Index of underwater divers

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 are people who take part in underwater diving 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

  • Abercromby, Andrew – Biomedical engineer from Scotland working for NASA
  • Acaba, Joseph, M. – American educator, hydrogeologist, and NASA astronaut
  • Admetlla i Lázaro, Eduard – Catalan scuba diving pioneer and underwater filmmaker
  • Alhafith, Samir – Australian technical diver, cave explorer and adult underwater filmmaker
  • Allum, Ron – Australian submarine designer, cave diver and inventor
  • Anderson, Clayton – Retired NASA astronaut and member of the ISS Expedition 15 crew
  • Andollo, Deborah – Cuban free diver and diving instructor
  • Apperley, David – Australian cave diver
  • Arbuthnot, Michael – Underwater archaeologist and film-maker
  • Armbruster, Ricardo – Spanish ecologist, adventurer and entrepreneur
  • Arnold, Richard R. – American educator and NASA astronaut
  • Attenborough, David – British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)
  • Auñón-Chancellor, Serena – American physician, engineer, and NASA astronaut
  • de Ayanz y Beaumont, Jerónimo – Spanish inventor (1553–1613)
  • Aytür, Orhan – Turkish professor of optoelectronics and underwater photographer|,}

B

  • Balash-Webber, Pamela – American diving instructor and ocean conservationist (1953–2020)
  • Baldwin, Carole – Vertebrate Zoology department chair at the National Museum of Natural History
  • Baldwin, Roger – Saturation diver killed in accident in the North Sea in 1975
  • Ballard, Robert – Retired US Navy officer and professor of oceanography
  • Barnette, Michael C. – American underwater diver, author and founder of the Association of Underwater Explorers
  • Barratt, Michael – American aerospace medicine physician and astronaut born 1959
  • Barth, Robert A. – Pioneering US Navy aquanaut
  • Bass, George – American pioneer of underwater archaeology (1932–2021)
  • Behnken, Bob – US Air Force officer, NASA astronaut and former Chief of the Astronaut Office (born 1970)
  • Amelia Behrens-Furniss – Pioneering American deep-sea diver
  • Bellamy, David – English professor, botanist, author, broadcaster and environmental campaigner
  • Benitez, Tamara – Filipina cinematographer
  • John Bennett (diver) – British technical diver and former record holder lost in commercial diving incident
  • Bennett, Peter B. – English medical researcher (1931–2022)
  • Berge, Victor – Swedish diving pioneer and author
  • Bernabé, Pascal – French claimant to scuba diving depth record
  • Beuchat, Georges – French inventor, diver and businessman
  • Biddle, Adrian – English cinematographer (1952–2005)
  • Bird, Jonathan – American photographer, cinematographer, director and television host
  • Biscarini, Peppo – Italian and American swimmer, freediver, and actor
  • Bishop, Leigh – Diver known for shipwreck exploration and photography
  • Board, Michael – British free diver
  • Bonnin, Mary – United States Navy Master Chief, underwater diver
  • Bottesini, Enzo – Italian actor and journalist
  • Bound, Mensun – British marine archaeologist
  • Bource, Henri – Dutch-Australian scuba diver, underwater filmmaker, musician and shark attack survivor
  • Boutan, Louis – French biologist, photographer and zoologist
  • Bowden, Jim – Record breaking technical and cave diver
  • Bradner, Hugh – American physicist, neoprene wetsuit inventor (1915–2008)
  • Bramley, Tony – South Australian scuba diver and environmentalist
  • Bravo, Ramón – Mexican diver photographer and underwater filmmaker
  • Bresnik, Randolph – United States Marine Corps officer and a NASA astronaut on three expeditions
  • Bridge, Allan – American conceptual artist (1945–1995)
  • Bridges, Lloyd – American actor (1913–1998)
  • Bright, David – Wreck diver
  • Broderick, Timothy J. – Professor of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Cincinnati
  • Brown, Justin – American professional aquanaut and habitat technician
  • Browning, Ricou – American stuntman and filmmaker (1930–2023)
  • Bucher, Raimondo – Italian freediver

