List of people buried at sea

This is a list of people buried at sea. Edward L. Atkinson (1881–1929) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (1971–2019) Lewis K. Bausell (1924–1944) Jessie Buckland (1878–1939), New Zealand photographer, buried in the south Pacific Ocean after dying during voyage from England to New Zealand Horace Edgar Buckridge (1877–1903), English–born Australian soldier and explorer, buried at sea after dying during attempted voyage from New Zealand to London 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 Gerald Charles Dickens (1879–1962) Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens (1847–1872) 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 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 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 (died 1825), Hawaiian admiral, buried at sea after dying in Valparaiso, Chile 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. Wasiullah Fatehpuri ( 1895–1967), Indian Islamic scholar and Sufi; died during a Hajj voyage and was buried at sea in the Red Sea. 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, one of few American civilians to receive a full-body burial at sea. C. S. Wright (1887–1975) 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 Ricardo C. Binns

People whose ashes were scattered or buried at sea

Princess Helen Shah of Nepal Mari Blanchard Bill Daniels Carolyn Bessette Kennedy Frederick E. Bakutis Donald H. Bochkay Atal Bihari Vajpayee David Rollins (actor) Charles Dingle Krishan Kant Manmohan Singh Peter O'Toole Charles Rennie Mackintosh Richard Hillary Brendan Bracken Horatio Bottomley John Galsworthy Billy Strayhorn August Ames Bud Abbott (1897–1974) Stanley Adams (1915–1977) Beatriz Aguirre (1925–2019) Aizong (1198–1234) Queen Aishwarya of NepalArchived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: (1949–2001) Rafael Alberti (1902–1999) Jack Albertson (1907–1981) Mabel Albertson (1901–1982) Barbara Jo Allen (1906–1974) Peter Allen (1944–1992) Robert Altman (1925–2006) Kirk Alyn (1910–1999) Dev Anand (1923–2011) Edward Andrews (1914–1985) Bobby Anderson (1933–2008) Maxwell Anderson (1888–1959) John Anderson (1922–1992) Roscoe Arbuckle (1887–1933) Neil Armstrong (1930–2012) Desi Arnaz (1917–1986) Sig Arno (1895–1975) Bea Arthur (1922-2009) Jean Arthur (1900–1991) Maureen Arthur (1934–2022) Hal Ashby (1929–1988) Malcolm Atterbury (1907–1992) Edith Atwater (1911–1986) James Avery (1945–2013) Raymond Bailey (1904–1980) Cleo Baldon (1927–2014) Lester Bangs (1948–1982) Lynn Bari (1919–1989) Saul Bass (1920–1996) Erik Bauersfeld (1922-2016) Cheri Jo Bates (1948–1966) Orson Bean (1928–2020) Hugh Beaumont (1909–1982) Bruce Bennett (1906–2007) Maurice Béjart (1927–2007) Ken Berry (1933–2018) Marcheline Bertrand (1950–2007) Annie Besant (1847–1933) Carolyn Bessette–Kennedy (1966–1999) Krishna Prasad Bhattarai (1924–2011) Herbert Biberman (1900–1971) Clarence Birdseye (1886–1956) Birendra of Nepal (1945–2001) Joey Bishop (1918–2007) Kirti Nidhi Bista (1927–2017) Bill Bixby (1934–1993) (ashes scattered off Hana, Hawaii) Mari Blanchard (1923–1970) Wally Boag (1920-2011) Betty Bobbitt (1939–2020) William E. Boeing (1881–1956) Dirk Bogarde (1921–1999) Jorge Bolet (1914–1990) Ward Bond (1903–1960) Richard Boone (1917–1981) Veda Ann Borg (1915–1973) Martin Bormann (1900–1945) Dorris Bowdon (1914–2005) David Bowie (1947–2016) Lee Bowman (1914–1979) Joseph Boxhall (1884–1967) (ashes scattered off Atlantic Ocean) Paul Bragg (1895–1976) Sybil Brand (1899–2004) Jocelyn Brando (1919–2005) Marlon Brando (1924–2004) Robert Bray (1917–1983) George Brent (1904–1979) Jean Brooks (1915–1963) Martin E. Brooks (1925–2015) James Brown (1920–1992) Phil Brown (1916–2006) Dik Browne (1917–1989) Stanley Bruce (1883–1967) Yama Buddha (1987–2017) Jimmy Buffett (1946–2023) Cliff Burton (1962–1986) Edd Byrnes (1932–2020) Nero Caesar (37–68) (His ashes were originally entombed on the Pincian Hill by those close to him. Over a millennium later, as part of an exorcism conducted on the orders of Pope Paschal II, his tomb was destroyed, the Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo was erected in its place, and his ashes were scattered in the Tiber River.) Don Calfa (1939–2016) Maria Callas (1923–1977) (Her ashes were originally buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery. After being stolen and later recovered, they were scattered into the Aegean Sea, off the coast of Greece on June 3, 1979) John Callahan (1953–2020) Pablito Calvo (1948–2000) Donald Cameron (1916–1961) Norman Campbell (1924–2004) (ashes sprinkled off Prince Edward Island) Olive Carey (1896–1988) George Carlin (1937–2008) (some of his ashes were scattered over Spofford Lake) Allen Carr (1934–2006) Robert Carradine (1954–2026) (ashes scattered off the coast of Los Angeles County) Anthony Caruso (1916–2003) Adriana