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Diver or divers may refer to: * Diving (sport), the sport of performing acrobatics while jumping or falling into water *Practitioner of underwater diving, including: ** scuba diving, ** freediving, ** surface-supplied diving, ** saturation diving, and ** atmospheric suit diving


People

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Diver (surname) Diver is the surname of: * Alfred Diver (1823–1876), English cricketer * Bridget Diver (died 1915), watch guard in the American Civil War * Colin Diver, president of Reed College in Portland, Oregon, United States * Damian Diver (born 1970s), Iri ...
* Edward Divers (1837–1912), British chemist *"Diver", nickname of
Tom Derrick Thomas Currie "Diver" Derrick, (20 March 1914 – 24 May 1945) was an Australian soldier and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" awarded to members of the British and Commonwea ...
(1914–1945), Australian Second World War recipient of the Victoria Cross


Military

* V-1 flying bomb, code named "diver" by the British World War II armed forces **
Operation Diver Operation Diver was the British codename for countermeasures against the V-1 flying bomb campaign launched by the German in 1944 against London and other parts of Britain. Diver was the codename for the V-1, against which the defence consisted of ...
, the British countermeasures against the German V-1 flying bomb campaign *
AUM-N-4 Diver The AUM-N-4 Diver, also known as Kingfisher D and AUM-4, was a proposed anti-ship and anti-submarine missile, developed for use by the United States Navy in the late 1940s. It was intended to carry a rocket-propelled torpedo that used a single roc ...
, a proposed U.S. Navy torpedo-carrying missile of the late 1940s. *
Diver (United States Navy) A United States Navy diver refers to a service personnel that may be a restricted fleet line (Engineering Duty) officer, civil engineer corps (CEC) officer, Medical Corps officer, or an enlisted (ND or HM rating) who is qualified in underwate ...


Arts and entertainment

* ''Diver'' (EP), a 2006 EP by A Wilhelm Scream * "Diver" (Nico Touches the Walls song), a 2011 song by Nico Touches the Walls * "Diver" (Kana-Boon song), a 2015 song by Kana-Boon * ''Divers'' (album), a 2015 album by Joanna Newsom *'' The Diver'', a 2000 sculpture by John Kaufman * ''The Diver'' (play), a play by Hideki Noda and Colin Teevan


Films

* ''The Diver'' (1911 film), a 1911 short film directed by Sidney Olcott * ''The Diver'' (2000 film), a 2000 short film directed by PV Lehtinen


Other uses

* ''Diver'' (painting), a 1962 painting by Jasper Johns *
Loon Loons (North American English) or divers (British / Irish English) are a group of aquatic birds found in much of North America and northern Eurasia. All living species of loons are members of the genus ''Gavia'', family Gaviidae and order Gavi ...
s, called divers in Great Britain and Ireland, a group of aquatic birds * Diver, Ontario *"The Diver", nickname for a NBR 224 Class locomotive *Divers is a legal gender option for intersex people in Germany. See Legal recognition of non-binary gender and Legal recognition of intersex people.


See also

* {{Disambiguation