The Most Famous
EXPLORERS from Belarus
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Belarusian Explorers of all time. This list of famous Belarusian Explorers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Jan Czerski (1845 - 1892)
With an HPI of 53.97, Jan Czerski is the most famous Belarusian Explorer. His biography has been translated into 24 different languages on wikipedia.
Jan Stanisław Franciszek Czerski, also Ivan Dementievich Chersky or Yan Dominikovich Chersky (Russian: Иван Дементьевич Черский, Ян Доминикович Черский; 15 May [O.S. 3 May] 1845 – 25 June [O.S. 7 Jule] 1892) was a Russian and Polish paleontologist, osteologist, geologist, geographer and explorer of Siberia. He was exiled to Transbaikalia for participating in the January Uprising of 1863. A self-taught scientist, he eventually received three gold medals from the Russian Geographical Society, and his name was given to a settlement, two mountain ranges, several peaks and other sites. He authored the first map of Lake Baikal.
Pantheon has 1 people classified as explorers born between 1845 and 1845. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased explorers include Jan Czerski.
