Trending Explorers in Spain — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed explorers on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (Spanish-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Christopher Columbus. Data as of 25 October 2026.
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Ranked
446,483
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist (1451–1506)
48,788
views
views
2
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
37,319
views
views
3
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
28,107
views
views
4
Michael Rockefeller
American anthropologist and art collector (1938–1961)
12,404
views
views
5
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire
11,462
views
views
6
Steve Irwin
Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962-2006)
10,757
views
views
7
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
10,351
views
views
8
Amerigo Vespucci
Florentine explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer
9,855
views
views
9
James Cameron
Canadian filmmaker and explorer (born 1954)
9,469
views
views
10
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
9,442
views
views
11
Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese explorer in the service of Spain
8,938
views
views
12
Marco Polo
Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia (1254–1324)
8,924
views
views
13
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968)
6,930
views
views
14
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer (c. 1460s – 1524)
6,845
views
views
15
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
6,659
views
views
16
Juan Sebastián Elcano
Castillian Basque sailor, explorer, and circumnavigator with the Magellan Expedition
5,947
views
views
17
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador
5,514
views
views
18
Bear Grylls
English adventurer, writer and television presenter (born 1974)
5,488
views
views
19
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
Spanish explorer of the New World
5,284
views
views
20
Pedro de Alvarado
Spanish conquistador, explorer and condottiero
5,241
views
views
21
Francis Drake
English sailor and privateer (c. 1540 – 1596)
5,163
views
views
22
Ulysses S. Grant
president of the United States from 1869 to 1877
5,143
views
views
23
Pedro de Valdivia
Spanish conquistador, first royal governor of Chile (1497–1553)
4,862
views
views
24
Francis Xavier
Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
4,621
views
views
25
John Hurt
British actor (1940–2017)
4,474
views
views
26
Harald III of Norway
King of Norway from 1046 to 1066
4,341
views
views
27
Jacques Cousteau
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)
4,263
views
views
28
Arthur Rimbaud
French poet (1854-1891)
4,194
views
views
29
Juan Ponce de León
Spanish explorer and conquistador
4,085
views
views
30
Fiann Paul
Icelandic explorer, athlete and artist
3,754
views
views
31
Arthur C. Clarke
British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)
3,599
views
views
32
Lope de Aguirre
Basque Spanish conquistador
3,539
views
views
33
Lathgertha
legendary Viking shieldmaiden and ruler
3,280
views
views
34
Inés Suárez
Spanish conquistador and soldier
3,241
views
views
35
Jesús Calleja
Spanish television presenter, explorer and mountaineer
3,217
views
views
36
Diego de Almagro
Spanish conquistador
3,143
views
views
37
Davy Crockett
American frontiersman and politician (1786–1836)
3,117
views
views
38
Heinrich Harrer
Austrian mountaineer and author (1912–2006)
2,915
views
views
39
Miguel Serrano
Chilean diplomat, nazi and Holocaust denier (1917-2009)
2,795
views
views
40
Walton Goggins
American actor (born 1971)
2,782
views
views
41
Bernal Díaz del Brawl
Spanish conquistador
2,765
views
views
42
Christopher McCandless
American hiker and explorer (1968–1992)
2,706
views
views
43
Erik the Red
explorer and founder of the first viking settlement in Greenland
2,703
views
views
44
James Cook
British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)
2,670
views
views
45
Reinhold Messner
Italian mountaineer, adventurer and explorer (born 1944)
2,662
views
views
46
Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008)
2,639
views
views
47
Cristóbal Colón de Carvajal y Gorosábel
Spanish explorer and helicopter pilot
2,621
views
views
48
Alfred Russel Wallace
British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823–1913)
2,618
views
views
49
Gonzalo Guerrero
Spanish explorer
2,551
views
views
50
Leif Erikson
norse explorer (c. 970 – c. 1020)
2,541
views
views
51
Peter Kropotkin
Russian revolutionary socialist and philosopher (1842–1921)
2,507
views
views
52
Túpac Inca Yupanqui
12th Inca Emperor
2,466
views
views
53
Ernest Shackleton
Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer (1874–1922)
2,420
views
views
54
Silver Surfer
fictional character in Marvel Comics
2,401
views
views
55
Antonio de Mendoza
Spanish colonial administrator
2,339
views
views
56
Junípero Serra
Christian missionary
2,324
views
views
57
Mister Fantastic
fictional character in Marvel Comics
2,285
views
views
58
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
founder of Bogotá
2,236
views
views
59
Lara Croft
Tomb Raider protagonist character
2,227
views
views
60
Juan de la Cosa
Basque navigator from Castile (died 1510)
2,212
views
views
61
Peter Cushing
British actor (1913–1994)
2,139
views
views
62
Rodrigo de Triana
Spanish explorer born in the Andalusian province of Huelva, in the Town of Lepe.
