List of oceanographers

This list of oceanographers is presented in English alphabetical transliteration order (by surnames).

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, born 1924)
 * 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)
 * 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)