Notable Cave Explorers
- Bishop, Stephen (USA) Early (~1830s) explorer of Mammoth Cave, Kentucky.
- Boegli, Alfred (Switzerland) Explorer of Hoelloch, Switzerland.
- Brucker, Roger (USA) Explorer and historian of Mammoth Cave, Kentucky.
- Collins, Floyd (USA) Early explorer (~1920s) of Mammoth Cave, Kentucky.
- Conn, Herb (USA) Explorer and Surveyor of Jewel Cave, South Dakota.
- Conn, Jan (USA) Explorer and Surveyor of Jewel Cave, South Dakora.
- Coons, Donald (USA) Prominent American caver involved with numerous international caving projects. Major discoveries in Big Island, Hawaii and Mammoth Cave, Kentucky region.
- Exley, Sheck (USA) Pioneering Cave Diver.
- Irvine, George (USA) Pioneering cave diver and head of Woodville Karst Plain Project.
- Jablonski, Jarrod (USA) Pioneering cave diver and head of Global Underwater Explorers.
- Farr, Martyn (UK) Made major advances in systems such as Ogof y Daren Cilau, and pioneering cave diver, pushing exploration in Wookey Hole, Dan yr Ogof, and others.
- Kambesis, Patricia (USA) Prominent American cave surveyor. Involved with numerous international caving projects. Major discoveries in Big Island, Hawaii, and Lechuguilla Cave, New Mexico.
- Klimchouk, Alexander (Russia) Prominent cave explorer in Russia and eastern bloc countries. Involved with deep exploration efforts in Poland.
- Martel, Édouard-Alfred (France) Pioneering French cave scientist and explorer. Often credited as the father of speleology.
- Quick, Peter (USA) Lead explorer involved with the Fisher Ridge Cave System, Kentucky.
- Stone, William (USA) Pioneering cave diver and prominent explorer of southern Mexico's deep cave systems.
