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The list Explorers includes Margaretha Heijkensköld, Anastasio Alfaro, Mungo Park (explorer), Gadiel Sánchez Rivera and Shane Lundgren. The list consists of 43 members and 25 sublists.
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    Addison O'Dea
    American filmmaker
    Addison O'Dea
    Overview: Addison O'Dea (, oh-DAY) is an American filmmaker.
    Date of birth: 15 June 1979
    Age: 46
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Film Director
    Gender: Male
    Partner: Minnie Driver (Dating)
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    American explorers 355T
    American people of Scottish descent 2,225T
    American people of Irish descent 6,892T
  • 2.

    Malaika Vaz
    Malaika Vaz
    Malaika Vaz
    Overview: Malaika Vaz is a National Geographic Explorer, TV presenter and wildlife filmmaker from Goa, India.
    Date of birth: 13 April 1997
    Age: 28
    Nationality: Indian
    Occupation: Explorer
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    Businesswomen from Goa 1T
    Businesspeople from Goa 11T
    People from North Goa district 78T
  • 3.

    Margaretha Heijkensköld
    Swedish traveller and noble
    Overview: Margaretha Charlotta Heijkensköld (19 August 1781 – 29 July 1834, Remla, Syria), was a Swedish traveler and a dress reformer. She attracted a lot of attention from her contemporaries by her journeys.
    Date of birth: 19 August 1781
    Date of death: 29 July 1834
    Age: 52 (age at death)
    Nationality: Swedish
    Occupation: Explorer
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    18th-century Swedish women 21T
    19th-century Swedish women 30T
    Female travelers 44T
  • 4.

    Mungo Park (explorer)
    Scottish naturalist and explorer of the African continent
    Mungo Park (explorer)
    Overview: Mungo Park (11 September 1771 – 1806) was a Scottish explorer of West Africa. After an exploration of the upper Niger River around 1796, he wrote a popular and influential travel book titled Travels in ...
    Date of birth: 11 September 1771
    Date of death: 1806
    Age: 34 (age at death)
    Nationality: Scottish
    Occupation: Doctor
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    Burials in Kwara State 3T
    British expatriates in Nigeria 147T
    People educated at Selkirk High School 15T
  • 5.
    Gadiel Sánchez Rivera
    Overview: Gadiel “Cho” Sánchez Rivera, is a Peruvian adventurer and jungle expert. In August 2010, “Cho” ended the walk along the Amazon River that fellow adventurer Ed Stafford had started. In 2013 he achieved ...
    Date of birth: 13 October 1978
    Age: 46
    Nationality: Peruvian
    Occupation: Explorer
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    Peruvian people of African descent 46T
    People from Pucallpa 6T
    Peruvian explorers 4T
  • 6.

    Shane Lundgren
    aviator
    Overview: Shane Christopher Lundgren (born March 21, 1961) is an American aviator, and businessman who is the CEO of Metolius Aviation Capital. Shane has been active in commercial aviation operations, aircraft ...
    Date of birth: 21 March 1961
    Age: 64
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Explorer
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    Commercial aviators 389T
    Exploration of the Arctic 27T
    American explorers 338T
  • 7.
    Heinrich Menu von Minutoli
    Overview: Heinrich Menu (from 1820 Freiherr) von Minutoli (12 May 1772, Geneva – 16 September 1846, Lausanne) was a Prussian Generalmajor, explorer and archaeologist.
    Date of birth: 12 May 1772
    Date of death: 16 September 1846
    Age: 74 (age at death)
    Nationality: Swiss
    Occupation: Writer
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    Lieutenant generals of Prussia 101T
    Knights of the Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg) 164T
    Swiss Egyptologists 8T
  • 8.

    Karl von Scherzer
    Austrian explorer, diplomat, and scientist (1821–1903)
    Karl von Scherzer
    Overview: Karl Ritter von Scherzer (sometimes written Carl; May 1, 1821 in Vienna – February 19, 1903 in Görz,) was an Austrian explorer, diplomat and natural scientist.
    Date of birth: 1 May 1821
    Date of death: 19 February 1903
    Age: 81 (age at death)
    Nationality: Austrian
    Occupation: Explorer
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    Diplomats from Vienna 28T
    Austrian Mesoamericanists 3T
    19th-century Mesoamericanists 44T
  • 9.

    Lars Monsen
    Norwegian adventurer and journalist (born 1963)
    Lars Monsen
    Overview: Lars Thorbjørn Monsen (born 21 April 1963) is a Norwegian adventurer and journalist, famous for his explorations and backpacking expeditions in harsh wilderness. In particular, he became especially known ...
    Date of birth: 1963
    Age: 62
    Nationality: Norwegian
    Occupation: Explorer
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    Norwegian Sámi people 89T
    Norwegian dog mushers 10T
    Norwegian explorers 62T
  • 10.