2,053
views
views
63
Ranulph Fiennes
British explorer (born 1944)
2,044
views
views
64
Ibn Battuta
14th century Muslim Maghrebi scholar and explorer
1,999
views
views
65
Tenzing Norgay
Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986)
1,959
views
views
66
Juan de Garay
Spanish conquistador
1,888
views
views
67
Alfred Wegener
German climatologist and geophysicist (1880–1930)
1,868
views
views
68
Charles Brewer-Carías
Venezuelan explorer and naturalist
1,827
views
views
69
Alonso de Ojeda
Spanish navigator and governor
1,806
views
views
70
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
1,805
views
views
71
Thorfinn Karlsefni
Icelandic explorer
1,805
views
views
72
Roald Amundsen
Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole (1872–1928)
1,795
views
views
73
Pedro de Heredia
Spanish conquistador (1505-1554)
1,755
views
views
74
Sebastián de Belalcázar
Spanish conquistador
1,747
views
views
75
Hugh Glass
American fur trapper and frontiersman
1,722
views
views
76
David Livingstone
Scottish missionary and explorer (1813-1873)
1,716
views
views
77
Álvaro de Marichalar y Sáenz de Tejada
Spanish Explorer; Sportsman; Entrepreneur and Lecturer
1,703
views
views
78
Antonio de Erauso
Basque explorer, adventurer, soldier, explorer, memorialist, authorized by Pope Urban VIII to dress like a man
1,698
views
views
79
Christopher Eccleston
English actor (born 1964)
1,680
views
views
80
Francisco de Orellana
Spanish explorer and conquistador
1,678
views
views
81
Wild Bill Hickok
American folk hero and lawman (1837–1876)
1,642
views
views
82
Emil Körner
German-Chilean military general
1,640
views
views
83
Nuño de Guzmán
Spanish conqueror
1,595
views
views
84
Pánfilo de Narváez
Spanish conquistador and soldier in the Americas
1,573
views
views
85
John Rolfe
English-born explorer, farmer, and merchant
1,573
views
views
86
Sacagawea
Native American woman & companion to Lewis and Clark at age 16
1,559
views
views
87
Diego Velazquez de Cuéllar
Spanish military officer and first ruler of Cuba
1,544
views
views
88
Jerónimo de Aguilar
Friar, conquistador
1,531
views
views
89
James T. Kirk
fictional character from Star Trek
1,512
views
views
90
Pedro de Mendoza
Spanish conquistador
1,505
views
views
91
Charles de Foucauld
French Catholic religious man, explorer and scholar (1858–1916)
1,482
views
views
92
Francisco Pascasio Moreno
Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)
1,469
views
views
93
Cecil John Rhodes
British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa (1853-1902)
1,434
views
views
94
Hernando de Soto
Spanish explorer and conquistador
1,396
views
views
95
Blasco Núñez Vela
First viceroy of Peru (1490-1546)
1,373
views
views
96
Julius Popper
Romanian-Argentinian explorer and mercenary, accused of genocide (1857-1893)
1,373
views
views
97
Robert Falcon Scott
Royal Navy officer and explorer (1868–1912)
1,373
views
views
98
William Somerset Maugham
English playwright and author (1874–1965)
1,365
views
views
99
Juanito Oiarzabal
Basque mountain climber, summiter of all eight-thousanders
1,359
views
views
100
Ñuflo de Chaves
Spanish conquistador
1,353
views
views