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Explorers in Frontier & Sport
18 people, across 2 fields.
William Clark 1770–1838Exploration, Aviation & SpaceCo-leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and later Superintendent of Indian Affairs.
Meriwether Lewis 1774–1809Exploration, Aviation & SpaceCo-leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, which mapped the American West to the Pacific Ocean.
Daniel Boone 1734–1820Exploration, Aviation & SpaceFrontiersman who blazed the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky.
Sacagawea 1788–1812Exploration, Aviation & SpaceShoshone woman who guided the Lewis and Clark Expedition through the Louisiana Territory.
Davy Crockett 1786–1836Exploration, Aviation & SpaceFrontiersman, soldier, and politician who became a folk hero of the American frontier.
Robert Peary 1856–1920Exploration, Aviation & SpaceNaval officer who led the disputed 1909 expedition that claimed to have reached the North Pole.
Kit Carson 1809–1868Exploration, Aviation & SpaceFrontiersman and scout who guided John C. Frémont and became a legend of the American West.
John C. Frémont 1813–1890Exploration, Aviation & SpaceExplorer and military officer whose five expeditions mapped much of the American West.
Matthew Henson 1866–1955Exploration, Aviation & SpaceArctic explorer who co-led Robert Peary’s 1909 expedition, which claimed to have reached the North Pole.
John Wesley Powell 1834–1902Exploration, Aviation & SpaceGeologist and explorer who led the first documented passage through the Grand Canyon.
Richard Byrd 1888–1957Exploration, Aviation & SpaceNaval officer and explorer who claimed to be the first to reach the North Pole by air.
Sylvia Earle b. 1935Exploration, Aviation & SpaceMarine biologist and oceanographer known as Her Deepness for her record-breaking underwater explorations.
Zebulon Pike 1779–1813Exploration, Aviation & SpaceArmy officer who led expeditions to the Southwest and after whom Pikes Peak is named.
Jim Bridger 1804–1881Exploration, Aviation & SpaceMountain man and guide who explored the Rocky Mountains and founded Fort Bridger.
Jedediah Smith 1799–1831Exploration, Aviation & SpaceMountain man and fur trapper who was the first American to enter California by an overland route.
Richard Halliburton 1900–1939Exploration, Aviation & SpaceAdventurer and writer who traveled the world and swam the Panama Canal.
Charles Wilkes 1798–1877Exploration, Aviation & SpaceNaval officer who led the United States Exploring Expedition, mapping the Pacific and Antarctica.