Trending Explorers this month
The 100 most-viewed explorers this month on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Theodore Roosevelt.
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Ranked
1,378,031
Total Views (this month)
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Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
80,554
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2
James Cameron
Canadian filmmaker (born 1954)
66,786
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3
Walton Goggins
American actor (born 1971)
58,260
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4
Ulysses S. Grant
president of the United States from 1869 to 1877
52,701
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views
5
Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist (1451–1506)
45,371
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views
6
Steve Irwin
Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962-2006)
42,946
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views
7
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
36,054
views
views
8
Michael Rockefeller
American anthropologist and art collector (1938–1961)
31,064
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views
9
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
28,592
views
views
10
Heinz Stücke
German cyclist and photographer
24,808
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views
11
John Hurt
British actor (1940–2017)
23,919
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views
12
Sacagawea
Native American woman & companion to Lewis and Clark at age 16
23,804
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views
13
Bear Grylls
English adventurer, writer and television presenter (born 1974)
23,312
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views
14
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
21,303
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views
15
James Cook
British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)
20,130
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views
16
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968)
20,128
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views
17
Karl Bushby
British pedestrian circumnavigator of the globe
19,932
views
views
18
Christopher Eccleston
English actor (born 1964)
17,912
views
views
19
Ernest Shackleton
Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer (1874–1922)
17,403
views
views
20
Davy Crockett
American frontiersman and politician (1786–1836)
17,064
views
views
21
Francis Drake
English sailor and privateer (c. 1540 – 1596)
16,668
views
views
22
Christopher McCandless
American hiker and explorer (1968–1992)
16,605
views
views
23
Wild Bill Hickok
American folk hero and lawman (1837–1876)
16,323
views
views
24
Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese explorer in the service of Spain
16,041
views
views
25
Arthur C. Clarke
British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)
16,004
views
views
26
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
15,737
views
views
27
Daniel Boone
American pioneer and frontiersman (1734–1820)
15,671
views
views
28
Peter Cushing
British actor (1913–1994)
15,515
views
views
29
Josh Gates
American explorer and television host
14,848
views
views
30
Zacharie Cloutier
French colonist (1590-1677)
14,681
views
views
31
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer (c. 1460s – 1524)
14,592
views
views
32
Marco Polo
Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia (1254–1324)
14,255
views
views
33
Calamity Jane
American scout and frontierswoman
13,895
views
views
34
Leif Erikson
norse explorer (c. 970 – c. 1020)
13,666
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views
35
Harald III of Norway
King of Norway from 1046 to 1066
12,998
views
views
36
Amerigo Vespucci
Florentine explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer
12,851
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views
37
The Doctor
fictional character from the television series Doctor Who
12,554
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views
38
Peter Davison
English actor
12,261
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views
39
Mister Fantastic
fictional character in Marvel Comics
12,259
views
views
40
Kennewick Man
Prehistoric Paleoamerican man found in Kennewick, Washington, US in 1996
12,215
views
views
41
Stockton Rush
American businessman (1962–2023)
12,122
views
views
42
Cecil John Rhodes
British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa (1853-1902)
11,962
views
views
43
Silver Surfer
fictional character in Marvel Comics
11,345
views
views
44
Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008)
10,794
views
views
45
Jacques Cousteau
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)
10,064
views
views
46
Reinhold Messner
Italian mountaineer, adventurer and explorer (born 1944)
10,005
views
views
47
Walter Raleigh
English statesman, soldier and writer (1552–1618)
9,851
views
views
48
James T. Kirk
fictional character from Star Trek
9,273
views
views
49
Floyd Collins
American cave explorer (1887–1925)
9,104
views
views
50
Tenzing Norgay
Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986)
8,953
views
views
51
Meriwether Lewis
American explorer (1774-1809)
8,777
views
views
52
David Livingstone
Scottish missionary and explorer (1813-1873)
8,461
views
views
53
Sylvester McCoy
Scottish actor (born 1943)
8,360
views
views
54
Addison O'Dea
American filmmaker
8,316
views
views
55
Hugh Glass
American fur trapper and frontiersman
8,271
views
views
56
Jon Krakauer
American writer and journalist
8,003
views
views
57
Jon Pertwee
English actor (1919–1996)
7,975
views
views
58
Ibn Battuta
14th century Muslim Maghrebi scholar and explorer
7,836
views
views
59
Percy Fawcett
British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist (1867–1925)
7,762
views
views
60
George Mallory
English mountaineer (1886-1924)
7,507
views
views
61
Ranulph Fiennes
British explorer (born 1944)
7,499
views
views
62
William Somerset Maugham
English playwright and author (1874–1965)
7,399
views
views
63
Ben Fogle
English adventurer, broadcaster and writer
7,371
views
views
64
Andrew McAuley
kayaker (1968-2007)
7,307
views
views
65
Francis Xavier
Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
7,290
views
views
66
Kit Carson
American frontiersman and Union Army general (1809-1868)
7,214
views
views
67
John Muir
Scottish-American naturalist (1838–1914)
7,185
views
views
68
John Smith
English soldier, explorer, writer (1580–1631)
7,049
views
views
69
Roald Amundsen
Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole (1872–1928)
6,654
views
views
70
Moana
fictional character from Moana
6,532
views
views
71
Arthur Rimbaud
French poet (1854-1891)
6,486
views
views
72
Juan Ponce de León
Spanish explorer and conquistador
6,359
views
views
73
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire
6,183
views
views
74
Colin Baker
English actor
6,169
views
views
75
Robert Falcon Scott
Royal Navy officer and explorer (1868–1912)
6,129
views
views
76
Lara Croft
Tomb Raider protagonist character
5,896
views
views
77
Zheng He
Chinese mariner, explorer, and diplomat
5,884
views
views
78
John Rolfe
English-born explorer, farmer, and merchant
5,884
views
views
79
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Finnish military leader and statesman (1867–1951)
5,861
views
views
80
Robert Peary
explorer from the United States (1856–1920)
5,592
views
views
81
Erik the Red
explorer and founder of the first viking settlement in Greenland
5,551
views
views
82
Jim Bridger
American explorer (1804-1881)
5,465
views
views
83
Richard E. Byrd
American naval officer, explorer (1888-1957)
5,409
views
views
84
Sigurd
fictional character in Germanic and Norse heroic legend, dragon slayer
5,294
views
views
85
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769-1859)
5,288
views
views
86
James Bowie
nineteenth-century American pioneer
5,274
views
views
87
William Clark
American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor (1770-1838)
5,270
views
views
88
John C. Frémont
American politician, explorer and military officer (1813–1890)
5,166
views
views
89
Alexander Kolchak
Russian admiral and military leader of the White movement (1874-1920)
5,133
views
views
90
Scott Fischer
American mountaineer and mountain guide (1955–1996)
4,893
views
views
91
William Hartnell
English actor (1908–1975)
4,862
views
views
92
George P. Putnam
American publisher, author, and explorer (1887-1950)
4,843
views
views
93
Thorfinn Karlsefni
Icelandic explorer
4,813
views
views
94
Estevanico
African-Castillian explorer
4,798
views
views
95
Gertrude Bell
British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)
4,770
views
views
96
George Hearst
American politician (1820-1891)
4,739
views
views
97
Jessica Watson
Australian sailor
4,666
views
views
98
Captain Nemo
fictional character created by Jules Verne
4,560
views
views
99
Charley Boorman
British actor and adventurer
4,437
views
views
100
Xuanzang
7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar (602–664)
4,434
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