Explorer
350 famous people found
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Lionel DE MARMIER
World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories in WWI
1897 - 1944 -
Jean Baptiste Christian FUSÉE-AUBLET
French pharmacist, botanist and explorer
1723 - 1778 -
Pierre BLANCARD
French botanist and explorer
1741 - 1826 -
John KENDRICK
American sea captain, both during the American Revolutionary War and the exploration and maritime fur trading of the Pacific Northwest
1740 - 1794 -
Lowell THOMAS
American writer, broadcaster, and traveler, best known as the man who made Lawrence of Arabia famous
1892 - 1981 -
Antoine BRUNY D'ENTRECASTEAUX
French naval officer, explorer and colonial governor
1737 - 1793 -
Alfred PACKER
American prospector who was accused of cannibalism during the winter of 1873-1874
1842 - 1907 -
Albert RICHET
French aviator
1888 - 1918 -
Joseph LE BRIX
French aviator
1899 - 1931 -
Alexander VON HUMBOLDT
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer
1769 - 1859 -
Ferdinand VON RICHTHOFEN
German traveller, geographer, and scientist
1833 - 1905 -
Fridtjof NANSEN
Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
1861 - 1930 -
Nathaniel PALMER
American seal hunter, explorer, sailing captain, and ship designer
1799 - 1877 -
Robert PEARY
American explorer who claimed to have reached the geographic North Pole
1856 - 1920 -
Charles STURT
British explorer of Australia, and part of the European exploration of Australia
1795 - 1869 -
Alexandre André TELLET-LARENTE
French aviator
1904 - 1939 -
Adolf Friedrich ZU MECKLENBURG
German explorer in Africa, a colonial politician
1873 - 1969 -
Josiah HARLAN
American adventurer, best known for travelling to Afghanistan and Punjab with the intention of making himself a king
1799 - 1871 -
Martin FROBISHER
English seaman who made three voyages to the New World to look for the Northwest Passage
1535 - 1594 -
Alfred GRANDIDIER
French naturalist and explorer
1836 - 1921