# List of oceanographers

This list of oceanographers is presented in English alphabetical transliteration order (by surnames).
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## A

* Carin Ashjian (US, born 1960)
* James Percy Ault (US, 1881–1929)
* Alice Alldredge (US, born 1949)
* Lihini Aluwihare
* Henryk Arctowski (Poland, 1871–1958)
* Giuseppina Aliverti (Italy, 1894–1982)
* Mark R. Abbott (US)
* Shahid Ashraf (Pakistani, born 1947)
* E. Virginia Armbrust (US)
* Susan Avery (US, born 1950)
* Susana Agustí (Spain)

## B

* Wladimir Besnard (France, 1890–1960)
* Anton Frederik Bruun (1901–1961)
* Karin Bryan (New Zealand)
* Karl Banse (US)
* Henry Bryant Bigelow (US, 1879–1967)
* Thomas A. Budd (US, 1818–1862)
* Robert Beardsley (US, born 1942)
* María Teresa López Boegeholz (Chile, 1927–2006)
* John Russell Bartlett (US, 1843–1904)
* Paula Bontempi (US)
* Robert Ballard (US, born 1942)
* Nils Bang (South Africa, 1941–1977)
* Deborah Bronk (US)
* Wolfgang H. Berger (US/Germany, 1937–2017)
* Ken Buesseler (US, born 1959)
* Kirk Bryan (US, born 1929)
* Charles-François Beautemps-Beaupré (France, 1766–1854)
* Claudia Benitez-Nelson (US)
* Brian B. Brown (US, born 1964)
* Helen Bostock (Australia, born 1977)
* Richard E. Byrd (US, 1888–1957)
* Jacques Bourcart (France, 1891–1965)
* Willard Bascom (US, 1916–2000)
* Katherine Barbeau
* S. Suresh Babu (India, born 1976)
* Silas Bent (US, 1820–1887)
* Alexander Buchan (Scotland, 1829–1907)
* Ramón Bravo (1925–1998)
* Amy Bower (US)
* Lisa Beal (US)
* Wallace Smith Broecker (US, 1931–2019)
* Matilene Berryman (US, 1920–2003)
* Harry Bryden (US, born 1946)
* Heinrich Georg von Boguslawski (Germany, 1827–1884)
* Thomas S. Bianchi (US, born 1956)
* William Speirs Bruce (Scotland, 1867–1921)
* Leonid Brekhovskikh (Russia/Soviet Union, 1917–2005)

## C

* Maria Bianca Cita (Italy, 1924–2024)
* Craig A. Carlson (US, born 1963)
* Katherine Richardson Christensen (born 1954)
* James Churgin (US, born 1928)
* Josefina Castellví (Spain, born 1935)
* Eddy Carmack (Canada, born 1943)
* Leticia Carvalho (Brazil, born 1973)
* Elizabeth Canuel
* Anela Choy (US)
* Rafael Antonio Curra
* Kathleen Crane (US, born 1951)
* Mike Coffin (US, born 1955)
* Roger Charlier (1921–2018)
* Zanna Chase (Australia)
* Sallie W. Chisholm (US, born 1947)
* Anita Conti (France, 1899–1997)
* Fabien Cousteau (France, born 1967)
* Ronald Ian Currie (Scotland, 1928–1996)
* Anny Cazenave (France, born 1944)
* Maureen Conte
* Charles Shipley Cox (US, 1922–2015)
* Jacques Cousteau (France, 1910–1997)
* Robert Corell (US, born 1934)
* Townsend Cromwell (US, 1922–1958)
* Rosalind Coggon
* William Curry (US)
* David Edgar Cartwright (Britain, 1926–2015)
* Philippe Cousteau (France, 1940–1979)
* David Cromwell (Scotland, born 1962)
* Claudia Cenedese (born 1971)
* Jeff Chanton (US)
* John A. Church (Australia, born 1951)

