Floyd Collins

Floyd Collins

male, deceased (1925)
William Floyd Collins (July 20, 1887 - c. February 13, 1925) was a cave explorer and guide in central Kentucky. Floyd Collins is noted for having...
Norbert Casteret

Norbert Casteret

male, deceased (1987)
Norbert Casteret was a famous French caver and adventurer, and is one of the most recognizable names in caving worldwide. Following Édouard-Alfred M...
Bill Stone

Bill Stone

male, 56 years old
Dr. Bill Stone (born 1953) is one of the world's foremost expeditionary cavers, exploring deep caves, sometimes with remotely operated vehicles....
Sheck Exley

Sheck Exley

male, deceased (1994) (St. Louis, Missouri, United States)
Sheck Exley (April 1, 1949-April 6, 1994) was a cave-diving pioneer. Exley is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of cave diving, writing two...

Roger Brucker

male, 80 years old
Roger Brucker is a leading American cave explorer and author of books about caves. He was born on July 27, 1929 in Shelby, Ohio. After graduating...
Stephen Bishop

Stephen Bishop

male, deceased (1857)
Stephen Bishop (1820?-1857) was a mixed race slave famous for being one of the lead explorers and guides to the Mammoth Cave in the U.S. state of...

Patricia Crowther

female
Patricia ("Pat") Crowther was an active and dedicated caver and cave-surveyor in the 1960s and early 1970s. Patricia was well-known among Kentucky...

Édouard-Alfred Martel

male, deceased (1938)
Édouard-Alfred Martel (July 1, 1859, Pontoise - June 3, 1938, Montbrison), the 'father of modern speleology', was a world pioneer of cave e...

Neil Moss

male, deceased (1959)
Neil Moss (full name Oscar Hackett Neil Moss) was the victim of a famous caving accident in England on Sunday March 22, 1959. A twenty-year-old...

William Crowther

male
William ("Willie" or "Will") Crowther (born 1936) is a computer programmer and caver. He is best known as the co-creator of "Colossal Cave...