Trending Explorers in Spain this year
The 100 most-viewed explorers this year on Wikipedia (Spain). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Christopher Columbus.
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Ranked
36,034
Total Views (this year)
1
Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist (1451–1506)
3,511
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2
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
3,418
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3
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
1,871
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4
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
1,195
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5
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire
1,035
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6
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
864
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7
Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese explorer in the service of Spain
803
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8
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968)
798
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9
Amerigo Vespucci
Florentine explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer
724
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10
James Cameron
Canadian filmmaker (born 1954)
707
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11
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
Spanish explorer of the New World
608
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views
12
Marco Polo
Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia (1254–1324)
591
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13
Pedro de Alvarado
Spanish conquistador, explorer and condottiero
572
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14
Steve Irwin
Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962-2006)
568
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15
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769-1859)
546
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16
Juan Sebastián Elcano
Castillian Basque sailor, explorer, and circumnavigator with the Magellan Expedition
488
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17
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer (c. 1460s – 1524)
473
views
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18
Jacques Cousteau
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)
471
views
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19
Juan de la Cosa
Basque navigator from Castile,
443
views
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20
John Hurt
British actor (1940–2017)
441
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21
Francis Drake
English sailor and privateer (c. 1540 – 1596)
435
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22
Walton Goggins
American actor (born 1971)
433
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views
23
Juan Ponce de León
Spanish explorer and conquistador
428
views
views
24
Ulysses S. Grant
president of the United States from 1869 to 1877
419
views
views
25
Pedro de Valdivia
Spanish conquistador, first royal governor of Chile (1497–1553)
418
views
views
26
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador
369
views
views
27
Francis Xavier
Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
352
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views
28
Jesús Calleja
Spanish television presenter, explorer and mountaineer
333
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views
29
Harald III of Norway
King of Norway from 1046 to 1066
317
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views
30
Lope de Aguirre
Basque Spanish conquistador
316
views
views
31
Bear Grylls
English adventurer, writer and television presenter (born 1974)
314
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views
32
Diego de Almagro
Spanish conquistador
313
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33
Arthur Rimbaud
French poet (1854-1891)
310
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34
Bernal Díaz del Castillo
Spanish conquistador
307
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35
Lathgertha
legendary Viking shieldmaiden and ruler
307
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36
Michael Rockefeller
American anthropologist and art collector (1938–1961)
295
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37
Fiann Paul
Icelandic explorer, athlete and artist
270
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38
Gonzalo Guerrero
Spanish explorer
250
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39
Antonio de Mendoza
Spanish colonial administrator
245
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40
Arthur C. Clarke
British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)
234
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41
Peter Freuchen
Danish writer, explorer and anthropologist (1886-1957)
233
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42
Inés Suárez
Spanish conquistador and soldier
228
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43
Leif Erikson
norse explorer (c. 970 – c. 1020)
224
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44
Álvaro de Marichalar y Sáenz de Tejada
Spanish Explorer; Sportsman; Entrepreneur and Lecturer
223
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45
Peter Cushing
British actor (1913–1994)
223
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46
Erik the Red
explorer and founder of the first viking settlement in Greenland
217
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47
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
founder of Bogotá
214
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48
Alfred Russel Wallace
British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823–1913)
212
views
views
49
James Cook
British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)
211
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50
Túpac Inca Yupanqui
12th Inca Emperor
198
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51
Thorfinn Karlsefni
Icelandic explorer
197
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52
Alonso de Ojeda
Spanish navigator and governor
197
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53
Heinrich Harrer
Austrian mountaineer and author (1912–2006)
194
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views
54
Miguel Serrano
Chilean diplomat, nazi and Holocaust denier (1917-2009)
193
views
views
55
Peter Kropotkin
Russian revolutionary socialist and philosopher (1842–1921)
188
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views
56
Wild Bill Hickok
American folk hero and lawman (1837–1876)
182
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57
Ibn Battuta
14th century Muslim Maghrebi scholar and explorer
180
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views
58
Percy Fawcett
British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist (1867–1925)
172
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59
Christopher McCandless
American hiker and explorer (1968–1992)
168
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60
Ernest Shackleton
Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer (1874–1922)
165
views
views
61
Francisco Pascasio Moreno
Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)
160
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62
Christopher Eccleston
English actor (born 1964)
157
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63
Junípero Serra
Christian missionary
152
views
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64
Roald Amundsen
Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole (1872–1928)
150
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65
Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008)
149
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66
John Rolfe
English-born explorer, farmer, and merchant
146
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67
Wario
fictional video game character from the Mario franchise
146
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68
William Somerset Maugham
English playwright and author (1874–1965)
146
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69
Antonio
Basque explorer, adventurer, soldier, explorer, memorialist, authorized by Pope Urban VIII to dress like a man
146
views
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70
Sacagawea
Native American woman & companion to Lewis and Clark at age 16
144
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71
Juan de Garay
Spanish conquistador
142
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72
Andrés de Urdaneta
Spanish Basque explorer
141
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73
Sigurd
fictional character in Germanic and Norse heroic legend, dragon slayer
140
views
views
74
David Livingstone
Scottish missionary and explorer (1813-1873)
137
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views
75
Cristóbal Colón de Carvajal y Gorosábel
Spanish explorer and helicopter pilot
137
views
views
76
Pedro de Heredia
Spanish conquistador (1505-1554)
136
views
views
77
Alfred Wegener
German climatologist and geophysicist (1880–1930)
136
views
views
78
Pedro de Mendoza
Spanish conquistador
134
views
views
79
Nuño de Guzmán
Spanish conqueror
132
views
views
80
Jerónimo de Aguilar
Friar, conquistador
132
views
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81
Hernando de Soto
Spanish explorer and conquistador
130
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82
Lara Croft
Tomb Raider protagonist character
127
views
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83
Francisco de Orellana
Spanish explorer and conquistador
127
views
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84
Sebastián de Belalcázar
Spanish conquistador
126
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85
Diego Velazquez de Cuéllar
Spanish governor of Cuba
125
views
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86
Pedro Cieza de León
Spanish conquistador
125
views
views
87
Robert Falcon Scott
Royal Navy officer and explorer (1868–1912)
125
views
views
88
Pánfilo de Narváez
Spanish conquistador and soldier in the Americas
124
views
views
89
Julius Popper
Romanian-Argentinian explorer and mercenary, accused of genocide (1857-1893)
123
views
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90
Rafael Reyes
President of Colombia, 1904-1909
117
views
views
91
Miguel López de Legazpi
16th-century Spanish conquistador, navigator, and colonial governor
116
views
views
92
Richard Francis Burton
British explorer, army officer, writer and scholar (1821–1890)
116
views
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93
Mister Fantastic
fictional character in Marvel Comics
116
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94
Ezio Auditore da Firenze
fictional character from Assassin's Creed
111
views
views
95
Cecil John Rhodes
British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa (1853-1902)
110
views
views
96
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
109
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97
Rodrigo de Triana
Spanish explorer born in the Andalusian province of Huelva, in the Town of Lepe.
109
views
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98
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Finnish military leader and statesman (1867–1951)
109
views
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99
Nicolás de Ovando
Spanish explorer, colonial governors
108
views
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100
Félix de Azara
Spanish scientist (1742-1821)
107
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