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102 famous people found
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Horace-Bénédict DE SAUSSURE
Genevan aristocrat, physicist and Alpine traveller, often considered the founder of alpinism
1740 - 1799 -
Louis Antoine DE BOUGAINVILLE
French admiral and explorer
1729 - 1811 -
René CAILLIE
French explorer, and the first European to return alive from the town of Timbuktu
1799 - 1838 -
André MICHAUX
French botanist and explorer
1746 - 1802 -
Pedro DE-VALDIVIA
Spanish conquistador and the first royal governor of Chile
1497 - 1553 -
James John FLOYD
Pioneer of the Midwestern United States around the Louisville, Kentucky
1750 - 1783 -
Meriwether LEWIS
American explorer, soldier, and 2nd Governor of Louisiana Territory
1774 - 1809 -
William CLARK
American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and 4th Governor of Missouri Territory
1770 - 1838 -
Michelle DE BONNEUIL
French overseas agent during the French Revolution and First French Empire
1748 - 1829 -
Henrique DE PORTUGAL
Portuguese explorer
1394 - 1460 -
Louis DE BUADE DE FRONTENAC
French soldier, courtier, and Governor General of New France
1622 - 1698 -
Solomon JUNEAU
Canadian fur trader, land speculator and politician who helped found the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1793 - 1856 -
Tristão DA CUNHA
Portuguese explorer and naval commander
1460 - 1540 -
Francisco DE ALMEIDA
Portuguese nobleman, soldier and explorer
1450 - 1510 -
Afonso DE ALBUQUERQUE
Portuguese general, and a great conqueror
1453 - 1515 -
Juan PONCE DE LEON
Spanish explorer and conquistador
1460 - 1521 -
Félix DAYOT
French hydrograph
1772 - 1821 -
Jean-Marie DAYOT
French Navy officer and an adventurer
1760 - 1809 -
Pedro Álvares CABRAL
Portuguese nobleman, military commander, navigator and explorer regarded as the discoverer of Brazil
1467 - 1520 -
Philibert COMMERSON
French naturalist
1727 - 1773