Stanislav Kurilov
1936–1998 (age 62)
Biography
Stanislav Vasilyevich 'Slava' Kurilov (Russian: Станислав Васильевич Курилов; July 17, 1936 – January 29, 1998) was a Soviet, Canadian and Israeli oceanographer. He escaped from the Soviet Union by jumping overboard from a cruise liner in the open ocean and swimming to the Philippines.