Trending Explorers — the 7 days to 26 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed explorers on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 26 October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Tenzing Norgay. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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2,390,531
Total Views (the 7 days to 26 October 2026)
1
Tenzing Norgay
Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986)
376,367
views
views
2
Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008)
184,580
views
views
3
Michael Rockefeller
American anthropologist and art collector (1938–1961)
161,515
views
views
4
Steve Irwin
Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962-2006)
92,232
views
views
5
Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist (1451–1506)
86,801
views
views
6
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
66,221
views
views
7
George Mallory
English mountaineer (1886-1924)
64,222
views
views
8
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
64,082
views
views
9
Jamling Tenzing Norgay
Indian-Nepalese mountaineer (born 1965)
49,500
views
views
10
Karl Bushby
British pedestrian circumnavigator of the globe
47,079
views
views
11
James Cameron
Canadian filmmaker and explorer (born 1954)
39,781
views
views
12
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
38,151
views
views
13
John Hunt, Baron Hunt
British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)
38,056
views
views
14
Ulysses S. Grant
president of the United States from 1869 to 1877
35,250
views
views
15
John Hurt
British actor (1940–2017)
33,762
views
views
16
Walton Goggins
American actor (born 1971)
32,449
views
views
17
Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese explorer in the service of Spain
31,795
views
views
18
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer (c. 1460s – 1524)
30,562
views
views
19
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968)
30,137
views
views
20
Amerigo Vespucci
Florentine explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer
29,707
views
views
21
Marco Polo
Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia (1254–1324)
28,149
views
views
22
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
25,782
views
views
23
Arthur Rimbaud
French poet (1854-1891)
24,023
views
views
24
James Cook
British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)
22,840
views
views
25
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
22,816
views
views
26
Reinhold Messner
Italian mountaineer, adventurer and explorer (born 1944)
22,801
views
views
27
Bear Grylls
English adventurer, writer and television presenter (born 1974)
22,683
views
views
28
Arthur C. Clarke
British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)
20,456
views
views
29
Francis Drake
English sailor and privateer (c. 1540 – 1596)
18,718
views
views
30
Peter Cushing
British actor (1913–1994)
15,828
views
views
31
Jacques Cousteau
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)
15,481
views
views
32
Leif Erikson
norse explorer (c. 970 – c. 1020)
15,207
views
views
33
Ernest Shackleton
Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer (1874–1922)
14,244
views
views
34
Francis Xavier
Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
14,085
views
views
35
Heinrich Harrer
Austrian mountaineer and author (1912–2006)
14,050
views
views
36
Christopher Eccleston
English actor (born 1964)
13,985
views
views
37
Wild Bill Hickok
American folk hero and lawman (1837–1876)
13,896
views
views
38
Christopher McCandless
American hiker and explorer (1968–1992)
13,792
views
views
39
Davy Crockett
American frontiersman and politician (1786–1836)
13,466
views
views
40
Alexander Kolchak
Russian admiral and military leader of the White movement (1874-1920)
12,627
views
views
41
Cecil John Rhodes
British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa (1853-1902)
12,537
views
views
42
Harald III of Norway
King of Norway from 1046 to 1066
12,202
views
views
43
Lara Croft
Tomb Raider protagonist character
12,106
views
views
44
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
12,016
views
views
45
Calamity Jane
American scout and frontierswoman
11,553
views
views
46
George P. Putnam
American publisher, author, and explorer (1887-1950)
