10 People who have been buried at sea

1. Neil Armstrong (1930–2012), cremated, ashes scattered into the Atlantic Ocean from the U.S. Navy cruiser Philippine Sea

2. H. G. Wells (1866–1946), cremated and ashes scattered in the sea off England

3. Adolf Eichmann (1906–1962), following his execution in Israel, his body was cremated and his ashes scattered at sea over the Mediterranean, in international waters. This was done because Israel did not want such a person buried in its soil, and also did not want a grave elsewhere that might have become a place of pilgrimage for other Nazis.

Also Osama bin Laden (1957–2011);[24] one U.S. official stated that "finding a country willing to accept the remains of the world's most wanted terrorist would have been difficult". It was also done to prevent his burial place from becoming a "terrorist shrine"

4. Janis Joplin (1943–1970), cremated at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, and ashes scattered into the Pacific Ocean

5. Richard Rodgers (1902–1979), cremated ashes scattered

6. Steve McQueen (1930–1980), cremated and ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean

7. Peter Lawford (1923–1984), actor, cremated and ashes originally buried at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery; they were later removed and scattered in the Pacific Ocean

8. Rock Hudson (1925–1985), cremated ashes scattered. Also Robert Mitchum (1917–1997), cremated ashes scattered.

9. Vincent Price (1911–1993),[20] ashes scattered off Point Dume in Malibu, California

10. Sir Edmund Hillary (1919–2008), cremated, and ashes scattered in New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf
(Also Sir Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980), ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean; Sir Gene Kelly (1912–1996), cremated ashes scattered and Robin Williams (1951–2014), cremated the day after his death, ashes scattered in San Francisco Bay)