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  • Hadfield, Chris – Canadian astronaut (born 1959)
  • Hall, David J. – Underwater wildlife photographer, author, and naturalist.
  • Halley, Edmond – English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist
  • Halls, Monty – British TV broadcaster, diver and naturalist
  • Halstead, Bob – Underwater photographer, author, journalist and commentator on the recreational diving industry.
  • Hamerberg, Francis P. – United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
  • Jeremy Hansen – Canadian astronaut and future lunar explorer (born 1976)
  • Harris, Richard – Australian anesthesiologist and cave diver
  • Harvey, Guy – Jamaican marine wildlife artist and conservationist
  • Hasenmeyer, Jochen – German cave diver and explorer
  • Hass, Hans – Austrian biologist, film-maker, and underwater diving pioneer
  • Hass, Lotte – Pioneering diver and underwater photographer
  • Hauser, Hillary – Journalist, Underwater Diver, Environmentalist
  • Hawkes, Graham – British marine engineer and designer of deep submersibles
  • Heaney-Grier, Mehgan – American free-diver, fashion model, actress, conservationist and television personality
  • Heinerth, Jill – Canadian diver, writer and underwater filmmaker
  • Hernández, José M. – American engineer and former NASA astronaut
  • Herrington, John – American astronaut, aviator and engineer (born 1958)
  • Hill, Paul – Former Director of Mission Operations at the NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
  • Hobbs, Gene – American technical diver and co-founder of the Rubicon Foundation
  • Hoffman, Craig M. – Diver killed in the Venture One diving accident
  • Holmes, Peter Henry Michael – Saturation diver killed in the Waage Drill II diving accident
  • Hosie, Paul – Australian cave diver
  • Hoshide, Akihiko – Japanese astronaut and engineer (born 1968)
  • Hulsbeck, Mark – American professional aquanaut
  • Hwang, Emma – Scientist with Wyle Laboratories and aquanaut on NEEMO 5

I

  • Ionescu, Danny – Aquatic microbial ecologist
  • Irwin, Steve – Australian zookeeper, conservationist and television personality (1962–2006)

J

  • Jablonski, Jarrod – Pioneer American cave diver, author and previous cave diving record holder
  • Jackson, Trevor – Australian technical diver and author
  • Jarrett, Jim – Test diver of the first successful atmospheric diving suit
  • Jessop, Graham – British commercial diver and marine archaeologist
  • Jessop, Kieth – British salvage diver and treasure hunter

K

  • Kaiser, Henry – American guitarist, film director, and scientific diver
  • Kanai, Norishige – Japanese doctor and astronaut (born 1976)
  • Karapetyan, Shayarsh – Armenian finswimmer
  • Kaufman, Les – American evolutionary ecologist specializing in aquatic ecosystems
  • Kelly, Scott – American engineer and astronaut (born 1964)
  • Kendall, Henry Way – American particle physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics
  • Khvetkevych, Andriy – Ukrainian world-class freediver
  • Klingert, Karl Heinrich – German mechanic and inventor of an early surface-supplied diving suit.
  • Knowles, Sydney – British naval frogman during and after WWII
  • Kohanowich, Karen – American aquanaut and ex US Navy diver
  • Kohler, Richie – American technical diver and shipwreck historian
  • Kopra, Timothy – Engineer, colonel in the United States Army, and astronaut
  • Kozłowski, Artur – Polish cave diver (1977–2011)
  • Kristoffersen, Elisabeth – Norwegian freediver and president of AIDA Norway
  • Kuiter, Rudie Hermann – Dutch-born Australian underwater photographer, taxonomist, and marine biologist
  • Kunan, Saman – Thai rescue diver killed in Tham Luang cave rescue

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N

  • Bill Nagle – American wreck diving pioneer
  • Guillaume Néry – French freediver
  • Mark M. Newell – British/American underwater and terrestrial archaeologist and anthropologist
  • Herbert Nitsch – Austrian freediver and world record holder
  • Soichi Noguchi – Japanese astronaut and engineer (born 1965)
  • Phil Nuytten – Canadian deep-ocean explorer, scientist, and inventor of the Newtsuit
  • Karen Nyberg – American mechanical engineer and NASA astronaut

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R

  • Ramsey, Ocean – American freediver and model (born 1987)
  • Reagan, Marc – American Station Training Lead in Mission Operations at NASA's Johnson Space Center
  • Andreas Rechnitzer – American oceanographer.and scuba diving pioneer
  • Reisman, Garrett – American engineer and former NASA astronaut (born 1968)
  • Reifenstahl, Leni – German film director (1902–2003)
  • Rochat, Lesley – South African underwater photographer, filmmaker and environmental activist
  • Rouquayrol, Benoit – French inventor of an early diving demand regulator
  • Rouse, Chris and Chrissy – Wreck divers killed in diving accident in 1992
  • William R. Royal – American diver who discovered early human remains in Florida
  • Rubins, Kathleen – American microbiologist and NASA astronaut
  • Rule, Margaret – British archaeologist who led the Mary Rose project
  • Rutkowski, Dick – American pioneer in hyperbaric and diving medicine and use of mixed breathing gases for diving
  • Ruttley, Tara – Associate Chief Scientist for Microgravity Research at NASA Headquarters
  • Mike Rutzen – South African conservationist and shark cage diving operator

