Most Famous Explorers in the World
100 Explorers in view out of 783
Exploration 783
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Christopher Columbus Italian Explorer 1451 – 1506
#73
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Marco Polo Italian Explorer 1254 – 1324
#168
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James Cook British Explorer 1728 – 1779
#245
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Hernán Cortés Spanish Explorer 1485 – 1547
#393
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Yuri Gagarin Russian Cosmonaut 1934 – 1968
#508
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Francis Drake British Explorer 1540 – 1596
#694
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Roald Amundsen Norwegian Explorer 1872 – 1928
#726
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Ferdinand Magellan Portuguese Explorer 1480 – 1521
#766
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Jacques Cousteau French Explorer 1910 – 1997
#775
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Vasco da Gama Portuguese Explorer 1469 – 1524
#788
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Ibn Battuta Moroccan Explorer 1304 – 1368
#960
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Ernest Shackleton British Explorer 1874 – 1922
#1,029
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Edmund Hillary New Zealand Mountaineer 1919 – 2008
#1,129
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Robert Falcon Scott British Explorer 1868 – 1912
#1,269
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David Livingstone British Explorer 1813 – 1873
#1,391
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John Glenn American Fighter Pilot 1921 – 2016
#1,687
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Reinhold Messner Italian Mountaineer Born 1944
#1,874
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Henry Morton Stanley British Explorer 1841 – 1904
#2,211
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Samuel de Champlain French Explorer 1567 – 1635
#2,280
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Robert Peary American Explorer 1856 – 1920
#3,591
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John Smith (explorer) British Explorer 1580 – 1631
#3,808
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Heinrich Harrer Austrian Mountaineer 1912 – 2006
#3,810
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Abel Tasman Dutch Explorer 1603 – 1659
#3,942
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Vitus Bering Russian Explorer 1681 – 1741
#4,270
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John Franklin British Explorer 1786 – 1847
#4,339
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Daniel Boone American Explorer 1734 – 1820
#4,445
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Tenzing Norgay Nepalese Mountaineer 1914 – 1986
#4,501
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George Mallory British Mountaineer 1886 – 1924
#4,575
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Henry Hudson British Explorer 1570 – 1611
#4,923
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Vasco Núñez de Balboa Spanish Explorer 1475 – 1519
#5,383
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Hernando de Soto Spanish Explorer 1495 – 1542
#5,534
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Pedro Álvares Cabral Portuguese Explorer 1467 – 1520
#5,744
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Zheng He Chinese Explorer 1387 – 1433
#5,924
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Calamity Jane American Explorer 1852 – 1903
#5,962
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Afonso de Albuquerque Portuguese Explorer 1453 – 1515
#6,300
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George Vancouver British Explorer 1757 – 1798
#6,341
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Juan Ponce de León Spanish Explorer 1474 – 1521
#6,424
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Alexey Leonov Russian Cosmonaut 1934 – 2019
#6,612
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Willem Barentsz Dutch Explorer 1550 – 1597
#6,765
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William Adams (sailor) British Explorer 1564 – 1620
#7,040
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Mungo Park (explorer) British Explorer 1771 – 1806
#7,088
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Umberto Nobile Italian Explorer 1885 – 1978
#7,140
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Leif Erikson Icelandic Explorer 970 – 1020
#7,168
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Giovanni da Verrazzano Italian Explorer 1485 – 1528
#7,332
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William Dampier British Explorer 1651 – 1715
#7,643
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Chris McCandless American Explorer 1968 – 1992
#7,759
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Auguste Piccard Swiss Explorer 1884 – 1962
#8,049
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William Clark American Explorer 1770 – 1838
#8,197
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Matthew Flinders British Explorer 1774 – 1814
#9,024
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Bartolomeu Dias Portuguese Explorer 1450 – 1500
#9,065
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Richard Trevithick British Explorer 1771 – 1833
#9,166
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Martin Frobisher British Explorer 1535 – 1594
#9,462
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Aron Ralston American Mountaineer Born 1975
#9,795
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George Everest British Explorer 1790 – 1866
#10,005
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Jules Dumont d'Urville French Explorer 1790 – 1842
#10,621
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Pedro de Valdivia Spanish Explorer 1497 – 1553
#10,929
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Alexander Mackenzie (explorer) British Explorer 1764 – 1820
#11,295
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Erich Hartmann German Fighter Pilot 1922 – 1993
#11,381
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Hanna Reitsch German Test Pilot 1912 – 1979
#11,613
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Gherman Titov Russian Cosmonaut 1935 – 2000
#12,459
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Sacagawea American Explorer 1780 – 1812
#12,579
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Frederick Cook American Explorer 1865 – 1940
#12,814
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Diego de Almagro Spanish Explorer 1475 – 1538
#12,963
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Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen Russian Explorer 1778 – 1852
#12,981
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John Hanning Speke British Explorer 1827 – 1864
#13,408
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Knud Rasmussen Danish Explorer 1879 – 1933
#14,325
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Kit Carson American Explorer 1809 – 1868
#14,505
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Jan van Riebeeck Dutch Explorer 1619 – 1677
#15,979
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Miguel López de Legazpi Spanish Explorer 1502 – 1572
#16,119
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Jedediah Smith American Explorer 1799 – 1831
#16,613
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Lope de Aguirre Spanish Explorer 1518 – 1561
#16,953
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Joshua Slocum American Explorer 1844 – 1909
#17,067
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John Sutter Swiss Explorer 1803 – 1880
#17,295
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Alonso de Ojeda Spanish Explorer 1466 – 1515
#17,506
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Andriyan Nikolayev Russian Cosmonaut 1929 – 2004
#17,662
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Zebulon Pike American Explorer 1779 – 1813
#18,263
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Fernão Mendes Pinto Portuguese Explorer 1509 – 1583
#18,857
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Thomas Cavendish British Explorer 1560 – 1592
#19,587
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Peter Freuchen Danish Explorer 1886 – 1957
#19,594
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John Rolfe British Explorer 1585 – 1622
#19,642
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Salomon August Andrée Swedish Explorer 1854 – 1897
#20,074
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Francis Younghusband British Explorer 1863 – 1942
#20,328
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Maurice Benyovszky Hungarian Explorer 1746 – 1786
#20,554
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Matthew Henson American Explorer 1866 – 1955
#20,840
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Valery Chkalov Russian Test Pilot 1904 – 1938
#21,434
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Frederick Russell Burnham American Explorer 1861 – 1947
#21,438
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Roy Chapman Andrews American Explorer 1884 – 1960
#21,608
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Anatoli Boukreev Kazakhstani Mountaineer 1958 – 1997
#21,610
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Pánfilo de Narváez Spanish Explorer 1478 – 1528
#22,290
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Pedro Menéndez de Avilés Spanish Explorer 1519 – 1574
#22,294
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Afanasy Nikitin Russian Explorer 1433 – 1472
#22,338
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Ellen MacArthur British Explorer Born 1976
#23,286
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St John Philby British Explorer 1885 – 1960
#23,358
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John McDouall Stuart British Explorer 1815 – 1866
#23,446
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Charles Sturt British Explorer 1795 – 1869
#23,756
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René Caillié French Explorer 1799 – 1838
#24,127
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Carl Peters German Explorer 1856 – 1918
#24,219
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James Bruce British Explorer 1730 – 1794
#24,273
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Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo Spanish Explorer 1499 – 1543
#25,011
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Juan de Garay Spanish Explorer 1528 – 1583
#25,038
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