Trending Explorers in France — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed explorers on Wikipedia, September 2026 (French-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Arthur Rimbaud. Data as of 25 October 2026.
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Ranked
428,505
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Arthur Rimbaud
French poet (1854-1891)
49,503
views
views
2
Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist (1451–1506)
28,722
views
views
3
Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese explorer in the service of Spain
13,776
views
views
4
Karl Bushby
British pedestrian circumnavigator of the globe
13,396
views
views
5
James Cameron
Canadian filmmaker and explorer (born 1954)
10,956
views
views
6
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
10,814
views
views
7
Jacques Cartier
Breton maritime explorer of North America (1491–1557)
10,224
views
views
8
Marco Polo
Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia (1254–1324)
10,122
views
views
9
Nicolas Hulot
French environmentalist, TV producer and presenter, politician
9,785
views
views
10
Jean Raspail
French author, traveler, and explorer (1925–2020)
9,184
views
views
11
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer (c. 1460s – 1524)
9,132
views
views
12
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
9,014
views
views
13
Jacques Cousteau
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)
7,780
views
views
14
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968)
6,619
views
views
15
Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse
French Navy officer and explorer (1741–1788)
6,605
views
views
16
Charles de Foucauld
French Catholic religious man, explorer and scholar (1858–1916)
6,431
views
views
17
Samuel de Champlain
16/17th-century French explorer of North America
6,141
views
views
18
Amerigo Vespucci
Florentine explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer
5,968
views
views
19
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
5,843
views
views
20
Alexandra David-Néel
French explorer, spiritualist, Buddhist, Taoist, anarchist and writer
5,608
views
views
21
Steve Irwin
Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962-2006)
5,090
views
views
22
James Cook
British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)
5,028
views
views
23
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
5,000
views
views
24
Christopher McCandless
American hiker and explorer (1968–1992)
4,991
views
views
25
Mike Horn
South African-Swiss explorer
4,890
views
views
26
Walton Goggins
American actor (born 1971)
4,677
views
views
27
Ibn Battuta
14th century Muslim Maghrebi scholar and explorer
4,651
views
views
28
Calamity Jane
American scout and frontierswoman
4,461
views
views
29
John Hurt
British actor (1940–2017)
4,380
views
views
30
Ulysses S. Grant
president of the United States from 1869 to 1877
4,148
views
views
31
Bear Grylls
English adventurer, writer and television presenter (born 1974)
4,113
views
views
32
Louis-Antoine de Bougainville
French admiral and explorer (1729–1811)
3,622
views
views
33
Maurice Herzog
French mountaineer and politician (1919-2012)
3,483
views
views
34
Harald III of Norway
King of Norway from 1046 to 1066
3,329
views
views
35
Louis Maurice Adolphe Linant de Bellefonds
explorer and chief engineer of the Suez Canal (1798-1883)
3,299
views
views
36
Arthur C. Clarke
British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)
3,177
views
views
37
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire
3,094
views
views
38
Peter Kropotkin
Russian revolutionary socialist and philosopher (1842–1921)
3,090
views
views
39
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
3,061
views
views
40
Jeanne Baret
French explorer, naturalist and botanist (1740-1807)
2,985
views
views
41
Lathgertha
legendary Viking shieldmaiden and ruler
2,952
views
views
42
Francis Drake
English sailor and privateer (c. 1540 – 1596)
2,925
views
views
43
Jean-Baptiste Charcot
French scientist (1867-1936)
2,701
views
views
44
Michael Rockefeller
American anthropologist and art collector (1938–1961)
2,676
views
views
45
Reinhold Messner
Italian mountaineer, adventurer and explorer (born 1944)
2,551
views
views
46
Alfred Wegener
German climatologist and geophysicist (1880–1930)
2,515
views
views
47
Cizia Zykë
Novelist, adventurer and explorer
2,512
views
views
48
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
2,489
views
views
49
Dominique Fernandez
French novelist, essayist, travel writer
