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sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. The profession of the s ...

s includes any seagoing person who does not qualify for the list of sea captains. It includes both professional and amateur sailors.

Actors

Raymond Bailey Raymond Thomas Bailey (May 6, 1904 – April 15, 1980) was an American actor, and comedian on the Broadway stage, films, and television. He is best known for his role as greedy banker Milburn Drysdale in the television series ''The Beverly Hill ...

, American actor, Milburn Drysdale, on ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' *

Rupert Davies Rupert Davies FRSA (22 May 191622 November 1976) was a British actor. He is best remembered for playing the title role in the BBC's 1960s television adaptation of '' Maigret'', based on Georges Simenon's novels. Life and career Military s ...

, British actor, title role on the BBC's ''Maigret'' * Peter Falk, American actor, ''Columbo'' *

James Garner James Garner (born James Scott Bumgarner; April 7, 1928 – July 19, 2014) was an American actor. He played leading roles in more than 50 theatrical films, including ''The Great Escape (film), The Great Escape'' (1963) with Steve McQueen; Paddy ...

, American actor, Jim Rockford on ''The Rockford Files'' *

Sterling Hayden Sterling Walter Hayden (born Sterling Relyea Walter; March 26, 1916 – May 23, 1986) was an American actor, author, sailor and decorated Marine Corps officer and an Office of Strategic Services' agent during World War II. A leading man for mos ...

, American actor and author, Gen. Jack D. Ripper in ''Dr. Strangelove'' *

Jack Lord John Joseph Patrick Ryan (December 30, 1920 – January 21, 1998), best known by his stage name, Jack Lord, was an American television, film and Broadway actor, director and producer. He starred as Steve McGarrett in the CBS television progra ...

, American actor, Steve McGarret on ''Hawaii Five-O'' *

Carroll O'Connor John Carroll O'Connor (August 2, 1924 – June 21, 2001) was an American actor, producer, and director whose television career spanned over four decades. He became a lifelong member of the Actors Studio in 1971. O'Connor found widespread fame a ...

, American actor, Archie Bunker on ''All in the Family'' * Denver Pyle, American actor, Uncle Jesse Duke on ''The Dukes of Hazzard'' *

George Sewell George Sewell (31 August 19242 April 2007) was an English actor, best known for his television roles, but also active on stage and in films. Early life and career The son of a Hoxton printer and a florist, Sewell left school at the age of 14 a ...

, English actor, Frank Cottam on ''The Detectives''; steward * Frederick Treves, much loved English character actor with over a hundred credits in theatre, television, and film *

Clint Walker Norman Eugene "Clint" Walker (May 30, 1927 – May 21, 2018) was an American actor. He played cowboy Cheyenne Bodie in the ABC/ Warner Bros. western series ''Cheyenne'' from 1955 to 1963. Early life Clint Walker was born Norman Eugene W ...

, American actor, Cheyenne Bodie on ''Cheyenne'' *

Jack Warden Jack Warden (born John Warden Lebzelter Jr.; September 18, 1920July 19, 2006) was an American character actor of film and television. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for ''Shampoo'' (1975) and '' Heaven Can Wait' ...

, American actor, Emmy Award-winning, Academy Award-nominated

Comedians

Dave Broadfoot Dave Broadfoot (December 5, 1925 – November 1, 2016) was a Canadian comedian and satirist. He is best known for his performances as a member of the Royal Canadian Air Farce.George Roper George Roper (15 May 1934 – 1 July 2003) was an English comedian, best known for his appearances in the long-running UK television series '' The Comedians''. Early history He was born George Francis Furnival in Liverpool to a working-cla ...

, English stand-up comedian best known for work on television series ''The Comedians''

Explorers

* Erik the Red *

Bjorn Ironside Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less oft ...

Leif Erikson Leif Erikson, Leiv Eiriksson, or Leif Ericson, ; Modern Icelandic: ; Norwegian: ''Leiv Eiriksson'' also known as Leif the Lucky (), was a Norse explorer who is thought to have been the first European to have set foot on continental Nort ...

* Ali ibn al-Hassan Shirazi * James Cook, sub-Antarctic, Pacific, North America, apprenticed on a Whitby collier *

Ernest Shackleton Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of ...

. Antarctic, was third mate in the

Union-Castle Line The Union-Castle Line was a British shipping line that operated a fleet of passenger liners and cargo ships between Europe and Africa from 1900 to 1977. It was formed from the merger of the Union Line and Castle Shipping Line. It merged with ...

