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This is a list of '''underwater divers''' whose exploits have made them notable.{{efn|Notability to qualify for this list is established by having, as a minimum requirement, a biographical article on English Wikipedia, in which their notability as a diver is explained.}}
Underwater divers are people who take part in underwater diving [[Philosophy:Action|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.

== Who is an underwater diver? ==

This list refers to people who are notable for their underwater diving activities and for whom a biographical article exists in Wikipedia.
The following lists may also be relevant:

== Pioneers of diving ==
<noinclude>[[File:Cousteau1972 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Jacques Cousteau]]</noinclude>
* {{Ill|Alphonse Carmagnolle|lt=Alphonse|WD=Q63226618|vertical-align=sup}}and {{Ill|Théodore Carmagnolle|lt=Théodore|WD=Q63226619|vertical-align=sup}} Carmagnolle – French inventors of the first anthropomorphic armoured diving suit
* {{annotated link|Biography:Edmond Halley}}
* {{annotated link|Biography:Yves Le Prieur}}
* {{annotated link|Biography:Joseph Salim Peress}}
* {{annotated link|Biography:E. Lee Spence}} (1947–) underwater archaeology

== Underwater explorers ==
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== Underwater scientists, environmentalists and archaeologists ==
<noinclude>[[File:Eugenie Clark.jpg|thumb|Eugenie Clarke in 2011]]
[[File:Sylvia Earle-nur07563.jpg|thumb|Sylvia Earle prepares to dive in a JIM suit]]
[[File:Honor Frost.jpg|thumb|Honor Frost]]</noinclude>
* {{annotated link|Biography:Sylvia Earle}}
* {{annotated link|Biography:Robert F. Marx}}
* {{annotated link|Biography:Stephanie Schwabe}}
* {{annotated link|Biography:E. Lee Spence}}

== Freedivers ==
<noinclude>[[File:Herbert Nitsch.jpg|thumb|Herbert Nitsch]]
[[File:Molchanova Natalia 1, Danmark, Aarhus, 5th Individual freediving World Championship, 2009.jpg|thumb|Natalia Molchanova]]</noinclude>
* {{Ill|Michal Risian|WD=Q6835825|vertical-align=sup}} – Czech and Slovak freediver

== Scuba divers ==
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== Surface supplied and saturation divers ==

== Underwater filmmakers ==
<noinclude>[[File:Hans Hass.jpg|thumb|Hans Hass]]</noinclude>

== Underwater photographers ==
<noinclude>[[File:Tamara Benitez by Martin Rey Aviles.jpg|thumb|Tamara Benitez]]
[[Image:Peter Scoones.jpg|thumb|Peter Scoones]]
[[File:Brian Skerry.JPG|thumb|Brian Skerry]]</noinclude>
* {{Ill|Dermot FitzGerald|WD=Q5262804|vertical-align=sup}} – Irish photographer
* {{annotated link|Biography:Henry Way Kendall}}
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* {{annotated link|Biography:E. Lee Spence}}

== Underwater artists ==
<noinclude>[[Image:Cristo degli abissi.jpg|thumb|''Christ of the Abyss'' at San Fruttuoso, Liguria]]</noinclude>

== Combat divers, frogmen and saboteurs ==
<noinclude>[[File:Lionel Crabb.jpg|thumb|Lionel Crabb]]</noinclude>

== Aquanauts ==
<noinclude>[[File:MalcolmScottCarpenter.jpg|thumb|Scott Carpenter]]
[[File:Sylvia Earle-nur08002.jpg|thumb|Sylvia Earle displays samples to aquanaut inside TEKTITE]]
[[File:Albert-Falco.png|thumb|Albert Falco in 2011]]
[[File:Michael Gernhardt2.jpg|thumb|Michael Gernhardt]]
[[File:Karen Kohanowich.jpg|thumb|Karen Kohanowich]]
[[File:Sunita Williams.jpg|thumb|Sunita Williams]]</noinclude>

 
* {{annotated link|Astronaut|Astronauts}}
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* {{annotated link|Biography:Berry L. Cannon}}
* {{annotated link|Biography:Sylvia Earle}}
* {{annotated link|Biography:Paul Hill (flight director)}}
* {{annotated link|Biography:Jon Lindbergh}}
* {{annotated link|Biography:Tara Ruttley}}
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* {{annotated link|Biography:Steve Squyres}}

==Cave divers==
* [[Biography:Jon Lindbergh|Jon Lindbergh]] – Pioneering American cave diver and early aquanaut (1932-2021)

==Notable for other reasons==
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* {{annotated link|Biography:Willard Franklyn Searle}}

==See also==
* {{annotated link|Biology:Outline of underwater diving}}

== Footnotes ==
{{notelist}}

==References==
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 <ref name="Hanauer1994">{{cite book |last=Hanauer |first=Eric |title=Diving pioneers: an oral history of diving in America |publisher=Watersport Publishing Inc |location=San Diego |year=1994 |pages=33 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uHC5B47aOlYC&pg=PA33 |isbn=0-922769-43-5 |access-date=2009-09-08}}</ref>

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