Index of underwater divers

The following index is provided as an overview of and topical guide to underwater divers:

Scientific divers Hans Hass and Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt
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

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 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.

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  • Roger Baldwin (diver) represented by Waage Drill II diving accident – A fatal saturation diving accident in the North Sea in 1975
  • Robert Ballard – Retired US Navy officer and a professor of oceanography known for maritime archaeology and archaeology of shipwrecks
  • Carole Baldwin – Vertebrate Zoology department chair at the National Museum of Natural History
  • Michael C. Barnette – American underwater diver, author and founder of the Association of Underwater Explorers
  • Michael Barratt (astronaut) – American aerospace medicine physician and a NASA astronaut with two flights
  • George Bass – American pioneer of underwater archaeology
  • Robert L. Behnken
  • David Bellamy – English professor, botanist, author, broadcaster and environmental campaigner
  • Tamara Benitez – Filipina cinematographer
  • John Bennett (diver) – British technical diver and former record holder lost in commercial diving incident
  • Victor Berge – Swedish diving pioneer and author
  • Georges Beuchat – French inventor, diver and businessman
  • Pascal Bernabé – French claimant to scuba diving depth record
  • Adrian Biddle – English cinematographer
  • Jonathan Bird – American photographer, cinematographer, director and television host.
  • Peppo Biscarini – Italian and American swimmer, freediver, and actor
  • Leigh Bishop – Diver known for shipwreck exploration and photography
  • Mensun Bound – British marine archaeologist
  • Henri Bource – Dutch-Australian scuba diver, underwater filmmaker, musician and shark attack survivor
  • Louis Boutan – French biologist, photographer and zoologist
  • Jim Bowden (diver) – Record breaking technical and cave diver
  • Hugh Bradner – American physicist and inventor of the neoprene wetsuit
  • Ramón Bravo – Mexican diver photographer and underwater filmmaker
  • Randolph Bresnik – United States Marine Corps officer and a NASA astronaut on three expeditions
  • Allan Bridge – American conceptual artist
  • Lloyd Bridges – American film, stage and television actor
  • David Bright (diver) – Wreck diver
  • Timothy J. Broderick – Professor of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Cincinnati
  • Justin Brown (aquanaut) – American professional aquanaut and habitat technician

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  • James F. Cahill – American scuba diving pioneer
  • Sara Campbell – British free diver and former world record holder
  • Derya Can – Turkish world record holder female free-diver
  • Berry L. Cannon – American aquanaut who died in a diving incident.
  • Scott Carpenter – American test pilot, astronaut and aquanaut
  • Scott Cassell – American underwater film maker.
  • Craig Challen – Australian veterinary surgeon and technical diver
  • Gregory Chamitoff – Canadian born engineer and NASA astronaut
  • Steve Chappell – American aerospace engineer
  • John Chatterton – American wreck diver, co-host for History Channel's Deep Sea Detectives series
  • Eric Cheng – Taiwanese American entrepreneur and professional photographer
  • Cathy Church – American marine biologist, diver, photographer and educator
  • Eugenie Clark – American ichthyologist, shark researcher and scientific scuba diver
  • Goran Čolak – Croatian free-diver and world record holder
  • Catherine Coleman – American chemist and former United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut
  • Neville Coleman – Australian naturalist, underwater photographer, writer, publisher and educator
  • Robin Cook – American physician and novelist
  • Craig B. Cooper – American aquanaut
  • Carlos Coste – Venezuelan freediver and world record holder
  • Cotton Coulson – Photographer known for his work for National Geographic magazine
  • Fabien Cousteau – Aquanaut, ocean conservationist, and documentary filmmaker
  • Jacques Cousteau – French inventor of open circuit scuba, pioneer diver, author, film-maker and marine researcher
  • Jean-Michel Cousteau – French oceanographic explorer, environmentalist, educator, and film producer
  • Philippe Cousteau – French diver and cinematographer
  • Cláudio Coutinho – Brazilian football manager and coach
  • Lionel Crabb – Royal Navy frogman and MI6 diver
  • John D. Craig – American businessman, writer, soldier, and diver
  • Timothy Creamer – NASA flight director, retired astronaut and a colonel in the United States Army
  • Robert Croft – American freediver and US Navy diving instructor
  • Ben Cropp – Australian documentary filmmaker, conservationist and spearfisherman
  • Mandy-Rae Cruickshank – Canadian world champion freediver and record holder
  • Clive Cussler – American adventure novelist and underwater explorer

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  • Sylvia Earle – American marine biologist, explorer, and author
  • Flavia Eberhard – Brazilian free-diver and presenter of TV series "APNEIA"
  • Mark Ellyatt – British technical diver and previous depth record holder
  • Ted Eldred – Australian inventor of the single hose diving regulator
  • Jeanette J. Epps
  • Şahika Ercümen – Turkish dietician and world record holding freediver
  • Sheck Exley – American cave and deep diving pioneer and record breaker

