Outline of underwater divers explained

See also: Index of underwater divers.

This is a list of underwater divers whose exploits have made them notable.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.

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

(1891–1974)
(1891–1930)

- - - - (1908–1977)
      - (1946–)
  - (1919–2013)
    - - (1952–1993) wreck diving
        (1947–)′
- (1905–2002)
(1909–1941) inventor of human torpedo

Underwater scientists, environmentalists and archaeologists

Freedivers

Underwater filmmakers

Underwater photographers

- - - - – Irish photographer

Underwater artists

Combat divers, frogmen and saboteurs

Aquanauts

Cave divers

(1907–2000)
Jon Lindbergh – Pioneering American cave diver and early aquanaut (1932-2021)
- (1949–1994)
(1951–)
(1969–)
(1977–2011)
(1909–2001)
(1958–2010)
- (1961–)
(1971–)

Notable for other reasons

(to be allocated)

(born 1971)
(shipwreck discovery)
(shipwreck discovery)
- - - (1974–1994)
      - (shipwreck discovery)