Famous explorers
person who by means of travel searches out new information
1,342 people
David Livingstone
1813
– 1873
· Age 60
Deceased
Jacques Cousteau
1910
– 1997
· Age 87
Deceased
Cecil John Rhodes
1853
– 1902
· Age 48
Deceased
Tenzing Norgay
1914
– 1986
· Age 71
Deceased
Francisco Pizarro
1478
– 1541
· Age 63
Deceased
Francis Xavier
1506
– 1552
· Age 46
Deceased
Alfred Wegener
1880
– 1930
· Age 50
Deceased
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
1867
– 1951
· Age 83
Deceased
Thor Heyerdahl
1914
– 2002
· Age 87
Deceased
Vitus Bering
1681
– 1741
· Age 60
Deceased
Steve Irwin
1962
– 2006
· Age 44
Deceased
Alexey Leonov
1934
– 2019
· Age 85
Deceased
Robert Falcon Scott
1868
– 1912
· Age 43
Deceased
Pedro Álvares Cabral
1467
– 1520
· Age 53
Deceased
Henry Morton Stanley
1841
– 1904
· Age 63
Deceased
Willem Barents
1550
– 1597
· Age 47
Deceased
Bartolomeu Dias
1450
– 1500
· Age 50
Deceased
Xuanzang
0602
– 0664
· Age 62
Deceased
Ernest Shackleton
1873
– 1922
· Age 48
Deceased
Alexander Kolchak
1874
– 1920
· Age 45
Deceased
Francis Galton
1822
– 1911
· Age 88
Deceased
Samuel de Champlain
1567
– 1635
· Age 68
Deceased
Henry Hudson
1565
· Age 461
Alive
Walter Raleigh
1552
– 1618
· Age 66
Deceased
Hernando de Soto
1500
– 1542
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q11900058