Trending Explorers in China this month
The 100 most-viewed explorers this month on Wikipedia (China). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Sebastian Cabot.
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6,454
Total Views (this month)
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Sebastian Cabot
Venetian explorer and mapmaker in the service of Spain and England
595
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2
Steve Irwin
Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962-2006)
436
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3
Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist (1451β1506)
296
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4
Xu Xiake
Chinese geographer and traveller
256
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views
5
Zheng He
Chinese mariner, explorer, and diplomat
240
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views
6
Stockton Rush
American businessman (1962β2023)
226
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7
Xu Fu
Chinese alchemist and explorer in the Qin Dynasty
213
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views
8
Xuanzang
7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar (602β664)
210
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9
Karl Bushby
British pedestrian circumnavigator of the globe
170
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views
10
Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese explorer in the service of Spain
159
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views
11
Matteo Ricci
Italian Catholic missionary (1552β1610)
154
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views
12
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858β1919)
135
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13
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809β1882)
130
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14
Hideaki Takizawa
Japanese actor-singer
126
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views
15
Zhang Qian
imperial envoy to the world outside of China in the 2nd century BC
109
views
views
16
Alexander Kolchak
Russian admiral and military leader of the White movement (1874-1920)
109
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17
David Livingstone
Scottish missionary and explorer (1813-1873)
103
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views
18
Marco Polo
Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia (1254β1324)
100
views
views
19
Ulysses S. Grant
president of the United States from 1869 to 1877
97
views
views
20
James Cameron
Canadian filmmaker (born 1954)
96
views
views
21
Peng Jiamu
Chinese biochemist (1925β1980)
96
views
views
22
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934β1968)
94
views
views
23
Ban Chao
Chinese military general, explorer and diplomat (32β102 CE)
79
views
views
24
ShintarΕ Ishihara
Japanese politician and author, Governor of Tokyo (1932β2022)
77
views
views
25
Mandarin
fictional character in Marvel Comics
72
views
views
26
William Somerset Maugham
English playwright and author (1874β1965)
61
views
views
27
James Cook
British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728β1779)
60
views
views
28
Qiu Chuji
founder of the Longmen school of Quanzhen Taoism
58
views
views
29
Ibn Battuta
14th century Muslim Maghrebi scholar and explorer
54
views
views
30
Faxian
Chinese Buddhist monk (bhikkhu), pilgrim to India, and travelogue author during the Jin and Liu Song dynasties
52
views
views
31
Francis Xavier
Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506β1552)
49
views
views
32
William Adams
English navigator who travelled to Japan
48
views
views
33
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer (c. 1460s β 1524)
47
views
views
34
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Finnish military leader and statesman (1867β1951)
47
views
views
35
Bear Grylls
English adventurer, writer and television presenter (born 1974)
45
views
views
36
Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919β2008)
43
views
views
37
Amerigo Vespucci
Florentine explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer
42
views
views
38
Sigurd
fictional character in Germanic and Norse heroic legend, dragon slayer
39
views
views
39
King Mu of Zhou
King of Zhou Dynasty
39
views
views
40
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888β1935)
37
views
views
41
Yu Chunshun
Chinese explorer (1951-1996)
36
views
views
42
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769-1859)
36
views
views
43
John Franklin
British naval officer and explorer (1786β1847)
35
views
views
44
Francis Drake
