Famous explorers

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1,342 people

All Alive Deceased
Joseph Dalton Hooker

Joseph Dalton Hooker

1817 – 1911 · Age 94
Deceased
Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse

Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse

1741 – 1788 · Age 46
Deceased
Sacagawea

Sacagawea

1788 – 1812 · Age 24
Deceased
Georg Forster

Georg Forster

1754 – 1794 · Age 39
Deceased
Charles de Foucauld

Charles de Foucauld

1858 – 1916 · Age 58
Deceased
Leo Africanus

Leo Africanus

1483 – 1600 · Age 117
Deceased
Nikolay Gumilev

Nikolay Gumilev

1886 – 1921 · Age 35
Deceased
Mary Wortley Montagu

Mary Wortley Montagu

1689 – 1762 · Age 73
Deceased
Edward Drinker Cope

Edward Drinker Cope

1840 – 1897 · Age 56
Deceased
Antonio Pigafetta

Antonio Pigafetta

1490 – 1530
Deceased
Aurel Stein

Aurel Stein

1862 – 1943 · Age 80
Deceased
Otto Schmidt

Otto Schmidt

1891 – 1956 · Age 64
Deceased
John Smith

John Smith

1580 – 1631 · Age 51
Deceased
Avvakum

Avvakum

1620 – 1682 · Age 61
Deceased
Hiram Bingham III

Hiram Bingham III

1875 – 1956 · Age 80
Deceased
Giovanni Battista Belzoni

Giovanni Battista Belzoni

1778 – 1823 · Age 45
Deceased
Pedro de Valdivia

Pedro de Valdivia

1497 – 1553 · Age 56
Deceased
George Mallory

George Mallory

1886 – 1924 · Age 37
Deceased
John Franklin

John Franklin

1786 – 1847 · Age 61
Deceased
Diego de Almagro

Diego de Almagro

1475 – 1538 · Age 63
Deceased
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Yaqut al-Hamawi

1178 – 1229 · Age 51
Deceased
Alexandra David-Néel

Alexandra David-Néel

1868 – 1969 · Age 100
Deceased
Brendan the Navigator

Brendan the Navigator

0486 – 0577 · Age 91
Deceased
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Megasthenes

Deceased
Mikhail Lazarev

Mikhail Lazarev

1788 – 1851 · Age 62
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q11900058