## D

* Ellen R.M. Druffel (US, born 1953)
* Sonya Dyhrman (US, born 1972)
* Shankar Doraiswamy (India, born 1964)
* Robert S. Dietz (US, 1914–1995)
* Tom Denniss (Australia, born 1961)
* Bernard Delemotte (France)
* Paul K. Dayton (US, born 1941)
* Philippe Diolé (France, 1908–1977)
* Albert Defant (Austria, 1884–1974)
* Louis Dangeard (France, 1898–1987)
* Arthur Thomas Doodson (Britain, 1890–1968)
* Günter Dietrich (Germany, 1911–1972)
* Karen Von Damm (US, 1955–2008)
* Margaret Delaney
* Scott Doney (US)
* Jody Deming (US, born 1952)
* Henry Newton Dickson (Scotland, 1866–1922)

## E

* John Englander (US)
* Curtis Ebbesmeyer (US, born 1943)
* Vagn Walfrid Ekman (Sweden, 1874–1954)
* Kenneth O. Emery (US, 1914–1998)
* Matthew England (Australia, born 1966)
* John M. Edmond (Scotland, 1943–2001)
* Marta Estrada (Spain, born 1946)
* Ernst Ehrenbaum (Germany, 1861–1942)
* Jean-Louis Étienne (France, born 1946)
* Arthur Earland (Britain, 1866–1958)
* Sylvia Earle (US, born 1935)

## F

* Kelly Falkner (US, born 1960)
* Philip Froelich (US)
* Richard Feely (US)
* Evan Forde (US, born 1952)
* Michael Fasham (Britain, 1942–2008)
* Ernst Føyn (Norway, 1904–1984)
* Gene Carl Feldman (US)
* Louis Fortier (Canada, 1953–2020)
* Arne Foldvik (Norway, born 1930)
* Rana Fine (US, born 1944)
* Sarah Fawcett (South Africa)
* Lucyna Mirosława Falkowska (Poland, 1951–2021)
* Jonas Fjeldstad (Norway, 1894–1985)
* Marie Poland Fish (US, 1900–1989)
* Léopold de Folin (France, 1817–1896)
* Michael Freilich (US, 1954–2020)
* Michèle Marie Fieux (France, born 1940)

## G

* Yakov Gakkel (Russia, 1901–1965)
* Ken George (Britain, born 1947)
* David McNiven Garner (1928–2016)
* Kristina Gjerde
* Jean-Pierre Gattuso (France, born 1958)
* Timothy Gallaudet (US, born 1967)
* Janet Grieve
* Shari Gallop (New Zealand)
* Adrian Gill (Australia, 1937–1986)
* María de los Ángeles Alvariño González (Spain, 1916–2005)
* Kirstyn Goodger (New Zealand, born 1991)
* Alexander Gorodnitsky (Soviet Union, born 1933)
* Ann Gargett (Canada)
* Robert Gagosian (US, born 1944)
* Christopher German (US)
* Roman Glazman (US, 1948–2006)
* David Gruber (US)
* Helga Gomes (India)
* Hamed Gohar (1907–1992)
* Robert R. L. Guillard (US, 1921–2016)
* Christopher Garrett (Britain, born 1943)
* Sulochana Gadgil (India, born 1944)
* J. Frederick Grassle (US, 1939–2018)
* Sarah Gille
* Joaquim Goes (India)

## H

* Karen Heywood (Britain)
* Hava Hornung (1929–2012)
* Bjørn Helland-Hansen (Norway, 1877–1957)
* Bruce C. Heezen (US, 1924–1977)
* Tessa M. Hill (US)
* David Ho (US)
* Gotthilf Hempel (Germany, born 1929)
* Arlo Hemphill (US, born 1971)
* Nicholas H. Heck (US, 1882–1953)
* William Abbott Herdman (Scotland, 1858–1924)
* Timothy D. Herbert (US)
* Sara Harris (Canada, born 1969)
* Peter M. Haugan (Norway, born 1958)
* Julie Huber (US)
* Archibald Gowanlock Huntsman (Canada, 1883–1973)
* Kenneth Hsu (China, born 1929)
* Karl Helfrich (US)
* Klaus Hasselmann (Germany, born 1931)
* John Hunt (US, 1918–2005)
* Roberta Hamme (Canada)
* Barbara Hickey (Canada)
* Johan Hjort (Norway, 1869–1948)
* Hilairy Hartnett
* Ron Heath (New Zealand, born 1944)
* Susan Humphris (Britain)
* Eileen Hofmann