11,352
views
views
47
Sacagawea
Native American woman & companion to Lewis and Clark at age 16
11,092
views
views
48
Ibn Battuta
14th century Muslim Maghrebi scholar and explorer
11,005
views
views
49
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire
10,943
views
views
50
Ash Dykes
Welsh adventurer
10,778
views
views
51
Ui-te-Rangiora
Maori navigator
10,612
views
views
52
Daniel Boone
American pioneer and frontiersman (1734–1820)
10,583
views
views
53
Roald Amundsen
Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole (1872–1928)
10,472
views
views
54
William Somerset Maugham
English playwright and author (1874–1965)
10,403
views
views
55
David Livingstone
Scottish missionary and explorer (1813-1873)
10,354
views
views
56
Peter Davison
English actor
9,984
views
views
57
Walter Raleigh
English statesman, soldier and writer (1552–1618)
9,944
views
views
58
Peter Kropotkin
Russian revolutionary socialist and philosopher (1842–1921)
9,810
views
views
59
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Finnish military leader and statesman (1867–1951)
9,613
views
views
60
Hugh Glass
American fur trapper and frontiersman
9,571
views
views
61
Stockton Rush
American businessman (1962–2023)
9,299
views
views
62
Andrew Comyn Irvine
English mountaineer (1902–1924)
8,989
views
views
63
Simon Reeve
British television presenter
8,863
views
views
64
Shintarō Ishihara
Japanese politician and author, Governor of Tokyo (1932–2022)
8,827
views
views
65
Zheng He
Chinese mariner, explorer, and diplomat
8,791
views
views
66
Ranulph Fiennes
British explorer (born 1944)
8,761
views
views
67
The Doctor
fictional character from the television series Doctor Who
8,610
views
views
68
Erik the Red
explorer and founder of the first viking settlement in Greenland
8,355
views
views
69
Jacques Cartier
Breton maritime explorer of North America (1491–1557)
8,283
views
views
70
James T. Kirk
fictional character from Star Trek
8,279
views
views
71
Juan Ponce de León
Spanish explorer and conquistador
8,241
views
views
72
Willem Barents
Dutch navigator, cartographer, and Arctic explorer (1550–1597)
8,079
views
views
73
Ellen MacArthur
long-distance yachtswoman
7,772
views
views
74
Silver Surfer
fictional character in Marvel Comics
7,702
views
views
75
Hideaki Takizawa
Japanese actor-singer
7,417
views
views
76
Jean Raspail
French author, traveler, and explorer (1925–2020)
7,150
views
views
77
Jon Krakauer
American writer and journalist
7,149
views
views
78
Junko Tabei
Japanese mountain climber (1939-2016)
6,955
views
views
79
Robert Falcon Scott
Royal Navy officer and explorer (1868–1912)
6,823
views
views
80
John Smith
English soldier, explorer, writer (1580–1631)
6,681
views
views
81
Anatoli Boukreev
Russian mountain climber (1958-1997)
6,443
views
views
82
John Muir
Scottish-American naturalist (1838–1914)
6,351
views
views
83
Ben Fogle
English adventurer, broadcaster and writer
6,321
views
views
84
William Adams
English navigator who travelled to Japan
6,298
views
views
85
Moana
fictional character from Moana
6,278
views
views
86
Percy Fawcett
British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist (1867–1925)
6,061
views
views
87
Scott Fischer
American mountaineer and mountain guide (1955–1996)
5,932
views
views
88
Captain Nemo
fictional character created by Jules Verne
5,846
views
views
89
Henry Hudson
English explorer b1565
5,771
views
views
90
Mister Fantastic
fictional character in Marvel Comics
5,729
views
views
91
Thor Heyerdahl
Norwegian anthropologist and adventurer (1914-2002)
5,721
views
views
92
Xuanzang
7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar (602–664)
5,501
views
views
93
Lavr Kornilov
Imperial Russian Army general (1870–1918)
5,480
views
views
94
Richard E. Byrd
American naval officer, explorer (1888-1957)
5,454
views
views
95
Floyd Collins
American cave explorer (1887–1925)
5,409
views
views
96
Henry Morton Stanley
British journalist and explorer (1841–1904)
5,406
views
views
97
Jon Pertwee
English actor (1919–1996)
5,379
views
views
98
Alfred Wegener
German climatologist and geophysicist (1880–1930)
5,360
views
views
99
Samuel de Champlain
16/17th-century French explorer of North America
5,348
views
views
100
Jim Bridger
American explorer (1804-1881)
5,309
views
views