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Not when alive, anyway. Gut bacteria eventually offgasses enough to make them buoyant. Interestingly, blacks struggle to float even in salt lakes where Whites float effortlessly. Theories range from different fat distribution to higher levels of iron and lower levels of white blood cells.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28561485/

https://ashpublications.org/blood/article/106/2/740/21345/Hematologic-differences-between-African-Americans