- Elsa Lanchester (1902–1986)
- George Lansbury (1859–1940)
- Ring Lardner Jr. (1915–2000)
- John Laurie (1897–1980) (ashes were scattered into the English Channel)
- Harry Lauter (1914–1990)
- Peter Lawford (1923–1984), actor, was cremated and ashes originally buried at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery; they were later removed and sprinkled in the Pacific Ocean.
- Cloris Leachman (1926–2021)
- Bill Lear (1902–1978)
- Elliott Lewis (actor) (1917–1990)
- Charles Lindbergh Jr. (1930–1932)
- Larry Linville (1939–2000)
- Liu Xiaobo (1955–2017), 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Winner.
- Richard Long (actor) (1927–1974)
- Jack Lord (1920–1998)
- Arthur Lubin (1898–1995)
- Frederica Sagor Maas (1900–2012)
- John D. MacArthur (1897–1978)
- Moyna Macgill (1895–1975)
- Jack MacGowran (1918–1973)
- Angus MacLise (1938–1979)
- Norma MacMillan (1921–2001) (ashes sprinkled off from Strait of Juan de Fuca)
- Meredith MacRae (1944–2000)
- Mahendra of Nepal (1920–1972)
- Jock Mahoney (1919–1989)
- Brenda Marshall (1915–1992)
- Dick Martin (1922–2008)
- Zeppo Marx (1901–1979)
- Lon McCallister (1923–2005)
- Joel McCrea (1905–1990)
- Roddy McDowall (1928–1998)
- Dorothy McGuire (1916–2001)
- Charles McGraw (1914–1980)
- Dallas McKennon (1919–2009)
- Charles McKimson (1914–1999)
- Kenneth McLennan (1925–2005)
- Steve McQueen (1930–1980)
- Patrick McVey (1910–1973) (ashes sprinkled into the Atlantic Ocean)
- George Meeker (1904–1984)
- Ib Melchior (1917–2015)
- Don Messick (1926–1997), (ashes were sprinkled in the Pacific Ocean, at the Point Lobos State Reserve)
- Ray Milland (1907–1986)
- Pindale Min (1608–1661)
- Robert Mitchum (1917–1997)
- Peggy Moran (1918–2002)
- Karen Morley (1909–2003)
- Priscilla Morrill (1927–1994)
- Chester Morris (1901–1970)
- George Stephen Morrison (1919–2008)
- Pranab Mukherjee (1935–2020)
- Lorenzo Music (1937–2001)
- Jim Nabors (1930–2017)
- Laurence Naismith (1908–1992) (ashes sprinkled into the Pacific Ocean)
- George Nader (1921–2002)
- Jack Nance (1943–1996)
- Robert Nathan (1894–1985) and his wife Anna Lee (1913–2004)
- Tom Neal (1914–1972)
- Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964)
- Prince Nirajan of Nepal (1978–2001)
- George O'Brien (actor) (1899–1985)
- Zelma O'Neal (1903–1989)
- Admiral Sir Herbert Annesley Packer (1894–1962) (ashes scattered at sea off Cape Point, South Africa)
- Ali-Reza Pahlavi (1966–2011)
- Aloysius Pang (1990–2019)
- Eleanor Parker (1922–2013)
- Gail Patrick (1911–1980)
- Shirley Patterson (1922–1995) (ashes sprinkled into the Atlantic Ocean)
- John Payne (actor) (1912–1989)
- Alice Pearce (1917–1966)
- Harold Peary (1908–1985)
- Sam Peckinpah (1925–1984)
- Vincent Price (1911–1993)
- Dana Plato (1964–1999)
- Edward Platt (1916–1974)
- Khieu Ponnary (1920–2003)
- Dudley Pound (1877–1943)
- Robert Preston (actor) (1918–1987)
- Roger Rees (1944–2015)
- Elliott Reid (1920–2013)
- Tommy Rettig (1941–1996)
- Alma Reville (1899–1982)
- Florence Rice (1907–1974)
