Trending Explorers this month
The 100 most-viewed explorers this month on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Theodore Roosevelt.
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Ranked
1,083,084
Total Views (this month)
1
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
63,033
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2
James Cameron
Canadian filmmaker (born 1954)
53,957
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views
3
Walton Goggins
American actor (born 1971)
46,840
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4
Ulysses S. Grant
president of the United States from 1869 to 1877
39,347
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views
5
Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist (1451–1506)
35,672
views
views
6
Steve Irwin
Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962-2006)
30,469
views
views
7
Michael Rockefeller
American anthropologist and art collector (1938–1961)
29,357
views
views
8
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
28,236
views
views
9
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
24,168
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views
10
Heinz Stücke
German cyclist and photographer
23,403
views
views
11
Sacagawea
Native American woman & companion to Lewis and Clark at age 16
21,271
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views
12
John Hurt
British actor (1940–2017)
19,419
views
views
13
Bear Grylls
English adventurer, writer and television presenter (born 1974)
18,994
views
views
14
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
16,663
views
views
15
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968)
16,176
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views
16
Karl Bushby
British pedestrian circumnavigator of the globe
15,680
views
views
17
James Cook
British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)
15,123
views
views
18
Christopher Eccleston
English actor (born 1964)
13,796
views
views
19
Christopher McCandless
American hiker and explorer (1968–1992)
13,781
views
views
20
Francis Drake
English sailor and privateer (c. 1540 – 1596)
13,688
views
views
21
Ernest Shackleton
Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer (1874–1922)
13,539
views
views
22
Davy Crockett
American frontiersman and politician (1786–1836)
13,160
views
views
23
Wild Bill Hickok
American folk hero and lawman (1837–1876)
12,941
views
views
24
Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese explorer in the service of Spain
12,544
views
views
25
Arthur C. Clarke
British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)
12,474
views
views
26
Daniel Boone
American pioneer and frontiersman (1734–1820)
12,388
views
views
27
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
12,364
views
views
28
Kennewick Man
Prehistoric Paleoamerican man found in Kennewick, Washington, US in 1996
11,853
views
views
29
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer (c. 1460s – 1524)
11,578
views
views
30
Marco Polo
Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia (1254–1324)
11,240
views
views
31
Calamity Jane
American scout and frontierswoman
11,022
views
views
32
Peter Cushing
British actor (1913–1994)
10,825
views
views
33
Leif Erikson
norse explorer (c. 970 – c. 1020)
10,743
views
views
34
Amerigo Vespucci
Florentine explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer
10,604
views
views
35
Josh Gates
American explorer and television host
10,526
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views
36
Harald III of Norway
King of Norway from 1046 to 1066
10,346
views
views
37
Mister Fantastic
fictional character in Marvel Comics
9,309
views
views
38
The Doctor
fictional character from the television series Doctor Who
9,224
views
views
39
Cecil John Rhodes
British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa (1853-1902)
9,169
views
views
40
Silver Surfer
fictional character in Marvel Comics
9,008
views
views
41
Peter Davison
English actor
9,004
views
views
42
Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008)
8,684
views
views
43
Reinhold Messner
Italian mountaineer, adventurer and explorer (born 1944)
8,637
views
views
44
Stockton Rush
American businessman (1962–2023)
8,123
views
views
45
Walter Raleigh
English statesman, soldier and writer (1552–1618)
7,948
views
views
46
Jacques Cousteau
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)
7,644
views
views
47
Floyd Collins
American cave explorer (1887–1925)
7,509
views
views
48
Tenzing Norgay
Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986)
7,188
views
views
49
Meriwether Lewis
American explorer (1774-1809)
7,106
views
views
50
James T. Kirk
fictional character from Star Trek
6,736
views
views
51
Zacharie Cloutier
French colonist (1590-1677)
6,705
views
views
52
Jon Krakauer
American writer and journalist
6,648
views
views
53
David Livingstone
Scottish missionary and explorer (1813-1873)
6,614
views
views
54
Hugh Glass
American fur trapper and frontiersman
6,584
views
views
55
Addison O'Dea
American filmmaker
6,407
views
views
56
George Mallory
English mountaineer (1886-1924)
6,171
views
views
57
Percy Fawcett
British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist (1867–1925)
6,115
views
views
58
Ibn Battuta
14th century Muslim Maghrebi scholar and explorer
6,108
views
views
59
Francis Xavier
Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
5,958
views
views
60
Ranulph Fiennes
British explorer (born 1944)
5,894
views
views
61
William Somerset Maugham
English playwright and author (1874–1965)
5,711
views
views
62
Jon Pertwee
English actor (1919–1996)
5,710
views
views
63
Kit Carson
American frontiersman and Union Army general (1809-1868)
5,684
views
views
64
John Smith
English soldier, explorer, writer (1580–1631)
5,515
views
views
65
Ben Fogle
English adventurer, broadcaster and writer
5,474
views
views
66
John Muir
Scottish-American naturalist (1838–1914)
5,452
views
views
67
Roald Amundsen
Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole (1872–1928)
5,203
views
views
68
Arthur Rimbaud
French poet (1854-1891)
5,074
views
views
69
Moana
fictional character from Moana
4,991
views
views
70
Juan Ponce de León
Spanish explorer and conquistador
4,976
views
views
71
Sylvester McCoy
Scottish actor (born 1943)
4,968
views
views
72
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire
4,958
views
views
73
Robert Falcon Scott
Royal Navy officer and explorer (1868–1912)
4,946
views
views
74
Zheng He
Chinese mariner, explorer, and diplomat
4,643
views
views
75
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Finnish military leader and statesman (1867–1951)
4,591
views
views
76
Lara Croft
Tomb Raider protagonist character
4,529
views
views
77
John Rolfe
English-born explorer, farmer, and merchant
4,474
views
views
78
Robert Peary
explorer from the United States (1856–1920)
4,398
views
views
79
Jim Bridger
American explorer (1804-1881)
4,352
views
views
80
Richard E. Byrd
American naval officer, explorer (1888-1957)
4,348
views
views
81
Estevanico
African-Castillian explorer
4,347
views
views
82
Erik the Red
explorer and founder of the first viking settlement in Greenland
4,317
views
views
83
William Clark
American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor (1770-1838)
4,278
views
views
84
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769-1859)
4,210
views
views
85
Sigurd
fictional character in Germanic and Norse heroic legend, dragon slayer
4,183
views
views
86
John C. Frémont
American politician, explorer and military officer (1813–1890)
4,066
views
views
87
Scott Fischer
American mountaineer and mountain guide (1955–1996)
3,990
views
views
88
Alexander Kolchak
Russian admiral and military leader of the White movement (1874-1920)
3,983
views
views
89
James Bowie
nineteenth-century American pioneer
3,975
views
views
90
George Hearst
American politician (1820-1891)
3,824
views
views
91
Charley Boorman
British actor and adventurer
3,760
views
views
92
Jessica Watson
Australian sailor
3,723
views
views
93
Gertrude Bell
British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)
3,703
views
views
94
Thorfinn Karlsefni
Icelandic explorer
3,681
views
views
95
John Colter
mountain man, explorer
3,653
views
views
96
Mandarin
fictional character in Marvel Comics
3,595
views
views
97
George P. Putnam
American publisher, author, and explorer (1887-1950)
3,569
views
views
98
Jessica Meir
Swedish-American marine biologist and astronaut
3,516
views
views
99
Colin Baker
English actor
3,510
views
views
100
Xuanzang
7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar (602–664)
3,491
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