Labor leaders

Joseph Curran Joseph Curran (March 1, 1906 – August 14, 1981) was a merchant seaman and an American labor leader. He was founding president of the National Maritime Union (or NMU, now part of the Seafarers International Union of North America) from 1937 to ...

, American labor leader *

Richard Henry Dana Jr. Richard Henry Dana Jr. (August 1, 1815 – January 6, 1882) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts, a descendant of a colonial family, who gained renown as the author of the classic American memoir ''Two Years Before the Mast''. ...

(1815–1882), wrote ''

Two Years Before the Mast ''Two Years Before the Mast'' is a memoir by the American author Richard Henry Dana Jr., published in 1840, having been written after a two-year sea voyage from Boston to California on a merchant ship starting in 1834. A film adaptation under the ...

'' *

Andrew Furuseth Andrew Furuseth (March 17, 1854 – January 22, 1938) of Åsbygda, Hedmark, Norway was a merchant seaman and an American labor leader. Furuseth was active in the formation of two influential maritime unions: the Sailors' Union of the Pacific ...

(1854–1938), merchant seaman and labour leader *

Shannon J. Wall Shannon J. Wall (March 4, 1919, Portland, Oregon – February 2, 2007) was a merchant seaman and an American labor leader. He was president of the National Maritime Union (or NMU, now part of the Seafarers International Union of North America) fro ...

, American merchant seaman and labor leader

Maritime industry

Captain John Bury Captain John Bury (28 July 1915 – 17 October 2006) was a master mariner and Elder Brother of Trinity House. He was involved in the adoption of a standardised buoyage system internationally. Bury was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. His parent ...

, Canadian mariner involved in standardising international buoyage *

Harry McNish Henry McNish (11 September 187424 September 1930), often referred to as Harry McNish or by the nickname Chippy, was the carpenter on Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1917. He was responsible for much of the ...

, Scottish carpenter on Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition *

Jeremiah O'Brien Captain Jeremiah O'Brien (1744–1818) was an Irish-American captain in the Massachusetts State Navy. Prior to its existence (or that of the Continental Navy), he commanded the sloop ''Unity'' when he captured the Royal Navy, British armed s ...

, captain of the privateer ''Unity'' in the first battle of the Revolutionary War *

Herbert Pitman Herbert John "Bert" Pitman MBE (20 November 1877 – 7 December 1961) was an English Merchant Navy seaman, who was the Third Officer of RMS ''Titanic'' when it sank in the North Atlantic Ocean with heavy loss of life after striking an iceb ...

, third officer of the ''Titanic'' *

John Wallace Thomas John Wallace Thomas (1888–1965) was a Newfoundland merchant mariner who served with distinction in the First and Second World Wars. Early life Thomas was born in Newfoundland in 1885. Service history Royal Naval Reserve At the age of 20, ...

, Newfoundland captain made Commander of the Order of the British Empire for actions during a Luftwaffe attack * Louis Ernest Sola, Federal Maritime Commissioner and yachtsman

Military

Kingsmill Bates The Battle of the North Cape was a Second World War naval battle that occurred on 26 December 1943, as part of the Arctic naval operations of World War II, Arctic campaign. The , on an operation to attack Arctic Convoys of war materiel from the ...

, British Distinguished Service Cross recipient * Philip Bent, Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross *

David Broadfoot David Broadfoot GC (21 July 1899 – 31 January 1953) was a Scottish seaman awarded the George Cross for his bravery during the sinking of the . He was born in Stranraer, Scotland. By 1917, he had gained a radio license and later qualified a ...

, Scottish recipient of the George Cross *

Lionel Crabb Lieutenant-Commander Lionel Kenneth Phillip Crabb, (28 January 1909 – presumed dead 19 April 1956), known as Buster Crabb, was a Royal Navy frogman and diver who vanished during a reconnaissance mission for MI6 around a Soviet cruiser bert ...

, British Royal Navy frogman who vanished during a reconnaissance mission first in 1956 *

Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin Baron Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin (13 October 1768 – 23 April 1839) was a rear admiral of the French navy and later a Baron. He commanded numerous naval expeditions and battles with the Royal Navy as well as exploratory voyages in the In ...

, French Baron and rear admiral of the Navy; was a helmsman early in his career *

Peter Horsley Air Marshal Sir Beresford Peter Torrington Horsley, (25 March 1921 – 20 December 2001) was a senior Royal Air Force commander. Early life Horsley was the youngest of seven children of a West Hartlepool merchant who committed suicide in 1923 ...

