







The Most Famous
Explorers from Netherlands
This page contains a list of the greatest Dutchs Explorers. The pantheon dataset contains 498 Explorers, 15 of which were born in Netherlands. This makes Netherlands the birth place of the 10th most number of Explorers behind Norway and Italy.
Top 10 Explorers
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Dutchs Explorers of all time. This list of famous Dutchs Explorers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Dutchs Explorers.
- #1

Abel Tasman
1603 - 1659
HPI 79.90100 langsAbel Tasman was a Dutch explorer who was the first European to explore New Zealand. He was born in 1603 and died in 1659.
- #2

Willem Barentsz
1550 - 1597
HPI 78.4976 langsWillem Barentsz is most famous for his explorations of the Arctic and for his discovery of the Barents Sea.
- #3

Jan van Riebeeck
1619 - 1677
HPI 75.3541 langsJan van Riebeeck was a Dutch colonist who founded the first European settlement in South Africa.
- #4

Jacob Roggeveen
1659 - 1729
HPI 73.0544 langsJacob Roggeveen was a Dutch explorer who was the first to discover Easter Island in 1722.
- #5

Willem Schouten
1567 - 1625
HPI 69.6732 langsWillem Schouten was a Dutch explorer who was the first European to discover Tasmania.
- #6

Willem Janszoon
1570 - 1631
HPI 68.5937 langsWillem Janszoon is most famous for being the first European to land in Australia.
People by Birth Decade
Browse notable Dutchs Explorers grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.






