Famous explorers
person who by means of travel searches out new information
2,107 people
George Vancouver
1757
– 1798
· Age 40
Deceased
Gertrude Bell
1868
– 1926
· Age 57
Deceased
Richard E. Byrd
1888
– 1957
· Age 68
Deceased
Lavr Kornilov
1870
– 1918
· Age 47
Deceased
Louis-Antoine de Bougainville
1729
– 1811
· Age 81
Deceased
James Clark Ross
1800
– 1862
· Age 61
Deceased
Richard Trevithick
1771
– 1833
· Age 62
Deceased
Karl Ernst von Baer
1792
– 1876
· Age 84
Deceased
Carl Ritter
1779
– 1859
· Age 79
Deceased
A
Ahmad ibn Fadlan
0879
· Age 1147
Alive
George Everest
1790
– 1866
· Age 76
Deceased
William Dampier
1651
– 1715
· Age 64
Deceased
Mungo Park
1771
– 1806
· Age 34
Deceased
Jules Dumont d'Urville
1790
– 1842
· Age 51
Deceased
Giovanni da Pian del Carpine
1182
– 1252
· Age 70
Deceased
Ferdinand von Wrangel
1796
– 1870
· Age 73
Deceased
Davy Crockett
1786
– 1836
· Age 49
Deceased
Giovanni da Verrazzano
1485
– 1528
· Age 43
Deceased
Peter Cushing
1913
– 1994
· Age 81
Deceased
Joseph Dalton Hooker
1817
– 1911
· Age 94
Deceased
Ingólfr Arnarson
0848
– 0910
· Age 62
Deceased
Sacagawea
1788
– 1812
· Age 24
Deceased
Matthew Flinders
1774
– 1814
· Age 40
Deceased
William Baffin
1584
– 1622
· Age 38
Deceased
Faxian
0340
– 0422
· Age 82
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q11900058