, British Air Marshal * Lawrence Joel, Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient *

John Paul Jones John Paul Jones (born John Paul; July 6, 1747 July 18, 1792) was a Scottish-American naval captain who was the United States' first well-known naval commander in the American Revolutionary War. He made many friends among U.S political elites ( ...

, American naval officer * "Yank" Levy, Canadian soldier, military instructor and author of a manual on guerrilla warfare *

Charles Andrew MacGillivary Charles Andrew MacGillivary (January 17, 1917 – June 24, 2000) was a Medal of Honor recipient, born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. A Sergeant in the United States Army, he was attached to Company I, 71st Infantry, 44th Infant ...

, Canadian Medal of Honor recipient * Kim Malthe-Bruun, member of the Danish resistance movement *

Thomas McClelland Thomas McClelland is a decorated U.S. Navy veteran who served in the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm. Early life and education Thomas McClelland was born on June 8, 1942, in Louisville, Kentucky, and a graduate of Southern Illinois Un ...

, American naval officer *

George S. Patton George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh United States Army in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, and the Third United States Army in France ...

, American general * George H. O'Brien Jr., Medal of Honor recipient in Korean War * Arthur Phillip, British naval officer, colonial administrator, Governor of New South Wales, and founder of the city of Sydney * William Sanders, New Zealander recipient of the Victoria Cross *

Miguel Grau Seminario Miguel María Grau Seminario (27 July 1834 – 8 October 1879) was the most renowned Peruvian naval officer and hero of the naval battle of Angamos during the War of the Pacific (1879–1884). He was known as ''el Caballero de los Mares'' (Spa ...

, Peruvian naval officer and hero of the Naval Battle of Angamos *

John Young John Young may refer to: Academics * John Young (professor of Greek) (died 1820), Scottish professor of Greek at the University of Glasgow * John C. Young (college president) (1803–1857), American educator, pastor, and president of Centre Col ...

, naval officer in American Revolutionary War

Musicians and composers

Ken Colyer Kenneth Colyer (18 April 1928 – 8 March 1988) was an English jazz trumpeter and cornetist, devoted to New Orleans jazz. His band was also known for skiffle interludes. Biography He was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, but grew up i ...

, British jazz trumpeter * Suezenne Fordham, American jazz pianist *

Eric Griffiths Eric Ronald Griffiths (31 October 1940 – 29 January 2005) was an English musician and dry cleaner, he was best known as the guitarist in the original lineup of the Quarrymen until he left the group in the summer of 1958. Early life Born i ...

, Welsh guitarist in the original lineup of The Quarry Men *

Woody Guthrie Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (; July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967) was an American singer-songwriter, one of the most significant figures in American folk music. His work focused on themes of American socialism and anti-fascism. He has inspired ...

, musician and songwriter, wrote "This Land Is Your Land" * Chick Henderson, English singer in the 1930s and 1940s, "Begin the Beguine" *

Cisco Houston Gilbert Vandine "Cisco" Houston (August 18, 1918 – April 29, 1961) was an American folk singer and songwriter, who is closely associated with Woody Guthrie due to their extensive history of recording together. Houston was a regular recording ...

, American folk singer *

Ferlin Husky Ferlin Eugene Husky (December 3, 1925 – March 17, 2011) was an early American country music singer who was equally adept at the genres of traditional honky-tonk, ballads, spoken recitations, and rockabilly pop tunes. He had two dozen top-20 hit ...

, American country-pop singer, hit number one with "Wings of a Dove" * Nelson Riddle, American bandleader, arranger and orchestrator, "C'mon... Get Happy" *

Francisco Gabilondo Soler Francisco Gabilondo Soler (October 6, 1907, Orizaba, Veracruz Mexico – December 14, 1990, Texcoco, State of Mexico) was a Mexican composer and performer of children's songs. He recorded and performed those songs under the name of '' Cri-Cri: El ...

, Mexican composer of children's songs, "Cri-Cri, El Grillito Cantor" *

Dave Van Ronk David Kenneth Ritz Van Ronk (June 30, 1936 – February 10, 2002) was an American folk singer. An important figure in the American folk music revival and New York City's Greenwich Village scene in the 1960s, he was nicknamed the "Mayor of Ma ...

, American folk singer nicknamed the "Mayor of MacDougal Street" *

Ted Weems Wilfred Theodore Wemyes, known professionally as Ted Weems (September 26, 1901 – May 6, 1963), was an American bandleader and musician. Weems's work in music was recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Biography Born in Pitcair ...

