List of sailors
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s includes any seagoing person who does not qualify for the list of naval commanders and/or list of sea captains. It includes both professional and amateur sailors.
Sailor
A sailor, mariner, or seaman is a person who navigates water-borne vessels or assists in their operation, maintenance, or service. The term can apply to professional mariners, military personnel, and recreational sailors as well as a plethora of other uses...
s includes any seagoing person who does not qualify for the list of naval commanders and/or list of sea captains. It includes both professional and amateur sailors.
Explorers
- Ernest ShackletonErnest ShackletonSir Ernest Henry Shackleton, CVO, OBE was a notable explorer from County Kildare, Ireland, who was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration...
. Antarctic, was 3rd Mate in Union Castle - James CookJames CookCaptain James Cook, FRS, RN was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer who ultimately rose to the rank of captain in the Royal Navy...
, Sub-Antarctic, Pacific, North America, apprenticed on a Whitby collier - Ali ibn al-Hassan Shirazi
Actors
- Raymond BaileyRaymond BaileyRaymond Thomas Bailey was an American actor on the Broadway stage, movies, and television. He is best known for his role as wealthy banker, Milburn Drysdale, in the television series The Beverly Hillbillies....
, American actor, Milburn Drysdale, on The Beverly Hillbillies. - Carroll O'ConnorCarroll O'ConnorJohn Carroll O'Connor best known as Carroll O'Connor, was an American actor, producer and director whose television career spanned four decades...
, American actor, Archie Bunker on All in the Family - Rupert DaviesRupert DaviesRupert Davies was a British actor. He remains best known for playing the title role in the BBC's 1960s television adaptation of Maigret, based on the Maigret novels written by Georges Simenon....
, British actor, title role on the BBC's Maigret - Peter FalkPeter FalkPeter Michael Falk was an American actor, best known for his role as Lieutenant Columbo in the television series Columbo...
, American actor, Columbo - James GarnerJames GarnerJames Garner is an American film and television actor, one of the first Hollywood actors to excel in both media. He has starred in several television series spanning a career of more than five decades...
, American actor, Jim Rockford on The Rockford Files - Sterling HaydenSterling HaydenSterling Hayden was an American actor and author. For most of his career as a leading man, he specialized in westerns and film noir, such as Johnny Guitar, The Asphalt Jungle and The Killing. Later on he became noted as a character actor for such roles as Gen. Jack D. Ripper in Dr...
, American actor and author, Gen. Jack D. Ripper in Dr. Strangelove - Jack LordJack LordJohn Joseph Patrick Ryan , best known by his stage name Jack Lord, was an American television, film, and Broadway actor. He was known for his starring role as Steve McGarrett in the American television program Hawaii Five-O from 1968 to 1980. Lord appeared in feature films earlier in his career,...
, American actor, Steve McGarret on Hawaii Five-O - Denver PyleDenver PyleDenver Dell Pyle was an American film and television actor. He is best remembered for playing Uncle Jesse in The Dukes of Hazzard .-Early life:...
, American actor, Uncle Jesse Duke on The Dukes of Hazzard - George SewellGeorge SewellGeorge Sewell was an English actor.-Early life and early career:The son of a Hoxton printer and a florist; Sewell left school at age 14 and worked briefly in the printing trade before switching to building work, specifically the repair of bomb-damaged houses...
, English actor was a steward, and Frank Cottam on The Detectives - Frederick Treves (actor)Frederick Treves (actor)Frederick William Treves BEM, is an English character actor with an extensive repertoire, specialising in avuncular military and titled types....
, much loved English character actor, over a hundred credits in theatre, television, and film - Clint WalkerClint WalkerNorman Eugene Walker, known as Clint Walker , is an American actor best known for his cowboy role as "Cheyenne Bodie" in the TV Western series, Cheyenne.-Life and career:...
, American actor, Cheyenne Bodie on Cheyenne - Jack WardenJack WardenJack Warden was an American character actor.-Early life:Warden was born John Warden Lebzelter in Newark, New Jersey, the son of Laura M. and John Warden Lebzelter, who was an engineer and technician. He was of Irish and Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry...
, American actor, Emmy Award winning, Academy Award nominated
Comedians
- Dave BroadfootDave BroadfootDave Broadfoot is a Canadian comedian who was born on December 5, 1925 in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In 1943, he joined the merchant navy serving until 1947...
, Canadian comedian - George RoperGeorge RoperThis is an article about the British comedian. For information on the British sitcom character, see Man About the House.George Roper was an English stand-up comedian, best known for his appearances in the long-running UK television series The Comedians.- Early history :He was born George Francis...
, English stand-up comedian best known for work on television series The Comedians.
Labor leaders
- Joseph CurranJoseph CurranThis article is about Joseph Curran, an American labor leader. For information about the state attorney general in Maryland, see J. Joseph Curran, Jr.Joseph Curran was a merchant seaman and an American labor leader...
, American labor leader - Richard Henry Dana, Jr.Richard Henry Dana, Jr.Richard Henry Dana Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts, a descendant of an eminent colonial family who gained renown as the author of the American classic, the memoir Two Years Before the Mast...
(1815–1882), wrote Two Years Before the MastTwo Years Before the MastTwo Years Before the Mast is a book by the American author Richard Henry Dana, Jr., published in 1840, having been written after a two-year sea voyage starting in 1834. A film adaptation under the same name was released in 1946.- Background :... - Andrew FurusethAndrew FurusethAndrew Furuseth of Romedal, Norway was a merchant seaman and an American labor leader. Furuseth was active in the formation of two influential maritime unions: the Sailors' Union of the Pacific and the International Seamen's Union, and served as the executive of both for decades.Furuseth was...
