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)