1535 - 1594
Sir Martin Frobisher (; c. 1535/1539 – 22 November 1594) was an English sailor and privateer who made three voyages to the New World looking for the North-west Passage. He probably sighted Resolution Island near Labrador in north-eastern Canada, before entering Frobisher Bay and landing on present-day Baffin Island. On his second voyage, Frobisher found what he thought was gold ore and carried 200 tons of it home on three ships, where initial assaying determined it to be worth a profit of £5.20 per ton. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Frobisher has received more than 608,402 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Frobisher is the 140th most popular explorer (down from 130th in 2019), the 1,242nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,126th in 2019) and the 19th most popular British Explorer.
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Among explorers, Martin Frobisher ranks 140 out of 405. Before him are Adam Olearius, Gan Ying, Frederick de Houtman, Francisco Serrão, Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, and Mikhail Lazarev. After him are Philip Johan von Strahlenberg, Emin Pasha, Sebastián de Belalcázar, Alexander Mackenzie, Otto Sverdrup, and Scylax of Caryanda.
1603 - 1671
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 134
100 - Present
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 135
1571 - 1627
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 136
1500 - 1521
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 137
1500 - 1517
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 138
1788 - 1851
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 139
1535 - 1594
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 140
1676 - 1747
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 141
1840 - 1892
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 142
1480 - 1551
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 143
1764 - 1820
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 144
1854 - 1930
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 145
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 146
Among people born in 1535, Martin Frobisher ranks 11. Before him are Giambattista della Porta, Federico Barocci, Alessandro Allori, Titu Cusi, Shimazu Yoshihiro, and Luis de Molina. After him are Sayri Túpac, Catherine Stenbock, William the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Marcantonio Colonna, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, and Marc'Antonio Ingegneri. Among people deceased in 1594, Martin Frobisher ranks 7. Before him are Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Tintoretto, Gerardus Mercator, Orlande de Lassus, Archduchess Eleanor of Austria, and Ishikawa Goemon. After him are Bálint Balassi, Alonso de Ercilla, Thomas Kyd, and Girolamo Mei.
1535 - 1615
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 5
1535 - 1612
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 6
1535 - 1607
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 7
1535 - 1571
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 8
1535 - 1619
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 9
1535 - 1600
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 10
1535 - 1594
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 11
1535 - 1561
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 12
1535 - 1621
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 13
1535 - 1592
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 14
1535 - 1584
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 15
1535 - 1615
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 16
1535 - 1592
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 17
1520 - 1594
HPI: 77.68
Rank: 1
1518 - 1594
HPI: 77.57
Rank: 2
1512 - 1594
HPI: 76.63
Rank: 3
1534 - 1594
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 4
1534 - 1594
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 5
1558 - 1594
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 6
1535 - 1594
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 7
1554 - 1594
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 8
1533 - 1594
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 9
1558 - 1594
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 10
1519 - 1594
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 11
Among people born in United Kingdom, Martin Frobisher ranks 1,242 out of 7,765. Before him are Carol Reed (1906), Hugh Griffith (1912), Joan Plowright (1929), Alexander I of Scotland (1078), John Nettles (1943), and Catherine Eddowes (1842). After him are Andy Whitfield (1971), Vera Lynn (1917), Scott Adkins (1976), Leonard Woolley (1880), Prince William, Duke of Cumberland (1721), and Matthew Festing (1949).
1906 - 1976
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 1,236
1912 - 1980
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 1,237
1929 - Present
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 1,238
1078 - 1124
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 1,239
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 1,240
1842 - 1888
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 1,241
1535 - 1594
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 1,242
1971 - 2011
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 1,243
1917 - 2020
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 1,244
1976 - Present
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 1,245
1880 - 1960
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 1,246
1721 - 1765
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 1,247
1949 - 2021
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 1,248
Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Martin Frobisher ranks 19. Before him are William Dampier (1651), Robert FitzRoy (1805), Mary Kingsley (1862), Thomas Cavendish (1560), George Vancouver (1757), and Isabella Bird (1831). After him are Alexander Mackenzie (1764), Samuel Wallis (1728), Matthew Flinders (1774), James Bruce (1730), John Rolfe (1585), and Mark Sykes (1879).
1651 - 1715
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 13
1805 - 1865
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 14
1862 - 1900
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 15
1560 - 1592
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 16
1757 - 1798
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 17
1831 - 1904
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 18
1535 - 1594
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 19
1764 - 1820
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 20
1728 - 1795
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 21
1774 - 1814
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 22
1730 - 1794
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 23
1585 - 1622
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 24
1879 - 1919
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 25