Trending Explorers — the 7 days to 25 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed explorers on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 25 October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Tenzing Norgay. Data as of 25 October 2026.
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2,356,008
Total Views (the 7 days to 25 October 2026)
1
Tenzing Norgay
Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986)
384,991
views
views
2
Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008)
188,242
views
views
3
Michael Rockefeller
American anthropologist and art collector (1938–1961)
184,189
views
views
4
Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist (1451–1506)
85,344
views
views
5
Steve Irwin
Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962-2006)
80,690
views
views
6
George Mallory
English mountaineer (1886-1924)
64,788
views
views
7
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
62,103
views
views
8
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
61,015
views
views
9
Jamling Tenzing Norgay
Indian-Nepalese mountaineer (born 1965)
50,510
views
views
10
Karl Bushby
British pedestrian circumnavigator of the globe
44,949
views
views
11
John Hunt, Baron Hunt
British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)
39,162
views
views
12
James Cameron
Canadian filmmaker and explorer (born 1954)
37,539
views
views
13
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
36,936
views
views
14
Ulysses S. Grant
president of the United States from 1869 to 1877
33,396
views
views
15
John Hurt
British actor (1940–2017)
31,591
views
views
16
Walton Goggins
American actor (born 1971)
30,387
views
views
17
Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese explorer in the service of Spain
30,113
views
views
18
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer (c. 1460s – 1524)
29,684
views
views
19
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968)
28,835
views
views
20
Amerigo Vespucci
Florentine explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer
27,634
views
views
21
Marco Polo
Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia (1254–1324)
26,862
views
views
22
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
25,111
views
views
23
Arthur Rimbaud
French poet (1854-1891)
22,939
views
views
24
Reinhold Messner
Italian mountaineer, adventurer and explorer (born 1944)
22,491
views
views
25
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
21,842
views
views
26
James Cook
British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)
21,757
views
views
27
Bear Grylls
English adventurer, writer and television presenter (born 1974)
20,996
views
views
28
Arthur C. Clarke
British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)
19,667
views
views
29
Francis Drake
English sailor and privateer (c. 1540 – 1596)
18,481
views
views
30
Leif Erikson
norse explorer (c. 970 – c. 1020)
14,881
views
views
31
Jacques Cousteau
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)
14,553
views
views
32
Peter Cushing
British actor (1913–1994)
14,514
views
views
33
Francis Xavier
Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
13,753
views
views
34
Christopher Eccleston
English actor (born 1964)
13,413
views
views
35
Heinrich Harrer
Austrian mountaineer and author (1912–2006)
13,130
views
views
36
Ernest Shackleton
Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer (1874–1922)
13,021
views
views
37
George P. Putnam
American publisher, author, and explorer (1887-1950)
12,867
views
views
38
Wild Bill Hickok
American folk hero and lawman (1837–1876)
12,836
views
views
39
Davy Crockett
American frontiersman and politician (1786–1836)
12,758
views
views
40
Christopher McCandless
American hiker and explorer (1968–1992)
12,524
views
views
41
Alexander Kolchak
Russian admiral and military leader of the White movement (1874-1920)
12,282
views
views
42
Cecil John Rhodes
British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa (1853-1902)
11,907
views
views
43
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
11,767
views
views
44
Harald III of Norway
King of Norway from 1046 to 1066
11,608
views
views
45
Lara Croft
Tomb Raider protagonist character
11,026
views
views
46
Calamity Jane
American scout and frontierswoman
10,852
views
views
47
Ui-te-Rangiora
