Trending Explorers this year
The 100 most-viewed explorers this year on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Theodore Roosevelt.
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Ranked
2,324,625
Total Views (this year)
1
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
144,450
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2
Walton Goggins
American actor (born 1971)
101,855
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3
James Cameron
Canadian filmmaker (born 1954)
100,117
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4
Ulysses S. Grant
president of the United States from 1869 to 1877
91,532
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5
Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist (1451–1506)
86,254
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6
Steve Irwin
Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962-2006)
63,619
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7
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
60,240
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8
Michael Rockefeller
American anthropologist and art collector (1938–1961)
46,411
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9
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968)
46,215
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10
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
43,949
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11
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
42,653
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12
Bear Grylls
English adventurer, writer and television presenter (born 1974)
41,319
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13
John Hurt
British actor (1940–2017)
39,762
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14
James Cook
British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)
35,254
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15
Christopher Eccleston
English actor (born 1964)
34,711
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16
Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese explorer in the service of Spain
33,736
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17
Sacagawea
Native American woman & companion to Lewis and Clark at age 16
33,335
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18
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
31,034
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19
Davy Crockett
American frontiersman and politician (1786–1836)
30,408
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20
Karl Bushby
British pedestrian circumnavigator of the globe
29,544
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21
Christopher McCandless
American hiker and explorer (1968–1992)
29,199
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22
Francis Drake
English sailor and privateer (c. 1540 – 1596)
27,653
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23
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer (c. 1460s – 1524)
27,518
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24
Marco Polo
Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia (1254–1324)
27,408
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25
Wild Bill Hickok
American folk hero and lawman (1837–1876)
27,351
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26
Daniel Boone
American pioneer and frontiersman (1734–1820)
27,084
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27
Heinz Stücke
German cyclist and photographer
26,373
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28
Ernest Shackleton
Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer (1874–1922)
26,324
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views
29
Arthur C. Clarke
British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)
25,965
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30
Peter Cushing
British actor (1913–1994)
25,222
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31
Leif Erikson
norse explorer (c. 970 – c. 1020)
24,967
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32
Calamity Jane
American scout and frontierswoman
24,333
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33
Amerigo Vespucci
Florentine explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer
22,127
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34
Cecil John Rhodes
British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa (1853-1902)
22,077
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35
Reinhold Messner
Italian mountaineer, adventurer and explorer (born 1944)
22,023
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36
Stockton Rush
American businessman (1962–2023)
21,613
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37
Harald III of Norway
King of Norway from 1046 to 1066
21,039
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38
The Doctor
fictional character from the television series Doctor Who
20,858
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39
Peter Davison
English actor
20,264
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40
Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008)
19,958
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41
Josh Gates
American explorer and television host
18,956
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42
Jacques Cousteau
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)
18,768
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43
Walter Raleigh
English statesman, soldier and writer (1552–1618)
16,625
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44
Francis Xavier
Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
16,377
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45
Tenzing Norgay
Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986)
16,263
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46
Floyd Collins
American cave explorer (1887–1925)
16,238
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47
Silver Surfer
fictional character in Marvel Comics
15,438
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48
Kit Carson
American frontiersman and Union Army general (1809-1868)
15,195
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49
Mister Fantastic
fictional character in Marvel Comics
15,032
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50
George Mallory
English mountaineer (1886-1924)
14,885
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views
51
Zacharie Cloutier
French colonist (1590-1677)
14,834
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52
Ibn Battuta
14th century Muslim Maghrebi scholar and explorer
14,637
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53
Arthur Rimbaud
French poet (1854-1891)
14,382
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54
David Livingstone
Scottish missionary and explorer (1813-1873)
14,018
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55
Jon Krakauer
American writer and journalist
13,894
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56
Meriwether Lewis
American explorer (1774-1809)
13,774
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57
Ranulph Fiennes
British explorer (born 1944)
13,639
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58
Hugh Glass
American fur trapper and frontiersman
13,566
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59
William Somerset Maugham
English playwright and author (1874–1965)
13,460
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60
James T. Kirk
fictional character from Star Trek
13,356
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61
Kennewick Man
Prehistoric Paleoamerican man found in Kennewick, Washington, US in 1996
13,270
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62
Jon Pertwee
English actor (1919–1996)
12,444
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63
John Muir
Scottish-American naturalist (1838–1914)
12,221
views
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64
Percy Fawcett
British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist (1867–1925)
12,130
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65
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire
11,964
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66
Zheng He
Chinese mariner, explorer, and diplomat
11,696
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67
Roald Amundsen
Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole (1872–1928)
11,660
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68
John Smith
English soldier, explorer, writer (1580–1631)
11,585
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views
69
Juan Ponce de León
Spanish explorer and conquistador
11,372
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views
70
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Finnish military leader and statesman (1867–1951)
11,196
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71
Sylvester McCoy
Scottish actor (born 1943)
11,108
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72
Moana
fictional character from Moana
10,886
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73
Addison O'Dea
American filmmaker
10,792
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74
Ben Fogle
English adventurer, broadcaster and writer
10,677
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75
John Rolfe
English-born explorer, farmer, and merchant
10,491
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76
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769-1859)
10,482
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77
Lara Croft
Tomb Raider protagonist character
10,418
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views
78
Richard E. Byrd
American naval officer, explorer (1888-1957)
9,963
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79
Alexander Kolchak
Russian admiral and military leader of the White movement (1874-1920)
9,946
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views
80
Erik the Red
explorer and founder of the first viking settlement in Greenland
9,916
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81
Scott Fischer
American mountaineer and mountain guide (1955–1996)
9,732
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82
Robert Falcon Scott
Royal Navy officer and explorer (1868–1912)
9,681
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83
James Bowie
nineteenth-century American pioneer
9,582
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84
Sigurd
fictional character in Germanic and Norse heroic legend, dragon slayer
9,305
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views
85
John C. Frémont
American politician, explorer and military officer (1813–1890)
9,153
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86
Jim Bridger
American explorer (1804-1881)
9,003
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views
87
Alexey Leonov
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human to conduct a spacewalk (1934-2019)
8,762
views
views
88
William Clark
American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor (1770-1838)
8,750
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89
Thorfinn Karlsefni
Icelandic explorer
8,624
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views
90
Peter Kropotkin
Russian revolutionary socialist and philosopher (1842–1921)
8,417
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views
91
Colin Baker
English actor
8,266
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views
92
William Adams
English navigator who travelled to Japan
8,193
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views
93
Thor Heyerdahl
Norwegian anthropologist and adventurer (1914-2002)
8,071
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94
Anatoli Boukreev
Russian mountain climber (1958-1997)
8,036
views
views
95
Andrew McAuley
kayaker (1968-2007)
8,025
views
views
96
Xuanzang
7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar (602–664)
8,000
views
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97
Captain Nemo
fictional character created by Jules Verne
7,979
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views
98
Gertrude Bell
British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)
7,975
views
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99
John Franklin
British naval officer and explorer (1786–1847)
7,943
views
views
100
Robert Peary
explorer from the United States (1856–1920)
7,820
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