The following is a compilation of people who have mysteriously disappeared, whose death is not substantiated, whose remains have not been recovered, or whose whereabouts are unknown and who may be presumed deceased.
- Roald Amundsen - Norwegian explorer - 1928, his plane crashed in the Arctic Ocean, his body was never found.
- Dorothy Arnold - Manhattan socialite - 1910
- Benjamin Bathurst - British envoy - 1809
- Ambrose Bierce - Author - 1913
- Lord Lucan (Richard John Bingham) - dapper murder suspect - 1974
- Osama bin Laden - terrorist - 2001
- Hale Boggs - American Congressman - 1972
- Charles E. Bolles aka "Black Bart" - Old West outlaw - 1888
- Whitey Bulger - leader of organized crime group, the 'Winter Hill gang' - 1971
- John Cabot - Italian explorer - 1499.
- D. B. Cooper - skyjacker - 1971
- Gaspar Corte-Real - Portuguese explorer - 1501
- Miguel Corte-Real - Portuguese explorer - 1502. Disappeared while searching for his brother Gaspar.
- Joseph F. Crater - Associate Justice of the New York State Supreme Court - 1930
- Bison Dele - former NBA player, thought to have been murdered in the Pacific Ocean by his brother, body never found 2002
- Jesús María de Galíndez - scholar and activist - 1956
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - author and aviator - 1944
- Amelia Earhart - aviator - 1937
- Richey James Edwards - member of Welsh rock band the Manic Street Preachers - 1995
- Wallace D. Fard - Nation of Islam leader - 1934
- Percy Fawcett - British archaeologist and explorer - 1925
- Andrew Fluegelman - programmer, considered the father of shareware business - 1985
- Tooker Gomberg - Canadian politician and activist - 2004
- Richard Halliburton - author and adventurer - 1939
- Jimmy Hoffa - Union leader - 1975
- Harold Holt - Australian Prime Minister - 1967
- Glen and Bessie Hyde - Grand Canyon rafters - 1928
- Crew and passengers of MV Joyita - 1955
- K'inich K'an Joy Chitam - king of Palenque - 711. Ruled until August 30, then disappeared from history. Probably taken prisoner by Tonina.
- Madoc - semi-mythological Welsh prince - 1174
- Ettore Majorana, Italian mathematician - 1938
- Glenn Miller - bandleader - 1944
- Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Swedish count, lover of George I of Great Britain's wife Sophia, Princess of Zelle - 1694
- Persons missing after the September 11, 2001 attacks
- Princes in the Tower sons of King Edward IV of England - 1483
- Topiltzin Ce Acatl Quetzalcoatl, Toltec leader - 10th century
- Michael Rockefeller - son of Nelson Rockefeller - 1961
- Charles Carroll Taylor - leader of Flight 19 - 1945
- Jim Thompson - designer famous for Thai silks - 1967
- Francois Villon - French author-provocateur - 1465
- Raoul Wallenberg - Anti-Nazi activist - 1945
- Andrew Carnegie Whitfield - nephew of Andrew Carnegie - 1938
- Sarah MacDiarmid - young female, disappeared from Kananook station in Melbourne, Australia - 1991
See Also
sv:Alfabetisk lista över försvunna personer
