Famous explorers
person who by means of travel searches out new information
2,192 people
Pedro de Mendoza
1487
– 1537
· Age 50
Deceased
Ludwig Leichhardt
1813
– 1848
· Age 34
Deceased
Julius von Payer
1841
– 1915
· Age 73
Deceased
Wilhelm Peters
1815
– 1883
· Age 67
Deceased
Oleg Novitskiy
1971
· Age 54
Alive
Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel
1784
– 1863
· Age 78
Deceased
Alonso de Ercilla
1533
– 1594
· Age 61
Deceased
Isabelle Eberhardt
1877
– 1904
· Age 27
Deceased
William Edward Parry
1790
– 1855
· Age 64
Deceased
Pêro da Covilhã
1450
– 1530
· Age 80
Deceased
James Weddell
1787
– 1834
· Age 47
Deceased
Armand David
1826
– 1900
· Age 74
Deceased
A
Ahmad ibn Rustah
Thomas Say
1787
– 1834
· Age 47
Deceased
Walter Bonatti
1930
– 2011
· Age 81
Deceased
Himilco
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
1509
– 1579
· Age 70
Deceased
Erich von Drygalski
1865
– 1949
· Age 83
Deceased
Matthias Alexander Castrén
1813
– 1852
· Age 38
Deceased
Astolphe-Louis-Léonor de Custine, Marquis de Custine
1790
– 1857
· Age 67
Deceased
N
Niccolò de' Conti
1395
– 1469
· Age 74
Deceased
Yaroslav II of Vladimir
1191
– 1246
· Age 55
Deceased
Lawrence Oates
1880
– 1912
· Age 32
Deceased
D
Dmitry Laptev
1701
– 1771
· Age 70
Deceased
Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane
1920
– 1969
· Age 48
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q11900058