Famous explorers
person who by means of travel searches out new information
1,342 people
William Hartnell
1908
– 1975
· Age 67
Deceased
Pierre Bouguer
1698
– 1758
· Age 60
Deceased
René Lesson
1794
– 1849
· Age 55
Deceased
Martin Behaim
1459
– 1507
· Age 47
Deceased
Percy Fawcett
1867
– 1925
· Age 57
Deceased
Alexandre Yersin
1863
– 1943
· Age 79
Deceased
Isabella Bird
1831
– 1904
· Age 72
Deceased
Vasili Dokuchayev
1846
– 1903
· Age 57
Deceased
Charles Marie de La Condamine
1701
– 1774
· Age 73
Deceased
Johann Georg Gmelin
1709
– 1755
· Age 45
Deceased
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
1783
– 1840
· Age 56
Deceased
Vladimir A. Obruchev
1863
– 1956
· Age 92
Deceased
Carl Peter Thunberg
1743
– 1828
· Age 84
Deceased
Edward Whymper
1840
– 1911
· Age 71
Deceased
John Wesley Powell
1834
– 1902
· Age 68
Deceased
Alexander Mackenzie
1764
– 1820
· Age 56
Deceased
Bernal Díaz del Castillo
1492
– 1584
· Age 92
Deceased
John C. Frémont
1813
– 1890
· Age 77
Deceased
W
Willem Janszoon
1570
– 1630
· Age 60
Deceased
John Davis
1550
– 1605
· Age 55
Deceased
Jessica Meir
1977
· Age 48
Alive
Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky
1827
– 1914
· Age 87
Deceased
Eduard Rüppell
1794
– 1884
· Age 90
Deceased
Stepan Makarov
1849
– 1904
· Age 55
Deceased
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Source: Wikidata Q11900058