## I

* Anitra Ingalls (US)
* Shizuo Ishiguro (Japan, 1920–2007)
* Ian Irvine (Australia, born 1950)
* Douglas Inman (US, 1920–2016)
* Walter C. Pitman III (US, 1931–2019)
* John Dove Isaacs (US, 1913–1980)

## J

* Samantha Joye (US, born 1965)
* Nils Jerlov (Sweden, 1909–1990)
* Ashanti Johnson (US)
* Richard W. Johnson (US, 1929–2016)
* W. W. Behrens Jr. (US, 1922–1986)
* Catherine Jeandel (France, born 1957)
* Stacy Jupiter (US, born 1975)
* August von Jilek (Austria, 1819–1898)
* Martin W. Johnson (US, 1893–1984)
* James Johnstone (Scotland, 1870–1932)

## K

* Ellen S. Kappel (US)
* Charles David Keeling (US, 1928–2005)
* Otto Krümmel (Germany, 1854–1912)
* Björn Kjerfve (Sweden, born 1944)
* Alexander Kuchin (Russia, born 1888)
* Deborah Kelley (US, born 1958)
* Thor Kvinge (Norway, born 1929)
* Nikolai Knipovich (Soviet Union, 1862–1939)
* Miriam Kastner (US, born 1935)
* Emily Klein
* Elizabeth Kujawinski (US)
* Brenda Konar (US)
* Stanislav Kurilov (Canada/Russia, 1936–1998)
* John A. Knauss (US, 1925–2015)
* David Karl (US, born 1950)

## L

* Sonya Legg
* Margaret Leinen (US, born 1946)
* Eugenie Lisitzin (1905–1989)
* Lisa Levin (US)
* Evelyn Lessard (US)
* Karin Lochte (Germany, born 1952)
* Mojib Latif (Germany/Pakistani, born 1954)
* Lucien Laubier (France, 1936–2008)
* Louis Legendre (Canada, born 1945)
* Alan Longhurst (Canada/Britain, 1925–2023)
* Susan Lozier (US)
* Cindy Lee (US)
* Jean Lynch-Stieglitz
* Kelsey Leonard
* William Li (Canada, born 1952)
* Johann Lutjeharms (South Africa, 1944–2011)
* Anthony Seymour Laughton (Britain, 1927–2019)
* Richard A. Lutz (US, born 1949)
* Rob Lewis (Australia)
* Bruce P. Luyendyk (US, born 1943)
* Cornelia Lüdecke (Germany, born 1954)

