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s includes any seagoing person who does not qualify for the

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. 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 se ...

, British actor, title role on the BBC's ''Maigret'' *

Peter Falk Peter Michael Falk (September 16, 1927 – June 23, 2011) was an American film and television actor. He is best known for his role as Lieutenant Columbo in the long-running television series '' Columbo'' (1968–1978, 1989–2003), for which h ...

, American actor, ''Columbo'' * James Garner, American actor, Jim Rockford on ''The Rockford Files'' * Sterling Hayden, American actor and author, Gen. Jack D. Ripper in ''Dr. Strangelove'' * Jack Lord, 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, 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 Wal ...

, American actor, Cheyenne Bodie on ''Cheyenne'' * Jack Warden, 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 Erik Thorvaldsson (), known as Erik the Red, was a Norse explorer, described in medieval and Icelandic saga sources as having founded the first settlement in Greenland. He most likely earned the epithet "the Red" due to the color of his hair ...

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 Sultan Ali ibn al-Hassan Shirazi ( ar, علي بن الحسن شيرازي) (c.10th century), was the founder of the Kilwa Sultanate. According to legend, Ali ibn al-Hassan Shirazi was one of seven sons of the Emir Al-Hassan of Shiraz, Persia, hi ...

* 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 A ...

. 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 ...

, 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'' * Andrew Furuseth (1854–1938), merchant seaman and labour leader * Shannon J. Wall, American merchant seaman and labor leader

Maritime industry

* Captain John Bury, 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 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, 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, British Distinguished Service Cross recipient *

Philip Bent Lieutenant Colonel Philip Eric Bent (3 January 1891 – 1 October 1917) was a Canadian British Army officer recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to Br ...

, Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross * David Broadfoot, 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 be ...

, 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 Indi ...

, French Baron and rear admiral of the Navy; was a helmsman early in his career * Peter Horsley, British Air Marshal *

Lawrence Joel Lawrence Joel (February 22, 1928 – February 4, 1984) was a United States Army soldier who served in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. While serving in South Vietnam as a medic with the rank of specialist five assigned to 1st Battalion of the 503rd ...

, Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient * John Paul Jones, American naval officer *

"Yank" Levy Bert "Yank" Levy (October 5, 1897September 2, 1965) was a Canadian soldier, socialist, military instructor and author/pamphleteer of one of the first manuals on guerrilla warfare, which was widely circulated with more than a half million publish ...

, 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 Infan ...

, Canadian Medal of Honor recipient *

Kim Malthe-Bruun Kim Malthe-Bruun (8 July 1923 – 6 April 1945) was a Canadian-born seaman and a member of the Danish resistance executed by the German occupying power. Biography He was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and baptized in St. George's church ...

, 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 Admiral Arthur Phillip (11 October 1738 – 31 August 1814) was a British Royal Navy officer who served as the first governor of the Colony of New South Wales. Phillip was educated at Greenwich Hospital School from June 1751 until ...

, 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, 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 Coll ...

, naval officer in American Revolutionary War

Musicians and composers

* Ken Colyer, 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 Left, American socialism and anti-fascism. He ...

, 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 hi ...

, American country-pop singer, hit number one with "Wings of a Dove" *

Nelson Riddle Nelson Smock Riddle Jr. (June 1, 1921 – October 6, 1985) was an American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator whose career stretched from the late 1940s to the mid-1980s. He worked with many world-famous vocalists at Capitol Records ...

, 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 M ...

, 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 numbe ...

, 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 The Luby's shooting was a mass shooting that took place on October 16, 1991, at a Luby's Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas. The perpetrator, George Hennard, drove his pickup truck through the front window of the restaurant. He shot and killed 23 peopl ...

, 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, 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 Alvin James Baldus (April 27, 1926 – February 2, 2017) was an American Democratic politician who served as a member of Congress for Wisconsin from 1975 to 1981 as well as two tenures as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1966–1975 and ...

, former Democratic member of Congress * Traian Băsescu, President of Romania, inaugurated in 2004 *

Gordon Canfield Gordon Canfield (April 15, 1898 in Salamanca, New York – June 20, 1972 in Hawthorne, New Jersey) was an American lawyer and politician. Canfield, a Republican, was first a secretary under the United States representative for New Jersey's ...

