List of underwater divers

This is a list of underwater divers whose exploits have made them notable.[1]

Pioneers of diving

  • Victor Berge  Swedish diving pioneer and author (1891–1974) helmet diving
  • James F. Cahill  American scuba diving pioneer (1926–2008) credited with introducing scuba diving to the USA.[2]
  • Jacques-Yves Cousteau  Inventor of scuba-diving apparatus and film-maker (1910–1997)
  • Philippe Diolé  French author and undersea explorer (1908–1977)
  • Frédéric Dumas  French pioneer of scuba diving (1913–1991) spearfishing, wreck diving
  • Émile Gagnan  French engineer and co-inventor of the open circuit demand scuba regulator (1900–1979)
  • Gary Gentile  American author and pioneering technical diver (1946–) wreck diving
  • Bret Gilliam  Pioneering technical diver and author. (1951–)
  • Hans Hass  Austrian biologist, film-maker, and underwater diving pioneer (1919–2013) underwater photography
  • Tom Mount  Pioneering technical and cave diver
  • Bill Nagle  American wreck diving pioneer (1952–1993) wreck diving
  • Dick Rutkowski  American pioneer in hyperbaric and diving medicine and use of mixed breathing gases for diving diving medicine, diver training
  • E. Lee Spence  Underwater archaeologist (1947–) underwater archaeology
  • Robert Sténuit  Belgian journalist, writer, underwater archeologist and the first aquanaut. (1933–)
  • Philippe Tailliez  French pioneer of scuba diving and underwater photographer (1905–2002) skin & scuba diving
  • Teseo Tesei  Italian naval officer and pioneering military diver (1909–1941) inventor of human torpedo
  • Arne Zetterström  Diver involved in experimental work with Hydrox breathing gas (1917–1945)

Record holders for depth

(Scuba and surface supplied)

  • Pascal Bernabé  French claimant to scuba diving depth record
  • John Bennett (diver)  British technical diver and former record holder lost in commercial diving incident (1959–2004)
  • Jim Bowden  Record breaking technical and cave diver
  • Mark Ellyatt  British technical diver and previous depth record holder
  • Sheck Exley  American cave and deep diving pioneer and record breaker (1949–1994)
  • Ahmed Gabr (current deepest scuba dive record)
  • Nuno Gomes (diver)  South African diver and holder of scuba depth record
  • Simon Mitchell  New Zealand physician and author on diving medicine
  • Claudia Serpieri  Italian technical diver and depth record holder
  • Dave Shaw (diver)  Australian technical diver and former record holder killed in a diving incident
  • Krzysztof Starnawski  Polish technical and cave diver

Cave divers

  • Graham Balcombe  Pioneering British cave diver (1907–2000)
  • Jim Bowden  Record breaking technical and cave diver
  • Sheck 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)
  • Jack Sheppard  British cave diver (1909–2001)
  • Wesley C. Skiles  American cave diver and underwater cinematographer. (1958–2010)
  • Krzysztof Starnawski  Polish technical and cave diver
  • Rick Stanton  British civilian cave diver who specialises in rescues (1961/2–)
  • John Volanthen  British volunteer cave diver who specialises in rescues (1971–)

Notable for other reasons

  • Eduard Admetlla i Lázaro  Catalan scuba diving pioneer and underwater filmmaker (1924–2019) patented a scuba diving breathing device in 1953,[3] and broke the scuba diving depth record in 1957 by becoming the first person to dive beyond 100 metres (330 ft) using scuba.[4]
  • Michael C. Barnette  American underwater diver, author and founder of the Association of Underwater Explorers (born 1971)
  • Leigh Bishop  Diver known for shipwreck exploration and photography (born 1968) (shipwreck discovery)
  • Berry L. Cannon  American aquanaut who died in a diving incident. (1935–1969)
  • John Chatterton  American wreck diver, co-host for History Channel's Deep Sea Detectives series (born 1951) (shipwreck discovery)
  • Craig B. Cooper  American aquanaut (born 1949?)
  • Fabien Cousteau  Aquanaut, ocean conservationist, and documentary filmmaker (born 1967)
  • Jean-Michel Cousteau  French oceanographic explorer, environmentalist, educator, and film producer (born 1938)
  • Philippe Cousteau  French diver and cinematographer (1940–1979)
  • Lionel Crabb  Royal Navy frogman and MI6 diver (1909–1956)
  • Billy Deans  American pioneering wreck and technical diver
  • Deon Dreyer  South African scuba diver who died in Bushman's Hole (1974–1994)
  • Ted Eldred  Australian inventor of the single hose diving regulator (1920–2005)
  • Oscar Gugen  A founder of the British Sub-Aqua Club (born 1910)
  • Bob Halstead  Underwater photographer, author, journalist and commentator on the recreational diving industry. (born 1944)
  • Jill Heinerth  Canadian diver, writer and underwater filmmaker (born 1965) Underwater explorer
  • Mark Hulsbeck  American professional aquanaut. Oceanographic Operations Field Manager and research diver for the Aquarius Reef Base (born 1956)
  • Karen Kohanowich  American aquanaut and ex US Navy diver
  • Richie Kohler  American technical diver and shipwreck historian
  • Trevor Jackson  Australian technical diver and author (born 1965)
  • Graham Jessop  British commercial diver and marine archaeologist (born 1957)
  • Keith Jessop  British salvage diver and treasure hunter (1933–2010)
  • Dominic Landucci  American professional aquanaut and Network Analyst at the NOAA Aquarius Reef Base
  • Steve Lewis (diver)  Technical scuba diver and author
  • Agnes Milowka  Australian cave diver (1981–2011)
  • John Mattera  American wreck diver and author (born 1962) (shipwreck discovery)
  • Stephanie Schwabe  German geomicrobiologist, diver and underwater researcher (born 1957)
  • Willard Franklyn Searle  US Navy ocean engineer and developer of diving and salvage equipment and systems (1924–2009)
  • David Shaw  Australian technical diver and former record holder killed in a diving incident (1954–2005)
  • Dewey Smith  American aquanaut. Died in diving accident. (1972–2009)
  • James Talacek  American professional aquanaut
  • Jason deCaires Taylor  British sculptor and creator of the world's first underwater sculpture park (born 1974)
  • Joachim Wendler  German aquanaut who died in a diving accident (1939-1975)
  • Sadio Mané - (born 1992) Football Player for FC Liverpool

Free-divers

Footnotes

  1. Notability to qualify for this list is established by having, as a minimum requirement, a biographical article on English Wikipedia, in which their notability as a diver is explained.
  2. Hanauer, Eric (1994). Diving pioneers: an oral history of diving in America. San Diego: Watersport Publishing Inc. p. 33. ISBN 0-922769-43-5. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
  3. Patente de invención nº 208713, Madrid 13 abril 1953
  4. Vidal Sola, Clemente (3 October 1957). "Espana conquista la marca mundial de profundidad con escafandra autonoma". La Vanguardia Espanola. p. 20. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
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