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Encyclopedia > List of sailors

This list of sailors includes any seagoing person who does not qualify for the list of naval commanders and/or list of sea captains. It includes both professional and amateur sailors.

  • Crispus Attucks (1723-1770), victim of "Boston Massacre"
  • Peter Blake (yachtsman) (1944-2001), winner of the Whitbread Round the World Race, the America's Cup and the Jules Verne Trophy
  • Chay Blyth (*1940), first westwards single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the world 1971
  • Jean-Charles de Borda (1733-1799), scientist and engineer working at sea
  • William Harvey Carney (1842-1908), Civil War soldier previously a sailor
  • Russ Chauvenet (1920-2003), science fiction fan and amateur sailor
  • Sir Francis Chichester, first single-handed circumnavigation of the world with just one port of call 1966-1967
  • Richard Henry Dana, Jr. (1815-1882), wrote Two Years Before the Mast
  • Samuel Leech (1798-1848), wrote of experiences in both Royal Navy and US Navy
  • Robin Knox-Johnston (*1939), first single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the world 1968-1969
  • Wayne Mapp, New Zealand politician
  • Doris Miller (1919-1943), cook that fought back at Pearl Harbor
  • Jacob Nagle (1762-1841), well-traveled seaman who wrote a journal
  • Dudley Pope (1925-1997), merchant sailor and later a nautical writer
  • Joshua Slocum (1848-1909?), first single-handed circumnavigation of the world 1895 - 1898
  • Agostino Straulino (1914-2004) Olympic champion and Italian admiral

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List of sailors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (217 words)
This list of sailors includes any seagoing person who does not qualify for the list of naval commanders and/or list of sea captains.
Dudley Pope (1925-1997), merchant sailor and later a nautical writer
Ellen McArthur British sailor and round the world record holder.
CNN.com - US - Bodies of U.S. sailors killed in Yemen arrive in Germany - October 13, 2000 (1058 words)
ADEN, Yemen (CNN) -- The U.S. Navy said Friday that both male and female sailors are among the 17 Americans dead or missing in the apparent terrorist bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen.
List of victims in the USS Cole tragedy
A Pentagon list of sailors killed or unaccounted for after Thursday's explosion in the port of Aden includes six men and one woman confirmed dead.
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