Famous explorers
person who by means of travel searches out new information
1,530 people
Francis Beaufort
1774
– 1857
· Age 83
Deceased
Pedro de Alvarado
1486
– 1541
· Age 55
Deceased
Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay
1846
– 1888
· Age 41
Deceased
Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza
1852
– 1905
· Age 53
Deceased
H
Hanno the Navigator
John Hanning Speke
1827
– 1864
· Age 37
Deceased
J
Jakob Roggeveen
1659
– 1729
· Age 69
Deceased
Mikhail Lazarev
1788
– 1851
· Age 62
Deceased
Christopher Eccleston
1964
· Age 62
Alive
Tibor Sekelj
1912
– 1988
· Age 76
Deceased
Heinrich Harrer
1912
– 2006
· Age 93
Deceased
Ferdinand von Richthofen
1833
– 1905
· Age 72
Deceased
Benjamin of Tudela
1130
– 1174
· Age 44
Deceased
Auguste Piccard
1884
– 1962
· Age 78
Deceased
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
1643
– 1687
· Age 43
Deceased
Semyon Dezhnyov
1605
– 1673
· Age 67
Deceased
Jan van Riebeeck
1619
– 1677
· Age 57
Deceased
Diogo Cão
1452
– 1486
· Age 34
Deceased
Alcide d'Orbigny
1802
– 1857
· Age 54
Deceased
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
1510
– 1554
· Age 44
Deceased
Miguel López de Legazpi
1502
– 1572
· Age 70
Deceased
Sylvia A. Earle
1935
· Age 90
Alive
Alexander Cunningham
1814
– 1893
· Age 79
Deceased
Francisco de Almeida
1450
– 1510
Deceased
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
1784
– 1817
· Age 32
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q11900058