Most Famous American Explorers
50 American Explorers in view out of 96
Exploration 96
United States 23,678
John Glenn American Fighter Pilot 1921 – 2016
#1,687
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Robert Peary American Explorer 1856 – 1920
#3,591
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Daniel Boone American Explorer 1734 – 1820
#4,445
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Calamity Jane American Explorer 1852 – 1903
#5,962
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Chris McCandless American Explorer 1968 – 1992
#7,759
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William Clark American Explorer 1770 – 1838
#8,197
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Aron Ralston American Mountaineer Born 1975
#9,795
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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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Kit Carson American Explorer 1809 – 1868
#14,505
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Jedediah Smith American Explorer 1799 – 1831
#16,613
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Joshua Slocum American Explorer 1844 – 1909
#17,067
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Zebulon Pike American Explorer 1779 – 1813
#18,263
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Matthew Henson American Explorer 1866 – 1955
#20,840
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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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Wiley Post American Aviator 1898 – 1935
#34,183
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John Lloyd Stephens American Explorer 1805 – 1852
#35,830
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James Beckwourth American Explorer 1798 – 1866
#37,333
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Dean Potter American Mountaineer 1972 – 2015
#51,329
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Stephen Harriman Long American Explorer 1784 – 1864
#52,961
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Robert Gray (sea captain) American Explorer 1755 – 1806
#55,534
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Ann Bancroft American Explorer Born 1955
#62,304
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JB
Jean Baptiste Charbonneau American Explorer 1805 – 1866
#82,309
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William H. Emory American Explorer 1811 – 1887
#95,209
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Floyd Bennett American Aviator 1890 – 1928
#100,802
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George P. Putnam American Explorer 1887 – 1950
#132,319
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John Williams Gunnison American Explorer 1812 – 1853
#143,232
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Charles Chaillé-Long American Explorer 1842 – 1917
#144,111
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Kenneth Arnold American Aviator 1915 – 1984
#155,986
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Paul Siple American Explorer 1908 – 1968
#167,579
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Roscoe Turner American Aviator 1895 – 1970
#169,601
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Ed Schieffelin American Explorer 1847 – 1897
#176,521
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David Edward Jackson American Explorer 1788 – 1837
#195,706
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AW
Amiel Weeks Whipple American Explorer 1817 – 1863
#197,502
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Ada Blackjack American Explorer 1898 – 1983
#198,956
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John William Mackay American Explorer 1831 – 1902
#202,564
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John Gore (Royal Navy officer (Died 1790)) American Explorer 1730 – 1790
#205,357
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William Austin Burt American Explorer 1792 – 1858
#207,813
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Thomas Walker (explorer) American Explorer 1715 – 1794
#219,833
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Donald Baxter MacMillan American Explorer 1874 – 1970
#221,790
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Fernando Rivera y Moncada American Explorer 1725 – 1781
#225,446
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Squire Boone American Explorer 1744 – 1815
#235,936
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Floyd Collins American Explorer 1887 – 1925
#252,340
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W. Price Hunt American Explorer 1783 – 1842
#258,180
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AM
Alvin M. Johnston American Test Pilot 1914 – 1998
#262,449
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Mike Fink American Explorer 1770 – 1823
#294,860
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Ralph Plaisted American Explorer 1927 – 2008
#305,644
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A. B. Rogers American Explorer 1829 – 1889
#310,008
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David Legge Brainard American Explorer 1856 – 1946
#310,034
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