2,482
views
views
50
Jules Dumont d'Urville
French Navy officer and explorer (1790–1842)
2,456
views
views
51
Samuel Braun
Swiss explorer (1590-1668)
2,410
views
views
52
Davy Crockett
American frontiersman and politician (1786–1836)
2,405
views
views
53
Théodore Monod
French naturalist and explorer (1902-2000)
2,379
views
views
54
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador
2,227
views
views
55
Paul-Émile Victor
French explorer (1907–1995)
2,123
views
views
56
Anita Conti
French photographer and explorer (1899–1997)
2,117
views
views
57
Christopher Eccleston
English actor (born 1964)
2,089
views
views
58
Tenzing Norgay
Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986)
2,042
views
views
59
Erik the Red
explorer and founder of the first viking settlement in Greenland
2,014
views
views
60
Leif Erikson
norse explorer (c. 970 – c. 1020)
2,011
views
views
61
David Livingstone
Scottish missionary and explorer (1813-1873)
2,010
views
views
62
Wild Bill Hickok
American folk hero and lawman (1837–1876)
1,956
views
views
63
Alexandre Yersin
Swiss-French physician and bacteriologist
1,934
views
views
64
Hugh Glass
American fur trapper and frontiersman
1,913
views
views
65
Lara Croft
Tomb Raider protagonist character
1,900
views
views
66
Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans
Prince of Orléans (1869-1926)
1,869
views
views
67
Gertrude Bell
British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)
1,847
views
views
68
William Somerset Maugham
English playwright and author (1874–1965)
1,836
views
views
69
Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza
Italian explorer
1,800
views
views
70
Zheng He
Chinese mariner, explorer, and diplomat
1,781
views
views
71
Silver Surfer
fictional character in Marvel Comics
1,780
views
views
72
Francis Xavier
Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
1,772
views
views
73
Leo Africanus
an Andalusi diplomat and author who is best known for his 1526 book Cosmographia et geographia de Affrica, later published by Giovanni Battista Ramusio as Descrittione dell'Africa in 1550, centered on the geography of the Maghreb and Nile Valley
1,772
views
views
74
Roger Frison-Roche
French mountain guide and writer (1906–1999)
1,755
views
views
75
Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008)
1,745
views
views
76
Captain Nemo
fictional character created by Jules Verne
1,701
views
views
77
Isabelle Eberhardt
Swiss explorer and author (1877-1904)
1,682
views
views
78
Ernest Shackleton
Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer (1874–1922)
1,680
views
views
79
Heinrich Harrer
Austrian mountaineer and author (1912–2006)
1,647
views
views
80
Roald Amundsen
Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole (1872–1928)
1,625
views
views
81
Auguste Piccard
Swiss physicist (1884–1962)
1,625
views
views
82
Bertrand Piccard
Swiss balloonist and psychiatrist
1,618
views
views
83
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Finnish military leader and statesman (1867–1951)
1,616
views
views
84
Bartolomeu Dias
Portuguese explorer
1,608
views
views
85
Pierre Mazeaud
French politician
1,574
views
views
86
Cecil John Rhodes
British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa (1853-1902)
1,541
views
views
87
John Muir
Scottish-American naturalist (1838–1914)
1,456
views
views
88
Percy Fawcett
British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist (1867–1925)
1,449
views
views
89
Henry Morton Stanley
British journalist and explorer (1841–1904)
1,445
views
views
90
Juan Sebastián Elcano
Castillian Basque sailor, explorer, and circumnavigator with the Magellan Expedition
1,401
views
views
91
Priscilla Telmon
French explorer, film director photographer and television presenter
1,389
views
views
92
Sacagawea
Native American woman & companion to Lewis and Clark at age 16
1,375
views
views
93
Léonie d'Aunet
French writer, playwright and explorer (1820–1879)
1,329
views
views
94
Jean-Louis Etienne
French physician and explorator
1,320
views
views
95
Ernst Haeckel
German zoologist (1834-1919)
1,304
views
views
96
James T. Kirk
fictional character from Star Trek
1,270
views
views
97
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
17th-century French explorer and fur trader in North America
1,255
views
views
98
Ranulph Fiennes
British explorer (born 1944)
1,234
views
views
99
Philippe Cousteau
French diver and cinematographer (1940–1979)
1,216
views
views
100
The Doctor
fictional character from the television series Doctor Who
1,207
views
views