Famous People Who Died of drowning

• Adams, George Washington

  Eldest son of John Quincy Adams

• Diesel, Rudolf

  Inventor of the diesel engine

• Houston, Whitney

  The troubled pop singer of "Saving All My Love For You"

• Jones, Brian

  The Rolling Stones founder who died young

• Jutra, Claude

  Director of Mon Oncle Antoine

• King, Rodney

  The motorist whose 1991 beating set off the 1992 L.A. riots

• Maxwell, Robert

  Disgraced publisher of the Daily Mirror

• Redenbacher, Orville

  The creator of Orville Redenbacher popcorn

• Shelley, Percy Bysshe

  19th century romantic poet

• Wilson, Dennis

  The drummer for The Beach Boys

• Wood, Natalie

  The girl who doubts Santa Claus in Miracle on 34th Street

See: All Causes of Death