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16 famous people found

  • Francis DRAKE

    Francis DRAKE

    English sea captain, privateer, navigator, slaver, and politician of the Elizabethan era

    English1540 - 1596
  • Edward SMITH

    Edward SMITH

    British naval officer, he was the captain of the RMS Titanic, and perished when the ship sank on its maiden voyage

    English1850 - 1912
  • James COOK

    James COOK

    English explorer, navigator and cartographer

    English1728 - 1779
  • Ranulph FIENNES

    Ranulph FIENNES

    English adventurer and holder of several endurance records

    English1944
  • Philip CARTERET

    Philip CARTERET

    British naval officer and explorer who participated in two of the Royal Navy's circumnavigation expeditions in 1764-66 and 1766-69

    English1733 - 1796
  • Richard GRENVILLE

    Richard GRENVILLE

    English Member of Parliament for Cornwall, Soldier, High Sheriff of County Cork, Armed Merchant Fleet Owner, Privateer, Sheriff of Cornwall, Colonizer, and explorer

    English1542 - 1591
  • Walter RALEIGH

    Walter RALEIGH

    English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, politician, courtier, spy, and explorer

    English1552 - 1618
  • James Clark ROSS

    James Clark ROSS

    British naval officer and explorer remembered today for his exploration of the Arctic with his uncle Sir John Ross and Sir William Parry

    English1800 - 1862
  • John ROSS

    John ROSS

    British naval officer and Arctic explorer

    English1777 - 1856
  • Thomas CAVENDISH

    Thomas CAVENDISH

    English explorer and a privateer

    English1560 - 1592
  • Francis GALTON

    Francis GALTON

    English Victorian polymath, psychologist, anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor, meteorologist, proto-geneticist, psychometrician, and statistician

    English1822 - 1911
  • Richard HAWKINS

    Richard HAWKINS

    English seaman, explorer and Elizabethan "Sea Dog"

    English1562 - 1622
  • William BRADFORD

    William BRADFORD

    English Separatist who emigrated to the Plymouth Colony on the Mayflower in 1620

    English1589 - 1657
  • Charles STURT

    Charles STURT

    British explorer of Australia, and part of the European exploration of Australia

    English1795 - 1869
  • Martin FROBISHER

    Martin FROBISHER

    English seaman who made three voyages to the New World to look for the Northwest Passage

    English1535 - 1594
  • Geoffrey DE HAVILLAND

    Geoffrey DE HAVILLAND

    British aviation pioneer and aircraft engineer

    English1882 - 1965

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