, Republican congressman from New Jersey *

Alfonso J. Cervantes Alfonso Juan Cervantes (August 27, 1920 – June 23, 1983) was the 39th Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri, from 1965 to 1973. Personal life and early political career Born in St. Louis, Cervantes attended St. Louis University High School and Saint ...

, forty-third Mayor of Saint Louis, Missouri * Frederick Arthur Cobb, Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom * Mark Croucher, Director of Communications for the UK Independence Party, pub landlord, journalist, former radio officer * Arthur Davidson, British Labour Party Member of Parliament * Jim Folsom, 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 be ...

, 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 connect ...

, 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 Net ...

, Prime Minister of the Netherlands *

Wayne Mapp Wayne Daniel Mapp (born 12 March 1952) is a former New Zealand National Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament for North Shore from 1996 to 2011. In the first term of the Fifth National Government, he served as Minister of Defence. ...

, New Zealand politician *

Alfred von Niezychowski Alfred Graf von Niezychowski (July 28, 1888 – June 13, 1964) was a German count of Polish descent, a lieutenant commander of a German commerce raider ship during World War I, an author and lecturer, and a Michigan political candidate for pub ...

, Polish noble, German Count, author and lecturer, and American politician *

Jack O'Dell Jack O'Dell (born Hunter Pitts O'Dell, August 11, 1923 – October 31, 2019) was an African-American activist writer and communist, best known for his role in the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Early life O'Dell was born in Detroit ...

, prominent African-American member of the U.S. civil rights movement *

Albert Owen Albert Owen (born 10 August 1959) is a Welsh Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ynys Môn from 2001 to 2019. He took the seat in the 2001 election from Plaid Cymru with a margin of exactly eight hundred vote ...

, Welsh politician, Labour Party MP for Ynys Môn * John Prescott, 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 Terence Wynn (born 27 June 1946) is a former British politician who served in the European Parliament. Early life and education Born in Wigan, Wynn was educated at Leigh College, Riversdale College, Liverpool Polytechnic and Salford Univers ...

, 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, 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 Patrick Young Alexander (28 March 1867 – 7 July 1943) was a British aeronautical pioneer fascinated by the possibility of heavier-than-air flight. He was an enthusiastic balloonist and he was also particularly active in meteorology. He perfor ...

, British aeronautical pioneer *

Francis Buchanan-Hamilton Francis Buchanan (15 February 1762 – 15 June 1829), later known as Francis Hamilton but often referred to as Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, was a Scottish physician who made significant contributions as a geographer, zoologist, and botanist whil ...

, 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, 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 Elizab ...

, 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 Univer ...

, 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 craz ...

, 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 Det ...

, 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 Confere ...

, 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 Native ...

, 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 ...

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

Visual arts

* Richard Avedon, 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, French Post-Impressionist artist * Rockwell Kent, 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 Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell (3 July 1927 – 27 November 2011) was a British film director, known for his pioneering work in television and film and for his flamboyant and controversial style. His films in the main were liberal adaptation ...

, 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 Int ...

, 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'' fro ...

, American comic book writer, artist and independent publisher

Writers and publishers

* John Arthur Barry, 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 C ...

, 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 Arthur Bertram Chandler (28 March 1912 in Aldershot, Hampshire, England – 6 June 1984 in Sydney, Australia) was an Anglo-Australian merchant marine officer, sailing the world in everything from tramp steamers to troop ships, but who later tu ...

, 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 father ...

, English writer and popular TV broadcaster * Olaudah Equiano, 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 Generat ...

, poet, "Howl", "Kaddish" *

David Hackworth David Haskell Hackworth (November 11, 1930 – May 4, 2005), also known as Hack, was a prominent military journalist and a famous former United States Army colonel who was decorated in both the Korean War and Vietnam War. Hackworth is known f ...

, 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, 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, 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, Indian businessman and writer *

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

, 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'' *

Herman Melville Herman Melville ( born Melvill; August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are ''Moby-Dick'' (1851); ''Typee'' (1846), a r ...

, 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'' *

Michael Page Michael Jerome Reece-Pagewkaassociation.com, Retrieved 28 August 2017. (born 7 April 1987) is a British kickboxer, boxer, and mixed martial artist. He is recognised in the MMA community for his unorthodox fighting style, which originated fro ...

, British Australian novelist and author of the ''

Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were ''Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were'' is a book by Robert Ingpen and Michael Page published in 1985. Plot summary ''Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were'' is a book detailing myth and magic written by Page and painted by Ingpen. Reception ...

