List of underwater divers
This is a list of underwater divers whose exploits have made them notable.[1]
Pioneers of diving
- Victor Berge (1891–1974) helmet diving
- James F. Cahill (1926–2008) credited with introducing scuba diving to the USA.[2]
- Jacques-Yves Cousteau (1910–1997) co-inventor AquaLung
- Philippe Diole (1908–1977) undersea exploration
- Frédéric Dumas (1913–1991) spearfishing, wreck diving
- Sheck Exley (1949–1994) cave diving
- Émile Gagnan (1900–1979) inventor of demand regulator
- Gary Gentile (1946-) wreck diving
- Bret Gilliam (1951-) technical diving
- Hans Hass (1919-2013) underwater photography
- Jarrod Jablonski (1969-) technical diving
- Tom Mount technical diving
- Bill Nagle (1952–1993) wreck diving
- Dick Rutkowski diving medicine, diver training
- Wesley C. Skiles (1958–2010) cave diving
- E. Lee Spence (1947-) underwater archaeology
- Robert Sténuit (1933-) first Aquanaut
- Philippe Tailliez (1905–2002) skin & scuba diving
- Teseo Tesei (1909–1941) inventor of human torpedo
- Arne Zetterström (1917–1945) mixed gas diving
Record holders for depth or cave penetration
(Scuba and surface supplied)
- Ahmed Gabr (current deepest scuba dive record)
- John Bennett (diver) (1959–2004)
- Pascal Bernabé
- Jim Bowden (diver)
- Mark Ellyatt
- Nuno Gomes (diver)
- Simon Mitchell
- Claudia Serpieri
Notable for other reasons
- Eduard Admetlla i Lázaro (1924–) 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 (born 1971) founder of the Association of Underwater Explorers.
- Leigh Bishop (born 1968) (shipwreck discovery)
- Berry L. Cannon (1935–1969) Aquanaut
- John Chatterton (born 1951) (shipwreck discovery)
- Craig B. Cooper (born 1949?) Aquanaut
- Fabien Cousteau (born 1967)
- Jean-Michel Cousteau (born 1938)
- Philippe Cousteau (1940–1979)
- Lionel Crabb (1909–1956) Royal Navy frogman and MI6 diver
- Billy Deans (diver)
- Deon Dreyer (1974–1994)
- Ted Eldred (1920–2005)
- Oscar Gugen (born 1910)
- Bob Halstead (born 1944)
- Jill Heinerth (born 1965) Underwater explorer; film maker
- Mark Hulsbeck (born 1956) Aquanaut
- Karen Kohanowich Aquanaut
- Richie Kohler
- Trevor Jackson (diver) (born 1965)
- Graham Jessop (born 1957)
- Keith Jessop (1933–2010)
- Dominic Landucci Aquanaut
- Steve Lewis (diver)
- Agnes Milowka (1981–2011)
- John Mattera (born 1962) (shipwreck discovery)
- Stephanie Schwabe (born 1957)
- Willard Franklyn Searle (1924–2009)
- David Shaw (1954–2005)
- Dewey Smith (1972–2009) Aquanaut
- James Talacek Aquanaut
- Jason deCaires Taylor (born 1974), underwater sculptures
- Joachim Wendler (1939-1975)
Free-divers
- Deborah Andollo
- Sara Campbell
- Goran Čolak
- Carlos Coste
- Robert Croft
- Mandy-Rae Cruickshank
- Yasemin Dalkılıç
- Şahika Ercümen
- Emma Farrell
- Francisco Ferreras
- Pierre Frolla
- Elisabeth Kristoffersen
- Loïc Leferme
- Jacques Mayol
- Audrey Mestre
- Enzo Maiorca
- Karol Meyer
- Stéphane Mifsud
- Alexey Molchanov
- Natalia Molchanova
- Dave Mullins
- Patrick Musimu
- Guillaume Néry
- Herbert Nitsch
- Umberto Pelizzari
- Annelie Pompe
- Michal Risian
- Stig Severinsen
- Tom Sietas
- Aharon Solomons
- Martin Štěpánek
- Walter Steyn
- Tanya Streeter
- William Trubridge
- Devrim Cenk Ulusoy
- Danai Varveri
Footnotes
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Patente de invención nº 208713, Madrid 13 abril 1953
- ↑ 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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