(1854–1938), merchant seaman and labour leader - Shannon J. WallShannon J. WallShannon J. Wall was a merchant seaman and an American labor leader. He was president of the National Maritime Union from 1973 to 1990...
, American merchant seaman and labor leader
Maritime Industry
- Jeremiah O'BrienJeremiah O'BrienCaptain Jeremiah O’Brien was a captain in the Massachusetts State Navy. Prior to its existence Captain Jeremiah O’Brien (1744–1818) was a captain in the Massachusetts State Navy. Prior to its existence Captain Jeremiah O’Brien (1744–1818) was a captain in the Massachusetts State...
captain of privateer 'Unity' in Revolutionary War's first battle - Captain John Bury, Canadian mariner involved in standardising international buoyage
- Harry McNishHarry McNishHarry McNish was the carpenter on Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1917...
, Scottish carpenter on Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition - Herbert PitmanHerbert PitmanHerbert John "Bert" Pitman MBE was the Third Officer on board the . He was the only deck officer who was not a member of the Royal Naval Reserve.-Early life and career:...
, Third OfficerThird OfficerThird Officer may refer to:*Third Officer , a rarely used rank in civil aviation companies*Third mate, a merchant marine rank*A rank in the Women's Royal Naval Service corresponding to Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Navy...
of the Titanic. - John Wallace ThomasJohn Wallace ThomasCaptain John Wallace Thomas CBE was a Newfoundland merchant mariner who served with distinction in the First and Second World Wars.-Royal Naval Reserve:...
, Newfoundland captain made Commander of the Order of the British Empire for actions during a Luftwaffe attack
Military
- Kingsmill Bates, British Distinguished Service Cross recipient
- Philip BentPhilip BentLieutenant Colonel Philip Eric Bent VC DSO was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Biography:...
, Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross - George H. O'Brien, Jr.George H. O'Brien, Jr.George Herman O'Brien, Jr. was a United States Marine Corps officer who received the Medal of Honor, the United States's highest military decoration, for his actions during the Korean War.-Biography:...
, Medal of Honor recipient in Korean War - David BroadfootDavid BroadfootDavid Broadfoot GC was a Scottish seaman. He was awarded the George Cross for his role during the sinking of the Princess Victoria.He was born in Stranraer, Scotland and served in the merchant navy during World War II....
, Scottish recipient of the George Cross - Lionel CrabbLionel CrabbLionel "Buster" Crabb OBE, GM was a British Royal Navy frogman and MI6 diver who vanished during a reconnaissance mission around a Soviet cruiser in 1956.-Early life:...
, British Royal Navy frogman who vanished during a reconnaissance mission in 1956 - Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French Baron and rear admiral of the Navy, was helmsman early in his career
- Peter HorsleyPeter HorsleyAir Marshal Sir Beresford Peter Torrington Horsley KCB, CBE, LVO, AFC was a senior Royal Air Force commander.-Early life:...
, British Air Marshal - Lawrence JoelLawrence JoelLawrence Joel was a United States Army Sergeant First Class who served in the Korean and Vietnam Wars...
, Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient - John Paul JonesJohn Paul JonesJohn Paul Jones was a Scottish sailor and the United States' first well-known naval fighter in the American Revolutionary War. Although he made enemies among America's political elites, his actions in British waters during the Revolution earned him an international reputation which persists to...
, American naval officer - "Yank" Levy, Canadian soldier, military instructor and author of a manual on guerrilla warfare
- Charles Andrew MacGillivaryCharles Andrew MacGillivaryCharles Andrew MacGillivary was a Medal of Honor recipient, born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada...
, Canadian Medal of Honor recipient - Thomas McClellandThomas McClelland-Background:Captain Thomas McClelland was born in Louisville, KY. He is a graduate of Southern Illinois University. He earned his Officer Commission through the Aviation Officer Candidate Program in January 1966 and was designated a Naval Aviator in April 1967...
, American naval officer - Kim Malthe-BruunKim Malthe-BruunKim Malthe-Bruun was a member of the Danish resistance captured and killed during World War II.He was born in Fort Saskatchewan, Canada. At the age of nine, Kim, his six-year-old sister Ruth, and his mother moved back to Denmark, where she was originally from. He grew up a peasant, but by the...
, member of the Danish resistance movement - Arthur PhillipArthur PhillipAdmiral Arthur Phillip RN was a British admiral and colonial administrator. Phillip was appointed Governor of New South Wales, the first European colony on the Australian continent, and was the founder of the settlement which is now the city of Sydney.-Early life and naval career:Arthur Phillip...
, British naval officer, colonial administrator, Governor of New South Wales, and founder of the city of Sydney - William SandersWilliam Edward SandersWilliam Edward Sanders VC, DSO was a New Zealander recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
, New Zealander recipient of the Victoria Cross - Miguel Grau SeminarioMiguel Grau SeminarioMiguel María Grau Seminario was a renowned Peruvian naval officer and hero of the Naval Battle of Angamos during the War of the Pacific . He was known as the el Caballero de los Mares for his chivalry and is esteemed by both Peruvians and Chileans...
, renowned Peruvian naval officer and hero of the Naval Battle of Angamos - John Young (naval officer)John Young (naval officer)John Young was a captain in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, commander of the which was lost at sea....
, Naval Officer in American Revolutionary War
Musicians and composers
- Ken ColyerKen ColyerKenneth Colyer was a British jazz trumpeter and cornetist, devoted totally to New Orleans jazz. His band was also known for skiffle interludes.-Biography:...
