Trending Explorers in USA — the 7 days to 25 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed explorers on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 25 October 2026 (English-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Tenzing Norgay. Data as of 25 October 2026.
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1,636,017
Total Views (the 7 days to 25 October 2026)
1
Tenzing Norgay
Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986)
292,684
views
views
2
Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008)
135,958
views
views
3
Michael Rockefeller
American anthropologist and art collector (1938–1961)
110,832
views
views
4
Steve Irwin
Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962-2006)
66,560
views
views
5
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
56,431
views
views
6
George Mallory
English mountaineer (1886-1924)
49,100
views
views
7
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
44,649
views
views
8
Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist (1451–1506)
43,940
views
views
9
Jamling Tenzing Norgay
Indian-Nepalese mountaineer (born 1965)
43,716
views
views
10
Karl Bushby
British pedestrian circumnavigator of the globe
38,666
views
views
11
John Hunt, Baron Hunt
British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)
34,756
views
views
12
Ulysses S. Grant
president of the United States from 1869 to 1877
26,577
views
views
13
James Cameron
Canadian filmmaker and explorer (born 1954)
24,182
views
views
14
Walton Goggins
American actor (born 1971)
23,606
views
views
15
John Hurt
British actor (1940–2017)
21,545
views
views
16
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
20,279
views
views
17
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
15,510
views
views
18
Bear Grylls
English adventurer, writer and television presenter (born 1974)
15,054
views
views
19
Arthur C. Clarke
British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)
14,976
views
views
20
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
13,986
views
views
21
James Cook
British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)
13,491
views
views
22
Marco Polo
Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia (1254–1324)
13,485
views
views
23
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968)
12,847
views
views
24
George P. Putnam
American publisher, author, and explorer (1887-1950)
12,753
views
views
25
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer (c. 1460s – 1524)
12,373
views
views
26
Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese explorer in the service of Spain
11,727
views
views
27
Peter Cushing
British actor (1913–1994)
11,676
views
views
28
Leif Erikson
norse explorer (c. 970 – c. 1020)
10,868
views
views
29
Ash Dykes
Welsh adventurer
10,754
views
views
30
Ui-te-Rangiora
Maori navigator
10,704
views
views
31
Christopher Eccleston
English actor (born 1964)
10,694
views
views
32
Francis Drake
English sailor and privateer (c. 1540 – 1596)
10,529
views
views
33
Wild Bill Hickok
American folk hero and lawman (1837–1876)
10,422
views
views
34
Davy Crockett
American frontiersman and politician (1786–1836)
10,338
views
views
35
Amerigo Vespucci
Florentine explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer
10,076
views
views
36
Simon Reeve
British television presenter
10,029
views
views
37
Ernest Shackleton
Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer (1874–1922)
9,839
views
views
38
Christopher McCandless
American hiker and explorer (1968–1992)
9,539
views
views
39
Daniel Boone
American pioneer and frontiersman (1734–1820)
9,251
views
views
40
Cecil John Rhodes
British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa (1853-1902)
9,238
views
views
41
Heinrich Harrer
Austrian mountaineer and author (1912–2006)
8,976
views
views
42
Sacagawea
Native American woman & companion to Lewis and Clark at age 16
8,626
views
views
43
Peter Davison
English actor
8,626
views
views
44
Calamity Jane
American scout and frontierswoman
8,545
views
views
45
Ranulph Fiennes
British explorer (born 1944)
8,219
views
views
46
Reinhold Messner
Italian mountaineer, adventurer and explorer (born 1944)
8,088
views
views
47
Harald III of Norway
King of Norway from 1046 to 1066
