Trending Explorers in France — the 7 days to 25 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed explorers on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 25 October 2026 (French-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Tenzing Norgay. Data as of 25 October 2026.
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137,337
Total Views (the 7 days to 25 October 2026)
1
Tenzing Norgay
Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986)
20,642
views
views
2
Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008)
10,427
views
views
3
Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist (1451–1506)
6,702
views
views
4
Arthur Rimbaud
French poet (1854-1891)
6,663
views
views
5
Michael Rockefeller
American anthropologist and art collector (1938–1961)
5,851
views
views
6
Amerigo Vespucci
Florentine explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer
4,788
views
views
7
George Mallory
English mountaineer (1886-1924)
3,323
views
views
8
Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese explorer in the service of Spain
3,150
views
views
9
Karl Bushby
British pedestrian circumnavigator of the globe
2,718
views
views
10
Marco Polo
Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia (1254–1324)
2,489
views
views
11
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
2,312
views
views
12
Nicolas Hulot
French environmentalist, TV producer and presenter, politician
1,998
views
views
13
James Cameron
Canadian filmmaker and explorer (born 1954)
1,974
views
views
14
Jacques Cartier
Breton maritime explorer of North America (1491–1557)
1,970
views
views
15
Jacques Cousteau
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)
1,941
views
views
16
Jean Raspail
French author, traveler, and explorer (1925–2020)
1,931
views
views
17
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer (c. 1460s – 1524)
1,871
views
views
18
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
1,834
views
views
19
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
1,808
views
views
20
Jamling Tenzing Norgay
Indian-Nepalese mountaineer (born 1965)
1,741
views
views
21
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968)
1,570
views
views
22
John Hunt, Baron Hunt
British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)
1,459
views
views
23
John Hurt
British actor (1940–2017)
1,456
views
views
24
Alexandra David-Néel
French explorer, spiritualist, Buddhist, Taoist, anarchist and writer
1,391
views
views
25
Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse
French Navy officer and explorer (1741–1788)
1,320
views
views
26
Charles de Foucauld
French Catholic religious man, explorer and scholar (1858–1916)
1,254
views
views
27
Samuel de Champlain
16/17th-century French explorer of North America
1,173
views
views
28
Walton Goggins
American actor (born 1971)
1,106
views
views
29
Mike Horn
South African-Swiss explorer
1,067
views
views
30
Peter Kropotkin
Russian revolutionary socialist and philosopher (1842–1921)
1,029
views
views
31
Ulysses S. Grant
president of the United States from 1869 to 1877
1,025
views
views
32
Jean-Baptiste Charcot
French scientist (1867-1936)
947
views
views
33
Bear Grylls
English adventurer, writer and television presenter (born 1974)
947
views
views
34
Ibn Battuta
14th century Muslim Maghrebi scholar and explorer
928
views
views
35
Maurice Herzog
French mountaineer and politician (1919-2012)
919
views
views
36
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
915
views
views
37
Calamity Jane
American scout and frontierswoman
886
views
views
38
James Cook
British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)
860
views
views
39
João Álvares Fagundes
Portuguese explorer
857
views
views
40
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
808
views
views
41
Steve Irwin
Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962-2006)
806
views
views
42
Lara Croft
Tomb Raider protagonist character
805
views
views
43
Léonie d'Aunet
French writer, playwright and explorer (1820–1879)
786
views
views
44
Reinhold Messner
Italian mountaineer, adventurer and explorer (born 1944)
723
views
views
45
Davy Crockett
American frontiersman and politician (1786–1836)
706
views
views
46
Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans
Prince of Orléans (1869-1926)
705
views
views
47
Lathgertha
legendary Viking shieldmaiden and ruler
688
views
views
48
Arthur C. Clarke
British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)
