Trending Explorers in Spain — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed explorers on Wikipedia, September 2026 (Spanish-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Christopher Columbus. Data as of 25 October 2026.
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Ranked
411,283
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist (1451–1506)
45,277
views
views
2
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
35,448
views
views
3
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
24,689
views
views
4
Michael Rockefeller
American anthropologist and art collector (1938–1961)
12,109
views
views
5
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire
10,427
views
views
6
Steve Irwin
Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962-2006)
10,189
views
views
7
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
9,487
views
views
8
Amerigo Vespucci
Florentine explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer
9,131
views
views
9
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
8,896
views
views
10
James Cameron
Canadian filmmaker and explorer (born 1954)
8,762
views
views
11
Marco Polo
Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia (1254–1324)
8,333
views
views
12
Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese explorer in the service of Spain
8,135
views
views
13
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer (c. 1460s – 1524)
6,372
views
views
14
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968)
6,132
views
views
15
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
5,464
views
views
16
Juan Sebastián Elcano
Castillian Basque sailor, explorer, and circumnavigator with the Magellan Expedition
5,459
views
views
17
Bear Grylls
English adventurer, writer and television presenter (born 1974)
5,174
views
views
18
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador
5,145
views
views
19
Francis Drake
English sailor and privateer (c. 1540 – 1596)
4,728
views
views
20
Ulysses S. Grant
president of the United States from 1869 to 1877
4,724
views
views
21
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
Spanish explorer of the New World
4,676
views
views
22
Pedro de Alvarado
Spanish conquistador, explorer and condottiero
4,669
views
views
23
Pedro de Valdivia
Spanish conquistador, first royal governor of Chile (1497–1553)
4,444
views
views
24
Francis Xavier
Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
4,269
views
views
25
John Hurt
British actor (1940–2017)
4,033
views
views
26
Harald III of Norway
King of Norway from 1046 to 1066
4,024
views
views
27
Arthur Rimbaud
French poet (1854-1891)
3,884
views
views
28
Jacques Cousteau
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)
3,792
views
views
29
Juan Ponce de León
Spanish explorer and conquistador
3,657
views
views
30
Fiann Paul
Icelandic explorer, athlete and artist
3,484
views
views
31
Arthur C. Clarke
British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)
3,365
views
views
32
Lope de Aguirre
Basque Spanish conquistador
3,223
views
views
33
Inés Suárez
Spanish conquistador and soldier
3,013
views
views
34
Davy Crockett
American frontiersman and politician (1786–1836)
3,012
views
views
35
Lathgertha
legendary Viking shieldmaiden and ruler
2,973
views
views
36
Jesús Calleja
Spanish television presenter, explorer and mountaineer
2,884
views
views
37
Diego de Almagro
Spanish conquistador
2,830
views
views
38
Heinrich Harrer
Austrian mountaineer and author (1912–2006)
2,721
views
views
39
Miguel Serrano
Chilean diplomat, nazi and Holocaust denier (1917-2009)
2,602
views
views
40
Reinhold Messner
Italian mountaineer, adventurer and explorer (born 1944)
2,563
views
views
41
Christopher McCandless
American hiker and explorer (1968–1992)
2,538
views
views
42
Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008)
2,490
views
views
43
Erik the Red
explorer and founder of the first viking settlement in Greenland
2,486
views
views
44
Cristóbal Colón de Carvajal y Gorosábel
Spanish explorer and helicopter pilot
2,484
views
views
45
James Cook
British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)
2,459
views
views
46
Bernal Díaz del Brawl
Spanish conquistador
2,458
views
views
47
Alfred Russel Wallace
British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823–1913)
2,406
views
views
48
Walton Goggins
American actor (born 1971)
2,349
views
views
49
Peter Kropotkin
Russian revolutionary socialist and philosopher (1842–1921)
2,319
views
views
50
Leif Erikson
norse explorer (c. 970 – c. 1020)
2,317
views
views
51
Gonzalo Guerrero
Spanish explorer
2,301
views
views
52
Silver Surfer
fictional character in Marvel Comics
2,295
views
views
53
Túpac Inca Yupanqui
12th Inca Emperor
2,268
views
views
54
Ernest Shackleton
Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer (1874–1922)
2,255
views
views
55
Junípero Serra
Christian missionary
2,172
views
views
56
Mister Fantastic
fictional character in Marvel Comics
2,169
views
views
57
Lara Croft
Tomb Raider protagonist character
2,100
views
views
58
Antonio de Mendoza
Spanish colonial administrator
2,094
views
views
59
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
founder of Bogotá
2,022
views
views
60
Ranulph Fiennes
British explorer (born 1944)
1,991
views
views
61
Rodrigo de Triana
Spanish explorer born in the Andalusian province of Huelva, in the Town of Lepe.
