Explorer
| Name | Nationality | Date of Birth | Date of Death |
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| Ann Bancroft |
American |
September 29, 1955 |
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| Antonio Pigafetta |
Italian |
1491 |
1534 |
| Charles Sturt |
Australian |
April 28, 1795 |
June 16, 1869 |
| Christopher Columbus |
Italian |
1451 |
1506 |
| Christopher Gist |
American |
1706 |
1759 |
| Daniel Boone |
American |
November 2, 1734 |
September 26, 1820 |
| David Livingstone |
Scottish |
March 19, 1813 |
May 1, 1873 |
| Davy Crockett |
American |
August 17, 1786 |
March 6, 1836 |
| Douglas Mawson |
Australian |
May 5, 1882 |
1958 |
| Edmund Hillary |
New Zealander |
July 20, 1919 |
January 11, 2008 |
| Edward Whymper |
British |
April 27, 1840 |
September 16, 1911 |
| Ernest Shackleton |
Irish |
February 2, 1874 |
January 5, 1922 |
| Frederick Albert Cook |
American |
June 10, 1865 |
August 5, 1940 |
| Fridtjof Nansen |
Norwegian |
October 10, 1861 |
May 13, 1930 |
| George Percy |
English |
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| George Vancouver |
English |
June 22, 1757 |
May 12, 1798 |
| Harry Johnston |
British |
June 12, 1858 |
August 31, 1927 |
| Helge Ingstad |
Norwegian |
December 30, 1899 |
March 29, 2001 |
| Henry Hudson |
English |
1565 |
1611 |
| Henry Morton Stanley |
Welsh |
January 29, 1841 |
May 10, 1904 |
| Hernando Cortez |
Spanish |
1485 |
1547 |
| Hudson Stuck |
English |
November 11, 1865 |
October 10, 1920 |
| Humphrey Gilbert |
English |
1537 |
1583 |
| Jacques Cartier |
Canadian |
December 31, 1491 |
September 1, 1557 |
| Jacques Yves Cousteau |
French |
June 11, 1910 |
June 25, 1997 |
| James Cook |
British |
October 27, 1728 |
February 14, 1779 |
| James Theodore Bent |
English |
March 30, 1852 |
May 5, 1897 |
| Jeff Rich |
American |
1969 |
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| John Lawson |
British |
1674 |
1711 |
| John Mason |
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1586 |
1635 |
| John Wesley Powell |
American |
March 24, 1834 |
September 23, 1902 |
| Joseph Thomson |
Scottish |
February 14, 1858 |
August 2, 1895 |
| Joshua Slocum |
Canadian |
February 20, 1844 |
November 14, 1909 |
| Joy Adamson |
Czechoslovakian |
January 20, 1910 |
January 3, 1980 |
| Kit Carson |
American |
December 24, 1809 |
May 23, 1868 |
| Lincoln Ellsworth |
American |
May 12, 1880 |
May 26, 1951 |
| Marco Polo |
Italian |
September 15, 1254 |
January 9, 1324 |
| Matthew Henson |
American |
August 8, 1866 |
March 9, 1955 |
| Meriwether Lewis |
American |
August 18, 1774 |
October 11, 1809 |
| Ranulph Fiennes |
British |
March 7, 1944 |
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| Richard E. Byrd |
American |
October 25, 1888 |
March 11, 1957 |
| Richard Francis Burton |
English |
March 19, 1821 |
October 19, 1890 |
| Roald Amundsen |
Norwegian |
July 16, 1872 |
June 18, 1928 |
| Robert Falcon Scott |
British |
June 6, 1868 |
March 29, 1912 |
| Samuel de Champlain |
French |
1570 |
1635 |
| Tenzing Norgay |
Nepalese |
May 15, 1914 |
May 9, 1986 |
| Thomas Cavendish |
English |
April 9, 1908 |
May 11, 1908 |
| Thomas L. Smith |
American |
1801 |
1866 |
| Thomas Mitchell |
Australian |
1792 |
1855 |
| Thor Heyerdahl |
Norwegian |
October 6, 1914 |
April 18, 2002 |
| Vilhjalmur Stefansson |
Canadian |
November 3, 1879 |
August 26, 1962 |
| Walter Raleigh |
English |
1554 |
1618 |
| Will Adams |
English |
September 24, 1564 |
May 16, 1620 |
| William Adams |
English |
September 24, 1564 |
May 16, 1620 |
| William Beebe |
American |
July 29, 1877 |
June 4, 1962 |
| William Dampier |
English |
July 10, 1908 |
September 11, 1908 |
| William Kidd |
Scottish |
1645 |
May 23, 1701 |