Alphabetical listing of articles about underwater divers
See the Glossary of underwater diving terminology for definitions of technical terms, jargon, diver slang and acronyms used in underwater diving See the Outline of underwater diving for a hierararchical listing of underwater diving related articles See the Outline of underwater divers for a hierararchical listing of biographical articles on underwater divers See the Index of underwater diving for an alphabetical listing of underwater diving related articles See the Index of recreational dive sites for an alphabetical listing of underwater dive site related articles The following index is provided as an overview of and topical guide to underwater divers:
Scientific divers Hans Hass and Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt
Underwater divers 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 in the 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.
This index provides links to Wikipedia articles about people who are notable for some aspect of their underwater diving activity.
A B Roger Baldwin (diver) represented by Waage Drill II diving accident – A fatal saturation diving accident in the North Sea in 1975Robert Ballard – Retired US Navy officer and professor of oceanographyCarole Baldwin – Vertebrate Zoology department chair at the National Museum of Natural HistoryMichael C. Barnette – American underwater diver, author and founder of the Association of Underwater ExplorersMichael Barratt (astronaut) – American aerospace medicine physician and a NASA astronaut with two flightsGeorge Bass – American pioneer of underwater archaeologyRobert L. Behnken David Bellamy – English professor, botanist, author, broadcaster and environmental campaignerTamara Benitez – Filipina cinematographerJohn Bennett (diver) – British technical diver and former record holder lost in commercial diving incidentVictor Berge – Swedish diving pioneer and authorGeorges Beuchat – French inventor, diver and businessmanPascal Bernabé – French claimant to scuba diving depth recordAdrian Biddle – English cinematographerJonathan Bird – American photographer, cinematographer, director and television host.Peppo Biscarini – Italian and American swimmer, freediver, and actorLeigh Bishop – Diver known for shipwreck exploration and photographyMensun Bound – British marine archaeologistHenri Bource – Dutch-Australian scuba diver, underwater filmmaker, musician and shark attack survivorLouis Boutan – French biologist, photographer and zoologistJim Bowden (diver) – Record breaking technical and cave diverHugh Bradner – American physicist, neoprene wetsuit inventor (1915–2008)Ramón Bravo – Mexican diver photographer and underwater filmmakerRandolph Bresnik – United States Marine Corps officer and a NASA astronaut on three expeditionsAllan Bridge – American conceptual artistLloyd Bridges – American film, stage and television actorDavid Bright (diver) – Wreck diverTimothy J. Broderick – Professor of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering at the University of CincinnatiJustin Brown (aquanaut) – American professional aquanaut and habitat technicianC James F. Cahill – American scuba diving pioneerSara Campbell – British free diver and former world record holderDerya Can – Turkish world record holder female free-diverBerry L. Cannon – American aquanaut who died in a diving incident.Scott Carpenter – American test pilot, astronaut and aquanautScott Cassell – American underwater film maker.Craig Challen – Australian veterinary surgeon and technical diverGregory Chamitoff – Canadian born engineer and NASA astronaut (born 1962)Steve Chappell – American aerospace engineerJohn Chatterton – American wreck diver, co-host for History Channel's Deep Sea Detectives seriesEric Cheng – Taiwanese American entrepreneur and professional photographerCathy Church – American marine biologist, diver, photographer and educatorEugenie Clark – American ichthyologist, shark researcher and scientific scuba diverGoran Čolak – Croatian free-diver and world record holderCatherine Coleman – American chemist and former United States Air Force officer and NASA astronautNeville Coleman – Australian naturalist, underwater photographer, writer, publisher and educatorRobin Cook – American physician and novelistCraig B. Cooper – American aquanautCarlos Coste – Venezuelan freediver and world record holderCotton Coulson – Photographer known for his work for National Geographic magazineFabien Cousteau – Aquanaut, ocean conservationist, and documentary filmmakerJacques Cousteau – French explorer, conservationist, filmmaker, and inventor; inventor of scuba-diving apparatusJean-Michel Cousteau – French oceanographic explorer, environmentalist, educator, and film producerPhilippe Cousteau – French diver and cinematographerCláudio Coutinho – Brazilian football manager and coachLionel Crabb – Royal Navy frogman and MI6 diverJohn D. Craig – American businessman, writer, soldier, and diverTimothy Creamer – NASA flight director, astronaut and US Army officerRobert Croft – American freediver and US Navy diving instructorBen Cropp – Australian documentary filmmaker, conservationist and spearfishermanMandy-Rae Cruickshank – Canadian world champion freediver and record holderClive Cussler – American adventure novelist and underwater explorerD E Sylvia Earle – American marine biologist, oceanographer, explorer, and authorFlavia Eberhard – Brazilian free-diver and presenter of TV series "APNEIA"Mark Ellyatt – British technical diver and previous depth record holderTed Eldred – Australian inventor of the single hose diving regulatorJeanette J. Epps Şahika Ercümen – Turkish dietician and world record holding freediverSheck Exley – American cave and deep diving pioneer and record breakerF G H Chris Hadfield – Retired Canadian astronautEdmond Halley – English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicistMonty Halls – British TV broadcaster, diver and naturalistWilly Halpert - founder of Aquasport first Middle East Diving Centre
