List of people buried at sea

Burial at sea on the USS Enterprise, May 19, 2004.

This is a list of people buried at sea.

• Richard B. Anderson (1922–1944)
• John Carradine (1906–1988)
• Francis Drake (1540–1596)
• Captain James Cook (1728–1779)
• George Duff (1764–1805)
• Frank Watson Dyson (1868–1939)
• Zheng He (1371–1433/35)
• Zachary Hickes (d. 1771), first lieutenant aboard HMS Endeavour on its voyage to Australia^[1]
• Sir Arthur Kennedy (1809–1883)
• Christopher Levett (1586–1630)
• James Martin (Australian soldier) (1901–1915)
• Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma (1901–1960)
• Christian Ferdinand Schiess (1856–1884)
• Frederic John Walker Royal Navy (1896–1944)
• Dennis Wilson (1944–1983)
• Alan Young (1919-2016)
• Following the death of Osama bin Laden (1957–2011), he was buried at sea. One U.S. official stated that "finding a country willing to accept the remains of the world's most wanted terrorist would have been difficult."^[2] It was also done to prevent his burial place from becoming a "terrorist shrine".^[3]

People whose ashes were buried at sea

• Bud Abbott (1897-1974) (ashes sprinkled into the Pacific Ocean)
• James Abingdon (1993–2014)
• Jack Albertson (1907–1981)
• Peter Allen (1944–1992)
• Kirk Alyn (1910–1999)
• Roscoe Arbuckle (1887–1933)
• Jean Arthur (1900–1991)
• James Avery (1945–2013)
• Raymond Bailey (1904–1980)
• Bruce Bennett (1906–2007)
• Bill Bixby (1934-1993) (ashes scattered off Hana, Hawaii)
• 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)
• Norman Campbell (1924–2004) (ashes sprinkled off Prince Edward Island)
• Allen Carr (1934–2006)
• Anthony Caruso (1916–2003)
• Adriana Caselotti (1916–1997) (cremated and ashes scattered off from Newport Beach, California)
• Ben Chapman (1925–2008) (ashes scattered off Hawaii and at Park Lake (Black Lagoon) at Universal Studios)
• Colin Clive (1900–1937)
• Christopher Collins (1949-1994)
• Jack Colvin (1934-2005)
• Pat Conway (1931–1981)
• Finlay Currie (1878–1968) (ashes scattered into the English Channel)
• Georg Danzer (1946–2007) (cremated and his ashes scattered near Mallorca)
• Don S. Davis (1942–2008)
• Ann (1942–1995) and Madelyn Dunham (1922–2008) (ashes were scattered on the south side of Oahu into the Pacific Ocean.)
• 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.)
• Friedrich Engels (1820–1895) (ashes scattered into the English Channel off Beachy Head)
• Edith Evanson (1896–1980)
• Harold Farncomb (1899–1971)
• David Farrar (1908–1995) (ashes scattered into the Indian Ocean)
• John Fiedler (1925–2005) (ashes scattered off Long Island, New York)
• Paul Frees (1920-1986) (ashes sprinkled into the Pacific Ocean)
• Victor French (1934–1989)
• Benson Fong (1916–1987)
• Jean Gabin (1904–1976)
• Leyla Gencer (1928–2008) (cremated and ashes scattered off from Bosphorus)
• Stan Getz (1927–1991)
• Frances Gifford (1920–1994)
• Michael Gough (1916–2011) (ashes scattered into the English Channel)
• Alan Hale Jr. (1921–1990)
• Alaina Reed Hall (1946–2009)
• Neil Hamilton (1899–1984)
• Hugh Harman (1903-1982)
• Phil Hartman (1948–1998) (ashes scattered off from Santa Catalina Island's Emerald Bay)
• Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988) (cremated and ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean) ^[4]
• Rudolf Hess (1894–1987) (He was originally buried in Wunsiedel cemetery in Bavaria. After his tomb became a potential pilgrimage place for neo-Nazis, his body was disinterred in July 2011, cremated, and the ashes scattered at sea.)^[5]
• Edmund Hillary (1919–2008) (ashes scattered in New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf) ^[6]
• Pat Hingle (1924–2009) (ashes were scattered into the Atlantic Ocean)
• Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980)
• Don Ho (1930–2007)
• Sterling Holloway (1905–1992)
• Michael Hordern (1911–1995) (ashes were scattered into the English Channel)
• L. Ron Hubbard (1911–1986) ^[7]
• Rock Hudson (1925–1985)
• Joyce Jameson (1932–1987)
• Isabel Jewell (1907–1972)
• Chuck Jones (1912–2002)
• Janis Joplin (1943–1970) (cremated at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, ashes sprinkled into the Pacific Ocean)
