Explorer
237 famous people found
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Charles Bonaventure DE RAYS
French nobleman who had ambitions of starting a great French colony in the South Pacific
1832 - 1893 -
Laurence DE LA FERRIÈRE
French climber
1957 -
Ernest DOUDART DE LAGREE
Leader of the French Mekong Expedition of 1866-1868
1823 - 1868 -
Maurice CHORON
French aviator
1911 - 1942 -
Alphonse FONDÈRE
French explorer
1865 - 1930 -
Martin PREVOST
New France settler
1611 - 1691 -
Georges BOILLOT
French Grand Prix motor racing driver and World War I fighter pilot
1884 - 1916 -
Adolphe PEGOUD
French aviator and flight instructor, who became the first fighter ace during World War I
1889 - 1915 -
François ARNAUD
French politician
1843 - 1908 -
Jean-Baptiste CHARCOT
French scientist, medical doctor and polar scientist
1867 - 1936 -
Charles VOISIN
Early aviation pioneer from France
1882 - 1912 -
Gabriel VOISIN
French aviation pioneer
1880 - 1973 -
Lionel TERRAY
French climber
1921 - 1965 -
Jean BART
French naval commander and privateer
1650 - 1702 -
Maryse BASTIE
French aviator
1898 - 1952 -
Nicolas VANIER
French adventurist, writer and moviemaker
1962 -
Jean NAVARRE
First pilot ever to shoot against another one starting the air warfare, during World War I
1895 - 1919 -
Eugène Godard
French aeronaut
1827 - 1890 -
Valérie André
Neurosurgeon, aviator, and the first female member of the French military to achieve the rank of General Officer
1922 - 2025 -
François Le Saint
French explorer
1833 - 1868