Bob Halstead – Underwater photographer, author, journalist and commentator on the recreational diving industry.Jeremy Hansen – Canadian astronaut with the Canadian Space AgencyGuy Harvey – Jamaican marine wildlife artist and conservationistHans Hass – Austrian biologist, film-maker, and underwater diving pioneerMehgan Heaney-Grier – American free-diver, fashion model, actress, conservationist and television personalityJill Heinerth – Canadian diver, writer and underwater filmmakerJosé M. Hernández – American engineer and former N.A.S.A. astronautJohn Herrington – Retired United States Naval Aviator and former NASA astronautPaul Hill (flight director) – Former Director of Mission Operations at the NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space CenterGene Hobbs – American technical diver and co-founder of the Rubicon FoundationCraig M. Hoffman – Diver killed in the Venture One diving accidentPeter Henry Michael Holmes – Saturation diver killed in the Waage Drill II diving accidentAkihiko Hoshide – Japanese engineer and JAXA astronautMark Hulsbeck – American professional aquanaut. Oceanographic Operations Field Manager and research diver for the Aquarius Reef BaseEmma Hwang – Scientist with Wyle Laboratories and aquanaut on NEEMO 5I Steve Irwin – Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962–2006)J K L M K. Megan McArthur – American oceanographer and NASA astronautKirsty MacColl – English singer and songwriter (1959–2000)Joseph B. MacInnis – Canadian physician, author, poet and aquanautCraig McKinley (physician) – Canadian physician and aquanautAlain Mafart – French military officer convicted for his part in the bombing of the Rainbow WarriorSandra Magnus – American engineer and former NASA astronautWilliam Hogarth Main – Cave diver and scuba configuration experimentalistEnzo Maiorca – Italian free diverLuis Marden – American photographer, explorer, writer, filmmaker, diver, navigator, and linguistThomas Marshburn – American physician and NASA astronautRobert F. Marx – Pioneer American scuba diver known for work with shipwrecks and treasure huntingJohn Mattera – American wreck diver and authorJacques Mayol – French freediving world record holderCharles T. Meide – American underwater archaeologistJessica Meir – American astronaut, marine biologist, and physiologistSimone Melchior – First woman scuba diver and aquanautAudrey Mestre – French world record-setting freediverDorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger – Former American astronautNicholas Mevoli – American freediver who died while attempting to set a record (1981–2013)Karol Meyer – Brazilian free-diver world record holder and professional cyclist for Avai Cycle TeamStéphane Mifsud – French free diver and five time world champion in static apneaAgnes Milowka – Australian cave diverSimon Mitchell – New Zealand physician and author on diving medicineAndreas Mogensen – Danish engineer and ESA astronautAlexey Molchanov – Russian world record holder for freedivingNatalia Molchanova – Russian multiple world record holding freediverNoel Monkman – New Zealand born Australian filmmaker specialising in underwater photographyTom Mount – Pioneering technical and cave diverDave Mullins – New Zealand freediver and world record-holderPatrick Musimu – Belgian freediverN O P R Marc Reagan – American Station Training Lead in Mission Operations at NASA's Johnson Space CenterGarrett Reisman – American engineer and former NASA astronautLeni Riefenstahl – German film director, photographer, actress, dancer and Nazi propagandistMichal Risian – Czech and Slovak freediving championLesley Rochat – South African underwater photographer, filmmaker and environmental activistBenoît Rouquayrol – French inventor of an early diving demand regulatorChris and Chrissy Rouse, represented by The Last Dive
Kathleen Rubins – American microbiologist and NASA astronautMargaret Rule – British archaeologist who led the Mary Rose projectDick Rutkowski – American pioneer in hyperbaric and diving medicine and use of mixed breathing gases for divingTara Ruttley – Associate Chief Scientist for Microgravity Research at NASA HeadquartersS David Saint-Jacques – Canadian engineer, astrophysicist, physician and CSA astronautDee Scarr – Environmentalist, marine naturalist, and scuba diverJosef Schmid (flight surgeon) – NASA flight surgeon and Major General in the United States Air Force ReservesGunter Schöbel – German archaeologist and director of the Pfahlbau Museum UnteruhldingenStephanie Schwabe – German geomicrobiologist, diver and underwater researcherPeter Scoones – Underwater cameramanWillard Franklyn Searle – US Navy ocean engineer and developer of diving and salvage equipment and systemsClaudia Serpieri – Italian technical diver and depth record holderStig Severinsen – Danish freediver, record holder and authorDavid Shaw Robert Sheats – American Master Diver retired from the United States NavyAugustus Siebe – German-born British engineer mostly known for his contributions to diving equipmentTom Sietas – German freediver and record holderBrian Skerry – American photojournalistWesley C. Skiles – American cave diver and underwater cinematographer.Pier Skipness represented by Drill Master diving accident – Fatal diving bell accident off Norway in 1974Dewey Smith – American aquanaut. Died in diving accident.Robert John Smyth represented by Drill Master diving accident – Fatal diving bell accident off Norway in 1974Aharon Solomons – Anglo-Israeli former Army officer, holder of the Israeli national record for freediving.Charles Spalding – Scottish confectioner and amateur diving bell designerE. Lee Spence – Underwater archaeologistSteve Squyres – Professor of Physical Sciences at Cornell UniversityRichard Stanton (cave diver) Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper – American Naval officer and former NASA astronautRobert Sténuit – Belgian journalist, writer, underwater archeologist and the first aquanaut.Martin Štěpánek – Czech freediver and record-holderHervé Stevenin – European aquanaut at the European Astronaut CentreRob Stewart (filmmaker) – Canadian photographer, filmmaker and conservationistWalter Steyn – Australian competitive freediver, freediving judge and freediving instructorBill Stone – American engineer, caver and explorerNicole Stott – American engineer and a NASA astronautAlbert D. Stover represented by Johnson Sea Link accident – Manned submersible incident in which two divers diedTanya Streeter – British-Caymanian-American freediverEsbjörn Svensson – Swedish jazz pianistT U V W Y Z See also
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