Robert Ballard

Robert Ballard

male, 67 years old
University of California, Santa Barbara alumni, University of Hawaii alumni, Hubbard Medal recipient, Maritime archaeology, titanic, German battleship Bismarck…Oceanographer
Robert Duane Ballard, Ph.D, (born June 30, 1942 in Wichita, Kansas) is an oceanographer most noted for his work in underwater archaeology. He is...
Curtis Ebbesmeyer

Curtis Ebbesmeyer

male
flotsam, Flotsam and Jetsam, Friendly Floatees, Hyundai Seattle, James Ingraham, Hansa Carrier…Oceanographer
Curtis C. Ebbesmeyer is an American oceanographer who, in retirement, has studied the movement of flotsam. He came to public attention through his...
Sylvia Earle

Sylvia Earle

female, 74 years old
Tektite Project, Florida State University alumni, Deep Flyer, Sylvia Alice Earle, Goldman Foundation, United States National Marine Sanctuary…Oceanographer
Sylvia Alice Earle (born August 30, 1935 in Gibbstown, New Jersey) is an American oceanographer. She was chief scientist for the U.S. National...
Roger Revelle

Roger Revelle

male, deceased (1991) (California, United States)
From Seattle, Roger Randall Dougan Revelle, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, National Medal of Science recipient, Oceanographer, Oceanographer of the Navy
Roger Randall Dougan Revelle was a scientist and scholar who was instrumental in the formative years of the University of California, San Diego and...
Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Jacques-Yves Cousteau

male, deceased (1997)
Researcher, French Navy officer, Life, Légion d'honneur recipient, Exploration, Underwater photographer…Oceanographer
Jacques-Yves Cousteau was a French naval officer, explorer, ecologist, filmmaker, scientist, photographer and researcher who studied the sea and...

Carl Wunsch

male
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, Oceanographer, climate, ocean circulation, internal waves
Carl Wunsch (born May 5, 1941) is the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physical Oceanography at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is...

John Martin

male, deceased (1993)
from Connecticut, HNLC, carbon dioxide, Oceanographer, prostate cancer, micronutrient
John Martin, was an oceanographer Born in Old Lyme, Connecticut, he is best known for his research on the role of iron as a phytoplankton...
Walter Munk

Walter Munk

male, 92 years old
Foreign Member of the Royal Society, Jewish American, scientist, California Institute of Technology alumni, Oceanographer, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Walter Heinrich Munk (born October 19, 1917) is a major contributor to the field of physical oceanography and geophysics. At present, he is...
Matthew Fontaine Maury

Matthew Fontaine Maury

male, deceased (1873)
from Virginia, Astronomer, Cartographer, Geographer, historian, Geologist…Oceanographer
Matthew Fontaine Maury (January 14, 1806 - February 1, 1873), USN - American astronomer, astrophysicist, historian, oceanographer, meteorologist,...
John Murray

John Murray

male, deceased (1914)
Stirling High School, Stirling High School alumni, British road accident victim, University Marine Biological Station, Millport, Newhaven, Edinburgh, Challenger expedition…Oceanographer
Sir John Murray KCB (3 March 1841 – 6 March 1914) was a pioneering Scots-Canadian oceanographer and marine biologist. Murray was born at Cobourg, On...