List of people buried at sea
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This is a list of people buried at sea
- Jessie Buckland (1878–1939), New Zealand photographer, buried in the south Pacific Ocean after dying during voyage from England to New Zealand[1]
- Horace Edgar Buckridge (1877–1903), English–born Australian soldier and explorer, buried at sea after dying during attempted voyage from New Zealand to London[2]
- Obadiah Bush (1797–1851), prospector and businessman, buried at sea after dying during what he intended to be his final trip to the East Coast.
- John Carradine (1906–1988), prolific film actor, buried in the Southern California Bight
- Captain James Cook (1728–1779), Royal Navy officer and explorer buried at sea after being abducted and cannibalized by Hawaiians
- Francis Drake (1540–1596), English privateer buried with two ships off the coast of Portobelo after his failed invasion of Panama
- George Duff (1764–1805), Royal Navy admiral buried at sea after being killed in the Battle of Trafalgar.
- Frank Watson Dyson (1868–1939), British Astronomer Royal buried at sea during voyage between Australia and England.
- Zachary Hickes (d. 1771), Royal Navy first lieutenant aboard HMS Endeavour on its voyage to Australia[3]
- Kealiiahonui (1800–1849), Kaua'i nobleman buried at sea in Pearl Harbor.
- Sir Arthur Kennedy (1809–1883), British colonial governor of Hong Kong and Queensland, buried in the Red Sea after dying on voyage to England.
- Kui Lee (1932–1966), American singer-songwriter.
- Christopher Levett (1586–1630), English explorer of modern–day New England, buried at sea after dying on voyage out of Massachusetts.
- William Lowndes (1782–1822), U.S. Congressman from South Carolina, buried in the Atlantic Ocean after dying en route to the United Kingdom.
- Osama bin Laden (1957–2011), Arab terrorist.
- Atholl MacGregor (1883–1945), Chief Justice of Hong Kong, buried in the Indian Ocean after dying aboard British hospital ship after Japanese internment
- James Charles Martin (1901–1915), Australian Army private, buried in the Mediterranean Ocean after dying aboard the HMHS Glenart Castle following the Gallipoli Campaign.
- Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma (1901–1960), buried at sea from HMS Wakeful off the coast of Portsmouth.
- Naihekukui, Hawaiian admiral, buried at sea after dying in Valparaiso, Chile
- Michael Parks (1940–2017), American film actor
- Christian Ferdinand Schiess (1856–1884), Swiss Victoria Cross recipient and Natal Native Contingent corporal during the Anglo–Zulu War, buried at sea after dying aboard HMS Serapis.
- Frederic John Walker (1896–1944), Royal Navy captain known for anti–submarine operations in the Battle of the Atlantic, buried from HMS Hesperus.
- Dennis Wilson (1944–1983), American musician and cofounder of the Beach Boys,
- Alan Young (1919–2016), British actor known for playing Wilbur Post in "Mister Ed" and voicing Scrooge McDuck.
- Zheng He (1371–1433/35), Chinese admiral known for treasure voyages commissioned by the Yongle Emperor under the Ming Dynasty.
- Gerald Charles Dickens
- Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens
- Lewis K. Bausell
- Edward L. Atkinson
- Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
- C. S. Wright
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