The Most Famous

EXPLORERS from Pakistan

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This page contains a list of the greatest Pakistani Explorers. The pantheon dataset contains 498 Explorers, 1 of which were born in Pakistan. This makes Pakistan the birth place of the 40th most number of Explorers behind Belarus, and Sri Lanka.

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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Pakistani Explorers of all time. This list of famous Pakistani Explorers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Francis Younghusband (1863 - 1942)

With an HPI of 51.55, Francis Younghusband is the most famous Pakistani Explorer.  His biography has been translated into 31 different languages on wikipedia.

Lieutenant Colonel Sir Francis Edward Younghusband, (31 May 1863 – 31 July 1942) was a British Army officer, explorer and spiritual writer. He is remembered for his travels in the Far East and Central Asia; especially the 1904 British expedition to Tibet, led by himself, and for his writings on Asia and foreign policy. Younghusband held positions including British commissioner to Tibet and president of the Royal Geographical Society.

People

Pantheon has 1 people classified as Pakistani explorers born between 1863 and 1863. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Pakistani explorers include Francis Younghusband.

Deceased Pakistani Explorers

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