• DeForest Kelley (1920–1999) (ashes sprinkled into the Pacific Ocean)
• Gene Kelly (1912–1996) (cremated at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery and ashes scattered into the Pacific Ocean)
• Israel Kamakawiwo'ole (1959–1997) (ashes sprinkled into the Pacific Ocean at Mākua Beach)
• Graham Kennedy (1934–2005) (ashes sprinkled at Kiama)
• John F. Kennedy, Jr. (1960–1999) (cremated at Mayflower Cemetery crematorium,^[8] Duxbury, Massachusetts, ashes sprinkled from USS Briscoe in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha's Vineyard)
• Klaus Kinski (1924–1991)
• Werner Klemperer (1920–2000)
• Charles Korvin (1907-1998)
• Otto Kretschmer (1912–1998)
• Lorenzo Music (1937–2001)
• Charles Lindbergh, Jr. (1930-1932)
• Norma MacMillan (1921-2001) (ashes sprinkled off from Strait of Juan de Fuca)
• Dorothy McGuire (1916-2001)
• Elsa Lanchester (1902–1986)
• Frankie Laine (1913-2007)
• John Laurie (1897-1980) (ashes were scattered into the English Channel)
• Edward Platt (1916–1974)
• Roger Rees (1944-2015)
• Rod La Rocque (1896–1969) and his wife Vilma Bánky (1901–1991)
• Peter Lawford (1923–1984), actor, was cremated and ashes originally buried at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery; they were later removed and sprinkled in the Pacific Ocean.
• Roddy McDowall (1928-1998)
• Dallas McKennon (1919-2009)
• Kenneth McLennan (1925–2005)
• Patrick McVey (1910-1973) (ashes sprinkled into the Atlantic Ocean)
• Meredith MacRae (1944–2000)
• Don Messick (1926–1997), voice actor, was cremated and ashes were sprinkled in the Pacific Ocean, at the Point Lobos State Reserve.
• Laurence Naismith (1908-1992) (ashes sprinkled into the Pacific Ocean)
• Gilbert Roland (1905–1994)
• Donald K. Ross (1910–1992)
• Steve McQueen (1930–1980)
• Robert Mitchum (1917–1997) ^[9]
• Robert Nathan (1894–1985) and his wife Anna Lee (1913–2004)
• Admiral Sir Herbert Annesley Packer (1894-1962) (ashes scattered at sea off Cape Point, South Africa)
• Shirley Patterson (1922-1995) (ashes sprinkled into the Atlantic Ocean)
• Harold Peary (1908-1985)
• Vincent Price (1911–1993) ^[10]
• Dana Plato (1964–1999) (ashes sprinkled into the Pacific Ocean)
• Dudley Pound (1877–1943)
• Richard Rodgers (1902–1979)
• Nipsey Russell (1918-2005)
• Don Sahlin (1928-1978)
• George Sanders (1906-1972) (ashes sprinkled into the English Channel)
• Douglas Seale (1913-1999)
• Alan Shepard (1923–1998)
• Jean Shepherd (1921-1999) (ashes sprinkled into the Gulf of Mexico)
• Reinhard Suhren (1916–1984)
• Paul Tibbets (1915–2007) (ashes sprinkled into the English Channel)
• Arthur Treacher (1894-1975)
• Alex Toth (1928-2006)
• Vivian Vance (1909–1979)
• Marcia Wallace (1942-2013)
• Simon Ward (1941-2012) (ashes sprinkled into the English Channel)
• H. G. Wells (1866–1946)
• Kenneth Whiting (1881-1943)
• James Whitmore (1921-2009)
• Esther Williams (1921-2013)
• Guy Williams (1924-1989)
• Robin Williams (1951-2014) (ashes sprinkled off San Francisco Bay)
• Archie Van Winkle (1925–1986)
• Edward Winter (1937–2001)
• Katherine Woodville (1938-2013) (ashes sprinkled off Point Dume)

References

1. Beaglehole, J.C., ed. (1968). The Journals of Captain James Cook on His Voyages of Discovery, vol. I:The Voyage of the Endeavour 1768–1771. Cambridge University Press. p. 468. OCLC 223185477.
2. Yahoo report/ Official: Bin Laden buried at sea
3. Osama Bin Laden Body Headed for Burial at Sea, Officials Say
4. Heinlein Society
5. "Nazi criminal Rudolf Hess' body to be cremated, and buried at sea". en.rian.ru. 21 July 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
6. "Sir Edmund Hillary takes final voyage, ashes scattered at sea". The New Zealand Herald. 29 February 2008. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
7. Last Will and Testament of L.Ron Hubbard – 1986
8. Maxwell, Paula (July 28, 1999). "Kennedy cremated in Duxbury" (PDF). Duxbury Clipper. Duxbury. MA. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
9. Robert Mitchum (1917–1997) - Find A Grave Memorial
10. Vincent Price (1911–1993) - Find A Grave Memorial