Notable Explorers and Adventurers by Frequency of Name
| Name | Details |
|---|
| John | 8 explorers |
| William | 7 explorers |
| James | 4 explorers |
| Francisco | 3 explorers |
| George | 3 explorers |
| Giovanni | 3 explorers |
| Pedro | 3 explorers |
| Robert | 3 explorers |
| Alexander | 2 explorers |
| Charles | 2 explorers |
| Ferdinand | 2 explorers |
| Francis | 2 explorers |
| Henry | 2 explorers |
| Jacques | 2 explorers |
| Juan | 2 explorers |
| Peter | 2 explorers |
| Richard | 2 explorers |
| Samuel | 2 explorers |
| Vasco | 2 explorers |
| Willem | 2 explorers |
| Abel | 1 explorer |
| Adolf | 1 explorer |
| Afonso | 1 explorer |
| Alan | 1 explorer |
| Aleksey | 1 explorer |
| Alexandra | 1 explorer |
| Amelia | 1 explorer |
| Amerigo | 1 explorer |
| Andres | 1 explorer |
| Bartolomeu | 1 explorer |
| Candido | 1 explorer |
| Cornelis | 1 explorer |
| Cristoforo | 1 explorer |
| David | 1 explorer |
| Diego | 1 explorer |
| Douglas | 1 explorer |
| Edmund | 1 explorer |
| Edwin | 1 explorer |
| Erik | 1 explorer |
| Ernest | 1 explorer |
| Fernao | 1 explorer |
| Frederick | 1 explorer |
| Fridtjof | 1 explorer |
| Hamilton | 1 explorer |
| He | 1 explorer |
| Hernan | 1 explorer |
| Hernando | 1 explorer |
| Ignacije | 1 explorer |
| Jean | 1 explorer |
| Leif | 1 explorer |
| Louis | 1 explorer |
| Marc | 1 explorer |
| Marco | 1 explorer |
| Matthew | 1 explorer |
| Meriwether | 1 explorer |
| Miguel | 1 explorer |
| Muhammad | 1 explorer |
| Mungo | 1 explorer |
| Neil | 1 explorer |
| Niccolo | 1 explorer |
| Pero | 1 explorer |
| Pierre | 1 explorer |
| Pythias | 1 explorer |
| Qian | 1 explorer |
| Rene | 1 explorer |
| Roald | 1 explorer |
| Ruy | 1 explorer |
| Semyon | 1 explorer |
| Sven | 1 explorer |
| Tenzing | 1 explorer |
| Teoberto | 1 explorer |
| Thomas | 1 explorer |
| Thor | 1 explorer |
| Valentina | 1 explorer |
| Vitus | 1 explorer |
| Walter | 1 explorer |
| Yermak | 1 explorer |
| Yuriy | 1 explorer |
| Zebulon | 1 explorer |
