Famous navigators
crew position responsible for navigation of an aircraft, spacecraft or vessel
58 people
Jacques Cartier
1491
– 1557
· Age 65
Deceased
Zheng He
1371
– 1433
· Age 62
Deceased
Abel Tasman
1603
– 1659
· Age 56
Deceased
Willem Barents
1550
– 1597
· Age 47
Deceased
Matthew Flinders
1774
– 1814
· Age 40
Deceased
Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo
1497
– 1543
· Age 46
Deceased
Marina Raskova
1912
– 1943
· Age 30
Deceased
W
Willem Janszoon
1570
– 1630
· Age 60
Deceased
William Adams
1564
– 1620
· Age 55
Deceased
Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira
1542
– 1595
· Age 53
Deceased
Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier
1705
– 1786
· Age 80
Deceased
Juan Díaz de Solís
1470
– 1516
· Age 46
Deceased
Polina Osipenko
1907
– 1939
· Age 31
Deceased
S
Scylax of Caryanda
Frederick de Houtman
1571
– 1627
· Age 56
Deceased
Ellen MacArthur
1976
· Age 49
Alive
Aleksei Chirikov
1703
– 1748
· Age 44
Deceased
Rodrigo de Triana
1469
· Age 557
Alive
António de Abreu
1480
– 1514
· Age 34
Deceased
J
Juan de Fuca
1536
– 1602
· Age 66
Deceased
Yevgeniya Rudneva
1920
– 1944
· Age 23
Deceased
J
Juan Fernández
1529
– 1602
· Age 73
Deceased
Theodore Van Kirk
1921
– 2014
· Age 93
Deceased
Arthur Whitten Brown
1886
– 1948
· Age 62
Deceased
Peter Holmberg
1960
· Age 65
Alive
Source: Wikidata Q254651