List of sea captains

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This is a list of sea captains, which lists notable naval officers and includes anyone who does not qualify for the list of naval commanders.

• William Adams (sailor), was an English navigator who went to Japan and is believed to be the first Briton ever to reach Japan.
• Leroy J. Alexanderson, the last captain of the SS United States, the biggest ocean liner ever built in the United States and the fastest ocean liner in history
• Kosaku Ariga (1897-1945), Japan
• William Bainbridge (1774-1833), United States
• Robert Barclay (1785-1833), Great Britain
• Joshua Barney (1759-1818), United States
• James Barron (1768-1851), United States
• Samuel Barron (1809-1888), Confederate
• John Barry (1845-1803), United States
• Thomas Berwick, English merchant captain transported to Australia for the crime of scuttling his ship
• Thomas Best (c. 1570- c. 1638), Great Britain
• Prince Junio Valerio Borghese (1906/1912-1974), Italy
• Franklin Buchanan (1800-1874), Confederate
• Cornelius Scranton Bushnell, American railroad executive and shipbuilder who was instrumental in developing ironclad ships for the Union Navy during the American Civil War.
• Pedro Álvares Cabral, a Portuguese navigator and explorer, generally regarded as the European discoverer of the sea route to Brazil
• Isaac Chauncey (1772-1840), American
• Thomas Coram, philanthropic sea captain founded Foundling Hospital
• William B. Cushing (1842-1874), American
• Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian patriot and soldier of the Risorgimento.
• Stephen Decatur (1776-1820), American
• Wilfred Dowman, Cutty Sark
• George Duff, Mars
• Kelly Faulkner, (1958-), American Royal Hawaiian Catamaran
• Mitsuo Fuchida (1902-1976), Japanese
• [Christopher] Cristovao da Gama (1516-1542), Portuguese
• Minoru Genda (1904-1989), Japanese
• Edgar Gold, an Australian-Canadian lawyer, author, academic, and Master Mariner
• Manuel F. Gomes (1898-1906), Portuguese
• Richard Hall Gower, an English mariner, empirical philosopher, nautical inventor, entrepreneur, and humanitarian
• Robert Halpin (1836-1894), Irish
• Tameichi Hara (1900-), Japanese
• Mochitsura Hashimoto (1909-), Japanese
• Joseph Hazelwood, Exxon Valdez captain during its 1989 oil spill
• Zheng He, a Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat and fleet admiral
• Takeo Hirose (1868-1904), Japanese
• Isaac Hull (1773-1843), American
• Tota Ishimaru (1881-1942), Japanese
• George Johnstone (1730-1787), British
• Catesby ap Roger Jones (1821-1877), American
• Thomas ap Catesby Jones (1790-1858), American
• Awa Katsu [Kaishu, Hintaro, Yoshikuni] (1823-1899), Japanese
• [Takaichi] Takakzu Kinashi (1902-1944), Japanese
• William Le Lacheur, Guernsey Sea Captain who played an important role in the economic and spiritual development of Costa Rica.
• William Ladd, American philanthropist and peace advocate
• James Lawrence (1781-1813), American
• Thomas MacDonough (1783-1825), American
• Robert Maynard, British
• Philo McGiffen (1860-1897), American (later in Chinese service)
• William Nelson (1824-1862), American
• Captain Bernard Peter de Neumann, GM, "The Man From Timbuctoo", British
• Joe Niepsuj (1890-1963), Japan
• Fred Noonan, sea captain and aviation pioneer
• Sir Richard Pearson (1731-1806), British
• Matthew Perry (1794-1858), American
• Oliver Hazard Perry (1785-1819), American
• David Porter (1780-1843), American
• Edward Preble (1761-1807), American
• Samuel Chester Reid (1783-1861), American
• John Rodgers (1772-1838), American
• Arthur Rostron, master of RMS Carpathia which rescued RMS Titanic survivors
• Tsutomi Sakuma (1879-1910), Japanese
• Isaac D. Seyburn, Welsh-American merchant captain and Civil War Naval Officer
• Edward Hobart Seymour (1840-1929), British
• Edward Smith, master of RMS Titanic
• Robert Field Stockton (1795-1866), American
• William Bevil Thomas prominent Newfoundland merchant, land developer and sea captain
• Thomas Truxton (1755-1822), American
• J. Angus Waters, Bluenose
• Capt. Marty Welch (1864-1935), Canadian - American
• Charles Wilkes (1798-1877), American
• John Willis, Cutty Sark
• Richard Woodget, English sea captain, known as the master of the famous sailing clipper Cutty Sark
• John M Whitall, prominent sea captain, businessman and philanthropist in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He was involved in the spice and silk trade, glass-making, and missionary work.

[edit] Fictional sea captains

• Captain Ahab, fictional hero of Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick
• John Blackthorne, fictional hero of James Clavell's 1975 novel Shogun
• Captain Ned Dana, fictional master of the S.S. Balaska in The Dana Girls
• Captain Englehorn, fictional captain in a number of King Kong pieces
• Captain Gault, fictional sea captain created by English writer William Hope Hodgson
• Captain Haddock, fictional character in the comic book series, The Adventures of Tintin
• John Silas Huntly, fictional captain in The Survivors of the Chancellor
• Captain Jat, fictional sea captain created by English writer William Hope Hodgson
• Maak, fictional ship's captain in Maakies comic
• Captain Horatio McCallister, a recurring character from the TV series The Simpsons.
• Captain Ralls, fictional captain played by John Wayne in Wake of the Red Witch
• Allan Thompson, fictional character in the comic book series The Adventures of Tintin
• A minor character from Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights, a British sitcom.
• Captain Jack Aubrey, fictional hero of the Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian.