Travellers
Discover the wanderlust-filled journeys of renowned celebrities in the "Travellers" category. From intrepid adventurers to world-savvy explorers, these famous individuals share their passion for exploring diverse cultures, uncovering hidden gems, and embracing the thrill of the unknown.

Mungo Park
Great Britain
Great BritainScottish explorer of Central Africa

William Kennedy
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish traveler and officer of the British navy.

Felix Beato
Great Britain
Great BritainTraveler and early British photographer

Verney Lovett Cameron
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish traveler

Oscar Wisting
Norway
NorwayNorwegian polar explorer

Djumber Lejava
Georgian traveler and athlete, multiple Guinness World Record holder

Abby Sunderland
USA
USAAmerican traveler, sailor

Elisha Kane
Cuba
CubaAmerican physician and polar explorer

Bertrand Piccard
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss psychiatrist and aeronaut

Adolphus Greely
USA
USAAmerican scientist and traveler

Frederik Cook
Germany
GermanyPolar explorer.

Carlo Amoretti
Italy
ItalyItalian scientist, traveler, editor, teacher and librarian of the 18th–19th centuries

John Charles Fremont
USA
USAAmerican explorer and military man

Carsten Borchgrevink
Norway
NorwayNorwegian polar explorer.

Vittorio Bottego
Italy
ItalyItalian traveler, explorer of Africa

Eduard Toll
Russia
RussiaIceman

Giovanni Verrazzano
Italy
ItalyItalian traveler of the early sixteenth century.

Fridtjof Nansen
Norway
NorwayNorwegian polar explorer. Nobel Peace Prize 1922

Carl Anton Larsen
Norway
NorwayNorwegian polar explorer and pioneer of Antarctic whale catching

Alfred Grandidier
France
FranceFrench traveler and naturalist

Philipp Franz Siebold
Germany
GermanyGerman naturalist and explorer of Japan

Alonso Arellano
Spain
SpainA 16th century Spanish traveller.

Gregor Sizebock
Australia
AustraliaAustrian traveler

Carl Koldewey
Germany
GermanyGerman traveler

Richard Kund
Prussian military man and traveler, explorer of Africa.

Gerhard Rolfs
France
FranceAfrican Explorer

Martin Kabatnik
Czech traveler and writer of the 15th century

Friedrich Heinrich Freiherr von Kittlitz
Germany
GermanyGerman ornithologist, traveler, artist.

Julius Klaproth
Germany
GermanyGerman orientalist, traveler and polyglot.

Arthur Conolly
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish intelligence officer, traveler, writer. Author of the term "Great Game".

Sinto Bestard
Spain
SpainBlind Traveler

Robert Young Pelton
Canada
CanadaCanadian, modern traveler

Manfredo Camperio
Italy
ItalyItalian traveller and geographer.

Eduard Eyre
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish explorer of Australia

Vasco De Balboa
Spain
SpainSpanish conquistador. He was the first European to cross the Isthmus of Panama and reach the shores of the South Sea, now known to everyone as the Pacific Ocean.

Felix de Azara
Spain
SpainSpanish traveler and naturalist

Otto Sverdrup
Sweden
SwedenNorwegian polar explorer, participant in Fridtjof Nansen's expedition to Greenland

Hjalmar Johansen
Norway
NorwayNorwegian polar explorer

Roman Kurzenev
Russia
RussiaRussian cyclist

Jean-Frederic Maximilien Waldeck
France
FranceFrench adventurer, antiquarian, artist, cartographer and traveler

William Dampier
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish navigator

Ivan Sharp
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish traveler

Edward Dodwell
Ireland
IrelandIrish traveller, author of books on archeology.

Abu Battuta
Arab traveler

Domingo Bonechea
Spain
SpainSpanish navigator and explorer

Davy Crockett
USA
USAAn American traveler, officer and politician who became a character in US folklore.

Cristobal Acuna
Spain
SpainSpanish explorer and Jesuit missionary

Ali Ekber Hitai
Turkey
TurkeyAn early 16th century Ottoman traveler in China

Navneeth
Indian traveler, co-author of The Backpacksters blog

Simon Fraser
USA
USAEnglish traveler