Trending Explorers in USA this month
The 100 most-viewed explorers this month on Wikipedia (USA). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Theodore Roosevelt.
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Ranked
929,043
Total Views (this month)
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Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
53,279
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2
James Cameron
Canadian filmmaker (born 1954)
46,604
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3
Walton Goggins
American actor (born 1971)
40,508
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4
Ulysses S. Grant
president of the United States from 1869 to 1877
33,441
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5
Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist (1451–1506)
30,671
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6
Michael Rockefeller
American anthropologist and art collector (1938–1961)
28,558
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7
Steve Irwin
Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962-2006)
25,079
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8
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
24,197
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9
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
21,459
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10
Sacagawea
Native American woman & companion to Lewis and Clark at age 16
18,937
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11
Bear Grylls
English adventurer, writer and television presenter (born 1974)
17,112
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12
John Hurt
British actor (1940–2017)
16,829
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13
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
14,297
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14
Karl Bushby
British pedestrian circumnavigator of the globe
13,652
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15
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968)
13,276
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16
Heinz Stücke
German cyclist and photographer
13,146
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17
James Cook
British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)
12,973
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18
Christopher McCandless
American hiker and explorer (1968–1992)
12,288
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19
Francis Drake
English sailor and privateer (c. 1540 – 1596)
12,241
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20
Ernest Shackleton
Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer (1874–1922)
12,160
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21
Kennewick Man
Prehistoric Paleoamerican man found in Kennewick, Washington, US in 1996
11,706
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views
22
Christopher Eccleston
English actor (born 1964)
11,657
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23
Wild Bill Hickok
American folk hero and lawman (1837–1876)
11,227
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24
Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese explorer in the service of Spain
10,891
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25
Arthur C. Clarke
British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)
10,882
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26
Daniel Boone
American pioneer and frontiersman (1734–1820)
10,660
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27
Davy Crockett
American frontiersman and politician (1786–1836)
10,512
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28
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
10,462
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29
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer (c. 1460s – 1524)
10,182
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views
30
Marco Polo
Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia (1254–1324)
9,808
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31
Calamity Jane
American scout and frontierswoman
9,545
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views
32
Peter Cushing
British actor (1913–1994)
9,440
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33
Amerigo Vespucci
Florentine explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer
9,416
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34
Leif Erikson
norse explorer (c. 970 – c. 1020)
9,280
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views
35
Josh Gates
American explorer and television host
8,974
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36
Harald III of Norway
King of Norway from 1046 to 1066
8,972
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37
Mister Fantastic
fictional character in Marvel Comics
8,117
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38
Reinhold Messner
Italian mountaineer, adventurer and explorer (born 1944)
7,897
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39
Cecil John Rhodes
British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa (1853-1902)
7,875
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40
The Doctor
fictional character from the television series Doctor Who
7,816
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41
Silver Surfer
fictional character in Marvel Comics
7,814
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42
Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008)
7,726
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43
Peter Davison
English actor
7,547
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44
Walter Raleigh
English statesman, soldier and writer (1552–1618)
7,029
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45
Stockton Rush
American businessman (1962–2023)
6,854
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46
Floyd Collins
American cave explorer (1887–1925)
6,725
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views
47
Jacques Cousteau
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)
6,526
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views
48
Tenzing Norgay
Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986)
6,413
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views
49
Meriwether Lewis
American explorer (1774-1809)
6,144
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views
50
Jon Krakauer
American writer and journalist
5,945
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views
51
James T. Kirk
fictional character from Star Trek
5,834
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views
52
David Livingstone
Scottish missionary and explorer (1813-1873)
5,705
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views
53
Hugh Glass
American fur trapper and frontiersman
5,614
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views
54
George Mallory
English mountaineer (1886-1924)
5,500
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55
Addison O'Dea
American filmmaker
5,496
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56
Francis Xavier
Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
5,292
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57
Percy Fawcett
British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist (1867–1925)
5,282
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views
58
Ibn Battuta
14th century Muslim Maghrebi scholar and explorer
5,231
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59
Ranulph Fiennes
British explorer (born 1944)
5,082
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60
Kit Carson
American frontiersman and Union Army general (1809-1868)
4,960
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61
William Somerset Maugham
English playwright and author (1874–1965)
4,939
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62
Jon Pertwee
English actor (1919–1996)
4,889
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views
63
Ben Fogle
English adventurer, broadcaster and writer
4,758
views
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64
John Smith
English soldier, explorer, writer (1580–1631)
4,752
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65
John Muir
Scottish-American naturalist (1838–1914)
4,733
views
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66
Roald Amundsen
Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole (1872–1928)
4,549
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67
Robert Falcon Scott
Royal Navy officer and explorer (1868–1912)
4,454
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68
Arthur Rimbaud
French poet (1854-1891)
4,409
views
views
69
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire
4,335
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views
70
Juan Ponce de León
Spanish explorer and conquistador
4,289
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views
71
Moana
fictional character from Moana
4,175
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views
72
Zheng He
Chinese mariner, explorer, and diplomat
4,064
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views
73
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Finnish military leader and statesman (1867–1951)
3,951
views
views
74
Lara Croft
Tomb Raider protagonist character
3,908
views
views
75
Richard E. Byrd
American naval officer, explorer (1888-1957)
3,812
views
views
76
Erik the Red
explorer and founder of the first viking settlement in Greenland
3,756
views
views
77
Jim Bridger
American explorer (1804-1881)
3,749
views
views
78
Robert Peary
explorer from the United States (1856–1920)
3,749
views
views
79
William Clark
American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor (1770-1838)
3,716
views
views
80
John Rolfe
English-born explorer, farmer, and merchant
3,650
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81
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769-1859)
3,644
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82
Sylvester McCoy
Scottish actor (born 1943)
3,588
views
views
83
John C. Frémont
American politician, explorer and military officer (1813–1890)
3,553
views
views
84
Scott Fischer
American mountaineer and mountain guide (1955–1996)
3,528
views
views
85
Sigurd
fictional character in Germanic and Norse heroic legend, dragon slayer
3,500
views
views
86
James Bowie
nineteenth-century American pioneer
3,386
views
views
87
Alexander Kolchak
Russian admiral and military leader of the White movement (1874-1920)
3,379
views
views
88
Charley Boorman
British actor and adventurer
3,360
views
views
89
John Colter
mountain man, explorer
3,351
views
views
90
George Hearst
American politician (1820-1891)
3,316
views
views
91
Mandarin
fictional character in Marvel Comics
3,214
views
views
92
Thorfinn Karlsefni
Icelandic explorer
3,195
views
views
93
Gertrude Bell
British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)
3,195
views
views
94
Estevanico
African-Castillian explorer
3,148
views
views
95
Jessica Meir
Swedish-American marine biologist and astronaut
3,110
views
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96
Jessica Watson
Australian sailor
3,109
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views
97
Anatoli Boukreev
Russian mountain climber (1958-1997)
3,061
views
views
98
Xuanzang
7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar (602–664)
3,051
views
views
99
Colin Baker
English actor
3,010
views
views
100
William Hartnell
English actor (1908–1975)
2,963
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