S

  • Saint-Jacques, David – Canadian astronaut (born 1970)
  • Savoie, Joe – Diver and inventor of diving helmets
  • Scarr, Dee – Environmentalist, marine naturalist, and scuba diver
  • Schmid, Josef – NASA flight surgeon and Major General in the United States Air Force Reserves
  • Schöbel, Gunter – German archaeologist and director of the Pfahlbau Museum Unteruhldingen
  • Schwabe, Stephanie – German geomicrobiologist, diver and underwater researcher
  • Scoones, Peter – Underwater cameraman
  • Searle, Willard Franklin – US Navy ocean engineer and developer of diving and salvage equipment and systems
  • Aleix Segura – Freediver from Barcelona
  • Serpieri, Claudia – Italian technical diver and depth record holder
  • Severinsen, Stig – Danish freediver, record holder and author
  • Shaw, Dave – Australian technical diver and former record holder killed in a diving incident
  • Sheats, Robert – American Master Diver retired from the United States Navy
  • Charles Wesley Shilling – U.S. Navy physician, researcher, and educator
  • Siebe, Augustus – British engineer mostly known for his contributions to diving equipment
  • Sietas, Tom – German freediver and record holder
  • Skerry, Brian – American photojournalist
  • Skiles, Wesley C. – American cave diver and cinematographer
  • Skipness, Per – Diver killed in diving bell accident off Norway in 1974
  • John Smeaton – British engineer
  • Smith, Dewey – American aquanaut. Died in diving accident.
  • Gordon Smith (inventor) – Inventor of KISS diving rebreather, born 1950
  • Smyth, Robert John – Diver killed in diving bell accident off Norway in 1974
  • Solomons, Aharon – English-Israeli former Army officer, holder of the Israeli national record for freediving.
  • Edd Sorenson – Cave diver from Florida
  • Spalding, Charles – Scottish confectioner and amateur diving bell designer
  • Spence, E. Lee – Underwater archaeologist
  • Starnawski, Krzsztof – Polish technical and cave diver
  • Squyres, Steve – Professor of Physical Sciences at Cornell University
  • Stanton, Rick – British cave diver who specialises in rescues
  • Stefanyshyn-Piper, Heidemarie – American astronaut and Navy captain (born 1963)
  • Sténuit, Robert – Belgian journalist, writer, underwater archeologist and the first aquanaut.
  • Štěpánek Martin – Czech freediver and record-holder
  • Stevenin, Hervé – European aquanaut at the European Astronaut Centre (born 1962)
  • Don Stewart (Bonaire activist) – American inventor, Bonairean activist, scuba diver and founder of Bonaire Marine Park
  • Stewart, Rob – Canadian photographer, filmmaker and conservationist
  • Steyn, Walter – Australian competitive freediver, freediving judge and freediving instructor
  • Stone, William, also known as Bill Stone – American engineer, caver and explorer
  • Stott, Nicole – American engineer and a NASA astronaut
  • Stover, Albert D. – Diver killed in the Johnson Sea Link accident
  • Streeter, Tanya – British-Caymanian-American freediver
  • Svensson, Esjorn – Swedish jazz pianist

T

  • Paola Tagliabue – Italian world champion free-diver (born 1976)
  • Taillez, Philippe – French pioneer of scuba diving and underwater photographer
  • Tani, Daniel M. – American astronaut and engineer (born 1961)
  • Talacek, James – American professional aquanaut
  • Taylor, Jason deCaires – British sculptor and creator of the world's first underwater sculpture park
  • Taylor, Ron – Australian diver and shark cinematographer
  • Ron and Valerie Taylor – Australian divers
  • Taylor, Valerie – Australian underwater photographer
  • Tesei, Teseo – Italian naval officer and pioneering military diver
  • Thirsk, Robert – Canadian engineer, astronaut and physician (born 1953)
  • Throckmorton, Peter – American photojournalist and a pioneer underwater archaeologist
  • Tillman, Albert – American educator and underwater diver
  • Todd, Bill – Project Manager for Exploration Analogs at NASA's Johnson Space Center
  • Tors, Ivan – Hungarian playwright, film director, screenwriter, and film and television producer
  • Kathy Troutt – Model, actress, scuba diver and dolphin trainer
  • Trubridge, William – New Zealand freediver and record holder
  • Steve Truglia – British stunt performer

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  • Yui, Kimiya – Japanese pilot and astronaut (born 1970)

Z

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