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29 famous people found
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Yannick BESTAVEN
French sailor
1972 -
Clarisse CREMER
French female sailor
1989 -
Jacques CARTIER
French explorer of Breton origin who claimed what is now Canada for France
1491 - 1557 -
Fernand DE MAGELLAN
Portuguese explorer
1480 - 1521 -
Jean-François de LA PEROUSE
French Navy officer and explorer whose expedition vanished in Oceania
1741 - 1788 -
Marit Bouwmeester
Dutch sailor
1988 -
Edward SMITH
British naval officer, he was the captain of the RMS Titanic, and perished when the ship sank on its maiden voyage
1850 - 1912 -
James COOK
English explorer, navigator and cartographer
1728 - 1779 -
Alain BOMBARD
French biologist, physician and politician
1924 - 2005 -
Yves LODAY
French sailor
1955 -
Vasco DE GAMA
Portuguese explorer
1469 - 1524 -
Louis-François-Marie TARDY DE MONTRAVEL
French admiral, explorer and colonial administrator
1811 - 1864 -
Joshua SLOCUM
First man to sail single-handedly around the world
1844 - 1909 -
Philip CARTERET
British naval officer and explorer who participated in two of the Royal Navy's circumnavigation expeditions in 1764-66 and 1766-69
1733 - 1796 -
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
1542 - 1591 -
George CLIFFORD
English peer, as well as a naval commander and courtier in the court of Queen Elizabeth I
1558 - 1605 -
Richard HAWKINS
English seaman, explorer and Elizabethan "Sea Dog"
1562 - 1622 -
Álvaro DE MENDAñA
Spanish navigator
1543 - 1595 -
Pascal HEROLD
French businessman
1949 -
Jacques DE THEZAC
French photographer
1862 - 1936