James Cook

James Cook

male, deceased (1779)
Captain James Cook FRS RN (27 October 1728 (O.S.) – 14 February 1779) was an English explorer, navigator and cartographer. Ultimately rising to th...

John Clark

male, 77 years old
John Clark is an actor, director, producer and writer, but is perhaps best known now as the ex-husband of actress Lynn Redgrave, who divorced him...
Matthew Webb

Matthew Webb

male, deceased (1883)
Captain Matthew Webb (19 January 1848 - 24 July 1883) was the first person to swim the English Channel without the use of artificial aids. On 25...
Ken Colyer

Ken Colyer

male, deceased (1988)
Kenneth 'Ken' Colyer (April 18 1928-March 8 1988) was a British jazz trumpeter and cornetist, specializing in traditional jazz. His band was also...
Dudley Pope

Dudley Pope

male, deceased (1997)
Dudley Bernard Egerton Pope (29 December 1925 - 25 April 1997) was a British writer of both nautical fiction and history, most notable for his Lord...
Arthur Lowe

Arthur Lowe

male, deceased (1982)
Arthur Lowe (22 September 1915 - 15 April 1982) was an English actor. He was best known for playing Captain George Mainwaring in the popular...
Kenneth Cummins

Kenneth Cummins

male, deceased (2006)
Captain Kenneth Alfred Hugo Cummins was one of the last surviving British veterans of the First World War. He served in the Royal Navy in the First...
Tommy Vance

Tommy Vance

male, deceased (2005)
Tommy Vance, born Richard Anthony Crispian Francis Prew Hope-Weston (July 11 1941 - March 6 2005) was a British pop radio broadcaster, born in...
Nicholas Swarbrick

Nicholas Swarbrick

male, deceased (2006)
Nicholas Joseph Swarbrick (14 November 1898 - 2 February 2006) was the oldest surviving English merchant sailor of the First World War at the time...
Henk de Velde

Henk de Velde

male
Henk de Velde (born 12 January 1949) is a Dutch seafarer. He is especially known for his long solo-voyages around the world. Initially he worked...