, British jazz trumpeter - Suezenne Fordham, American Jazz pianist
- Eric GriffithsEric GriffithsEric Ronald Griffiths was the guitarist in the original lineup of The Quarrymen until he left the group in the summer of 1958....
, Welsh guitarist in the original lineup of The Quarry Men - Woody GuthrieWoody GuthrieWoodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie is best known as an American singer-songwriter and folk musician, whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and improvised works. He frequently performed with the slogan This Machine Kills Fascists displayed on his...
, musician and songwriter, wrote This Land Is Your Land - Chick Henderson (singer), English singer in the 1930s and 1940s, Begin the Beguine
- Cisco HoustonCisco HoustonGilbert Vandine 'Cisco' Houston was an American folk singer and songwriter who is closely associated with Woody Guthrie due to their extensive history of recording together....
, American folk singer - Ferlin HuskyFerlin HuskyFerlin Eugene Husky was an early American country music singer who was equally adept at the genres of traditional honky honk, ballads, spoken recitations, and rockabilly pop tunes...
, American country-pop singer, hit number one with Wings of a Dove - Nelson RiddleNelson RiddleNelson Smock Riddle, Jr. was an American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator whose career stretched from the late 1940s to the mid 1980s...
, American bandleader, arranger and orchestrator, C'mon...Get Happy - Dave Van RonkDave Van RonkDave Van Ronk was an American folk singer, born in Brooklyn, New York, who settled in Greenwich Village, New York, and was eventually nicknamed the "Mayor of MacDougal Street" ....
, American folk singer nicknamed the "Mayor of MacDougal Street." - Francisco Gabilondo SolerFrancisco Gabilondo SolerFrancisco Gabilondo Soler was a Mexican composer and performer of children's songs. He recorded and performed those songs under the name of Cri-Cri: El Grillito Cantor .-Biography:Gabilondo was born in the city of Orizaba, Veracruz...
, Mexican composer of children's songs, 'Cri-Cri, El Grillito Cantor' - Ted WeemsTed WeemsWilfred Theodore Weems was an American bandleader and musician. Weems' work in music was recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.- Biography :...
, American bandleader and musician, directed the Merchant Marine Band
Notorious
- William ColepaughWilliam ColepaughWilliam Curtis Colepaugh was an American who, following his 1943 discharge from the US Naval Reserve , defected to Nazi Germany in 1944. While a crewman on a United States Merchant Marine ship that stopped off in Lisbon, Colepaugh defected at the German consulate...
, Nazi spy in World War II - George Hennard, American mass murderer who claimed twenty-four victims at Luby's Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas
- Fritz SauckelFritz SauckelErnst Friedrich Christoph "Fritz" Sauckel was a Nazi war criminal, who organized the systematic enslavement of millions from lands occupied by Nazi Germany...
, Nazi war criminal - Duncan Scott-FordDuncan Scott-FordDuncan Alexander Croall Scott-Ford was a British merchant seaman who was hanged for treachery after giving information to an enemy agent during World War II.-Family origins:...
, British merchant seaman hanged for treachery in World War II - Perry Smith (murderer)Perry Smith (murderer)Perry Edward Smith was one of two ex-convicts who murdered four members of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, United States on November 15, 1959, a crime made famous by Truman Capote in his 1966 non-fiction novel In Cold Blood.-Family and early life:Perry Edward Smith was born in Huntington,...
, made famous in Truman Capote's non-fiction novel In Cold Blood
Other
- Granville ConwayGranville ConwayCaptain Granville Conway was born in Cambridge, Maryland. Conway distinguished himself in maritime service and served in various positions during the Roosevelt and Truman administrations, including Shipping Advisor to both Presidents and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He received the Medal for Merit...
, public servant, Presidential Medal for Merit recipient - Harvey CoxHarvey CoxHarvey Gallagher Cox, Jr. is one of the preeminent theologians in the United States and served as Hollis Research Professor of Divinity at the Harvard Divinity School, until his retirement in October 2009...
, preeminent theologian and professor at Harvard Divinity School - James Dougherty, first husband of Marilyn Monroe
- Michael EavisMichael EavisAthelstan Joseph Michael Eavis, CBE , is an English dairy farmer and the founder of the Glastonbury Festival, which takes place on his farm.-Personal life:...
, founder of the Glastonbury Festival - David FasoldDavid FasoldDavid Franklin Fasold was a former United States Merchant Marine officer and salvage expert who is best known for his book The Ark of Noah, chronicling his early expeditions to the Durupınar Noah's Ark site in eastern Turkey...
salvage expert, self-proclaimed "Arkologist" - Freddie Lennon, father of English musician John Lennon
- Joseph D. Stewart, Vice Admiral, Superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy
- Paul Teutul, Sr.Paul Teutul, Sr.Paul John Teutul is the founder of Orange County Choppers, a manufacturer of custom motorcycles and focus of the reality television series American Chopper. Teutul first appeared on the show with his sons Paul Teutul, Jr...
, American television personality - Jordan WeismanJordan WeismanJordan Weisman is an American game designer, author, and serial entrepreneur who has founded four major game design companies, each in a different game genre and segment of the industry.-Biography:...
, American game designer
Politics and activism
- Alvin BaldusAlvin BaldusAlvin James Baldus is an American Democratic politician and former member of Congress. Baldus graduated from high school in Elkton, Minnesota and went to Riverland Community College in Austin, Minnesota. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975-1981 representing Wisconsin...
, former Democratic member of Congress - Traian BăsescuTraian BasescuTraian Băsescu is the current President of Romania. After serving as the mayor of Bucharest from June 2000 until December 2004, he was elected president in the Romanian Presidential Elections of 2004 and inaugurated on December 20, 2004...
