Biography
Robert Duane Ballard (born June 30, 1942) is an American retired Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island who is most noted for his work in underwater archaeology: maritime archaeology and archaeology of shipwrecks. He is best known for the discoveries of the wrecks of the RMS Titanic in 1985, the battleship Bismarck in 1989, and the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown in 1998. He discovered the wreck of John F. Kennedy's PT-109 in 2002 and visited Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana, who saved its crew.
Despite his long successes in shipwrecks, Ballard considers his most important discovery to be that of hydrothermal vents. Ballard has also established the JASON Project and leads ocean exploration on the research vessel E/V Nautilus.
Filmography
all 22
self 19
Movies 18
TV Shows 4
Titanic: 25 Years Later with James Cameron (2023)
Bob Ballard: An Explorer's Life (2021)
Expedition Amelia (2019)
Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron (2017)
Nazi Attack on America (2015)
Alien Deep with Bob Ballard (2012)
Save the Titanic With Bob Ballard (2012)
The Golden Girls Return from Space Mountain (2012)
Extreme Universe (2010)
Wild Chronicles (2005)
Sea Spies (2003)
Titanic: 90 Years Below (2002)
Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack (2001)
The Quest for Noah's Flood (2001)
Lost Liners (2000)
National Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway (1999)
Titanic's Lost Sister (1996)
National Geographic: Last Voyage of the Lusitania (1994)
National Geographic: The Lost Fleet of Guadalcanal (1993)
Search For the Battleship Bismarck (1989)
Secrets of the Titanic (1986)
Explorer (1985)
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GenderMale
Birthday1942-06-30 (81 years old)
Birth PlaceWichita, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsWilliam Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement, Kilby International Awards, Hubbard Medal, The Explorers Club, National Humanities Medal, Caird Medal, Nevada Medal, Livingstone Medal
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