Trending Explorers this week
The 100 most-viewed explorers this week on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Theodore Roosevelt.
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664,990
Total Views (this week)
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Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
36,538
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2
James Cameron
Canadian filmmaker (born 1954)
31,328
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3
Walton Goggins
American actor (born 1971)
25,931
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4
Ulysses S. Grant
president of the United States from 1869 to 1877
22,928
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5
Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist (1451–1506)
22,119
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6
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
19,335
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7
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
17,456
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8
Sacagawea
Native American woman & companion to Lewis and Clark at age 16
16,957
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9
Steve Irwin
Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962-2006)
16,017
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10
Bear Grylls
English adventurer, writer and television presenter (born 1974)
13,570
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11
Reinhold Messner
Italian mountaineer, adventurer and explorer (born 1944)
12,630
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12
John Hurt
British actor (1940–2017)
11,584
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13
Michael Rockefeller
American anthropologist and art collector (1938–1961)
10,682
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14
Christopher McCandless
American hiker and explorer (1968–1992)
10,625
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15
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
9,914
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16
Karl Bushby
British pedestrian circumnavigator of the globe
9,633
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17
Calamity Jane
American scout and frontierswoman
9,236
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18
Davy Crockett
American frontiersman and politician (1786–1836)
9,085
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19
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968)
8,927
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views
20
Kennewick Man
Prehistoric Paleoamerican man found in Kennewick, Washington, US in 1996
8,916
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21
Francis Drake
English sailor and privateer (c. 1540 – 1596)
8,851
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views
22
James Cook
British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)
8,689
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23
Wild Bill Hickok
American folk hero and lawman (1837–1876)
8,656
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24
Christopher Eccleston
English actor (born 1964)
8,286
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views
25
Amerigo Vespucci
Florentine explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer
7,791
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26
Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008)
7,703
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27
Arthur C. Clarke
British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)
7,595
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28
Daniel Boone
American pioneer and frontiersman (1734–1820)
7,578
views
views
29
Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese explorer in the service of Spain
7,513
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views
30
Tenzing Norgay
Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986)
7,281
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views
31
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
7,241
views
views
32
Peter Cushing
British actor (1913–1994)
7,126
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views
33
Ernest Shackleton
Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer (1874–1922)
7,099
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views
34
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer (c. 1460s – 1524)
6,943
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views
35
Marco Polo
Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia (1254–1324)
6,838
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36
Harald III of Norway
King of Norway from 1046 to 1066
6,632
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37
Leif Erikson
norse explorer (c. 970 – c. 1020)
6,530
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38
George Mallory
English mountaineer (1886-1924)
6,249
views
views
39
Josh Gates
American explorer and television host
5,783
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views
40
The Doctor
fictional character from the television series Doctor Who
5,673
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views
41
Cecil John Rhodes
British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa (1853-1902)
5,640
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views
42
Mister Fantastic
fictional character in Marvel Comics
5,379
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views
43
Silver Surfer
fictional character in Marvel Comics
5,329
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44
Peter Davison
English actor
5,126
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views
45
Walter Raleigh
English statesman, soldier and writer (1552–1618)
5,070
views
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46
James T. Kirk
fictional character from Star Trek
4,830
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views
47
Jacques Cousteau
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)
4,663
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48
Stockton Rush
American businessman (1962–2023)
4,484
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views
49
Floyd Collins
American cave explorer (1887–1925)
4,424
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views
50
Jon Krakauer
American writer and journalist
4,166
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views
51
Hugh Glass
American fur trapper and frontiersman
3,968
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52
Meriwether Lewis
American explorer (1774-1809)
3,901
views
views
53
Percy Fawcett
British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist (1867–1925)
3,885
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54
Addison O'Dea
American filmmaker
3,829
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55
Francis Xavier
Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
3,750
views
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56
David Livingstone
Scottish missionary and explorer (1813-1873)
3,731
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57
Ranulph Fiennes
British explorer (born 1944)
3,609
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58
Heinz Stücke
German cyclist and photographer
3,602
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59
Ibn Battuta
14th century Muslim Maghrebi scholar and explorer
3,599
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60
William Somerset Maugham
English playwright and author (1874–1965)
3,556
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61
Kit Carson
American frontiersman and Union Army general (1809-1868)
3,539
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62
Jim Bridger
American explorer (1804-1881)
3,334
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views
63
John Muir
Scottish-American naturalist (1838–1914)
3,323
views
views
64
Ben Fogle
English adventurer, broadcaster and writer
3,313
views
views
65
Jean Raspail
French author, traveler, and explorer (1925–2020)
3,282
views
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66
Arthur Rimbaud
French poet (1854-1891)
3,186
views
views
67
Jon Pertwee
English actor (1919–1996)
3,182
views
views
68
Robert Falcon Scott
Royal Navy officer and explorer (1868–1912)
3,176
views
views
69
Zheng He
Chinese mariner, explorer, and diplomat
3,140
views
views
70
Roald Amundsen
Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole (1872–1928)
3,072
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views
71
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire
3,061
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72
John Smith
English soldier, explorer, writer (1580–1631)
3,034
views
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73
Juan Ponce de León
Spanish explorer and conquistador
3,016
views
views
74
Anatoli Boukreev
Russian mountain climber (1958-1997)
2,969
views
views
75
Scott Fischer
American mountaineer and mountain guide (1955–1996)
2,897
views
views
76
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Finnish military leader and statesman (1867–1951)
2,797
views
views
77
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769-1859)
2,766
views
views
78
Lara Croft
Tomb Raider protagonist character
2,745
views
views
79
Erik the Red
explorer and founder of the first viking settlement in Greenland
2,718
views
views
80
Moana
fictional character from Moana
2,684
views
views
81
Robert Peary
explorer from the United States (1856–1920)
2,680
views
views
82
Richard E. Byrd
American naval officer, explorer (1888-1957)
2,674
views
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83
William Clark
American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor (1770-1838)
2,576
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views
84
Charley Boorman
British actor and adventurer
2,563
views
views
85
Andrew Comyn Irvine
English mountaineer (1902–1924)
2,535
views
views
86
John C. Frémont
American politician, explorer and military officer (1813–1890)
2,519
views
views
87
James Bowie
nineteenth-century American pioneer
2,508
views
views
88
John Rolfe
English-born explorer, farmer, and merchant
2,448
views
views
89
Mandarin
fictional character in Marvel Comics
2,386
views
views
90
George Hearst
American politician (1820-1891)
2,376
views
views
91
Alexander Kolchak
Russian admiral and military leader of the White movement (1874-1920)
2,347
views
views
92
Sigurd
fictional character in Germanic and Norse heroic legend, dragon slayer
2,324
views
views
93
Simon Kenton
American explorer
2,307
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views
94
Xuanzang
7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar (602–664)
2,289
views
views
95
Jessica Watson
Australian sailor
2,286
views
views
96
Sylvester McCoy
Scottish actor (born 1943)
2,272
views
views
97
Colin Baker
English actor
2,209
views
views
98
John Colter
mountain man, explorer
2,173
views
views
99
Gertrude Bell
British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)
2,150
views
views
100
William Adams
English navigator who travelled to Japan
2,125
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