, American bandleader and musician, directed the Merchant Marine Band *

Russ Conway Russ Conway, DSM (born Trevor Herbert Stanford; 2 September 1925 – 16 November 2000) was an English popular music pianist and composer. Conway had 20 piano instrumentals in the UK Singles Chart between 1957 and 1963, including two number on ...

, English pianist

Notorious

William Colepaugh William Curtis Colepaugh (March 25, 1918 – March 16, 2005) was an American who, following his 1943 discharge from the U.S. Naval Reserve ("for the good of the service", according to official reports), defected to Nazi Germany in 1944. While a cre ...

, Nazi spy in World War II * George Hennard, American mass murderer who claimed twenty-three victims at Luby's Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas *

Fritz Sauckel Ernst Friedrich Christoph "Fritz" Sauckel (27 October 1894 – 16 October 1946) was a German Nazi politician, ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Thuringia from 1927 and the General Plenipotentiary for Labour Deployment (''Arbeitseinsatz'') from March 1942 unti ...

, Nazi war criminal *

Duncan Scott-Ford Duncan Alexander Croall Scott-Ford (4 September 1921 – 3 November 1942) was a British merchant seaman who was hanged for treachery after giving information to an enemy agent during the Second World War. Early life Scott-Ford was born i ...

, British merchant seaman hanged for treachery in World War II * Perry Smith, made famous in Truman Capote's non-fiction novel ''In Cold Blood''

Politics and activism

* Alvin Baldus, former Democratic member of Congress *

Traian Băsescu Traian Băsescu (; born 4 November 1951) is a conservative Romanian politician who served as President of Romania from 2004 to 2014. Prior to his presidency, Băsescu served as Romanian Minister of Transport on multiple occasions between 1991 ...

, President of Romania, inaugurated in 2004 * Gordon Canfield, Republican congressman from New Jersey * Alfonso J. Cervantes, forty-third Mayor of Saint Louis, Missouri * Frederick Arthur Cobb, Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom *

Mark Croucher Mark Christopher Croucher (born 13 March 1866, Greenwich, Connecticut, US), is a freelance journalist and political consultant particularly associated with the UK Independence Party (UKIP). In January 2015 he was elected President of the Charte ...

, Director of Communications for the UK Independence Party, pub landlord, journalist, former radio officer * Arthur Davidson, British Labour Party Member of Parliament *

Jim Folsom James Elisha Folsom, Sr. (October 9, 1908 – November 21, 1987), commonly known as Jim Folsom or Big Jim Folsom, was an American politician who served as the 42nd governor of the U.S. state of Alabama, having served from 1947 to 1951, and a ...

, Democratic Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama *

Ian Glachan Ian Doric Glachan (15 September 1934 – 20 April 2005) was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1988 to 2003, representing the electorate Albury. He was subsequently elected Ma ...

, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly *

Brian Haw Brian William Haw (7 January 1949 – 18 June 2011) was an English protester and peace campaigner who lived for almost ten years in a peace camp in London's Parliament Square from 2001, in a protest against UK and US foreign policy. He bega ...

, British peace activist *

Harry Haywood Harry Haywood (February 4, 1898 – January 4, 1985) was an American political activist who was a leading figure in both the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). His goal was to connec ...

, a leading African American member of both the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) * John Horner, British firefighter, trade unionist and politician * Emmanuel Iheanach, Minister of Federal Republic of Nigeria, Master Mariner, sea captain *

Piet de Jong Petrus Jozef Sietse "Piet" de Jong (; 3 April 1915 – 27 July 2016) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) now the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and naval officer who served as Prime Minister of the Neth ...

, Prime Minister of the Netherlands * Wayne Mapp, New Zealand politician * Alfred von Niezychowski, Polish noble, German Count, author and lecturer, and American politician * Jack O'Dell, prominent African-American member of the U.S. civil rights movement *

Albert Owen Albert Owen (born 10 August 1959) is a Welsh people, Welsh Welsh Labour, Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Ynys Môn (UK Parliament constituency), Ynys Môn from 2001 to 2 ...

, Welsh politician, Labour Party MP for Ynys Môn *

John Prescott John Leslie Prescott, Baron Prescott (born 31 May 1938) is a British politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and as First Secretary of State from 2001 to 2007. A member of the Labour Party, he w ...

, British Labour Party politician, Deputy Prime Minister, First Secretary of State and Member of Parliament, a steward and waiter *

Joseph Resnick Joseph Yale Resnick (July 13, 1924 – October 6, 1969) was an American inventor, World War II veteran and Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York ( 28th congressional district). He served two terms from 19 ...