Caselotti (1916–1997) Eva Cassidy (1963–1996) Jack Cassidy (1927–1976) Joan Caulfield (1922–1991) Christine Cavanaugh (1963–2014) Marge Champion (1919–2020) Dorothy Buffum Chandler (1901–1997) Norman Chandler (1899–1973) Ben Chapman (1928–2008) (ashes scattered off Hawaii and at Park Lake (Black Lagoon) at Universal Studios) Beth Chapman (1967–2019) Lonny Chapman (1920–2007) Paul Cushing Child (1902–1994) David Christie (1948–1997) Christine Chubbuck (1944–1974) Chyna (1969–2016) (cremated and ashes scattered at the Pacific Ocean) Diane Cilento (1932–2011) John Cipollina (1943–1989) Dick Clark (1929–2012) Fred Clark (1914–1968) Colin Clive (1900–1937) Alberto Closas (1921–1994) June Clyde (1909–1987) Kurt Cobain (1967–1994) Tris Coffin (1909–1990) Barbara Colby (1939–1975) Cyril Collard (1957–1993) William Collier Jr. (1902–1987) Christopher Collins (1949–1994) Jack Colvin (1934–2005) Chester Conklin (1886–1971) Sean Connery (1930–2020) (some of his ashes were scattered at sea near Bahamas) Brian Connolly (1945–1997) Pat Conway (1931–1981) Robert Coogan (1924–1978) Merian C. Cooper (1893–1973) Kevin Corcoran (1949–2015) Ted de Corsia (1903–1973) Carolina Cotton (1925–1997) Hazel Court (1926–2008) Wally Cox (1924–1973) Francis Crick (1916–2004) Mary Jane Croft (1916–1999) Joel Crothers (1941–1985) Georg Danzer (1946–2007) (cremated and his ashes scattered near Mallorca) Frankie Darro (1917–1976) Arthur Davis (1905–2000) Don S. Davis (1942–2008) Richard Deacon (1922–1984) Millvina Dean (1912–2009) (ashes scattered off the docks of Southampton) Frances Dee (1909–2004) Philippe De Lacy (1917–1995) Deng Xiaoping (1904–1997) Deng Yingchao (1904–1992) Martin Denny (1911–2005) Lizzy Mercier Descloux (1956–2004) Tara Devi (1945–2006) Upendra Devkota (1953–2018) Dhirendra of Nepal (1950–2001) Dena Dietrich (1928–2020) Roy E. Disney (1930–2009) Phyllis Diller (1917–2012) Dipendra of Nepal (1971–2001) Lawrence Dobkin (1919–2002) Peter Dodge (1950–2023) (ashes dropped into the eye of Hurricane Milton) Ahn Doo–hee (1917–1996) Brian Donlevy (1901–1972) Jeff Donnell (1921–1988) Jack Donohue (1908–1984) Ann Doran (1911–2000) Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (1892–1981) Robert Douglas (1909–1999) Robert Dowdell (1932–2018) Denise Dowse (1958–2022) Charles Drake (1917–1994) Joanne Dru (1922–1996) Ja'Net DuBois (1932, 1938, or 1945–2020) Eddy Duchin (1909–1951) Doris Duke (1912–1993) James Dunn (1901–1967) Ann (1942–1995) and Madelyn Dunham (1922–2008) (ashes were scattered on the south side of Oahu into the Pacific Ocean.) Ann Dvorak (1911–1979) Harry Earles (1902–1985) Paddi Edwards (1931-1999) William Edmunds (1886–1981) Adolf Eichmann (1906–1962) (Following the 1962 execution in Israel of Eichmann, the Nazi responsible for overseeing the extermination of millions of Jews during the Holocaust, his body was cremated and his ashes scattered over the Mediterranean Sea in international waters because Israel did not want Eichmann buried on its soil or to have a grave anywhere else that might have become a place of pilgrimage for other Nazis.) Albert Einstein (1879–1955) (ashes scattered in the Delaware River near the site of George Washington's crossing) James Ellison (1910–1993) Isobel Elsom (1893–1981) Friedrich Engels (1820–1895) (ashes scattered into the English Channel off Beachy Head) Edith Evanson (1896–1980) Tommy Facenda (1939–2022) Harold Farncomb (1899–1971) David Farrar (1908–1995) (ashes scattered into the Indian Ocean) Charles Fernley Fawcett (1915–2008) José Fernández (1992–2016) Virginia Field (1917–1992) John Fiedler (1925–2005) Bill Finger (1914–1974) Gail Fisher (1935–2000) Janet Flanner (1892–1978) Art Fleming (1924–1995) Joel Fluellen (1907–1990) Dan Fogelberg (1951–2007) Tom Fogerty (1941–1990) Benson Fong (1916–1987) Henry Ford II (1917–1987) Robert Forster (1941–2019) Bob Fosse (1927–1987) Anne Francis (1930–2011) Hans Frank (1900–1946) Elisabeth Fraser (1920–2005) Thornton Freeland (1898–1987) Paul Frees (1920–1986) (ashes sprinkled into the Pacific Ocean) Victor French (1934–1989) Wilhelm Frick (1877–1946) Milton Friedman (1912–2006) Tom Fuccello (1936–1993) Jean Gabin (1904–1976) Anthony Galindo (1979–2020) Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) (some of his ashes were scattered in the Ganges, Nile, and Yamuna Rivers as well as the Arabian Sea and off the coast of South Africa) Jerry Garcia (1942–1995) (ashes divided between the Ganges and San Francisco Bay) Erle Stanley Gardner (1889–1970) Romain Gary (1914-1980) Doris Gates (1901–1987) Marvin Gaye (1939–1984) Charles Gaylord (1936–2009) Leyla Gencer (1928–2008) (cremated and ashes scattered off from Bosphorus) Lowell George (1945–1979) Hjördis Genberg (1919–1997) Charles Gérard (1922–2019) Betty Lou Gerson (1914–1999) Stan Getz (1927–1991) Jagadish Ghimire (1946–2013) Madhav Prasad Ghimire (1919–2020)