, President of Romania, inaugurated on 20 December 2004 - Gordon CanfieldGordon CanfieldGordon Canfield was an American lawyer and politician. Canfield, a Republican, was first a secretary under the United States Representative for New Jersey's 8th District, George N...
, Republican congressman from New Jersey - Alfonso J. CervantesAlfonso J. CervantesAlfonso Juan Cervantes was the thirty-ninth Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri, from 1965 to 1973.- Personal life and early political career :...
, forty-third Mayor of Saint Louis, Missouri - Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)Mark TwainSamuel Langhorne Clemens , better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist...
, author - Mark CroucherMark CroucherMark Christopher Croucher , is a political consultant specialising in media relations associated with the UK Independence Party...
, Director of Communications for the UK Independence Party, pub landlord, journalist, former radio officer - Frederick Arthur CobbFrederick Arthur CobbFrederick Arthur Cobb was a radio engineer and Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was the son of a farmer and joined the merchant navy as a radio operator while still a youth, during the First World War. He later became a maintenance engineer in the 2LO station which later became the...
, Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom - Arthur Davidson, British Labour Party Member of Parliament
- Jack O'Dell, prominent African-American member of the U.S. Civil Rights
- Jim FolsomJim FolsomJames Elisha Folsom, Sr. , commonly known as Jim Folsom or "Big Jim", was the 42nd Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1947 to 1951, and again from 1955 to 1959. Born in Coffee County, Alabama, Folsom is perhaps best remembered as being among the first Southern governors to embrace...
, Democratic Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama - Ian Doric Glachan, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
- Brian HawBrian HawBrian William Haw was an English protester and peace campaigner who lived for almost ten years in a camp in London's Parliament Square from 2001, in a protest against UK and US foreign policy...
, British peace activist - Harry HaywoodHarry HaywoodHarry Haywood was a leading figure in both the Communist Party of the United States and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union . He contributed major theory to Marxist thinking on the national question of African Americans in the United States...
, a leading African American member of both the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) - John Horner, British firefighter, trade unionist and politician
- Wayne MappWayne MappWayne Daniel Mapp is a New Zealand politician, representing the National Party in the New Zealand Parliament. He has served as the MP for the North Shore electorate since the 1996 elections. Before entering politics, he lectured in commercial law at University of Auckland.-Early years:He gained...
, New Zealand politician - Alfred von Niezychowski, Polish noble, a German Count, author and lecturer, and American politician
- Albert OwenAlbert OwenAlbert Owen is a Welsh Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament for Ynys Môn. He took the seat in the 2001 election from Plaid Cymru with a margin of exactly eight hundred votes and retained the seat with an increased majority of approximately twelve hundred votes in the 2005 election. In...
, Welsh politician, Labour Party MP for Ynys Môn - John PrescottJohn PrescottJohn Leslie Prescott, Baron Prescott is a British politician who was Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007. Born in Prestatyn, Wales, he represented Hull East as the Labour Member of Parliament from 1970 to 2010...
, British Labour Party politician, Deputy Prime Minister, First Secretary of State and Member of Parliament, was a steward and waiter - Joseph Resnick, Democratic congressman from New York
- Montfort StokesMontfort StokesMontfort Stokes was an American Democratic politician who served as U.S. Senator from 1816 to 1823, and the 25th Governor of North Carolina from 1830 to 1832....
, Democratic Senator - John S. WatsonJohn S. WatsonJohn S. Watson was an African-American Democratic Party politician who served six terms in the New Jersey General Assembly, where he represented the 15th Legislative District....
, African-American politician in New Jersey - Terry WynnTerry WynnTerence ‘Terry’ Wynn was a Member of the European Parliament for North West England for the Labour Party. He was a member of the European Parliament between 1989 and 1994 for Merseyside East and between 1994 and 1999 for Merseyside East and Wigan...
, retired Labour Party Member of the European Parliament for North West England - Emmanuel Iheanach: Minister Federal Republic of Nigeria, Master Mariner and was a sea captain
Producers
- Alex BonnerAlex BonnerOdie Alex Bonner was a radio and television and broadcast media executive. His career spanned over 40 years at RKO and its Memphis ABC affiliate stations WHBQ-AM-FM and WHBQ-TV....
, American Emmy Award winning radio and television producer - John Clark (actor/director)John Clark (actor/director)Ivan John Clark is an English actor, director, producer, and writer with British, American and Canadian citizenship. He is also known as the ex-husband of actress Lynn Redgrave, to whom he was married for 33 years.-Early career:...
, English actor, director, producer, and ex-husband of Lynn Redgrave - John KenleyJohn KenleyJohn Kenley was an American theatrical producer.-1906–1920s:Born John Kremchek, in the winter of 1906, his early childhood was spent in Denver. His father, a Slovakian saloon owner, baptized him as Russian Orthodox and by age 4 he was singing in church, in both Russian and English...
, former American theatrical producer - Oliver StoneOliver StoneWilliam Oliver Stone is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Stone became well known in the late 1980s and the early 1990s for directing a series of films about the Vietnam War, for which he had previously participated as an infantry soldier. His work frequently focuses on...
, three-time Academy Award-winning American film director and screenwriter.
Radio Industry
- Dave Cash (disc jockey)Dave Cash (disc jockey)Dave Cash is a veteran British radio presenter who works for BBC Radio Kent, having had previous spells at Radio London, BBC Radio 1, Capital Radio, Radio West , Country 1035 and PrimeTime Radio.-Radio career:Cash was born in Bushey, Hertfordshire, U.K...
