Explorer
72 famous people found
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Calamity Jane
American frontierswoman, sharpshooter, and storyteller
1852 - 1903 -
Michael Collins
American astronaut who flew the Apollo 11 command module Columbia around the Moon in 1969 while his crewmates, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, made the first crewed landing on the surface
1930 - 2021 -
Neil ARMSTRONG
American astronaut and the first person to walk on the Moon
1930 - 2012 -
BUFFALO BILL
American soldier, bison hunter and showman
1846 - 1917 -
Charles LINDBERGH
American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist
1902 - 1974 -
Davy CROCKETT
American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician
1786 - 1836 -
Anne MORROW LINDBERGH
American author and aviator
1906 - 2001 -
Kit CARSON
American frontiersman
1809 - 1868 -
Wyatt EARP
American deputy sheriff and deputy U.S. marshal in Tombstone, Arizona, best known for his part in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1848 - 1929 -
Howard HUGHES
American business magnate, investor, aviator, engineer, film producer, director, and philanthropist
1905 - 1976 -
John GLENN
United States Marine Corps aviator, engineer, astronaut, businessman, and politician
1921 - 2016 -
Wilbur WRIGHT
American inventor of the airplane
1867 - 1912 -
Orville WRIGHT
American inventor of the airplane
1871 - 1948 -
Amelia EARHART
American aviation pioneer and author
1897 - 1939 -
Daniel BOONE
American pioneer and hunter
1734 - 1820 -
Treat Williams
American actor, writer, and aviator
1951 - 2023 -
Buzz ALDRIN
American astronaut who was the lunar module pilot on Apollo 11
1930 -
Eugene J. BULLARD
horse trainer, vaudeville performer, boxer, infantryman, aviator, musician, nightclub owner
1895 - 1961 -
Vance RODRIGUEZ
American hiker whose body was found on July 23, 2018 in Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida
1976 - 2018 -
Chuck YEAGER
United States Air Force officer, flying ace, and record-setting test pilot
1923 - 2020