Burials at sea

Neil Alden Armstrong was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who, as the commander of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, became the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot and university professor.

Osama bin Muhammad bin 'Awad bin Laden was the founder and first general emir of al-Qaeda from 1988 until his death in 2011. A pan-Islamist, bin Laden organized and funded numerous jihadist or anti-Western militants and terrorist attacks worldwide. Al-Qaeda's attacks against the United States on 11 September 2001 (9/11) directly killed 2,977 victims, causing the global war on terror.

Chinese mariner, explorer, and diplomat

Chinese politician and paramount leader from 1978 to 1989

J. Robert Oppenheimer was an American theoretical physicist who served as the director of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II. He is often called the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in overseeing the development of the first nuclear weapons.

English sailor and privateer (c. 1540 – 1596)

Chinese literary critic, writer, professor, and human rights activist (1955–2017)

former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (1926–2022)

1st Premier of the People's Republic of China

British molecular biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist; co-discoverer of the structure of DNA

Leader of the Islamic State (1971-2019)

French-born American author (1903–1977)

German Nazi leader and Reich Minister without Portfolio (1894–1987)

Japanese general and politician (1884–1948)

American marine science educator and artist (1961-2018)

Sridevi Kapoor (née Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan; 13 August 1963 – 24 February 2018), known mononymously as Sridevi, was an Indian actress who worked in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada language films. Cited as the "first female superstar" of Indian cinema, she was the recipient of various accolades, including a National Film Award, Seven Filmfare Awards (a Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award, Three Filmfare Awards, Three Filmfare Awards South), Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, a Kerala State Film Award, and a Nandi Award. Sridevi's career spanned over 50 years in a wide range of genres.

American actor (1918–1981)

American astronaut, first American in space, lunar explorer (1923–1998)

American actor (1925–1985)

American actor (1942–2018)

2nd President of the People's Republic of China (1898–1969)

Hawaiian singer (1959–1998)

American actor (1945–2013)

English actor (1916–2011)

American composer of songs and Broadway musicals (1902–1979)

American aviation pioneer

American astronaut (1923–2007)

English pirate (1682-1720)

English novelist and dramatist (1775–1818)

John Carradine was an American actor, considered one of the greatest character actors in American cinema. He was a member of Cecil B. DeMille's stock company and later John Ford's company, known for his roles in horror films, Westerns, and Shakespearean theater, most notably portraying Count Dracula in House of Frankenstein (1944), House of Dracula (1945), Billy the Kid Versus Dracula (1966), and Nocturna: Granddaughter of Dracula (1979). Among his other notable roles was "Preacher Casy" in John Ford's The Grapes of Wrath. In later decades of his career, he starred mostly in low-budget B-movies. In total, he holds 351 film and television credits, making him one of the most prolific English-speaking film and television actors of all time.

British sailor

Chinese-born American essayist, novelist, and screenwriter

British ethnographer, scientific writer and explorer (1862–1900)

American animator and filmmaker (1912–2002)

Philip Edward Hartman was a Canadian and American comedian, actor, screenwriter and graphic designer. Hartman was born in Brantford, Ontario, and his family moved to the United States when he was ten years old. After graduating from California State University, Northridge, with a degree in graphic arts, he designed album covers for bands including Poco and America. In 1975, Hartman joined the comedy group the Groundlings, where he helped Paul Reubens develop his character Pee-wee Herman. Hartman co-wrote the film Pee-wee's Big Adventure and made recurring appearances as Captain Carl on Reubens' show Pee-wee's Playhouse.

United States Air Force pilot (1915–2007)

Welsh pirate (1682-1722)

American swimmer, surfer and actor (1890-1968)

British actor (1919–2016)

American television news reporter (1944–1974)

American film director (1905–1988)

German admiral and U-boat commander during World War II

American musician (1944–1983)

English novelist (1906–1993)

Prime Minister of Nepal (1928-2015)

Carolyn Jeanne Bessette-Kennedy was an American fashion publicist. She worked for Calvin Klein until her 1996 marriage to attorney and publisher John F. Kennedy Jr. Her life and fashion sense became the subjects of intense media scrutiny afterwards. The couple, along with her older sister Lauren, died in a plane crash off the coast of Martha's Vineyard in 1999.

French pirate and privateer

Filipino saint and Martyr

English astronomer and Astronomer Royal (1868–1939)

method of burial

British aristocrat (1901-1960)

American actor (1925–2005)

American voice actor (1926–1997)

German admiral and U-boat commander during World War II

German writer (1926–1997)

Fourth Officer of Titanic (1884–1967)

American lyricist (1896–1981)

Moluccan freedom fighter and National Heroine of Indonesia

Argentine lawyer, journalist, and politician

American aeroplanes designer and businessman (1892–1981)