## M

* Catalina Martinez (US)
* Albert I, Prince of Monaco (1848–1922)
* John Martin (US, 1935–1993)
* K. Megan McArthur (US, born 1971)
* Nancy Marcus (US, 1950–2018)
* Kate Moran
* Timothy McGee (US, born 1955)
* Sheina Marshall (Britain, 1896–1977)
* Martin Mork (Norway, 1933–2017)
* Silvia Maciá (US, born 1972)
* George Murray (Scotland, 1858–1911)
* Tad Murty (Canada/India, born 1938)
* Alfred Merz (Austria, 1880–1925)
* José Hipólito Monteiro
* Anita McConnell (Britain, 1936–2016)
* Jennifer Mackinnon (US, born 1973)
* Håkon Mosby (Norway, 1903–1989)
* John Marshall (Britain)
* Harry A. Marmer (US, 1885–1953)
* Ian MacDonald (US)
* Roberta Marinelli (US)
* Carrie Manfrino (US)
* Fiona McLaughlin (Canada)
* Ron G. Mason (Britain, 1916–2009)
* Margaret Mulholland
* Benjamin Van Mooy (US)
* Ramon Margalef (Spain, 1919–2004)
* Jacqueline McGlade (Britain, born 1955)
* Henry Mitchell (US, 1830–1902)
* Charles J. Moore (US)
* Kenneth C. Macdonald (US, born 1947)
* Jean-Louis Michel (France, born 1945)
* John Murray (Scotland, 1841–1914)
* Henry William Menard (US, 1920–1986)
* David Marshall (Britain, born 1968)
* Walter Munk (US, 1917–2019)
* Wiesław Masłowski (US/Poland)
* David Mearns (US)
* Katrin Meissner (Australia/Germany)
* Jochem Marotzke (Germany, born 1959)
* Jessica Meeuwig (Australia)
* Homer A. McCrerey (US, 1919–1999)
* Matthew Fontaine Maury (US, 1806–1873)
* Susanne Menden-Deuer
* Lorenz Magaard (US/Germany, 1934–2020)
* Oleg Mamayev (Soviet Union, 1925–1994)
* Marcia McNutt (US, born 1952)
* Parker MacCready (US)
* James C. McWilliams (US)
* Cecilie Mauritzen (Norway, born 1961)
* Nils-Axel Mörner (Sweden, born 1938)
* Trevor McDougall (Australia, born 1952)
* Jack Moyer (US, 1929–2004)
* Larry Mayer (US)
* Luigi Ferdinando Marsili (Italy, 1658–1730)
* John E. McCosker (US)
* Peter B. de Menocal (US)

## N

* Shailesh Nayak (India, born 1953)
* Pearn P. Niiler (US, 1937–2010)
* Doron Nof (US, born 1944)
* Georg von Neumayer (Australia, 1826–1909)
* John Elliott Nafe (US, 1914–1996)

## O

* Delia Oppo (US)
* Mark Ohman (US)
* James O'Brien (US, 1935–2016)
* Andrew Picken Orr (Britain, 1875–1961)

## P

* Johann Siegmund Popowitsch (Austria, 1705–1774)
* N. Kesava Panikkar (India, 1913–1977)
* Carlos I of Portugal (1863–1908)
* Prem Chand Pandey (India, born 1945)
* Mary Jane Perry (US)
* Owen Martin Phillips (US, 1930–2010)
* Albert Eide Parr (US, 1900–1991)
* Trevor Platt (Canada/Britain, 1942–2020)
* June Pattullo (US, 1921–1972)
* Joseph Pedlosky (US, born 1938)
* Timothy R. Parsons (Canada, 1932–2022)
* Lloyd Peck (Britain)
* G. Michael Purdy (Britain)
* Adina Paytan
* Hans Pettersson (Sweden, 1888–1966)
* Nadia Pinardi (Italy, born 1956)
* Aditi Pant (India, born 1943)
* Lawrence R. Pomeroy (US, 1925–2020)

## Q

* Jimena Quirós (Spain, 1899–1983)
* Syed Zahoor Qasim (India, 1926–2015)
* Detlef Quadfasel (Germany)

## R

* Douglas ReVelle (US, 1945–2010)
* Christina Riesselman (US)
* Alfred C. Redfield (US, 1890–1983)
* Clare Reimers
* Gordon Arthur Riley (US, 1911–1985)
* Joellen Louise Russell (US, born 1970)
* John Francis Ropek (US, 1917–2009)
* Stefan Rahmstorf (Germany, born 1960)
* Ana Ravelo (US)
* Collin Roesler (US)
* Vladimir Ryabinin (Russia, born 1956)
* Peter A. Rona (US, 1934–2014)
* Sonia Ribes-Beaudemoulin (France, born 1953)
* Joseph L. Reid (US, 1923–2015)
* Callum Roberts (Britain)
* Moninya Roughan (Australia)
* Carl-Gustaf Rossby (US, 1898–1957)
* Dean Roemmich (US)
* Jules Richard (France, 1863–1945)
* Monika Rhein (Germany)
* Roger Revelle (US, 1909–1991)
* Rengaswamy Ramesh (India, born 1956)
* Paola Malanotte Rizzoli

