Theodore Roosevelt
18581919
26th President of the United States, Nobel Peace Laureate, naturalist, author, and pioneering conservationist
28 memorials and biographies
18581919
26th President of the United States, Nobel Peace Laureate, naturalist, author, and pioneering conservationist
17691859
Prussian geographer, naturalist, and explorer who co-founded modern geography and pioneered biogeography and geophysical measurement
18221885
American military leader and 18th President of the United States who guided the Union Army to victory in the Civil War
18321901
Finland-Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist, and Arctic explorer renowned for achieving the first complete transit of the Northeast Passage
19131994
British actor known for his leading performances in Hammer horror films and as Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars (1977)
17901866
Welsh surveyor and geographer who served as Surveyor General of India, greatly advancing the accurate mapping of the subcontinent
18651952
Swedish geographer and explorer known for his extensive expeditions across Central Asia, mapping the Transhimalaya and sources of major rivers, and documenting his travels as a writer, photographer, and illustrator
19392016
Japanese mountaineer and explorer, the first woman to summit Mount Everest and ascend the Seven Summits
18381914
Scottish-American naturalist, writer, and early advocate for wilderness preservation, widely known as the 'Father of the National Parks'
14751519
Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador known for being the first European to discover the Pacific Ocean in 1513
14861526
Marino y explorador castellano-vasco que completó la primera vuelta al mundo con la Expedición de Magallanes
14601521
Explorador y conquistador español conocido por liderar las primeras expediciones europeas a Puerto Rico y Florida
19402017
Award-winning British actor known for his distinctive voice and acclaimed character performances across film, television, and stage
9501003
Norse explorer who founded the first Viking settlement in Greenland and extended European presence into the Arctic
18211890
British explorer, army officer, writer, and scholar famed for his wide-ranging travels in Asia, Africa, and South America, and his mastery of up to 29 languages
19342019
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to conduct a spacewalk on March 18, 1965, during the Voskhod 2 mission
19622006
Australian zookeeper, conservationist, and TV personality widely known as the "Crocodile Hunter" and regarded as one of the greatest conservationists of all time
18801930
German climatologist, geophysicist, and polar explorer whose wide-ranging research profoundly influenced Earth sciences
19142002
Norwegian anthropologist, adventurer, and explorer who led the Kon-Tiki and Ra expeditions, challenging theories of ancient migration and seafaring capabilities
18671951
Finnish military leader and statesman who served as regent, commander-in-chief during World War II, and president of Finland
14781541
Conquistador y explorador español, célebre por la conquista del Imperio Inca
19141986
Nepalese-Indian Sherpa mountaineer who, with Edmund Hillary, was the first confirmed to reach the summit of Mount Everest
18131873
Scottish missionary, explorer, and anti-slavery crusader known for his extensive expeditions in Africa and advocacy for British expansion
19101997
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker, and author who co-invented the Aqua-Lung and pioneered underwater documentaries