Trending Explorers in Brazil this month
The 100 most-viewed explorers this month on Wikipedia (Brazil). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Christopher Columbus.
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6,527
Total Views (this month)
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Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist (1451–1506)
422
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2
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
394
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3
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Portuguese military commander and explorer (c.1467/8 – c.1521)
362
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4
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
300
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5
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer (c. 1460s – 1524)
287
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6
Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese explorer in the service of Spain
193
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7
Marco Polo
Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia (1254–1324)
191
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8
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
177
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9
Fiann Paul
Icelandic explorer, athlete and artist
162
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10
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968)
161
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11
Afonso de Albuquerque
Portuguese general, admiral, and statesman (1453–1515)
139
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12
Cândido Rondon
Brazilian explorer and officer (1865–1958)
127
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13
Steve Irwin
Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962-2006)
114
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14
Amyr Klink
Brazilian sailor and writer
110
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15
Pero Vaz de Caminha
Portuguese knight (c. 1450 – 1500)
109
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16
Bartolomeu Dias
Portuguese explorer
107
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17
Amerigo Vespucci
Florentine explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer
94
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18
Martim Afonso de Sousa
Portuguese explorer
89
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19
Karl Bushby
British pedestrian circumnavigator of the globe
86
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20
James Cameron
Canadian filmmaker (born 1954)
83
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views
21
Arthur Rimbaud
French poet (1854-1891)
74
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22
Caramuru
Portuguese explorer
71
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23
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
70
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views
24
Diogo Cão
Portuguese explorer
69
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25
Ulysses S. Grant
president of the United States from 1869 to 1877
68
views
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26
Fernão Dias
17th-century Brazilian frontiersman
64
views
views
27
Francis Xavier
Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
61
views
views
28
Bartolomeu Bueno da Silva
Paulista explorer (1672-1740)
60
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29
Heinrich Harrer
Austrian mountaineer and author (1912–2006)
59
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views
30
Hans Staden
German conquistador
55
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views
31
Lara Croft
Tomb Raider protagonist character
55
views
views
32
João Ramalho
Portuguese explorer (1493-1580)
54
views
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33
Anésia Pinheiro Machado
Brazilian aviator and flight instructor
53
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views
34
Borba Gato
Paulista judge and bandeirante
53
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35
Domingos Jorge Velho
Paulista explorer
51
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36
Ibn Battuta
14th century Muslim Maghrebi scholar and explorer
49
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37
Christopher McCandless
American hiker and explorer (1968–1992)
48
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38
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769-1859)
48
views
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39
Brás Cubas
Portuguese explorer
47
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views
40
Wild Bill Hickok
American folk hero and lawman (1837–1876)
45
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views
41
Vitor Negrete
Brazilian mountaineer (1967–2006)
45
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views
42
Arthur C. Clarke
British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)
43
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43
Bear Grylls
English adventurer, writer and television presenter (born 1974)
43
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44
Antônio Raposo Tavares
Portuguese explorer to Brazil (1598–1658)
43
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45
Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane
Portuguese anthropologist
42
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46
Vicente Yáñez Pinzón
Spanish navigator, explorer
41
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47
Garcia de Sousa d'Ávila
Portuguese explorer
41
views
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48
Francis Drake
English sailor and privateer (c. 1540 – 1596)
40
views
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49
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire
39
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views
50
Jacques Cousteau
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)
38
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51
Calamity Jane
American scout and frontierswoman
37
views
views
52
Alfred Wegener
German climatologist and geophysicist (1880–1930)
37
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53
James Cook
British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)
36
views
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54
Ed Stafford
English explorer (born 1975)
36
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55
Lathgertha
legendary Viking shieldmaiden and ruler
35
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views
56
Ernest Shackleton
Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer (1874–1922)
34
views
views
57
Alfred Russel Wallace
British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823–1913)
34
views
views
58
Thorfinn Karlsefni
Icelandic explorer
33
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59
Peter Kropotkin
Russian revolutionary socialist and philosopher (1842–1921)
32
views
views
60
Percy Fawcett
British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist (1867–1925)
31
views
views
61
Charles de Foucauld
French Catholic religious man, explorer and scholar (1858–1916)
31
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62
Fernão Mendes Pinto
Portuguese explorer and writer (1509–1583)
31
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63
Mem de Sá
Brazilian politician
31
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64
Silver Surfer
fictional character in Marvel Comics
30
views
views
65
Juan Ponce de León
Spanish explorer and conquistador
28
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66
Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008)
28
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67
Tristão da Cunha
Portuguese explorer and diplomat
27
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views
68
Peter Wilhelm Punk
Danish scientist (1801-1880)
26
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views
69
Leif Erikson
norse explorer (c. 970 – c. 1020)
26
views
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70
Duarte Pacheco Pereira
Portuguese explorer
25
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71
Ernst Haeckel
German zoologist (1834-1919)
25
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72
Zheng He
Chinese mariner, explorer, and diplomat
25
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73
John Hurt
British actor (1940–2017)
25
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74
Harald III of Norway
King of Norway from 1046 to 1066
24
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views
75
Francis Galton
British eugenist, polymath, and behavioural geneticist (1822–1911)
24
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76
João Gonçalves Zarco
explorer
23
views
views
77
David Livingstone
Scottish missionary and explorer (1813-1873)
22
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78
Fernão de Noronha
16th-century Portuguese merchant of Lisbon
22
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views
79
Walton Goggins
American actor (born 1971)
22
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80
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
Spanish explorer of the New World
22
views
views
81
Gil Eanes
Portuguese explorer
22
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82
Erik the Red
explorer and founder of the first viking settlement in Greenland
22
views
views
83
Augustin Saint-Hilaire
French botanist and traveler (1779–1853)
22
views
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84
Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon
French admiral
21
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85
Sacagawea
Native American woman & companion to Lewis and Clark at age 16
21
views
views
86
Richard Francis Burton
British explorer, army officer, writer and scholar (1821–1890)
20
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87
William Somerset Maugham
English playwright and author (1874–1965)
20
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88
Christopher Eccleston
English actor (born 1964)
20
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89
Manuel Preto
Paulista explorer
19
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views
90
Cecil John Rhodes
British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa (1853-1902)
19
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91
Duarte Coelho
Portuguese colonial administsrator
19
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92
George Mallory
English mountaineer (1886-1924)
19
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93
Stockton Rush
American businessman (1962–2023)
19
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94
Francisco de Almeida
Portuguese nobleman and soldier
19
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95
Reinhold Messner
Italian mountaineer, adventurer and explorer (born 1944)
18
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96
Luis Gálvez Rodríguez de Arias
Spanish journalist (1864-1935)
18
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97
Sigurd
fictional character in Germanic and Norse heroic legend, dragon slayer
18
views
views
98
Paulo Dias de Novais
Portuguese explorer and colonial administrator
18
views
views
99
Alexandre de Serpa Pinto
Explorer and soldier (1846–1900)
18
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100
Hugh Glass
American fur trapper and frontiersman
17
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