## S

* James Syvitski (US)
* Phyllis Stabeno
* Henry Stommel (US, 1920–1992)
* Paul Scully-Power (Australia, born 1944)
* Curtis A. Suttle (Canada)
* Mary Sears (US, 1905–1997)
* Deborah Steinberg (US)
* Anatoly Sagalevich (Russia/Soviet Union, born 1938)
* Gregory S. Stone (US, born 1957)
* William Sager (US, born 1954)
* Vasily Vladimirovich Shuleikin (Russia/Soviet Union, 1895–1979)
* Rick Spinrad (US)
* Harald Sverdrup (Norway, 1888–1957)
* Caroline M. Solomon (US)
* Johan Sandström (Sweden, 1874–1947)
* Yuly Shokalsky (Russia/Soviet Union, 1856–1940)
* F.G. Walton Smith (US, 1909–1989)
* Heidi Sosik (US)
* Wen Shengchang (China, 1921–2022)
* Athelstan Spilhaus (US, 1911–1998)
* Fred Spiess (US, 1919–2006)
* Odd Henrik Sælen (Norway, 1920–2008)
* Kathleen Stafford (US)
* Gerold Siedler (Germany, born 1933)
* Natacha Aguilar de Soto (Spain)
* John Steele (Scotland, 1926–2013)
* Janet Sprintall (US)
* Frank E. Snodgrass (US, 1920–1985)
* Vladimir Shtokman (Soviet Union, 1909–1968)
* Charles Dwight Sigsbee (US, 1845–1923)
* Katharine Jefferts Schori (US, born 1954)
* Sybil P. Seitzinger (US)
* Mary Wilcox Silver (US)
* Pyotr Shirshov (Soviet Union, 1905–1953)

## T

* Stephen Thorpe (Britain)
* David Titley (US, born 1958)
* LuAnne Thompson (US)
* Lynne Talley (US, born 1954)
* Anitra Thorhaug (US)
* Mary-Louise Timmermans
* Robert Thunell (US, 1951–2018)
* Marie Tharp (US, 1920–2006)
* Marta Torres
* Thomas Gordon Thompson (US, 1888–1961)
* Robert K. Trench (US, born 1940)
* Hendrik Tolman (Netherlands, born 1961)
* David Thornalley (Britain, born 1982)
* Zera Luther Tanner (US, 1835–1906)

## U

* Caroline C. Ummenhofer (Germany)

## V

* Victor Vacquier (US, 1907–2009)
* Allyn Vine (US)
* Gilbert L. Voss (US, 1918–1989)
* P. N. Vinayachandran (India, born 1964)
* Usha Varanasi (US)

## W

* Kenneth M. Watson (US, 1921–2023)
* Jan Erik Weber (Norway, born 1944)
* Andy Watson (Britain, born 1952)
* Susan Wijffels (Australia, born 1965)
* Karen Wishner (US)
* Thomas Westbrook Waldron (US, 1814–1844)
* Georg Wüst (Germany, 1890–1977)
* Bess Ward
* Lucy R. Wyatt (Britain)
* Klaus Wyrtki (US, 1925–2013)
* Angelicque White (US)
* John Francon Williams (Britain, 1854–1911)
* Don Walsh (US, born 1931)
* Charles Wilkes (US, 1798–1877)
* Josh Willis (US)
* Dawn Wright (US, born 1961)
* Patricia A. Wheeler (US, born 1949)
* Warren White (US)
* Carl Wunsch (US, born 1941)
* Richard Russell Waldron (US, 1803–1846)
* Anya Waite (Canada)
* Anna Wåhlin (Sweden, born 1970)
* Edith Widder (US, born 1951)
* John Woods (Britain, born 1939)
* Jonathan White (US)
* Val Worthington (Britain, 1920–1995)
* Philip Woodworth (Britain)
* Vladimir Wiese (Russia/Soviet Union, 1886–1954)
* Sydney Oskar Wigen (Canada, 1923–2000)
* Rebecca Woodgate
* Alexandra Worden (US, born 1970)

## X

* Shang-Ping Xie

## Y

* Lisan Yu

## Z

* Nikolay Nikolaevich Zubov (Russia, 1885–1960)
* Mira Zore-Armanda (1930–2012)