, Democratic congressman from New York * Montfort Stokes, Democratic Senator * John S. Watson, New Jersey politician * Terry Wynn, retired Labour Party Member of the European Parliament for North West England

Producers

* John Clark, English actor, director, producer, and ex-husband of Lynn Redgrave * John Kenley, former American theatrical producer * Oliver Stone, three-time Academy Award-winning American film director and screenwriter

Radio industry

* Dave Cash, British disk jockey * James Redmond, pioneer of modern public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom *

Tommy Vance Richard Anthony Crispian Francis Prew Hope-Weston (11 July 1940 – 6 March 2005), known professionally as Tommy Vance, was an English radio broadcaster. He was an important factor in the rise of the new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM), a ...

, British pop radio broadcaster *Brad “Boom Boom” Barrett, Radio Broadcaster and show host as well as Director of Programming in Honolulu Hawaii At KSSK, KKUA, as well As other radio stations.

Real estate

* John Q. Hammons, American businessman and resort developer

Science, engineering, and architecture

* Patrick Young Alexander, British aeronautical pioneer * Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, Scottish physician, geographer zoologist and botanist * Allan V. Cox, American chemist and geologist *

Norman Jaffe Norman Jaffe (April 3, 1932 – August 19, 1993) was an American architect widely noted for his contemporary residential architecture, and his "strikingly sculptural beach houses" on Eastern Long Island, in southeastern New York. He is credit ...

, American architect * D. Holmes Morton, American physician specializing in genetic disorders

Social scientists

* Douglass Cecil North, American economist and Nobel Prize winner

Sports

* Samuel Albrecht, Brazilian swimmer *

Bobby Atherton Robert Atherton (29 July 1876 – 19 October 1917) was a Welsh footballer who played as a Half back (association football), half back and forward (association football), forward for Heart of Midlothian F.C., Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian F.C. ...

, Welsh international footballer * Jim Bagby Jr., major-league baseball pitcher *

Fred Blackburn Fred Blackburn (29 July 1902 – 1 May 1990) was a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stalybridge and Hyde from the 1951 general election until 1970. Early life Blackburn was educated at Queen Elizabe ...

, English footballer and coach *

Drew Bundini Brown Drew may refer to: __NOTOC__ Places ;In the United States * Drew, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Drew, Mississippi, a city * Drew, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Drew, Oregon, an unincorporated community * Drew County, Arkansas ...

, Muhammad Ali's assistant trainer and cornerman *

Dan Devine Daniel John Devine (December 23, 1924 – May 9, 2002) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Arizona State University from 1955 to 1957, the University of Missouri from 1958 to 1970, and the Universi ...

, American football coach *

Joe Gold Joe Gold (born Sidney Gold; March 10, 1922 – July 11, 2004) was an American bodybuilder and businessman. He was the founder of Gold's Gym and World Gym. He has been credited with being the father of the bodybuilding and the fitness craze. ...

, bodybuilding and fitness guru of Gold's Gym * Cornelius Johnson, American Olympic medal-winning high jumper *

Charlie Keller Charles Ernest Keller (September 12, 1916 – May 23, 1990) was an American professional baseball player. He played as a left fielder in Major League Baseball from 1939 through 1952 for the New York Yankees (1939–43, 1945–49, 1952) and Detro ...

, left fielder in Major League Baseball *

Frank Sinkwich Frank Francis Sinkwich Sr. (October 10, 1920 – October 22, 1990) was an American football player and coach. He won the Heisman Trophy in 1942 playing for the University of Georgia, making him the first recipient from the Southeastern Conferen ...

, American footballer, won 1942 Heisman Trophy, 1944 NFL MVP *

Agostino Straulino Agostino Straulino (10 October 1914 – 14 December 2004) was an Italian sailor and sailboat racer, who won one Olympic gold medal and one silver medal in the Star class, and eight consecutive European championships and two world championships ...

(1914–2004), Olympic champion and Italian admiral *

Jim Thorpe James Francis Thorpe ( Sac and Fox (Sauk): ''Wa-Tho-Huk'', translated as "Bright Path"; May 22 or 28, 1887March 28, 1953) was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. A member of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe was the first Nativ ...

, American Olympic athlete * Henk de Velde, Dutch seafarer known for his long solo voyages around the world *

Matthew Webb Captain Matthew Webb (19 January 1848 – 24 July 1883) was an English swimmer and stuntman. He is the first recorded person to swim the English Channel for sport without the use of artificial aids. In 1875, Webb swam from Dover to Calais in l ...

