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List of underwater explorers

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This is a list of notable professional and amateur explorers who have personally explored the underwater environment and contributed towards expanding the knowledge and understanding of that environment. The list may include archaeologists, wreck divers, treasure hunters, biologists, marine geologists, geophysicists, ocean engineers, oceanographers, crew of exploration submersibles, cave divers and surveyors of the underwater topography, but these categories are not exclusive.

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Jacques-Yves Cousteau, co-inventor of the aqua-lung.

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  • Nuno Gomes (born 1951), South African diver, holder of world records for deep diving and deepest cave dive

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  • Jarrod Jablonski (born 1969), pioneering technical diver and record setting cave diver

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  • Robert F. Marx (1936–2019), pioneer underwater archaeologist, prolific author
  • John Mattera (born 1962), discoverer of the pirate ship of Joseph Bannister, and the Golden Fleece, and cave diver who mapped cave systems in the Dominican Republic
  • Agnes Milowka (23 December 1981 – 27 February 2011), Australian cave diver, underwater photographer and author
  • Sir John Murray (1841–1914), Scots–Canadian marine biologist

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  • Mark M. Newell, founder of Georgia Archaeological Institute
  • Wheeler J. North (1922–2002), American marine biologist and diving pioneer
  • Phil Nuytten – Deep-ocean explorer, and inventor of atmospheric diving suits

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  • Auguste Piccard (28 January 1884 – 24 March 1962), Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer
  • Jacques Piccard (28 July 1922 – 1 November 2008), Swiss oceanographer and engineer

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E. Lee Spence, pioneer underwater archaeologist, author, editor, and discoverer of the Hunley.

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