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1,530 people

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Alexander Bunge

Alexander Bunge

1803 – 1890 · Age 86
Deceased
Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius

Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius

1794 – 1868 · Age 74
Deceased
Ban Chao

Ban Chao

0032 – 0102 · Age 70
Deceased
Willem Schouten

Willem Schouten

1577 – 1625 · Age 48
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Ida Laura Pfeiffer

Ida Laura Pfeiffer

1797 – 1858 · Age 61
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Odoric of Pordenone

Odoric of Pordenone

1286 – 1331 · Age 45
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Johann Baptist von Spix

Johann Baptist von Spix

1781 – 1826 · Age 45
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William Speirs Bruce

William Speirs Bruce

1867 – 1921 · Age 54
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Samuel Wallis

Samuel Wallis

1728 – 1795 · Age 66
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Sebastian Cabot

Sebastian Cabot

1476 – 1557 · Age 81
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Hyacinth

Hyacinth

1777 – 1853 · Age 75
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Thorfinn Karlsefni

Thorfinn Karlsefni

0980 – 1020 · Age 40
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Carsten Niebuhr

Carsten Niebuhr

1733 – 1815 · Age 82
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Túpac Inca Yupanqui

Túpac Inca Yupanqui

1441 – 1493 · Age 52
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John Ross

John Ross

1777 – 1856 · Age 79
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Vasily Radlov

Vasily Radlov

1837 – 1918 · Age 81
Deceased
Otto von Kotzebue

Otto von Kotzebue

1787 – 1846 · Age 58
Deceased
Constantin-François Chassebœuf

Constantin-François Chassebœuf

1757 – 1820 · Age 63
Deceased
Sándor Kőrösi Csoma

Sándor Kőrösi Csoma

1784 – 1842 · Age 58
Deceased
Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi

Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi

1873 – 1933 · Age 60
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Engelbert Kaempfer

Engelbert Kaempfer

1651 – 1716 · Age 65
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Francis Younghusband

Francis Younghusband

1863 – 1942 · Age 79
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Adrien de Gerlache

Adrien de Gerlache

1866 – 1934 · Age 68
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Ármin Vámbéry

Ármin Vámbéry

1832 – 1913 · Age 81
Deceased
Frederick Cook

Frederick Cook

1865 – 1940 · Age 75
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q11900058