'' *

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 att ...

, 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 nautical fiction and history * Richard Scott Prather, American mystery novelist * Otto Scott, American journalist and author *

Hubert Selby Jr. Hubert "Cubby" Selby Jr. (July 23, 1928 – April 26, 2004) was an American writer. Two of his novels, ''Last Exit to Brooklyn'' (1964) and ''Requiem for a Dream'' (1978) explore worlds in the New York area and were adapted as films, both of whi ...

, American author *

Joshua Slocum Joshua Slocum (February 20, 1844 – on or shortly after November 14, 1909) was the first person to sail single-handedly around the world. He was a Nova Scotian-born, naturalised American seaman and adventurer, and a noted writer. In 1900 he wr ...

(1848–1909?), first single-handed circumnavigation of the world, 1895-1898 * Gary Snyder, American poet * Lyle Stuart, controversial American publisher *

Derek Turner Derek Turner (13 November 1932 – 31 July 2015), also known by the nickname of "Rocky", was an English World Cup winning professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, and coached in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. ...

, 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

Popeye Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar.Crispus Attucks Crispus Attucks ( – March 5, 1770) was an American whaler, sailor, and stevedore of African and Native American descent, commonly regarded as the first person killed in the Boston Massacre and thus the first American killed in the Amer ...

(1723–1770), victim of the

Boston Massacre The Boston Massacre (known in Great Britain as the Incident on King Street) was a confrontation in Boston on March 5, 1770, in which a group of nine British soldiers shot five people out of a crowd of three or four hundred who were harassing t ...

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

Whitbread Round the World Race The Ocean Race is a yacht race around the world, held every three or four years since 1973. Originally named the Whitbread Round the World Race after its initiating sponsor, British brewing company Whitbread, in 2001 it became the Volvo Ocean Rac ...

, the

America's Cup The America's Cup, informally known as the Auld Mug, is a trophy awarded in the sport of sailing. It is the oldest international competition still operating in any sport. America's Cup match races are held between two sailing yachts: one fr ...

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 1 ...

(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 ...

(1842–1908), Civil War soldier, previously a sailor * Russ Chauvenet (1920–2003), one of the founders of science fiction fandom; 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 worl ...

, 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 *

Harvey Cox Harvey Gallagher Cox Jr. (born May 19, 1929) is an American theologian who served as the Hollis Professor of Divinity at Harvard Divinity School, until his retirement in October 2009. Cox's research and teaching focus on theological developments i ...

, 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 ...

, lost at sea during the Golden Globe race * James Dougherty, first husband of Marilyn Monroe * Michael Eavis, founder of the Glastonbury Festival *

David Fasold David Franklin Fasold (February 23, 1939 – April 26, 1998) was a United States Merchant Marine officer and salvage expert who is best known for his 1988 book ''The Ark of Noah'', chronicling his early expeditions to the Durupınar Noah's Ark si ...

, 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 Ver ...

(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 United States Merchant Marines are United States civilian mariners and U.S. civilian and federally owned merchant vessels. Both the civilian mariners and the merchant vessels are managed by a combination of the government and private sectors, an ...

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 Samuel Leech (1798–1848) was a young sailor in the Royal Navy and the United States Navy during the War of 1812. He became notable as one of very few who wrote an account of his experiences, titled, in the manner of the time, ''Thirty Years fr ...

(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 *

Doris Miller Doris Miller (October 12, 1919November 24, 1943) was a United States Navy cook third class who was killed in action during World War II. He was the first Black American to be awarded the Navy Cross, the highest decoration for valor presented by ...

(1919–1943), cook who fought back at Pearl Harbor * Abdul Awal Mintoo, 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 * Jacob Nagle (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 Joseph D. Stewart, also known as "Joey D," (July 9, 1942 – April 30, 2019) was a United States Marine Corps major general, who after his retirement from the Marine Corps, was appointed as superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Aca ...

, Vice Admiral, Superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy *

Paul Teutul Sr. Paul John Teutul (born May 1, 1949) is the founder of Orange County Choppers, a manufacturer of custom motorcycles and the focus of the reality television series ''American Chopper''. Teutul first appeared on the show with his sons Paul Teutul ...

, American television personality * Jordan Weisman, American game designer

References

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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 ...