Famous explorers
person who by means of travel searches out new information
1,342 people
Alexander Mackenzie
1764
– 1820
· Age 56
Deceased
Adolf Bastian
1826
– 1905
· Age 78
Deceased
Vasily Tatishchev
1686
– 1750
· Age 64
Deceased
Aimé Bonpland
1773
– 1858
· Age 84
Deceased
Kit Carson
1809
– 1868
· Age 58
Deceased
Steve Fossett
1944
– 2007
· Age 63
Deceased
Prince Aimone, 4th Duke of Aosta
1900
– 1948
· Age 47
Deceased
Jon Pertwee
1919
– 1996
· Age 76
Deceased
William Adams
1564
– 1620
· Age 55
Deceased
Vicente Yáñez Pinzón
1462
– 1600
· Age 138
Deceased
Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira
1542
– 1595
· Age 53
Deceased
Charles Wilkes
1798
– 1877
· Age 78
Deceased
Lev Berg
1876
– 1950
· Age 74
Deceased
Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius
1794
– 1868
· Age 74
Deceased
Ida Laura Pfeiffer
1797
– 1858
· Age 61
Deceased
Shintarō Ishihara
1932
– 2022
· Age 89
Deceased
James Bruce
1730
– 1794
· Age 63
Deceased
Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier
1705
– 1786
· Age 80
Deceased
Willem Schouten
1577
– 1625
· Age 48
Deceased
Philipp Franz von Siebold
1796
– 1866
· Age 70
Deceased
Alexander Bunge
1803
– 1890
· Age 86
Deceased
Juan Díaz de Solís
1470
– 1516
· Age 46
Deceased
Jean-Baptiste Tavernier
1605
– 1689
· Age 84
Deceased
Ban Chao
0032
– 0102
· Age 70
Deceased
Jon Krakauer
1954
· Age 71
Alive
Source: Wikidata Q11900058