People lost at sea

American aviation pioneer and author (1897–1939)

German inventor and mechanical engineer (1858–1913)

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was an international passenger flight operated by Malaysia Airlines that disappeared from radar on 8 March 2014, while flying from Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia to its planned destination, Beijing Capital International Airport in China. The cause of its disappearance has not been determined. It is widely regarded as the greatest mystery in aviation history and remains the single deadliest case of aircraft disappearance.

American band leader, arranger, and composer (1904–1944)

Irish officer and colonial administrator in the British Army (1850–1916)

pioneering English aviator (1903–1941)

French Navy officer and explorer (1741–1788)

Australian politician, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (1908-1967)

Cuban revolutionary fighter and guerilla (1932–1959)

British actor (1893–1943)

American writer (1899–1932)

Ian Robert Maxwell was a Czechoslovak-born British-French media proprietor and politician. He was the father of socialite and child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.

German U-boat commander during World War II

German admiral (1889–1941)

American computer scientist (1944–2007/2012)

American navigator and maritime writer (1844-1909)

British explorer (1771–1803)

Portuguese explorer

first African American to be awarded the Navy Cross (1919–1943)

Swiss writer, poet, artist and boxer (1887–1918)

Greek navigator and geographer

Turkish privateer and admiral of the Ottoman Empire

aviation accident

French flying ace and adventurer (1892-1927)

German admiral (1898–1943)

Austrian archduke (1852-1890)

Dutch-American artist (1942–1975)

German World War II U-boat commander (1912-1941)

Dutch buccaneer

attempt by John and Clarence Angelin, Allen West, and Frank Morris to escape Alcatraz

Imperial Japanese Navy admiral (1889-1944)

United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient (1914–1943)

American sailor

sailor

American basketball player (1969–2002)

English admiral

French heiress (born 1768)

British writer (1905-1941)

Recipient of the Knights Cross (1914-1941)

German admiral (1863–1914)

English polar explorer

Soviet aviator (1915–1942)

Portuguese explorer

Count Palatine of the Rhine, Royalist of the English Civil War

signer of the United States Declaration of Independence from South Carolina (1749-1779)

American writer (1900–1939)

Royal Navy admiral (1887-1941)

Swiss zoologist (1845-1892)

Fisherman who possibly survived 13 months at sea

Genoese brothers, explorers and merchants

British writer and poet

ship lost off South Africa in 1909

Spanish governor of Panama (1464-1511)

Italian footballer (1894-1941)

Russian explorer and navy officer (1884–1914)

Royal Air Force World War II air marshal (1895-1948)

French aviator (1881-1927)

British yacht racer (1932–1969)

American engineer (1940–2013)

French pirate