Explorer
350 famous people found
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René CAILLIE
French explorer, and the first European to return alive from the town of Timbuktu
1799 - 1838 -
Louis Antoine DE BOUGAINVILLE
French admiral and explorer
1729 - 1811 -
Horace-Bénédict DE SAUSSURE
Genevan aristocrat, physicist and Alpine traveller, often considered the founder of alpinism
1740 - 1799 -
André MICHAUX
French botanist and explorer
1746 - 1802 -
Pedro DE-VALDIVIA
Spanish conquistador and the first royal governor of Chile
1497 - 1553 -
James John FLOYD
Pioneer of the Midwestern United States around the Louisville, Kentucky
1750 - 1783 -
William CLARK
American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and 4th Governor of Missouri Territory
1770 - 1838 -
Meriwether LEWIS
American explorer, soldier, and 2nd Governor of Louisiana Territory
1774 - 1809 -
Norman D. VAUGHAN
American dogsled driver and explorer
1905 - 2005 -
Alain RICHARD
French pilot
1930 - 1962 -
Brewster H. SHAW
Former NASA astronaut, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel and former executive at Boeing
1945 -
Alan SHEPARD
American naval aviator, test pilot, flag officer, NASA astronaut, and businessman
1923 - 1998 -
Michelle DE BONNEUIL
French overseas agent during the French Revolution and First French Empire
1748 - 1829 -
Pierre SAVORGNAN DE BRAZZA
Italian explorer, born in the Papal States and later naturalized as a Frenchman
1852 - 1905 -
Georges ESTIENNE
French aviator
1896 - 1969 -
Henrique DE PORTUGAL
Portuguese explorer
1394 - 1460 -
Louis DE BUADE DE FRONTENAC
French soldier, courtier, and Governor General of New France
1622 - 1698 -
Joe JUNEAU
Miner and prospector from Canada
1836 - 1899 -
Solomon JUNEAU
Canadian fur trader, land speculator and politician who helped found the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1793 - 1856 -
Tristão DA CUNHA
Portuguese explorer and naval commander
1460 - 1540