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103 famous people found
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Robert SURCOUF
French privateer and slave trader
1773 - 1827
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René DUGUAY-TROUIN
Famous Breton corsair of Saint-Malo
1673 - 1736
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Giacomo CASANOVA
Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice
1725 - 1798
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Martin PREVOST
New France settler
1611 - 1691
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Pedro ARIAS DAVILA
Spanish colonial administrator
1468 - 1531
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Zebulon PIKE
American brigadier general and explorer for whom Pikes Peak in Colorado is named
1779 - 1813
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Pierre GAULTIER DE VARENNES
French Canadian military officer, fur trader and explorer
1685 - 1749
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Jan VAN RIEBEECK
Dutch colonial administrator and founder of Cape Town
1619 - 1677
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Joseph R. WALKER
American mountain man and experienced scout
1798 - 1876
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Philip CARTERET
British naval officer and explorer who participated in two of the Royal Navy's circumnavigation expeditions in 1764-66 and 1766-69
1733 - 1796
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Richard GRENVILLE
English Member of Parliament for Cornwall, Soldier, High Sheriff of County Cork, Armed Merchant Fleet Owner, Privateer, Sheriff of Cornwall, Colonizer, and explorer
1542 - 1591
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John ROSS
British naval officer and Arctic explorer
1777 - 1856
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James Clark ROSS
British naval officer and explorer remembered today for his exploration of the Arctic with his uncle Sir John Ross and Sir William Parry
1800 - 1862
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Walter RALEIGH
English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, politician, courtier, spy, and explorer
1552 - 1618
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Thomas CAVENDISH
English explorer and a privateer
1560 - 1592
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Álvar Núñez CABEZA DE VACA
Spanish explorer of the New World, one of four survivors of the 1527 Narváez expedition
1488 - 1557
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Charles WILKES
American naval officer and explorer
1798 - 1877
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George CLIFFORD
English peer, as well as a naval commander and courtier in the court of Queen Elizabeth I
1558 - 1605
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Richard HAWKINS
English seaman, explorer and Elizabethan "Sea Dog"
1562 - 1622
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Álvaro DE MENDAñA
Spanish navigator
1543 - 1595