Jacques Cousteau

1910 – 1997 · died at about 87^[1][2]

Exploration

Fun Facts About Jacques Cousteau

• Jacques Cousteau planned to be a naval pilot, but a car accident that broke both his arms ended his aviation career and turned him toward the ocean.^[1]
• Cousteau leased his famous ship Calypso from Thomas Loel Guinness for a symbolic one franc a year.^[1]
• Cousteau's The Silent World won the 1956 Palme d'Or at Cannes and remained the only documentary to win it until Fahrenheit 9/11 in 2004.^[1]
• In his 1953 book The Silent World, Cousteau correctly predicted that porpoises use echolocation, after noticing they knew the best course through the Strait of Gibraltar.^[1]
• John Denver's 1975 song "Calypso," a tribute to Cousteau and his ship, became a hit in its own right and reached No. 2 on the charts.^[1]
• In 1976, Cousteau located the wreck of HMHS Britannic, the younger sister ship of the Titanic, which had sunk after striking a mine in 1916.^[1]
• Jacques Cousteau was alive at the same time as Justin Bieber — their lives overlapped for 3 years (1994–1997).^[1][2][3][4]
• Jacques Cousteau and Michael Jackson died on the same day of the year, June 25.^[1][2][5][6]

Jacques-Yves Cousteau, was a French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author. He co-invented the first successful open-circuit self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA), called the Aqua-Lung, which assisted him in producing some of the first underwater documentaries.^[1]

Contemporaries

Bob Hope

87 yr overlap

Mother Teresa

87 yr overlap

Akira Kurosawa

87 yr overlap

Ronald Reagan

86 yr overlap

Naguib Mahfouz

86 yr overlap

Dorothy Hodgkin

84 yr overlap

Rosa Parks

84 yr overlap

Gerald Ford

84 yr overlap

Hedy Lamarr

83 yr overlap

Frank Sinatra

82 yr overlap

Marlene Dietrich

82 yr overlap

Richard Nixon

81 yr overlap

Their World

Questions About Jacques Cousteau

When was Jacques Cousteau born?

Jacques Cousteau was born on June 11, 1910, and died on June 25, 1997.

How old was Jacques Cousteau at death?

Jacques Cousteau was born on June 11, 1910, and died on June 25, 1997, at age 87.

What was Jacques Cousteau known for?

Jacques Cousteau was known for: Ocean explorer, pioneered scuba diving. Jacques-Yves Cousteau, was a French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author. He co-invented the first successful open-circuit self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA), called the Aqua-Lung, which assisted him in producing some of the first underwater documentaries.

Who was alive at the same time as Jacques Cousteau?

Jacques Cousteau's closest contemporary was Bob Hope. Their lives overlapped for 87 years.