- Sogyal Rinpoche (1947–2019)
- Jerome Robbins (1918–1998)
- Rod La Rocque (1896–1969) and his wife Vilma Bánky (1901–1991)
- Richard Rodgers (1902–1979)
- Gilbert Roland (1905–1994)
- Ruth Roman (1922–1999)
- Donald K. Ross (1910–1992)
- Russell Rouse (1913–1987)
- Jane Russell (1921–2011)
- Nipsey Russell (1918–2005)
- Don Sahlin (1928–1978)
- Gar Samuelson (1958–1999)
- George Sanders (1906–1972) (ashes sprinkled into the English Channel)
- Fritz Sauckel (1894–1946)
- Douglas Seale (1913–1999)
- Princess Sharada Shah of Nepal (1942–2001)
- Ravi Shankar (1920–2012)
- Shubhendra Shankar (1942–1992)
- Alan Shepard (1923–1998)
- Jean Shepherd (1921–1999) (ashes sprinkled into the Gulf of Mexico)
- Shree Krishna Shrestha (1967–2014)
- Princess Shruti of Nepal (1976–2001)
- Princess Shanti Singh of Nepal (1940–2001)
- Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1931–2008)
- Norton Simon (1907–1993)
- Edna Skinner (1921–2003)
- Alexis Smith (1921–1993)
- John Smith (actor) (1931–1995)
- Gale Sondergaard (1899–1985)
- Sridevi (1963–2018) (cremated and ashes immersed in the sea off Rameshwaram coast in Chennai)[12][13]
- Craig Stevens (actor) (1918–2002)
- David Ogden Stiers (1942–2018)
- Joseph Stilwell (1883–1946)
- Graeme "Shirley" Strachan (1952–2001)
- Susan Strasberg (1938–1999)
- Reinhard Suhren (1916–1984)
- Sak Sutsakhan (1928–1994)
- Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941)
- Lyle Talbot[14] (1902–1996)
- Margaret Tallichet (1914–1991)
- Akim Tamiroff (1899–1972)
- Norman Taurog (1899–1981)
- Rip Taylor (1931–2019)
- Bhakti Thapa (1741–1815)
- Surya Bahadur Thapa (1928–2015)
- Bill Thompson (voice actor) (1913–1971)
- Richard Thorpe (1896–1991)
- Paul Tibbets (1915–2007) (ashes sprinkled into the English Channel)
- Regis Toomey (1898–1991)
- Peter Tork (1942–2019)
- Alex Toth (1928–2006)
- Arthur Treacher (1894–1975)
- Claire Trevor (1910–2000)[15]
- Tribhuvan of Nepal[16] (1906–1955)
- Ernest Truex (1889–1973)
- Lana Turner (1921–1995)
- Bishwonath Upadhyaya (1930–2014)
- Vivian Vance (1909–1979)
- Kelly Jean Van Dyke (1958–1991)
- Vanity (singer) (1959–2016)
- Wende Wagner (1941–1997)
- Nancy Walker (1922–1992)
- Marcia Wallace (1942–2013)
- Charles Walters (1911–1982)
- Simon Ward (1941–2012) (ashes sprinkled into the English Channel)
- William A. Wellman (1896–1975)
- H. G. Wells (1866–1946)
- Adam West (1928–2017)
- Kenneth Whiting (1881–1943)
- James Whitmore (1921–2009)
- Esther Williams (1921–2013)
- Guy Williams (1924–1989) (ashes sprinkled off Point Dume)
- John Williams (actor) (1903–1983)
- Robin Williams (1951–2014) (ashes sprinkled off San Francisco Bay)
- Ne Win (1911–2002)
- Eddie Van Halen (1955–2020)[17]
- Archie Van Winkle (1925–1986)
- Edward Winter (1937–2001)
- Ed Wood (1924–1978)
- Katherine Woodville (1938–2013)
- Sam Yorty (1909–1998)
- Harry von Zell (1906–1981)
- Zhou Enlai (1898–1976)
- Stefán Karl Stefánsson (1975–2018)
- Stephen Hillenburg (1961–2018)[18]
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