List of people who have disappeared

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.

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• Oscar Zeta Acosta - American attorney and Chicano activist - 1974. Most famous for portrayal as "Dr. Gonzo" in Hunter S. Thompson's book, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
• Roald Amundsen - Norwegian explorer - 1928, his plane crashed in the Arctic Ocean, his body was never found.
• Dorothy Arnold - Manhattan socialite - 1910
• Ambrose Bierce - Author - 1913
• Lord Lucan (Richard John Bingham) - dapper murder suspect - 1974
• Hale Boggs - American Congressman - 1972
• Charles E. Bolles a.k.a. "Black Bart" - Old West outlaw - 1888
• Subhash Chandra Bose - Indian freedom fighter. The circumstances of his death are being investigated by the one-man Mukherjee Commission
• Whitey Bulger - leader of organized crime group, the "Winter Hill gang" - 1971
• John Cabot - Italian explorer - 1499
• F. Lewis Clark Idaho businessman
• D. B. Cooper - skyjacker - 1971
• Gaspar Corte-Real - Portuguese explorer - 1501
• Miguel Corte-Real - Portuguese explorer - 1502. Disappeared while searching for his brother Gaspar.
• Richard Colvin Cox - US Military Academy West Point cadet - 1950.
• Joseph F. Crater - Associate Justice of the New York 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 - Colombian scholar and activist, taught at Columbia University. - 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
• Georges Guynemer - French combat aviator - 1917
• Richard Halliburton - author and adventurer - 1939
• Jimmy Hoffa - Union leader - 1975
• Harold Holt - Australian Prime Minister - 1967
• Henry Hudson - English explorer - 1611.
• 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.
• Barry Kumnick - software engineer who modified Promis - 1991
• Sarah MacDiarmid - young female, disappeared from Kananook station in Melbourne, Australia - 1991
• Madoc - semi-mythological Welsh prince - 1174
• Ettore Majorana, Italian physicist - 1938
• Licorice McKechnie, a.k.a. 'Likky Lambert', singer-songwriter from the Incredible String Band, disappeared from L.A. 1987
• Glenn Miller - bandleader - 1944
• Etta Place - associate of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
• 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
• Rosemary Tonks - poet, about 1980
• Francois Villon - French author-provocateur - 1465
• Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Swedish count, lover of George I of Great Britain's wife Sophia, Princess of Zelle - 1694
• Michael J. (Amico) Wallace - Harvard graduate, former Sun employee
• Raoul Wallenberg - Anti-Nazi activist - 1945
• Andrew Carnegie Whitfield - nephew of Andrew Carnegie - 1938
• Crew of The Mary Celeste - 1872
• Crew of The USS Cyclops - 1918
• Persons missing after the September 11, 2001 attacks
 
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