1,944
views
views
62
Peter Cushing
British actor (1913–1994)
1,916
views
views
63
Tenzing Norgay
Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986)
1,886
views
views
64
Ibn Battuta
14th century Muslim Maghrebi scholar and explorer
1,819
views
views
65
Charles Brewer-Carías
Venezuelan explorer and naturalist
1,818
views
views
66
Juan de la Cosa
Basque navigator from Castile (died 1510)
1,769
views
views
67
Juan de Garay
Spanish conquistador
1,746
views
views
68
Alfred Wegener
German climatologist and geophysicist (1880–1930)
1,732
views
views
69
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
1,696
views
views
70
Roald Amundsen
Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole (1872–1928)
1,645
views
views
71
Sebastián de Belalcázar
Spanish conquistador
1,621
views
views
72
Hugh Glass
American fur trapper and frontiersman
1,620
views
views
73
Pedro de Heredia
Spanish conquistador (1505-1554)
1,619
views
views
74
Alonso de Ojeda
Spanish navigator and governor
1,609
views
views
75
Thorfinn Karlsefni
Icelandic explorer
1,608
views
views
76
Emil Körner
German-Chilean military general
1,594
views
views
77
David Livingstone
Scottish missionary and explorer (1813-1873)
1,579
views
views
78
Antonio de Erauso
Basque explorer, adventurer, soldier, explorer, memorialist, authorized by Pope Urban VIII to dress like a man
1,552
views
views
79
Francisco de Orellana
Spanish explorer and conquistador
1,551
views
views
80
Christopher Eccleston
English actor (born 1964)
1,523
views
views
81
Álvaro de Marichalar y Sáenz de Tejada
Spanish Explorer; Sportsman; Entrepreneur and Lecturer
1,480
views
views
82
Nuño de Guzmán
Spanish conqueror
1,463
views
views
83
James T. Kirk
fictional character from Star Trek
1,463
views
views
84
Wild Bill Hickok
American folk hero and lawman (1837–1876)
1,460
views
views
85
Pánfilo de Narváez
Spanish conquistador and soldier in the Americas
1,449
views
views
86
John Rolfe
English-born explorer, farmer, and merchant
1,427
views
views
87
Diego Velazquez de Cuéllar
Spanish military officer and first ruler of Cuba
1,419
views
views
88
Sacagawea
Native American woman & companion to Lewis and Clark at age 16
1,415
views
views
89
Jerónimo de Aguilar
Friar, conquistador
1,399
views
views
90
Charles de Foucauld
French Catholic religious man, explorer and scholar (1858–1916)
1,385
views
views
91
Pedro de Mendoza
Spanish conquistador
1,371
views
views
92
Cecil John Rhodes
British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa (1853-1902)
1,324
views
views
93
Francisco Pascasio Moreno
Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)
1,309
views
views
94
Blasco Núñez Vela
First viceroy of Peru (1490-1546)
1,298
views
views
95
Juanito Oiarzabal
Basque mountain climber, summiter of all eight-thousanders
1,288
views
views
96
Ñuflo de Chaves
Spanish conquistador
1,286
views
views
97
Hernando de Soto
Spanish explorer and conquistador
1,266
views
views
98
Francis Galton
British eugenist, polymath, and behavioural geneticist (1822–1911)
1,264
views
views
99
Julius Popper
Romanian-Argentinian explorer and mercenary, accused of genocide (1857-1893)
1,250
views
views
100
Robert Falcon Scott
Royal Navy officer and explorer (1868–1912)
1,248
views
views