, British disk jockey - James Redmond (broadcaster)James Redmond (broadcaster)Sir James Redmond was a British engineer. One of the pioneers of modern public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, he spent the greater part of his career with the Engineering Department of the BBC rising all the way through the ranks from vision mixer to Director of Engineering and was...
, pioneer of modern public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom - Tommy VanceTommy VanceTommy Vance was a British pop radio broadcaster, born in Eynsham, Oxfordshire. He was one of the few music broadcasters in the United Kingdom to champion hard rock and heavy metal in the early 1980s, providing the only national radio forum for both bands and fans...
, British pop radio broadcaster
Science, engineering, architecture
- Patrick Young AlexanderPatrick Young AlexanderPatrick Young Alexander was a British aeronautical pioneer fascinated by the prospect of heavier-than-air flight. He was an enthusiastic balloonist and he was also particularly active in meteorology. He performed many metrological and aviation experiments, designing and building his own equipment...
, British aeronautical pioneer - Francis Buchanan-HamiltonFrancis Buchanan-HamiltonDr Francis Buchanan, later known as Francis Hamilton but often referred to as Francis Buchanan-Hamilton was a Scottish physician who made significant contributions as a geographer, zoologist, and botanist while living in India.The standard botanical author abbreviation Buch.-Ham. is applied to...
, Scottish physician, geographer zoologist and botanist - Allan V. CoxAllan V. CoxAllan Verne Cox was an American geophysicist. His work on dating geomagnetic reversals, with Richard Doell and Brent Dalrymple, made a major contribution to the theory of plate tectonics. Allan Cox won numerous awards, including the prestigious Vetlesen Prize, and was the president of the American...
, American chemist and geologist - Norman JaffeNorman JaffeNorman Jaffe was an American architect, most noted for his contemporary residential architecture, and his "strikingly sculptural beach houses" on Eastern Long Island, in southeastern New York...
, American architect - D. Holmes MortonD. Holmes MortonD. Holmes Morton is an American physician specializing in genetic disorders of Old Order Amish and Mennonite children. In 1989 he established the Clinic for Special Children in Strasburg, Pennsylvania to focus on these diseases....
, American physician specializing in genetic disorders
Sports
- Bobby AthertonBobby AthertonRobert "Bobby" Atherton was a Welsh international association football player, who played as a midfielder and forward for Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Middlesbrough and Chelsea in the late 1890s and early 1900s....
, Welsh international footballer - Jim Bagby, Jr.Jim Bagby, Jr.James Charles Jacob Bagby, Jr. was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox , Cleveland Indians and Pittsburgh Pirates . He batted and threw right-handed...
, major-league baseball pitcher - Fred Blackburn (footballer)Fred Blackburn (footballer)Frederick Blackburn was an English footballer.Fred Blackburn played for his home-town club of Blackburn Rovers, playing as an outside left, and featured for the team at the age of 17....
, English footballer and coach - Drew Bundini BrownDrew Bundini BrownDrew Bundini Brown was an assistant trainer and cornerman of Muhammad Ali throughout the former heavyweight champion's career, as well as occasional film actor.-Personal life:...
, Muhammad Ali's assistant trainer and cornerman - Dan DevineDan DevineDaniel John Devine was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach football coach at Arizona State University from 1955 to 1957, the University of Missouri from 1958 to 1970, and the University of Notre Dame from 1975 to 1980, compiling a career college football mark of...
, American football coach - Joe GoldJoe GoldJoe Gold was the founder of Gold's Gym and World Gym...
, bodybuilding and fitness guru of Gold's Gym - Cornelius Johnson, American Olympic medal-winning high jumper
- Charlie KellerCharlie KellerCharles Ernest "Charlie" Keller was a left fielder in Major League Baseball. From 1939 through 1952, Keller played for the New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers...
, left fielder in Major League Baseball - Frank SinkwichFrank SinkwichFrank Francis Sinkwich Sr. won the 1942 Heisman Trophy as a player for the University of Georgia, making him the first recipient from the Southeastern Conference. In the course of a brief but celebrated career in professional football, Sinkwich was selected for the National Football League Most...
, American footballer, won 1942 Heisman Trophy, 1944 NFL MVP - Edwin StrattonEdwin StrattonEdwin William James Stratton was a British aikido teacher and the founder of Yoshinkan UK, and the Shudokan Institute of Aikido International.-External links:**-Sources:...
, a British aikido teacher and the founder of Yoshinkan UK - Agostino StraulinoAgostino StraulinoAgostino Straulino was an Italian sailor and sailboat racer, who won one Olympic gold medal and one silver medal in the Star class, and eight consecutive European championships and two world championships in this class and was world champion in the 5.5m-class.-Biography:Straulino was born in Mali...
(1914–2004) Olympic champion and Italian admiral - Jim ThorpeJim ThorpeJacobus Franciscus "Jim" Thorpe * Gerasimo and Whiteley. pg. 28 * americaslibrary.gov, accessed April 23, 2007. was an American athlete of mixed ancestry...
, American Olympic athlete - Henk de VeldeHenk de VeldeHenk de Velde is a Dutch seafarer. He is especially known for his long solo-voyages around the world....
, Dutch seafarer known for his long solo-voyages around the world - Matthew WebbMatthew WebbCaptain Matthew Webb was the first recorded person to swim the English Channel without the use of artificial aids. On 25 August 1875 he swam from Dover to Calais in less than 22 hours.-Early life and career:...
