With 405 biographies, Explorers are the 32nd most common occupation in Pantheon, behind Chemists, Physicians, and Architects.
Pantheon has 447 people classified as explorers born between 633 BC and 1995. Of these 447, 11 (2.46%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living explorers include Bertrand Piccard, Irina Solovyova, and Ranulph Fiennes. The most famous deceased explorers include Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, and Ferdinand Magellan. As of April 2022, 42 new explorers have been added to Pantheon including Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, Lancelotto Malocello, and Filipa Moniz Perestrelo.
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.53
1937 - Present
HPI: 49.90
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.82
1951 - Present
HPI: 44.37
1939 - Present
HPI: 44.36
1975 - Present
HPI: 42.64
1976 - Present
HPI: 36.09
1955 - Present
HPI: 34.47
1964 - Present
HPI: 33.53
1995 - Present
HPI: 33.00
1956 - Present
HPI: 30.34
1254 - 1324
HPI: 94.60
1451 - 1506
HPI: 93.18
1480 - 1521
HPI: 91.69
1460 - 1524
HPI: 90.25
1454 - 1512
HPI: 84.72
1450 - 1500
HPI: 83.59
1872 - 1928
HPI: 82.81
1304 - 1368
HPI: 82.35
1728 - 1779
HPI: 82.31
1485 - 1547
HPI: 81.70
1387 - 1433
HPI: 80.31
1540 - 1596
HPI: 79.36
1000 - 1100
HPI: 58.00
1270 - 1336
HPI: 56.04
1455 - 1485
HPI: 55.80
1870 - 1939
HPI: 55.27
1558 - 1627
HPI: 55.13
1457 - 1526
HPI: 54.84
1300 - 1400
HPI: 54.32
1857 - 1893
HPI: 53.66
1401 - 1521
HPI: 52.81
1415 - 1481
HPI: 51.06
1937 - Present
HPI: 49.90
1495 - 1548
HPI: 48.51
Most explorers were born in United Kingdom (80), Spain (49), and United States (35). By city, the most common birth places were London (7), Paris (7), and Kingdom of Portugal (6).The most common death places of explorers were United Kingdom (54), United States (43), and Russia (34). By city, these were London (20), Paris (10), and Saint Petersburg (9).
The earliest biographies classified as explorers in Pantheon are Himilco, Scylax of Caryanda, and Hanno the Navigator. The concentration of explorers was largest during the Newspaper Era, which lasted from 1700 to 1899. Some birth or death locations for earlier explorers are unknown, which may account for timeline differences below.
Which Explorers were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Explorers since 1700.
Explorers are found within the Exploration domain which also includes Astronauts.