Marcos Díaz
 Marcos Díaz (born January 12 1975) is a Dominican ultra-distance swimmer of open waters. He is the first swimmer to unite all five continents in the world by swimming.His achievements include crossing the English Channel in 2004. In 2005 he crossed the stretch of Gibraltar twice. In the year 2006 he competed in the turbulent waters of the Bhagirathi River where he won first place. In 2007 he swam around the island of Manhattan twice.