, first person to swim the English Channel without the use of artificial aid

Visual arts

Richard Avedon Richard Avedon (May 15, 1923 – October 1, 2004) was an American fashion and portrait photographer. He worked for ''Harper's Bazaar'', ''Vogue'' and ''Elle'' specializing in capturing movement in still pictures of fashion, theater and danc ...

, American photographer *

Johnny Craig John Thomas Alexis Craig (April 25, 1926 – September 13, 2001),John T. Craig
at the ...

, American comic book artist *

Paul Gauguin Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (, ; ; 7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903) was a French Post-Impressionist artist. Unappreciated until after his death, Gauguin is now recognized for his experimental use of colour and Synthetist style that were distinct fr ...

, French Post-Impressionist artist *

Rockwell Kent Rockwell Kent (June 21, 1882 – March 13, 1971) was an American painter, printmaker, illustrator, writer, sailor, adventurer and voyager. Biography Rockwell Kent was born in Tarrytown, New York. Kent was of English descent. He lived much of ...

, American painter * Joseph Stanley Kozlowski, American AB, portrait and watercolor artist *

James Nachtwey James Nachtwey (born March 14, 1948) is an American photojournalist and war photographer. He has been awarded the Overseas Press Club's Robert Capa Gold Medal five times and two World Press Photo awards. In 2003, Nachtwey was injured in a gre ...

, American photojournalist and war photographer *

George Rodger George William Adam Rodger (19 March 1908 – 24 July 1995) was a British photojournalist noted for his work in Africa and for photographing the mass deaths at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp at the end of the Second World War. Life and career ...

, British photojournalist noted for work in Africa and death camps at Bergen-Belsen * Ken Russell, iconoclastic English film director *

Ernie Schroeder Ernest C. Schroeder (January 9, 1916 – September 20, 2006)Ernest C. Schroeder
...

, American comic book artist *

Haskell Wexler Haskell Wexler, ASC (February 6, 1922 – December 27, 2015) was an American cinematographer, film producer, and director. Wexler was judged to be one of film history's ten most influential cinematographers in a survey of the members of the Inte ...

, American Academy Award-winning cinematographer *

Wally Wood Wallace Allan Wood (June 17, 1927 – November 2, 1981) was an American comic book writer, artist and independent publisher, widely known for his work on EC Comics's titles such as '' Weird Science'', '' Weird Fantasy'', and ''MAD Magazine'' fr ...

, American comic book writer, artist and independent publisher

Writers and publishers

John Arthur Barry John Arthur Barry (1850 – 23 September 1911) was a journalist and author. Barry was born in Torquay, Devonshire, England, in 1850. His parents died when he was young, and he went to sea at 13 after persuading his guardian and was in the merch ...

, Australian journalist and author *

Peter Baynham Peter Baynham is a Welsh screenwriter and performer. He is best known for appearing in a series of comedic Pot Noodle television adverts in the 1990s. His work largely represents collaborations with comedy figures such as Armando Iannucci, Steve ...

, Welsh screenwriter; Academy Award-nominated; co-writer of ''Borat'' * John Blackburn, British novelist *

Nathaniel Bowditch Nathaniel Bowditch (March 26, 1773 – March 16, 1838) was an early American mathematician remembered for his work on ocean navigation. He is often credited as the founder of modern maritime navigation; his book '' The New American Practical Navi ...

, author, ''The American Practical Navigator'' * E. S. Campbell, American author, broadcaster and radio officer * A. Bertram Chandler, Australian science fiction author of over 40 novels and 200 works of short fiction *

Brian Cleeve Brian Brendon Talbot Cleeve (22 November 1921 – 11 March 2003) was a writer, whose published works include twenty-one novels and over a hundred short stories. He was also an award-winning broadcaster on RTÉ television. Son of an Irish fathe ...

, English writer and popular TV broadcaster *

Olaudah Equiano Olaudah Equiano (; c. 1745 – 31 March 1797), known for most of his life as Gustavus Vassa (), was a writer and abolitionist from, according to his memoir, the Eboe (Igbo) region of the Kingdom of Benin (today southern Nigeria). Enslaved a ...

, former slave turned abolitionist and writer of African descent *

Clare Francis Clare Mary Francis (born 17 April 1946) is a British novelist who was first known for her career as a yachtswoman who has twice sailed across the Atlantic on her own and she was the first woman to captain a successful boat on the Whitbread ...

