Famous explorers
person who by means of travel searches out new information
2,107 people
Hernando de Soto
1500
– 1542
Deceased
Adelbert von Chamisso
1781
– 1838
· Age 57
Deceased
Richard Francis Burton
1821
– 1890
· Age 69
Deceased
Svetlana Savitskaya
1948
· Age 77
Alive
Afonso de Albuquerque
1452
– 1515
· Age 63
Deceased
Erik the Red
0950
– 1003
· Age 52
Deceased
Peter Simon Pallas
1741
– 1811
· Age 69
Deceased
Bear Grylls
1974
· Age 51
Alive
Matteo Ricci
1552
– 1610
· Age 57
Deceased
Robert Peary
1856
– 1920
· Age 63
Deceased
John Hurt
1940
– 2017
· Age 77
Deceased
Evliya Çelebi
1611
– 1682
· Age 70
Deceased
Juan Sebastián Elcano
1476
– 1526
· Age 49
Deceased
George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
1859
– 1925
· Age 66
Deceased
Juan Ponce de León
1460
– 1521
· Age 61
Deceased
Reinhold Messner
1944
· Age 81
Alive
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
1475
– 1519
· Age 44
Deceased
Nikolay Przhevalsky
1839
– 1888
· Age 49
Deceased
Pytheas
Junko Tabei
1939
– 2016
· Age 77
Deceased
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
1778
– 1852
· Age 73
Deceased
Nikolai Vavilov
1887
– 1943
· Age 55
Deceased
Harald III of Norway
1015
– 1066
· Age 51
Deceased
George Vancouver
1757
– 1798
· Age 40
Deceased
John Muir
1838
– 1914
· Age 76
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q11900058