, first person to swim the English Channel without the use of artificial aid
Unclassified
- Crispus AttucksCrispus AttucksCrispus Attucks was a dockworker of Wampanoag and African descent. He was the first person shot to death by British redcoats during the Boston Massacre, in Boston, Massachusetts...
(1723–1770), victim of "Boston Massacre" - Peter Blake (yachtsman)Peter Blake (yachtsman)Sir Peter James Blake, KBE was a New Zealand yachtsman who won the Whitbread Round the World Race, the Jules Verne Trophy – setting the fastest time around the world of 74 days 22 hours 17 minutes 22 seconds on catamaran Enza, and led his country to successive victories in the America’s Cup...
(1944–2001), winner of the Whitbread Round the World Race, the America's CupAmerica's CupThe America’s Cup is a trophy awarded to the winner of the America's Cup match races between two yachts. One yacht, known as the defender, represents the yacht club that currently holds the America's Cup and the second yacht, known as the challenger, represents the yacht club that is challenging...
and the Jules Verne TrophyJules Verne TrophyThe Jules Verne Trophy is a prize for the fastest circumnavigation of the world by any type of yacht with no restrictions on the size of the crew provided the vessel has registered with the organization and paid an entry fee. A vessel holding the Jules Verne trophy will not necessarily hold the... - Chay BlythChay BlythSir Charles Blyth, CBE, BEM , known as Chay Blyth, is a Scottish yachtsman and rower. He was the first person to sail non-stop westwards around the world , on a 59-foot boat called British Steel.- Early life:...
(*1940), first westwards single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the world 1971 - Jean-Charles de BordaJean-Charles de BordaJean-Charles, chevalier de Borda was a French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor.-Life history:...
(1733–1799), scientist and engineer working at sea - William Harvey CarneyWilliam Harvey CarneyWilliam Harvey Carney was an African American soldier during the American Civil War who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Fort Wagner....
(1842–1908), Civil War soldier previously a sailor - Donald CrowhurstDonald CrowhurstDonald Crowhurst was a British businessman and amateur sailor who died while competing in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, a single-handed, round-the-world yacht race. Crowhurst had entered the race in hopes of winning a cash prize from The Sunday Times to aid his failing business...
, lost at sea during the Golden GlobeSunday Times Golden Globe RaceThe Sunday Times Golden Globe Race was a non-stop, single-handed, round-the-world yacht race, held in 1968–1969, and was the first round-the-world yacht race...
race. - Russ ChauvenetRuss ChauvenetLouis Russell "Russ" Chauvenet was a champion chess player and one of the founders of science fiction fandom.-Chess:...
(1920–2003), science fiction fan and amateur sailor - Sir Francis Chichester, first single-handed circumnavigation of the world with just one port of callPort of Call-Synopsis:Berit, a young woman living in a working-class port town begins a relationship with Gösta, a sailor newly returned from overseas and intent upon staying on land...
1966-1967 - Charles Henry George Howard, 20th Earl of Suffolk and 13th Earl of Berkshire, Apprentice on windjammer Mount Stewart. See Wikipedia article Charles Howard, 20th Earl of Suffolk
- Samuel LeechSamuel LeechSamuel Leech was a young sailor in the Royal Navy and the United States Navy during the War of 1812. He became notable as one of very few who wrote an account of his experiences, titled, in the manner of the time, Thirty Years from Home, or a Voice from the Main Deck; Being the Experience of...
(1798–1848), wrote of experiences in both Royal Navy and US Navy - Robin Knox-JohnstonRobin Knox-JohnstonSir William Robert Patrick "Robin" Knox-Johnston, CBE, RD and bar is an English sailor. He was the first man to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe and was the second winner of the Jules Verne Trophy . For this he was awarded with Blake the ISAF Yachtsman of the Year award...
(*1939), first single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the world 1968-1969 - Doris MillerDoris MillerDoris "Dorie" Miller was a cook in the United States Navy noted for his bravery during the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. He was the first African American to be awarded the Navy Cross, the third highest honor awarded by the U.S...
(1919–1943), cook that fought back at Pearl Harbor - Jacob NagleJacob NagleJacob Nagle was an American and British soldier, sailor, and, above all, diarist who provides an exceptional first hand account of many of the dramatic events of his lifetime....
(1762–1841), well-traveled seaman who wrote a journal. - Ellen McArthurEllen McArthurEllen Annette McArthur was a British economic historian.She was educated at Girton College, Cambridge, where she later became the Tutor in history. In 1893 she became the first female lecturer at the University of Cambridge Local Examinations & Lectures Syndicate. She was the first woman to...
British sailor and round the world record holder. - Bernard MotissierBernard MoitessierBernard Moitessier was a renowned French yachtsman and author of books about his voyages and sailing....
(1925-1994) renowned French yachtsman and author of books about his voyages and sailing. - Jure ŠterkJure ŠterkJure Šterk was a Croatian-born Slovenian long-distance sailor and author, who went missing during a sailing trip across the Pacific Ocean in January 2009....
(1937 - 2009) Slovenian round-the-world sailor and author of books about his voyages and sailing.
Visual arts
- Richard AvedonRichard AvedonRichard Avedon was an American photographer. An obituary published in The New York Times said that "his fashion and portrait photographs helped define America's image of style, beauty and culture for the last half-century."-Photography career:Avedon was born in New York City to a Jewish Russian...
, American photographer - Johnny Craig, American comic book artist
- Paul GauguinPaul GauguinEugène Henri Paul Gauguin was a leading French Post-Impressionist artist. He was an important figure in the Symbolist movement as a painter, sculptor, print-maker, ceramist, and writer...