7,995
views
views
48
Arthur Rimbaud
French poet (1854-1891)
7,984
views
views
49
Stockton Rush
American businessman (1962–2023)
7,977
views
views
50
Jacques Cousteau
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)
7,953
views
views
51
Walter Raleigh
English statesman, soldier and writer (1552–1618)
7,870
views
views
52
Ibn Battuta
14th century Muslim Maghrebi scholar and explorer
6,975
views
views
53
Hugh Glass
American fur trapper and frontiersman
6,681
views
views
54
David Livingstone
Scottish missionary and explorer (1813-1873)
6,568
views
views
55
Andrew Comyn Irvine
English mountaineer (1902–1924)
6,318
views
views
56
Ben Fogle
English adventurer, broadcaster and writer
6,221
views
views
57
The Doctor
fictional character from the television series Doctor Who
6,200
views
views
58
Lara Croft
Tomb Raider protagonist character
6,197
views
views
59
Zheng He
Chinese mariner, explorer, and diplomat
6,126
views
views
60
William Somerset Maugham
English playwright and author (1874–1965)
6,031
views
views
61
Juan Ponce de León
Spanish explorer and conquistador
5,984
views
views
62
Jacques Cartier
Breton maritime explorer of North America (1491–1557)
5,476
views
views
63
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire
5,461
views
views
64
Jean Raspail
French author, traveler, and explorer (1925–2020)
5,430
views
views
65
James T. Kirk
fictional character from Star Trek
5,287
views
views
66
John Muir
Scottish-American naturalist (1838–1914)
5,225
views
views
67
Francis Xavier
Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
5,208
views
views
68
John Smith
English soldier, explorer, writer (1580–1631)
5,192
views
views
69
Floyd Collins
American cave explorer (1887–1925)
5,114
views
views
70
Jon Krakauer
American writer and journalist
5,070
views
views
71
Josh Gates
American explorer and television host
4,852
views
views
72
Henry Hudson
English explorer b1565
4,838
views
views
73
Erik the Red
explorer and founder of the first viking settlement in Greenland
4,791
views
views
74
Jon Pertwee
English actor (1919–1996)
4,746
views
views
75
Roald Amundsen
Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole (1872–1928)
4,707
views
views
76
Ada Blackjack
Iñupiat explorer (1898–1983)
4,481
views
views
77
Peter Freuchen
Danish writer, explorer and anthropologist (1886-1957)
4,388
views
views
78
Robert Falcon Scott
Royal Navy officer and explorer (1868–1912)
4,230
views
views
79
Addison O'Dea
American filmmaker
4,220
views
views
80
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Finnish military leader and statesman (1867–1951)
4,163
views
views
81
Meriwether Lewis
American explorer (1774-1809)
4,131
views
views
82
Silver Surfer
fictional character in Marvel Comics
4,109
views
views
83
Moana
fictional character from Moana
4,102
views
views
84
Peter Kropotkin
Russian revolutionary socialist and philosopher (1842–1921)
4,058
views
views
85
Richard E. Byrd
American naval officer, explorer (1888-1957)
4,048
views
views
86
Percy Fawcett
British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist (1867–1925)
4,019
views
views
87
Scott Fischer
American mountaineer and mountain guide (1955–1996)
3,903
views
views
88
Jessica Watson
Australian sailor
3,897
views
views
89
John Rolfe
English-born explorer, farmer, and merchant
3,787
views
views
90
John Franklin
British naval officer and explorer (1786–1847)
3,783
views
views
91
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
3,747
views
views
92
Jim Bridger
American explorer (1804-1881)
3,741
views
views
93
Samuel de Champlain
16/17th-century French explorer of North America
3,590
views
views
94
Xuanzang
7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar (602–664)
3,567
views
views
95
Henry Morton Stanley
British journalist and explorer (1841–1904)
3,525
views
views
96
Kit Carson
American frontiersman and Union Army general (1809-1868)
3,505
views
views
97
Sylvester McCoy
Scottish actor (born 1943)
3,482
views
views
98
Alexander Kolchak
Russian admiral and military leader of the White movement (1874-1920)
3,466
views
views
99
Robert Peary
explorer from the United States (1856–1920)
3,460
views
views
100
James Bowie
nineteenth-century American pioneer
3,418
views
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