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  • Ahmed Gabr
  • Émile Gagnan – French engineer and co-inventor of the open circuit demand scuba regulator
  • Ronald J. Garan Jr. – American astronaut
  • Guy Garman – Scuba diver who died in a depth record attempt
  • Gary Gentile – American author and pioneering technical diver
  • Michael L. Gernhardt – NASA astronaut and manager of Environmental Physiology Laboratory
  • Christopher E. Gerty – American aerospace engineer who worked on NASA's Constellation Program
  • David Gibbins – Underwater archaeologist and novelist
  • Bret Gilliam – Pioneering technical diver and author.
  • Peter Gimbel – American filmmaker and underwater photojournalist
  • Nuno Gomes – South African diver and holder of scuba depth record
  • Oscar Gugen – A founder of the British Sub-Aqua Club
  • Victor F. Guiel Jr. – Saturation diver killed in the Wldrake diving acident

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  • Chris Hadfield – Retired Canadian astronaut
  • Edmond Halley – English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist
  • Monty Halls – British TV broadcaster, diver and naturalist
  • Willy Halpert - founder of Aquasport first Middle East Diving Centre
  • Bob Halstead – Underwater photographer, author, journalist and commentator on the recreational diving industry.
  • Jeremy Hansen – Canadian astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency
  • Guy Harvey – Jamaican marine wildlife artist and conservationist
  • Hans Hass – Austrian biologist, film-maker, and underwater diving pioneer
  • Mehgan Heaney-Grier – American free-diver, fashion model, actress, conservationist and television personality
  • Jill Heinerth – Canadian diver, writer and underwater filmmaker
  • José M. Hernández – American engineer and former NASA astronaut
  • John Herrington – Retired United States Naval Aviator and former NASA astronaut
  • Paul Hill (flight director) – Former Director of Mission Operations at the NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
  • Gene Hobbs – American technical diver and co-founder of the Rubicon Foundation
  • Craig M. Hoffman – Diver killed in the Venture One diving accident
  • Peter Henry Michael Holmes – Saturation diver killed in the Waage Drill II diving accident
  • Akihiko Hoshide – Japanese engineer and JAXA astronaut
  • Mark Hulsbeck – American professional aquanaut. Oceanographic Operations Field Manager and research diver for the Aquarius Reef Base
  • Emma Hwang – Scientist with Wyle Laboratories and aquanaut on NEEMO 5

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  • Steve Irwin – Australian zookeeper, conservationist and television personality

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  • 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 aeronautical engineer and a JAXA astronaut
  • Phil Nuytten – Canadian deep-ocean explorer, scientist, and inventor of the Newtsuit
  • Karen Nyberg – American mechanical engineer and NASA astronaut

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  • John Peter Oleson – Classical archaeologist and historian of ancient technology
  • John D. Olivas – American engineer and a former NASA astronaut
  • Takuya Onishi – Japanese engineer, commercial pilot and astronaut from JAXA

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  • Steve Parish – British born Australian photographer and publisher
  • Luca Parmitano – Italian engineer, pilot and ESA astronaut
  • Zale Parry – American pioneer scuba diver, underwater photographer and actress
  • Nicholas Patrick – British-American engineer and former NASA astronaut
  • Tim Peake – British Army Air Corps officer and astronaut
  • Umberto Pelizzari – Italian freediver
  • Pierre Petit – Early French photographer. First to attempt underwater photography
  • Joseph Salim Peress – Pioneering British diving engineer, inventor of some of the first truly usable atmospheric diving suits
  • Thomas Pesquet – French aerospace engineer, pilot, and astronaut
  • Annelie Pompe – Swedish freediver and mountaineer
  • Gerard Anthony Prangley represented by Star Canopus diving accident – Fatal offshore diving bell accident in 1978

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  • Marc Reagan – American Station Training Lead in Mission Operations at NASA's Johnson Space Center
  • Garrett Reisman – American engineer and former NASA astronaut
  • Leni Riefenstahl – German film director, photographer, actress, dancer, and Nazi propagandist
  • Michal Risian – Czech and Slovak freediving champion
  • Lesley Rochat – South African underwater photographer, filmmaker and environmental activist
  • Benoît Rouquayrol – French inventor of an early diving demand regulator
  • Chris and Chrissy Rouse, represented by The Last Dive – Non-fiction book by Bernie Chowdhury about a double wreck diving fatality
  • Kathleen Rubins – American microbiologist and NASA astronaut
  • Margaret Rule – British archaeologist who led the Mary Rose project
  • Dick Rutkowski – American pioneer in hyperbaric and diving medicine and use of mixed breathing gases for diving
  • Tara Ruttley – Associate Program Scientist for the International Space Station at NASA's Johnson Space Center

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  • Philippe Tailliez – French pioneer of scuba diving and underwater photographer
  • Daniel M. Tani – American engineer and NASA astronaut
  • James Talacek – American professional aquanaut
  • Jason deCaires Taylor – British sculptor and creator of the world's first underwater sculpture park
  • Ron and Valerie Taylor
  • Teseo Tesei – Italian naval officer and pioneering military diver
  • Robert Thirsk – Canadian engineer and physician, and former CSA astronaut
  • Peter Throckmorton – American photojournalist and a pioneer underwater archaeologist
  • Albert Tillman – American educator and underwater diver.
  • Bill Todd – Project Manager for Exploration Analogs at NASA's Johnson Space Center
  • Ivan Tors – Hungarian playwright, film director, screenwriter, and film and television producer
  • William Trubridge – New Zealand freediver and record holder

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