Trending Explorers in France — the 7 days to 26 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed explorers on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 26 October 2026 (French-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Tenzing Norgay. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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137,240
Total Views (the 7 days to 26 October 2026)
1
Tenzing Norgay
Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986)
17,723
views
views
2
Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008)
9,176
views
views
3
Arthur Rimbaud
French poet (1854-1891)
7,044
views
views
4
Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist (1451–1506)
7,043
views
views
5
Amerigo Vespucci
Florentine explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer
5,666
views
views
6
Michael Rockefeller
American anthropologist and art collector (1938–1961)
4,324
views
views
7
Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese explorer in the service of Spain
3,253
views
views
8
George Mallory
English mountaineer (1886-1924)
2,940
views
views
9
Marco Polo
Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia (1254–1324)
2,726
views
views
10
Karl Bushby
British pedestrian circumnavigator of the globe
2,634
views
views
11
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
2,417
views
views
12
Nicolas Hulot
French environmentalist, TV producer and presenter, politician
2,370
views
views
13
Jacques Cousteau
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)
2,183
views
views
14
James Cameron
Canadian filmmaker and explorer (born 1954)
2,065
views
views
15
Jacques Cartier
Breton maritime explorer of North America (1491–1557)
2,036
views
views
16
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
1,948
views
views
17
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer (c. 1460s – 1524)
1,929
views
views
18
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
1,814
views
views
19
Jean Raspail
French author, traveler, and explorer (1925–2020)
1,695
views
views
20
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968)
1,608
views
views
21
Alexandra David-Néel
French explorer, spiritualist, Buddhist, Taoist, anarchist and writer
1,511
views
views
22
John Hurt
British actor (1940–2017)
1,510
views
views
23
Bear Grylls
English adventurer, writer and television presenter (born 1974)
1,510
views
views
24
Jamling Tenzing Norgay
Indian-Nepalese mountaineer (born 1965)
1,478
views
views
25
Mike Horn
South African-Swiss explorer
1,420
views
views
26
Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse
French Navy officer and explorer (1741–1788)
1,418
views
views
27
Charles de Foucauld
French Catholic religious man, explorer and scholar (1858–1916)
1,339
views
views
28
John Hunt, Baron Hunt
British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)
1,294
views
views
29
Samuel de Champlain
16/17th-century French explorer of North America
1,217
views
views
30
Walton Goggins
American actor (born 1971)
1,146
views
views
31
Maurice Herzog
French mountaineer and politician (1919-2012)
1,083
views
views
32
Peter Kropotkin
Russian revolutionary socialist and philosopher (1842–1921)
1,062
views
views
33
Ulysses S. Grant
president of the United States from 1869 to 1877
1,044
views
views
34
Jean-Baptiste Charcot
French scientist (1867-1936)
980
views
views
35
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
965
views
views
36
Ibn Battuta
14th century Muslim Maghrebi scholar and explorer
954
views
views
37
Calamity Jane
American scout and frontierswoman
950
views
views
38
James Cook
British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)
924
views
views
39
Steve Irwin
Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962-2006)
914
views
views
40
Lara Croft
Tomb Raider protagonist character
865
views
views
41
João Álvares Fagundes
Portuguese explorer
860
views
views
42
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
852
views
views
43
Léonie d'Aunet
French writer, playwright and explorer (1820–1879)
817
views
views
44
Reinhold Messner
Italian mountaineer, adventurer and explorer (born 1944)
754
views
views
45
Lathgertha
legendary Viking shieldmaiden and ruler
745
views
views
46
Ellen MacArthur
long-distance yachtswoman
731
views
views
47
Davy Crockett
American frontiersman and politician (1786–1836)
722
views
views
48
Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans
Prince of Orléans (1869-1926)
709
views
views
49
Arthur C. Clarke
British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)
682
views
views
50
Francis Drake
English sailor and privateer (c. 1540 – 1596)
669
views
views
51
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire
660
views
views
52
Paul-Émile Victor
French explorer (1907–1995)
649
views
views
53
Jeanne Baret
French explorer, naturalist and botanist (1740-1807)
638
views
views
54
Erik the Red
explorer and founder of the first viking settlement in Greenland
631
views
views
55
Théodore Monod
French naturalist and explorer (1902-2000)
612
views
views
56
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
611
views
views
57
Berthold Carl Seemann
German botanist (1825–1871)
607
views
views
58
Pierre Mazeaud
French politician
607
views
views
59
Jules Dumont d'Urville
French Navy officer and explorer (1790–1842)
596
views
views
60
Cizia Zykë
Novelist, adventurer and explorer
588
views
views
61
Wild Bill Hickok
American folk hero and lawman (1837–1876)
583
views
views
62
Louis-Antoine de Bougainville
French admiral and explorer (1729–1811)
582
views
views
63
David Livingstone
Scottish missionary and explorer (1813-1873)
571
views
views
64
Harald III of Norway
King of Norway from 1046 to 1066
555
views
views
65
Isabelle Eberhardt
Swiss explorer and author (1877-1904)
538
views
views
66
Roger Frison-Roche
French mountain guide and writer (1906–1999)
532
views
views
67
Dirk Hartog
Dutch explorer
515
views
views
68
Christopher Eccleston
English actor (born 1964)
505
views
views
69
Ernest Shackleton
Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer (1874–1922)
498
views
views
70
Francis Xavier
Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
486
views
views
71
Leif Erikson
norse explorer (c. 970 – c. 1020)
467
views
views
72
Heinrich Harrer
Austrian mountaineer and author (1912–2006)
463
views
views
73
Samantha Davies
British yacht racer
462
views
views
74
Christopher McCandless
American hiker and explorer (1968–1992)
459
views
views
75
Roald Amundsen
Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole (1872–1928)
448
views
views
76
Dominique Fernandez
French novelist, essayist, travel writer
440
views
views
77
Captain Nemo
fictional character created by Jules Verne
434
views
views
78
James T. Kirk
fictional character from Star Trek
417
views
views
79
Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza
Italian explorer
413
views
views
80
The Doctor
fictional character from the television series Doctor Who
410
views
views
81
John Muir
Scottish-American naturalist (1838–1914)
410
views
views
82
Gertrude Bell
British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)
406
views
views
83
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Portuguese military commander and explorer (c.1467/8 – c.1521)
401
views
views
84
Peter Cushing
British actor (1913–1994)
400
views
views
85
Auguste Piccard
Swiss physicist (1884–1962)
399
views
views
86
Francis Joyon
French yacht racer
394
views
views
87
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Finnish military leader and statesman (1867–1951)
393
views
views
88
Bertrand Piccard
Swiss balloonist and psychiatrist
392
views
views
89
Priscilla Telmon
French explorer, film director photographer and television presenter
388
views
views
90
Alexandre Yersin
Swiss-French physician and bacteriologist
385
views
views
91
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
French explorer
380
views
views
92
William Somerset Maugham
English playwright and author (1874–1965)
375
views
views
93
Henry Morton Stanley
British journalist and explorer (1841–1904)
369
views
views
94
Andrew Comyn Irvine
English mountaineer (1902–1924)
363
views
views
95
Cecil John Rhodes
British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa (1853-1902)
360
views
views
96
Philippe Cousteau
French diver and cinematographer (1940–1979)
355
views
views
97
Hugh Glass
American fur trapper and frontiersman
354
views
views
98
Sacagawea
Native American woman & companion to Lewis and Clark at age 16
345
views
views
99
Jean-Louis Etienne
French physician and explorator
338
views
views
100
Jessica Watson
Australian sailor
337
views
views