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Don Walsh

1931 - 2023

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Don Walsh (November 2, 1931 – November 12, 2023) was an American oceanographer, U.S. Navy officer and marine policy specialist. While aboard the bathyscaphe Trieste, he and Jacques Piccard made a record maximum descent in the Challenger Deep on January 23, 1960, to 35,813 feet (10,916 m). Later and more accurate measurements have measured it at 35,798 feet (10,911 m). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Don Walsh is the 199th most popular explorer (down from 148th in 2019), the 2,988th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,091st in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Don Walsh ranks 199 out of 498. Before him are Gaspar Corte-Real, Simon Fraser, Alexander Andreyevich Baranov, Rodrigo de Bastidas, Nikolai Rezanov, and James Weddell. After him are Francisco de Montejo, Jean-Baptiste Charcot, Pedro Arias Dávila, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec, Francis Garnier, and Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Don Walsh ranks 144. Before him are William H. Keeler, Margarita Lozano, Igor Oistrakh, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Seyni Kountché, and Lars Hörmander. After him are Carmen Dell'Orefice, Claire Bloom, Marianne Koch, Uri Orlev, Peter Collins, and Te Atairangikaahu. Among people deceased in 2023, Don Walsh ranks 126. Before him are Ian Wilmut, Gaston Glock, Kevin Mitnick, Thomas Williams, Martin Davis, and Anne Perry. After him are Marc Augé, Jerry Springer, Vakhtang Kikabidze, Ruud Geels, Arnaldo Forlani, and Chaim Topol.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Don Walsh ranks 2,988 out of 20,380. Before him are Lea Thompson (1961), Miguel Ferrer (1955), Vera Farmiga (1973), Martha Scott (1912), Karen Allen (1951), and Stormy Daniels (1979). After him are Carmen Dell'Orefice (1931), James Baker (1930), Michael C. Hall (1971), David Patterson (1947), Leon Ames (1902), and Lew Wallace (1827).

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Among EXPLORERS In United States

Among explorers born in United States, Don Walsh ranks 13. Before him are Hugh Glass (1783), Michael Rockefeller (1938), Chris McCandless (1968), Frederick Cook (1865), George W. De Long (1844), and Simon Fraser (1776). After him are Lincoln Ellsworth (1880), Jimmie Angel (1899), Louise Arner Boyd (1887), Ada Blackjack (1898), Jedediah Smith (1799), and Charles Wilkes (1798).

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