Explorer

71 famous people found

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  William CLARK

  American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and 4th Governor of Missouri Territory

  1770 - 1838
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  Norman D. VAUGHAN

  American dogsled driver and explorer

  1905 - 2005
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  Alan SHEPARD

  American naval aviator, test pilot, flag officer, NASA astronaut, and businessman

  1923 - 1998
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  Brewster H. SHAW

  Former NASA astronaut, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel and former executive at Boeing

  1945
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  Glenn CURTISS

  American aviation pioneer and a founder of the U.S. aircraft industry

  1878 - 1930
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  Sharon MCAULIFFE

  American teacher, one of the seven crew members killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster

  1948 - 1986
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  Gregory J. HARBAUGH

  American NASA Astronaut

  1956
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  Jimmie ANGEL

  American aviator after whom Angel Falls in Venezuela, the tallest waterfall in the world, is named

  1899 - 1956
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  Rusty SCHWEICKART

  American former astronaut, research scientist, US Air Force fighter pilot, business and government executive

  1935
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  William WALKER

  American lawyer, journalist and adventurer

  1824 - 1860
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  Richard E. BYRD

  Pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics

  1888 - 1957