    Anastasio Alfaro
    Zoologist, geologist, explorer
    Anastasio Alfaro
    Overview: Anastasio Alfaro (February 16, 1865 – January 20, 1951) was a Costa Rican zoologist, geologist and explorer.
    Date of birth: 16 February 1865
    Date of death: 20 January 1951
    Age: 85 (age at death)
    Nationality: Costa Rican
    Occupation: Scientist
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    Costa Rican explorers 1T
    20th-century zoologists 1,850T
    Costa Rican geologists 1T
  • 11.

    Carl von Hoffman
    Baltic-German soldier and adventurer
    Carl von Hoffman
    Overview: Karl von Hoffman (St. Petersburg, Russia, c. 1889 – New York, New York, USA, 8 July 1982) was a soldier, adventurer, author, and photographer of German ancestry. He was a descendant of Melchior Hoffman; ...
    Date of birth: 1889
    Date of death: 8 July 1982
    Age: 93 (age at death)
    Nationality: Russian
    Occupation: Explorer
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    Explorers of the Russian Empire 150T
    White Russian emigrants to the United States 153T
    Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States 780T
  • 12.

    M Jackson
    American geographer and glaciologist
    Overview: M Jackson is an American geographer, glaciologist, and National Geographic Society Explorer. She is the author of the popular science books The Secret Lives of Glaciers and While Glaciers Slept: Being ...
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Explorer
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  • 13.

    Elizabeth Stark (explorer)
    Scottish Speech therapist and mountaineer
    Overview: Elizabeth "Betty" Stark or Rachel Stark (17 September 1923 – 2000) was a British speech therapist and mountaineer. She climbed the Jugal Himal during the first all-female expedition to the Himalayas in ...
    Date of birth: 17 September 1923
    Date of death: 2000
    Age: 76 (age at death)
    Occupation: Mountain Climber
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    Peter Chelishchev
    18th century Russian ethnographer
    Overview: Peter Ivanovich Chelishchev (Russian: Пётр Иванович Челищев); August 14, 1745 – September 25, 1811) was a Russian writer, ethnographer, traveler from the Chelishchev family.
    Date of death: 25 September 1811
    Occupation: Explorer
    Gender: Male
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  • 15.

    James Campbell Besley
    Australian adventurer and charlatan
    James Campbell Besley
    Overview: James Campbell Besley (November 12, 1879 – February 6, 1954) also known as "Handsome Jim" Besley, "Captain James Campbell Besley", "Captain Jim", "Captain Besley", "Colonel Besley" was an Australian e ...
    Date of birth: 12 November 1879
    Date of death: 6 February 1954
    Age: 74 (age at death)
    Nationality: Australian
    Occupation: Anthropologist
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  • 16.

    Mary Jobe Akeley
    American explorer, author, photographer
    Mary Jobe Akeley
    Overview: Mary Jobe Akeley (January 29, 1878 – January 19, 1966) was an American explorer, author, mountaineer, and photographer. She undertook expeditions in the Canadian Rockies and in the Belgian Congo. She worked ...
    Date of birth: 29 January 1878
    Date of death: 19 January 1966
    Age: 87 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Mountain Climber
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    David Love (adventurer)
    Overview: David James Love (born 21 Sep 1984) is a British Army Officer, adventurer, mountaineer and speaker. He is best known for his work in youth development and inspiring social mindset change by highlighting ...
    Date of birth: 21 September 1984
    Age: 40
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    Philips Christiaan Visser
    Dutch writer (1882–1955)
    Philips Christiaan Visser
    Overview: Philips Christiaan Visser (May 8, 1882 – May 3, 1955) was a Dutch geographer, explorer, mountaineer, diplomat and glaciologist. Visser was mostly known for his travel reports and lectures about his ex ...
    Date of birth: 8 May 1882
    Date of death: 3 May 1955
    Age: 72 (age at death)
    Occupation: Explorer
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  • 19.

    Sarah Belzoni
    English traveller and writer (1783–1870)
    Sarah Belzoni
    Overview: Sarah Belzoni or Sarah Banne (January 1783 – 12 January 1870) was an English traveller and writer. She travelled notably to Egypt and wrote about women there. Although many tales of circuses and wild ...
    Date of birth: January 1783
    Date of death: 12 January 1870
    Age: 86 (age at death)
    Nationality: English
    Occupation: Explorer
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    1783 births 664T
    1870 deaths 1,214T
    English explorers 405T
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    Sarah Marquis
    Swiss adventurer and explorer (born 1972)
    Sarah Marquis
    Overview: Sarah Marquis (born June 20, 1972) is a Swiss adventurer and explorer. From 2010 to 2013, she walked 20,000 kilometres (12,000 mi) alone from Siberia to the Gobi Desert, into China, Laos, Thailand, and ...
    Date of birth: 20 June 1972
    Age: 52
    Nationality: Swiss
    Occupation: Explorer
    Gender: Female
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    Swiss sportswomen 51T
    People from Delémont District 2T
    21st-century explorers 10T
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