Adventurer
Discover a world of daring adventurers who have pushed the boundaries of human exploration. From fearless explorers to renowned climbers, this curated list showcases the lives and achievements of iconic adventurers who have shaped our understanding of the world around us.
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Friedrich Wilhelm Voigt
 GermanyGerman shoemaker, ex-prisoner, swindler
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John Bowen
 Great BritainPirate
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Roberto Cofresi
 USAThe most famous pirate in Puerto Rico
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Nikolaas van Hoor
 NetherlandsDutch pirate and slave trader
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Marat Balagula
USA Considered the founder of the Russian mafia in America
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Ferdinand Waldo Demara
USA American scammer
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Frank Abagnale
USA American fraudster, counterfeiter.
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Alison Reynolds
Great Britain English fraudster and swindler.
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John Davis
Great Britain Pirate, explorer of new lands
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Helga De la Brache
 SwedenSwedish fraudster posing as secret royal daughter
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Anne Bonny
 IrelandFemale pirate of Irish descent
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Johnny Bobbit
 DiveHomeless ex-Marine who scammed over $400,000
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Janet Lim-Napoles
 PhilippinesFilipino businesswoman
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Georgia Tann
USA An American, a key defendant in a high-profile case of fraud in the adoption of children.
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Robert Culliford
Great Britain British pirate
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Dmitriy Yakovlev
USA US convicted criminal, Russian immigrant
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Frank Abagnale Jr.
USA American expert in the field of document security, best known for his daring crimes committed back in the 1960s.
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Mary Baker-Willcocks
Great Britain British woman, fraudster
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Paul H. Lemmen
USA American criminal convicted of fraud
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Bendzhamen Sgelbaum
USA The gangster whose name is associated with the birth of the gambling world - Las Vegas.
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Alan Conway
Great Britain British fraudster and impostor
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Seko Asahara
 JapanFounder of the Japanese sect "Aum Shinrikyo"
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Waleed Ahmed
 NorwayNorwegian inventor and fraudster
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Arnold Rotshtein
USA Professional player
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Pascal Payet
 FranceFrench criminal who escaped from prison three times
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Jordan Belfort
USA American motivational speaker and former broker.
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Aleksander Eskvemelin
Pirate
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George Devol
USA Poker player
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Igor Guzenko
 CanadaHead of the encryption department of the USSR Embassy in Canada
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Marina Mniszech
 PolandPolitical adventurer
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Yallahs
Netherlands Dutch filibuster
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John Maylam
Great Britain English entrepreneur, purchasing agent, fraudster
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Mary Carleton
Great Britain British scammer
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Alan Mcilwraith
Great Britain Former call center employee in Scotland posing as a British officer
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Anthony Gignac
USA American fraudster posing as Saudi Arabia's crown prince
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Roche Brasiliano
Netherlands Filibuster
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Andrey Mogilyanskiy
USA A businessman was arrested on charges of so-called sex tourism.
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Mary Read
Great Britain Pirate girl
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Ronnie Biggs
Great Britain The most talented robber of the twentieth century
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Francois Olonnais
France French filibuster who traded in the Caribbean in the mid-17th century
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Frederic Bourdin
France French impostor scammer
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Lay Chansin
 ChinaChinese entrepreneur.
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Bob Denar
France French military man and mercenary, participant in a number of armed conflicts in Africa and Asia.
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Lorens DeGraff
Netherlands Dutch filibuster
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Jenny Clementi
USA American woman who stole a police car
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Alessandro Kaliostro
 Italy(Giuseppe Balsamo) count, charlatan and adventurer
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Stede Bonnet
Great Britain Pirate
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George Parker
USA American scammer
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Edward Krouly
Great Britain Spiritualist
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Gerald Barnbaum
USA Former pharmacist, fraudster
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