, British novelist *

Allen Ginsberg Irwin Allen Ginsberg (; June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet and writer. As a student at Columbia University in the 1940s, he began friendships with William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, forming the core of the Beat Gener ...

, poet, "Howl", "Kaddish" * David Hackworth, retired United States Army colonel and military journalist *

, American author, ''Two Years Before the Mast'' *

John L. Hess John L. Hess (December 27, 1917 – January 21, 2005) was a prominent American investigative journalist who worked for many years at ''The New York Times''. He left the ''Times'' in 1978 and wrote a memoir about his years there, ''My Times: A Mem ...

, American journalist *

Herbert Huncke Herbert Edwin Huncke (January 9, 1915 – August 8, 1996) was an American writer and poet, and an active participant in a number of emerging cultural, social and aesthetic movements of the 20th century in America. He was a member of the Beat ...

, American beat generation figure *

Bob Kaufman Robert Garnell Kaufman (April 18, 1925 – January 12, 1986) was an American Beat poet and surrealist as well as a jazz performance artist and satirist. In France, where his poetry had a large following, he was known as the "black American ...

, American Beat poet and surrealist *

Nikos Kavvadias Nikos Kavvadias ( el, Νίκος Καββαδίας; 11 January 1910 in Nikolsk-Ussuriysky – 10 February 1975 in Athens) was a Greek poet, writer and a sailor by profession. He used his travels around the world, the life at sea and its adventures ...

, Greek poet * Jack Kerouac, American author, ''On The Road'' *

James Lennox Kerr James Lennox Kerr (1 July 1899 – 11 March 1963) was a Scottish socialist author noted for his children's stories written under the pseudonym of Peter Dawlish. Kerr lived in Paisley until 1915, joined the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve by claiming ...

, Scottish socialist author noted for his children's stories *

Jack London John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to ...

, American author, ''Call of the Wild'' *

Veeresh Malik Veeresh Malik is an Indian author, syndicated columnist and social worker. He is a Co-convenor and co-founder of the India Against Corruption anti-corruption movement. He writes a column for Chowk.com, Moneylife. Outlook India and Times of Indi ...

, Indian businessman and writer *

John Masefield John Edward Masefield (; 1 June 1878 – 12 May 1967) was an English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, Poet Laureate from 1930 until 1967. Among his best known works are the children's novels ''The Midnight Folk'' and ...

, O.M., LL.D., Poet Laureate, sailing ship apprentice *

Kevin McClory Kevin O'Donovan McClory (8 June 1924 – 20 November 2006) was an Irish screenwriter, film producer, and film director. McClory was best known for producing the James Bond film '' Thunderball'' and for his legal battles with the character's cre ...

, Irish screenwriter, producer, and director, ''Never Say Never Again'' *

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, American author, ''Moby Dick'' * Charles Muñoz, American poet, novelist, publisher, and radio officer *

Alun Owen Alun Davies Owen (24 November 1925 – 6 December 1994) was a Welsh playwright, screenwriter and actor, predominantly in television. However, he is best remembered by a wider audience for writing the screenplay of The Beatles' debut feature fi ...

, British screenwriter, wrote The Beatles' film ''A Hard Day's Night'' *

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, British Australian novelist and author of the '' Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were'' *

Donn Pearce Donn Pearce (September 28, 1928 – July 25, 2017) was an American author and journalist best known for the novel and screenplay '' Cool Hand Luke''. Early life Born Donald Mills Pearce in a suburb of Philadelphia, Pearce left home at 15. He at ...

, author of ''Cool Hand Luke'' *

Dudley Pope 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 Ramage series of historical novels. Greatly inspired by C.S. Forester, Pope was one of the most ...

, British writer of both

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and history * Richard Scott Prather, American mystery novelist *

Otto Scott Otto Scott (May 26, 1918 – May 5, 2006) was a journalist and author of corporate histories who also wrote biographies on notable figures such as the abolitionist John Brown, James I of England and Robespierre. Early life Otto Joseph Scott ...

, American journalist and author *

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, American author * Joshua Slocum (1848–1909?), first single-handed circumnavigation of the world, 1895-1898 * Gary Snyder, American poet *

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, controversial American publisher *

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, Irish magazine editor and freelance journalist * Mark Twain (born Samuel Clemens), author * Nedd Willard (1926–2018), writer and journalist * Charles Williams, writer of hardboiled crime fiction * Robin Wilson, American science fiction author and university president * Bernard Wolfe, American fiction writer

Other

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(1723–1770), victim of the

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* Peter Blake (1944–2001), winner of the

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, the America's Cup and the

Jules Verne Trophy The Jules Verne Trophy is a prize for the fastest circumnavigation of the world by any type of yacht with no restrictions on the size of the crew provided the vessel has registered with the organization and paid an entry fee. A vessel holding th ...

