Explorer
71 famous people found
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Sally RIDE
American astronaut and physicist
1951 - 2012 -
Wild Bill HICKOK
Folk hero of the American Old West
1837 - 1876 -
Robert CRIPPEN
American retired naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aerospace engineer, and retired astronaut
1937 -
Story MUSGRAVE
American physician and retired NASA astronaut
1935 -
John Charles FREMONT
American military officer, math instructor, explorer, author, U.S. Senator, and politician
1813 - 1890 -
Joshua SLOCUM
First man to sail single-handedly around the world
1844 - 1909 -
Zebulon PIKE
American brigadier general and explorer for whom Pikes Peak in Colorado is named
1779 - 1813 -
Hiram BINGHAM III
Amercian academic, explorer and politician
1875 - 1956 -
Joseph R. WALKER
American mountain man and experienced scout
1798 - 1876 -
Charles WILKES
American naval officer and explorer
1798 - 1877 -
Edward BUNKER
American pioneer, Mormon, and community founder of Bunkerville, Nevada
1822 - 1901 -
George CLIFFORD
English peer, as well as a naval commander and courtier in the court of Queen Elizabeth I
1558 - 1605 -
Charles Francis COLCORD
American cattle rancher, U.S. Marshal, Chief of Police, businessman, and pioneer of the Old West
1859 - 1934 -
Dudley WOLFE
American sailboat racer and mountaineer, he disappeared in the disastrous 1939 attempt to climb K2
1896 - 1939 -
Stanley Yale Beach
American aviation pioneer
1877 - 1955 -
Jessica Dubroff
American trainee pilot who died while attempting to become the youngest person to fly a light aircraft across the United States
1988 - 1996 -
Myron Avery
American lawyer, hiker and explorer
1899 - 1952 -
Aaron Olmsted
American wealthy sea captain in the China trade out of New England
1753 - 1806 -
Peggy Whitson
American biochemistry researcher, retired NASA astronaut, former NASA Chief Astronaut, and an active Axiom Space astronaut
1960 -
Barry Seal
American commercial airline pilot who became a major drug smuggler for the Medellín Cartel
1939 - 1986