, French Post-Impressionist artist - Joseph Stanley Kozlowski, American AB, portrait and watercolor artist
- James NachtweyJames NachtweyJames Nachtwey is an American photojournalist and war photographer.He grew up in Massachusetts and graduated from Dartmouth College, where he studied Art History and Political Science ....
, American photojournalist and war photographer - George RodgerGeorge RodgerGeorge Rodger was a British photojournalist noted for his work in Africa and for taking the first photographs of the death camps at Bergen-Belsen at the end of the Second World War....
, British photojournalist noted for work in Africa and death camps at Bergen-Belsen - Ken RussellKen RussellHenry Kenneth Alfred "Ken" Russell was an English film director, known for his pioneering work in television and film and for his flamboyant and controversial style. He attracted criticism as being obsessed with sexuality and the church...
, an iconoclastic English film director - Ernie SchroederErnie SchroederErnest C. "Ernie" Schroeder was an American comic book artist and a commercial illustrator and sculptor, best known for drawing and co-writing Hillman Periodicals' influential muck-monster the Heap from 1949 to 1953....
, American comic book artist - Haskell WexlerHaskell WexlerHaskell Wexler, A.S.C. is an American cinematographer, film producer, and director. Wexler was judged to be one of film history's ten most influential cinematographers in a survey of the members of the International Cinematographers Guild.-Early life and education:Wexler was born to a Jewish...
, American Academy Award-winning cinematographer - Wally WoodWally WoodWallace Allan Wood was an American comic book writer, artist and independent publisher, best known for his work in EC Comics and Mad. He was one of Mads founding cartoonists in 1952. Although much of his early professional artwork is signed Wallace Wood, he became known as Wally Wood, a name he...
, American comic book writer, artist and independent publisher
Writers and publishers
- John Arthur BarryJohn Arthur BarryJohn Arthur Barry was a journalist and author.Barry was born in Torquay, Devonshire, England, in 1850. His parents died when he was young, and he went to sea at 13 after persuading his guardian and was in the merchant service for 12 years.Leaving with a first mate's certificate, Barry came to...
, Australian journalist and author - John Blackburn (author)John Blackburn (author)John Fenwick Blackburn was a British novelist who wrote thrillers, horror novels, and The Flame and the Wind , an unusual historical novel set in Roman times, in which a nephew of Pontius Pilate tries to discover the facts about the crucifixion of Jesus.His horror novels are often structured as...
, British novelist - Peter BaynhamPeter BaynhamPeter Baynham is a screenwriter and a British comedian, writer, and performer. He often collaborates with Armando Iannucci and Chris Morris and has worked with Stewart Lee and Richard Herring. He is first heard on Morris' early radio DJ slots, often going out to places...
, Welsh screenwriter, Academy Award-nominated. Co-writer of Borat - Nathaniel BowditchNathaniel BowditchNathaniel Bowditch was an early American mathematician remembered for his work on ocean navigation. He is often credited as the founder of modern maritime navigation; his book The New American Practical Navigator, first published in 1802, is still carried on board every commissioned U.S...
, author, The American Practical Navigator - E. S. CampbellE. S. CampbellEarnal Spurgeon Campbell is an honored World War II veteran of the United States Merchant Marine...
, American author, broadcaster and radio officer - A. Bertram ChandlerA. Bertram ChandlerArthur Bertram Chandler was a British-Australian science fiction author. He also wrote under the pseudonyms George Whitley, George Whitely, Andrew Dunstan, and S.H.M....
, Australian science fiction author of over 40 novels and 200 works of short fiction - Brian CleeveBrian CleeveBrian Brendon Talbot Cleeve was a prolific writer, whose published works include twenty-one novels and over a hundred short stories. He was also an award-winning broadcaster on RTÉ television. Son of an Irish father and English mother, he was born and raised in England...
, English writer and popular TV broadcaster - Richard Henry Dana, Jr.Richard Henry Dana, Jr.Richard Henry Dana Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts, a descendant of an eminent colonial family who gained renown as the author of the American classic, the memoir Two Years Before the Mast...
, American author, Two Years Before the Mast - Clare FrancisClare FrancisClare Mary Francis MBE is a British novelist also known for her former career as a yachtswoman.Clare Francis was born in Thames Ditton, Surrey, and spent summer holidays on the Isle of Wight, where she learnt to sail...
, British novelist - Allen GinsbergAllen GinsbergIrwin Allen Ginsberg was an American poet and one of the leading figures of the Beat Generation in the 1950s. He vigorously opposed militarism, materialism and sexual repression...
, poet, Howl, Kaddish - David Hackworth, retired United States Army colonel and prominent military journalist
- Kevin McCloryKevin McCloryKevin O'Donovan McClory was an Irish screenwriter, producer, and director. McClory was best known for the 1983 James Bond film Never Say Never Again, which was the result of a long legal battle between McClory and Ian Fleming over the writing credits and later the film rights to...
, Irish screenwriter, producer, and director, Never Say Never Again, - Herbert HunckeHerbert HunckeHerbert Edwin Huncke was a writer and poet, and active participant in a number of emerging cultural, social and aesthetic movements of the 20th century in America...
, American beat generation figure - John L. HessJohn L. HessJohn L. Hess was a prominent American investigative journalist who worked for many years at The New York Times. He left the Times in 1978 and wrote a memoir about his years there, My Times: A Memoir of Dissent.- Biography :Hess was born in New York City, and studied history at City College of New...
, prominent American journalist - Bob KaufmanBob KaufmanBob Kaufman , born Robert Garnell Kaufman, was an American Beat poet and surrealist inspired by jazz music. In France, where his poetry had a large following, he was known as the "American Rimbaud."-Biography:...