Chay Blyth Sir Charles Blyth (born 14 May 1940), known as Chay Blyth, is a Scottish yachtsman and rower. He was the first person to sail single-handed non-stop westwards around the world (1971), on a 59-foot boat called '' British Steel''. Early life B ...

(born 1940), completed the first westward single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the world, 1971 *

Jean-Charles de Borda Jean-Charles, chevalier de Borda (4 May 1733 – 19 February 1799) was a French mathematician, physicist, and Navy officer. Biography Borda was born in the city of Dax to Jean‐Antoine de Borda and Jeanne‐Marie Thérèse de Lacroix. In 17 ...

(1733–1799), scientist and engineer working at sea *

William Harvey Carney William Harvey Carney (February 29, 1840 – December 9, 1908) was an American soldier during the American Civil War. Born enslaved, he was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1900 for his gallantry in saving the regimental colors during the Battle of F ...

(1842–1908), Civil War soldier, previously a sailor *

Russ Chauvenet Louis Russell Chauvenet (February 12, 1920 – June 24, 2003) was a champion chess player and one of the founders of science fiction fandom. Biography Chess Chauvenet was the U.S. Amateur Champion in 1959, as well as state champion for Virginia ...

(1920–2003), one of the founders of

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; amateur sailor *

Sir Francis Chichester Sir Francis Charles Chichester KBE (17 September 1901 – 26 August 1972) was a British businessman, pioneering aviator and solo sailor. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for becoming the first person to sail single-handed around the wor ...

, completed the first single-handed circumnavigation of the world with just one port of call, 1966-1967 * Granville Conway, public servant, Presidential Medal for Merit recipient *

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, preeminent theologian and professor at Harvard Divinity School *

Donald Crowhurst Donald Charles Alfred Crowhurst (1932 – July 1969) was a British businessman and amateur sailor who disappeared while competing in the ''Sunday Times'' Golden Globe Race, a single-handed, round-the-world yacht race. Soon after he started th ...

, lost at sea during the Golden Globe race * James Dougherty, first husband of Marilyn Monroe *

Michael Eavis Athelstan Joseph Michael Eavis (born 17 October 1935) is an English dairy farmer and the co-creator of the Glastonbury Festival, which takes place at his farm in Pilton, Somerset. Personal life Eavis was born in Pilton, Somerset and grew u ...

, founder of the Glastonbury Festival * David Fasold, salvage expert, self-proclaimed "arkologist" * Charles Henry George Howard, 20th Earl of Suffolk, 13th Earl of Berkshire, apprentice on windjammer ''Mount Stewart'' *

Robin Knox-Johnston Sir William Robert Patrick Knox-Johnston (born 17 March 1939) is a British sailor. In 1969, he became the first person to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe. Along with Sir Peter Blake, he won the second Jules Ve ...

(born 1939), completed the first single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the world, 1968-1969 * Sadie O. Horton, spent World War II working aboard a coastwise U.S. Merchant Marine barge, and posthumously received official veteran's status for her wartime service, becoming the first recorded female Merchant Marine veteran of World War II * Samuel Leech (1798–1848), wrote of experiences in both the Royal Navy and US Navy * Freddie Lennon, father of English musician John Lennon *

Ellen MacArthur Dame Ellen Patricia MacArthur (born 8 July 1976) is a retired English sailor, from Whatstandwell near Matlock in Derbyshire, now based in Cowes, Isle of Wight. MacArthur is a successful solo long-distance yachtswoman. On 7 February 2005, ...

, British sailor and round-the-world record holder *

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(1919–1943), cook who fought back at Pearl Harbor *

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, Bengali businessman and former President of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry * Bernard Motissier (1925–1994), French yachtsman and author of books about his voyages and sailing *

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(1762–1841), well-traveled seaman who wrote a journal * Altineu Pires (?-?), Brazilian navigation teacher, sailing author * Jure Šterk (1937–2009), Slovenian round-the-world sailor and author of books about his voyages and sailing * Joseph D. Stewart, Vice Admiral, Superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy * Paul Teutul Sr., American television personality *

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, American game designer

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Sailors

Sailors A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. The profession of the s ...