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 – French inventor of open circuit scuba, pioneer diver, author, film-maker and marine researcher (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
See also: Deep diving § Ultra-deep diving

(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 specializes 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)

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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