List of underwater divers whose exploits have made them notable.
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 divingJames F. Cahill – American scuba diving pioneer (1926–2008) credited with introducing scuba diving to the USA.[2] Jacques-Yves Cousteau – French explorer, conservationist, filmmaker, and inventor; inventor of scuba-diving apparatus (1910–1997)Philippe Diolé – French author and undersea explorer (1908–1977)Frédéric Dumas – French pioneer of scuba diving (1913–1991) spearfishing, wreck divingÉmile 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 divingBret Gilliam – Pioneering technical diver and author. (1951–)Hans Hass – Austrian biologist, film-maker, and underwater diving pioneer (1919–2013) underwater photographyTom Mount – Pioneering technical and cave diverBill Nagle – American wreck diving pioneer (1952–1993) wreck divingDick Rutkowski – American pioneer in hyperbaric and diving medicine and use of mixed breathing gases for diving diving medicine, diver trainingE. Lee Spence – Underwater archaeologist (1947–) underwater archaeologyRobert 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 divingTeseo Tesei – Italian naval officer and pioneering military diver (1909–1941) inventor of human torpedoArne 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 recordJohn Bennett (diver) – British technical diver and former record holder lost in commercial diving incident (1959–2004)Jim Bowden – Record breaking technical and cave diverMark Ellyatt – British technical diver and previous depth record holderSheck Exley – American cave and deep diving pioneer and record breaker (1949–1994) (current deepest scuba dive record)
Nuno Gomes (diver) – South African diver and holder of scuba depth recordSimon Mitchell – New Zealand physician and author on diving medicineClaudia Serpieri – Italian technical diver and depth record holderDave Shaw (diver) Krzysztof Starnawski – Polish technical and cave diverCave divers [ ] Graham Balcombe – Pioneering British cave diver (1907–2000)Jim Bowden – Record breaking technical and cave diverSheck 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 diverRick Stanton (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] [clarification needed 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 diverDeon Dreyer – South African diver (1974–1994)Ted Eldred – Australian inventor of the single hose diving regulator (1920–2005)Oscar Gugen – 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 explorerMark 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 diverRichie Kohler – American technical diver and shipwreck historianTrevor 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 BaseSteve Lewis (diver) – Technical scuba diver and authorAgnes 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 (1954–2005)Dewey Smith – American aquanaut. Died in diving accident. (1972–2009)James Talacek – American professional aquanautJason 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 [ ] Deborah Andollo – Cuban free diver and diving instructorSara Campbell – British free diver and former world record holderGoran Čolak – Croatian free-diver and world record holderCarlos Coste – Venezuelan freediver and world record holderRobert Croft – American freediver and US Navy diving instructorMandy-Rae Cruickshank – Canadian world champion freediver and record holderYasemin Dalkılıç – Turkish freediver and record holderŞahika Ercümen – Turkish dietician and world record holding freediverEmma Farrell – British freediving instructor and authorFrancisco Ferreras – Cuban freediver also known as "Pipin"Pierre Frolla – Monegasque free-diver and world record holderElisabeth Kristoffersen – Norwegian freediver and president of AIDA NorwayLoïc Leferme – French freediving record breakerJacques Mayol – French freediving world record holderAudrey Mestre – French world record-setting freediverEnzo Maiorca – Italian free diverKarol 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 apneaAlexey Molchanov – Russian world record holder for freedivingNatalia Molchanova – Russian multiple world record holding freediverDave Mullins – New Zealand freediver and world record-holderPatrick Musimu – Belgian freediverGuillaume Néry – French freediverHerbert Nitsch – Austrian freediver and world record holderUmberto Pelizzari – Italian freediverAnnelie Pompe – Swedish freediver and mountaineerOcean Ramsey -American freediver and environmentalist known for free diving with sharks.Michal Risian – Czech and Slovak freediving championStig Severinsen – Danish freediver, record holder and authorTom Sietas – German freediver and record holderAharon Solomons – Anglo-Israeli former Army officer, holder of the Israeli national record for freediving.Martin Štěpánek – Czech freediver and record-holderWalter Steyn – Australian competitive freediver, freediving judge and freediving instructorTanya Streeter – British-Caymanian-American freediverWilliam Trubridge – New Zealand freediver and record holderDevrim Cenk Ulusoy – Turkish freediver and world record holderDanai Varveri – Greek freediver and record holder[ ]
