List of underwater divers
This is a list of underwater divers whose exploits have made them notable.
Pioneers of diving
- Victor Berge (1891–1974) helmet diving
- Émile Gagnan (1900–1979) inventor of demand regulator
- Philippe Tailliez (1905–2002) skin & scuba diving
- Philippe Diole (1908–1977) undersea exploration
- Teseo Tesei (1909–1941) inventor of human torpedo
- Jacques-Yves Cousteau (1910–1997) co-inventor AquaLung
- Frédéric Dumas (1913–1991) spearfishing, wreck diving
- Arne Zetterström (1917–1945) mixed gas diving
- Hans Hass (1919-2013) underwater photography
- Eduard Admetlla i Lázaro (1924–) inventor of scuba diving device & deep diving
- James F. Cahill (1926–2008) scuba diving
- Nick Icorn (1929-2013) scuba & rebreathers
- Robert Sténuit (1933-) first Aquanaut
- Gary Gentile (1946-) wreck diving
- E. Lee Spence (1947-) underwater archaeology
- Sheck Exley (1949–1994) cave diving
- Bret Gilliam (1951-) technical diving
- Bill Nagle (1952–1993) wreck diving
- Wesley C. Skiles (1958–2010) cave diving
- Jarrod Jablonski (1969-) technical diving
- Dick Rutkowski diving medicine, diver training
- Tom Mount technical diving
Record holders for depth or cave penetration
(Scuba and surface supplied)
- Simon Mitchell
- Claudia Serpieri
- Jim Bowden (diver)
- John Bennett (diver) (1959–2004)
- Mark Ellyatt
- Nuno Gomes (diver) (b1951)
- Pascal Bernabé
Notable for other reasons
- Craig B. Cooper (born 1949?) Aquanaut
- James Talacek Aquanaut
- Nate Bender Aquanaut
- Berry L. Cannon (1935–1969) Aquanaut
- Dominic Landucci Aquanaut
- Dewey Smith (1972–2009) Aquanaut
- Karen Kohanowich Aquanaut
- Lionel Crabb
- Michael C. Barnette
- Willard Franklyn Searle (1924–2009)
- Agnes Milowka (1981–2011)
- Bob Halstead (born 1944)
- David Shaw (1954–2005)
- Deon Dreyer (1974–1994)
- Joachim Wendler (died 1975)
- Keith Jessop (1933–2010)
- Leigh Bishop (born 1968)
- Stephanie Schwabe (born 1957)
- Steve Lewis (diver)
- Ted Eldred (1920–2005)
- Trevor Jackson (diver) (born 1965)
- Billy Deans (diver)
- Fabien Cousteau (born 1967)
- Graham Jessop (born 1957)
- John Chatterton (born 1951)
- Jean-Michel Cousteau (born 1938)
- Richie Kohler
- Oscar Gugen (born 1910)
- Philippe Cousteau (1940–1979)
- Mark Hulsbeck (born 1956) Aquanaut
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
- Bill Strömberg
- William Trubridge
- Devrim Cenk Ulusoy
- Danai Varveri
See also
- Scuba diving
- Underwater diving
- Free-diving
- Underwater sports
