Most Famous Dutch Explorers
Netherlands has produced 20 notable explorers throughout history, led by Abel Tasman. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.
Category All
Citizenship All
AT
Abel Tasman Dutch Explorer 1603 – 1659
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3,942
WB
Willem Barentsz Dutch Explorer 1550 – 1597
#
6,765
JV
Jan van Riebeeck Dutch Explorer 1619 – 1677
#
15,979
CD
Cornelis Drebbel Dutch Inventor 1572 – 1633
#
18,046
CD
Cornelis de Houtman Dutch Explorer 1565 – 1599
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34,450
WD
Willem de Vlamingh Dutch Explorer 1640 – 1698
#
54,294
JN
Johan Nieuhof Dutch Explorer 1618 – 1672
#
87,770
CV
Cornelius Vermuyden Dutch Engineer 1595 – 1677
#
121,578
JD
Johannis de Rijke Dutch Engineer 1842 – 1913
#
121,946
HV
Hub van Doorne Dutch Inventor 1900 – 1979
#
230,764
JV
Johan van Veen Dutch Engineer 1893 – 1959
#
232,784
CJ
Cornelis Johannes van Doorn Dutch Engineer 1837 – 1906
#
320,456
BC
Berend Carp Dutch Sailor 1901 – 1966
#
346,361
SM
Samuel Marolois Dutch Engineer 1572 – 1627
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347,143
CC
Cornelis Corneliszoon van Uitgeest Dutch Inventor 1550 – 1600
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502,124
JJ
Jan Jacobszoon May van Schellinkhout Dutch Explorer Born ?
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585,414
RV
Renier van Tzum Dutch Explorer 1600 – 1670
#
716,397
JB
Joseph Braat Dutch Engineer Born 1946
#
1,387,789
GV
Gys van Beek Dutch Inventor 1919 – 2015
#
2,003,038
JD
Jaap de Zeeuw Dutch Sailor Born 1954
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2,261,214