, American Beat poet and surrealist - Jack KerouacJack KerouacJean-Louis "Jack" Lebris de Kerouac was an American novelist and poet. He is considered a literary iconoclast and, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, a pioneer of the Beat Generation. Kerouac is recognized for his spontaneous method of writing, covering topics such as Catholic...
, American author, On The Road - James Lennox KerrJames Lennox KerrJames Lennox Kerr was a Scottish socialist author noted for his children's stories written under the pseudonym of "Peter Dawlish". He lived in Paisley until 1915, joined the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve by claiming to be 18, then served on merchant ships until 1929...
, Scottish socialist author noted for his children's stories - Jack LondonJack LondonJohn Griffith "Jack" London was an American author, journalist, and social activist. He was a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction and was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone...
, American author, Call of the Wild - Veeresh MalikVeeresh MalikVeeresh Malik is an Indian businessman and writer. He is a veteran of the Indian Merchant Navy and a well-known journalist. He became famous through writing a column in The Asian Age newspaper and by anchoring a segment on the show Good Morning India on Star Plus from 1995 onwards. He also writes a...
, Indian businessman and writer - John MasefieldJohn MasefieldJohn Edward Masefield, OM, was an English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1930 until his death in 1967...
O.M., LL.D. Poet Laureate, sailing ship Apprentice - Herman MelvilleHerman MelvilleHerman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. He is best known for his novel Moby-Dick and the posthumous novella Billy Budd....
, American author, Moby Dick - Charles MuñozCharles MuñozCharles Muñoz is an American poet, novelist and publisher.After serving as a WWII navy aerial gunner in torpedo bombers, Muñoz next worked as a United States Merchant Marine radio officer, contentedly sailing on freighters, tankers, and passenger ships until, the world being what it was, he sailed...
, American poet, novelist, publisher, and radio officer - Alun OwenAlun OwenAlun Owen was a British screenwriter, predominantly active in television, but best remembered by a wider audience for writing the screenplay of The Beatles' debut feature film A Hard Day's Night ....
, a British screenwriter, noted for writing The Beatles's film A Hard Day's Night - Donn PearceDonn PearceDonn Pearce is an American author best known for the novel and screen play Cool Hand Luke.Born Donald Mills Pearce in a suburb of Philadelphia, Pearce left home at 15. He attempted to join the United States Merchant Marine at 16, but was turned away due to his age. He lied about his age,...
, author of Cool Hand Luke - Dudley PopeDudley PopeDudley Bernard Egerton Pope was a British writer of both nautical fiction and history, most notable for his Lord Ramage series of historical novels. Greatly inspired by C.S. Forester, Pope was one of the most successful authors to explore the genre of nautical fiction, often compared to Patrick...
, British writer of both nautical fiction and history - Richard Scott Prather, American mystery novelist
- Otto ScottOtto ScottOtto Scott was a journalist and author of corporate histories who also wrote biographies on notable figures such as the abolitionist John Brown, James I of England and Robespierre.-Early life:...
, American journalist and author - Hubert Selby, Jr.Hubert Selby, Jr.Hubert "Cubby" Selby, Jr. was a 20th century American writer. His best-known novels are Last Exit to Brooklyn and Requiem for a Dream . Both novels were later adapted into films within his lifetime....
, American author - James SitesJames SitesJames Neil Sites is an American novelist.James Sites served 3½ years in the United States Merchant Marine during World War II, mainly in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean. He is a Journalism graduate of Wayne State in Michigan and a member of the Wayne Honorary Society...
, American novelist - Joshua SlocumJoshua SlocumJoshua Slocum was the first man to sail single-handedly around the world. He was a Canadian born, naturalised American seaman and adventurer, and a noted writer. In 1900 he told the story of this in Sailing Alone Around the World...
(1848-1909?), first single-handed circumnavigation of the world 1895 - 1898 - Gary SnyderGary SnyderGary Snyder is an American poet , as well as an essayist, lecturer, and environmental activist . Snyder is a winner of a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry...
, American poet - Lyle StuartLyle StuartLyle Stuart was an American author and independent publisher of controversial books....
, controversial American publisher - Derek TurnerDerek Turner (journalist)Derek Turner is a freelance journalist. In the early 1980s he served in the Irish Navy and moved to England in 1988.Derek Turner was editor of Right Now! magazine from 1995 until its demise in December 2006...
, Irish magazine editor and freelance journalist - Nedd Willard (1928– ), writer and journalist
- Charles Williams (U.S. author)Charles Williams (U.S. author)Charles Williams was an American writer of hardboiled crime fiction. He is regarded by critics as one of the finest suspense novelists of the 1950s and 1960s. His 1951 debut, the pulp paperback novel Hill Girl, sold over a million copies...
, writer of hardboiled crime fiction - Robin Wilson (author)Robin Wilson (author)Robin Scott Wilson is an American science fiction author and editor, and former President of California State University, Chico....
, American science fiction author and university president - Bernard WolfeBernard WolfeBernard Wolfe was an American writer. He was educated at Yale University, and worked in the United States Merchant Marine during the 1930s. Wolfe worked briefly as secretary and bodyguard to Leon Trotsky during the latter's exile in Mexico...
, American fiction writer - Nikos KavvadiasNikos KavvadiasNikos Kavvadias was a Greek poet and writer; currently one of the most popular poets in Greece, who used his travels around the world as a sailor, and life at sea and its adventures, as powerful metaphors for the escape of ordinary people outside the boundaries of reality.- Early life and...
, Greek poet
See also
- Notable mariners
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