English sailor and privateer (c. 1540 β 1596)
34
views
views
45
HernΓ‘n CortΓ©s
Spanish conquistador
34
views
views
46
George Mallory
English mountaineer (1886-1924)
34
views
views
47
Lavr Kornilov
Imperial Russian Army general (1870β1918)
31
views
views
48
Arthur C. Clarke
British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917β2008)
31
views
views
49
Frederick Coyett
Swedish noble who served as a Dutch colonial administrator
30
views
views
50
James T. Kirk
fictional character from Star Trek
30
views
views
51
Paul Pelliot
French sinologist (1878-1945)
30
views
views
52
Wario
fictional video game character from the Mario franchise
28
views
views
53
Silver Surfer
fictional character in Marvel Comics
27
views
views
54
Peter Kropotkin
Russian revolutionary socialist and philosopher (1842β1921)
27
views
views
55
Sven Hedin
Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)
26
views
views
56
Jacques Cartier
Breton maritime explorer of North America (1491β1557)
26
views
views
57
Arthur Rimbaud
French poet (1854-1891)
25
views
views
58
Harald III of Norway
King of Norway from 1046 to 1066
25
views
views
59
Walter Raleigh
English statesman, soldier and writer (1552β1618)
25
views
views
60
Bartolomeu Dias
Portuguese explorer
24
views
views
61
Alfred Russel Wallace
British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823β1913)
24
views
views
62
George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
Viceroy of India and British Foreign Secretary (1859β1925)
24
views
views
63
Rebecca Lee
Hong Kong explorer; first woman to have visited the North Pole, the South Pole, and Mount Everest
24
views
views
64
Mister Fantastic
fictional character in Marvel Comics
24
views
views
65
Walton Goggins
American actor (born 1971)
24
views
views
66
Samus Aran
video game character
24
views
views
67
Junko Tabei
Japanese mountain climber (1939-2016)
23
views
views
68
Ernest Shackleton
Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer (1874β1922)
22
views
views
69
Carl Peter Thunberg
Swedish naturalist (1743-1828)
21
views
views
70
Robert Gray
American merchant sea captain
20
views
views
71
Tenzing Norgay
Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986)
20
views
views
72
George Blake
British spy, a double agent in the service of the Soviet Union
20
views
views
73
Adam Johann von Krusenstern
Baltic German admiral and explorer in Russian service, who led the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe (1770β1846)
20
views
views
74
Ezio Auditore da Firenze
fictional character from Assassin's Creed
20
views
views
75
Wang Dayuan
Chinese explorer
20
views
views
76
Erik the Red
explorer and founder of the first viking settlement in Greenland
20
views
views
77
Norio Suzuki
Japanese explorer and adventurer notable for finding Hiroo Onoda
19
views
views
78
Roald Amundsen
Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole (1872β1928)
19
views
views
79
Hiroshi Fujioka
actor
19
views
views
80
Anatoli Boukreev
Russian mountain climber (1958-1997)
19
views
views
81
Roy Chapman Andrews
American explorer, naturalist, and writer (1884β1960)
19
views
views
82
Richard Trevithick
British inventor and mining engineer (1771-1833)
19
views
views
83
Afonso de Albuquerque
Portuguese general, admiral, and statesman (1453β1515)
18
views
views
84
MαΊ‘c Cα»u
Chinese adventurer
18
views
views
85
Vasco NΓΊΓ±ez de Balboa
Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador
18
views
views
86
Gan Ying
Late first century Chinese military ambassador
17
views
views
87
Leif Erikson
norse explorer (c. 970 β c. 1020)
17
views
views
88
Ernst Haeckel
German zoologist (1834-1919)
17
views
views
89
Christopher McCandless
American hiker and explorer (1968β1992)
16
views
views
90
Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius
South African politician (1798β1853)
16
views
views
91
Sacagawea
Native American woman & companion to Lewis and Clark at age 16
16
views
views
92
Masabumi Hosono
RMS Titanic survivor (1870β1939)
16
views
views
93
AltaΓ―r Ibn-La'Ahad
fictional character from Assassin's Creed video game series
16
views
views
94
TrαΊ§n Thượng XuyΓͺn
Chinese general during the Ming dynasty
16
views
views
95
John Hurt
British actor (1940β2017)
16
views
views
96
Wang Jinghong
Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat and fleet admiral
16
views
views
97
James Weddell
British Antarctic explorer
16
views
views
98
Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard
British colonial administrator (1858-1945)
16
views
views
99
Ban Yong
2nd-century Han dynasty official and general
16
views
views
100
Jorge Γlvares
Portuguese explorer
16
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