Our list of Historical Figures covers anyone that is dead, and not listed in another category, where they more likely belong.
Top 10 New World Explorers
- Christopher Columbus
- John Cabot
- Vasco da Gama
- Ferdinand Magellan
- Hernán Cortés
- Francisco Pizarro
- Jacques Cartier
- Samuel de Champlain
- Henry Hudson
- Giovanni da Verrazzano
Top 10 American Born Explorers
- John Wesley Powell
- Zebulon Pike
- Meriwether Lewis
- William Clark
- John Charles Freont
- Daniel Boone
- Robert E. Peary
- Hiram Bingham
- Charles Wilkes
- Richard Byrd
Top 12 Astronauts walking the Moon
- Neil Armstrong (Apollo 11)
- Buzz Aldrin (Apollo 11)
- Charles Conrad (Apollo 12)
- Alan Bean (Apollo 12)
- Alan Shepard (Apollo 14)
- Edgar Mitchell (Apollo 14)
- David Scott (Apollo 15)
- James Irwin (Apollo 15)
- John Young (Apollo 16)
- Charles Duke (Apollo 16)
- Eugene Cernan (Apollo 17)
- Harrison Schmitt (Apollo 17)
Please note that this list is based on the explorers that had significant impact in the New World during the time of the discovery and exploration, but there are many other explorers that played important roles in the history of the New World.
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