Maori navigator
10,762
views
views
48
Ash Dykes
Welsh adventurer
10,754
views
views
49
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire
10,647
views
views
50
Sacagawea
Native American woman & companion to Lewis and Clark at age 16
10,540
views
views
51
Ibn Battuta
14th century Muslim Maghrebi scholar and explorer
10,434
views
views
52
Daniel Boone
American pioneer and frontiersman (1734–1820)
10,178
views
views
53
Roald Amundsen
Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole (1872–1928)
10,132
views
views
54
Simon Reeve
British television presenter
10,070
views
views
55
Walter Raleigh
English statesman, soldier and writer (1552–1618)
10,036
views
views
56
David Livingstone
Scottish missionary and explorer (1813-1873)
9,912
views
views
57
William Somerset Maugham
English playwright and author (1874–1965)
9,782
views
views
58
Peter Kropotkin
Russian revolutionary socialist and philosopher (1842–1921)
9,525
views
views
59
Peter Davison
English actor
9,416
views
views
60
Hugh Glass
American fur trapper and frontiersman
9,051
views
views
61
Andrew Comyn Irvine
English mountaineer (1902–1924)
8,976
views
views
62
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Finnish military leader and statesman (1867–1951)
8,971
views
views
63
Stockton Rush
American businessman (1962–2023)
8,946
views
views
64
Ranulph Fiennes
British explorer (born 1944)
8,764
views
views
65
Jean Raspail
French author, traveler, and explorer (1925–2020)
8,721
views
views
66
Shintarō Ishihara
Japanese politician and author, Governor of Tokyo (1932–2022)
8,553
views
views
67
Zheng He
Chinese mariner, explorer, and diplomat
8,440
views
views
68
The Doctor
fictional character from the television series Doctor Who
8,319
views
views
69
Willem Barents
Dutch navigator, cartographer, and Arctic explorer (1550–1597)
8,279
views
views
70
Jacques Cartier
Breton maritime explorer of North America (1491–1557)
8,125
views
views
71
Erik the Red
explorer and founder of the first viking settlement in Greenland
8,084
views
views
72
Juan Ponce de León
Spanish explorer and conquistador
7,989
views
views
73
James T. Kirk
fictional character from Star Trek
7,821
views
views
74
Silver Surfer
fictional character in Marvel Comics
7,146
views
views
75
Hideaki Takizawa
Japanese actor-singer
6,908
views
views
76
Jon Krakauer
American writer and journalist
6,842
views
views
77
Robert Falcon Scott
Royal Navy officer and explorer (1868–1912)
6,635
views
views
78
John Smith
English soldier, explorer, writer (1580–1631)
6,367
views
views
79
Ben Fogle
English adventurer, broadcaster and writer
6,221
views
views
80
Anatoli Boukreev
Russian mountain climber (1958-1997)
6,174
views
views
81
John Muir
Scottish-American naturalist (1838–1914)
6,099
views
views
82
Percy Fawcett
British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist (1867–1925)
5,962
views
views
83
William Adams
English navigator who travelled to Japan
5,887
views
views
84
Scott Fischer
American mountaineer and mountain guide (1955–1996)
5,674
views
views
85
Thor Heyerdahl
Norwegian anthropologist and adventurer (1914-2002)
5,635
views
views
86
Captain Nemo
fictional character created by Jules Verne
5,547
views
views
87
Henry Hudson
English explorer b1565
5,527
views
views
88
Ada Blackjack
Iñupiat explorer (1898–1983)
5,488
views
views
89
Peter Freuchen
Danish writer, explorer and anthropologist (1886-1957)
5,417
views
views
90
Junko Tabei
Japanese mountain climber (1939-2016)
5,381
views
views
91
Moana
fictional character from Moana
5,280
views
views
92
Mister Fantastic
fictional character in Marvel Comics
5,273
views
views
93
Gertrude Bell
British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)
5,233
views
views
94
Richard E. Byrd
American naval officer, explorer (1888-1957)
5,219
views
views
95
Jessica Watson
Australian sailor
5,190
views
views
96
Samuel de Champlain
16/17th-century French explorer of North America
5,167
views
views
97
Henry Morton Stanley
British journalist and explorer (1841–1904)
5,163
views
views
98
Xuanzang
7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar (602–664)
5,143
views
views
99
Lavr Kornilov
Imperial Russian Army general (1870–1918)
5,138
views
views
100
Alfred Wegener
German climatologist and geophysicist (1880–1930)
5,129
views
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