651
views
views
49
Francis Drake
English sailor and privateer (c. 1540 – 1596)
641
views
views
50
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire
624
views
views
51
Paul-Émile Victor
French explorer (1907–1995)
624
views
views
52
Berthold Carl Seemann
German botanist (1825–1871)
604
views
views
53
Erik the Red
explorer and founder of the first viking settlement in Greenland
596
views
views
54
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
587
views
views
55
Théodore Monod
French naturalist and explorer (1902-2000)
584
views
views
56
Pierre Mazeaud
French politician
581
views
views
57
Jeanne Baret
French explorer, naturalist and botanist (1740-1807)
581
views
views
58
Ellen MacArthur
long-distance yachtswoman
575
views
views
59
Cizia Zykë
Novelist, adventurer and explorer
573
views
views
60
Jules Dumont d'Urville
French Navy officer and explorer (1790–1842)
561
views
views
61
David Livingstone
Scottish missionary and explorer (1813-1873)
542
views
views
62
Louis-Antoine de Bougainville
French admiral and explorer (1729–1811)
536
views
views
63
Roger Frison-Roche
French mountain guide and writer (1906–1999)
515
views
views
64
Isabelle Eberhardt
Swiss explorer and author (1877-1904)
513
views
views
65
Harald III of Norway
King of Norway from 1046 to 1066
511
views
views
66
Christopher Eccleston
English actor (born 1964)
503
views
views
67
Wild Bill Hickok
American folk hero and lawman (1837–1876)
472
views
views
68
Francis Xavier
Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
468
views
views
69
Ernest Shackleton
Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer (1874–1922)
467
views
views
70
Heinrich Harrer
Austrian mountaineer and author (1912–2006)
458
views
views
71
Leif Erikson
norse explorer (c. 970 – c. 1020)
446
views
views
72
Christopher McCandless
American hiker and explorer (1968–1992)
430
views
views
73
James T. Kirk
fictional character from Star Trek
429
views
views
74
Captain Nemo
fictional character created by Jules Verne
427
views
views
75
Roald Amundsen
Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole (1872–1928)
420
views
views
76
Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza
Italian explorer
411
views
views
77
The Doctor
fictional character from the television series Doctor Who
407
views
views
78
Priscilla Telmon
French explorer, film director photographer and television presenter
406
views
views
79
Andrew Comyn Irvine
English mountaineer (1902–1924)
398
views
views
80
Dominique Fernandez
French novelist, essayist, travel writer
397
views
views
81
Bertrand Piccard
Swiss balloonist and psychiatrist
392
views
views
82
Auguste Piccard
Swiss physicist (1884–1962)
390
views
views
83
Gertrude Bell
British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)
385
views
views
84
John Muir
Scottish-American naturalist (1838–1914)
381
views
views
85
Peter Cushing
British actor (1913–1994)
372
views
views
86
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Portuguese military commander and explorer (c.1467/8 – c.1521)
368
views
views
87
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
French explorer
367
views
views
88
William Somerset Maugham
English playwright and author (1874–1965)
367
views
views
89
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Finnish military leader and statesman (1867–1951)
362
views
views
90
Hugh Glass
American fur trapper and frontiersman
362
views
views
91
Henry Morton Stanley
British journalist and explorer (1841–1904)
359
views
views
92
Alexandre Yersin
Swiss-French physician and bacteriologist
354
views
views
93
Jessica Watson
Australian sailor
343
views
views
94
Samantha Davies
British yacht racer
338
views
views
95
Tom Bourdillon
English mountaineer (1924-1956)
338
views
views
96
Leo Africanus
an Andalusi diplomat and author who is best known for his 1526 book Cosmographia et geographia de Affrica, later published by Giovanni Battista Ramusio as Descrittione dell'Africa in 1550, centered on the geography of the Maghreb and Nile Valley
336
views
views
97
Francis Joyon
French yacht racer
334
views
views
98
Cecil John Rhodes
British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa (1853-1902)
332
views
views
99
Philippe Cousteau
French diver and cinematographer (1940–1979)
329
views
views
100
Juan Sebastián Elcano
Castillian Basque sailor, explorer, and circumnavigator with the Magellan Expedition
321
views
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