A list of articles on this site about real-life explorers, namely people who explored Earth and/or space throughout history.
- Lope de Aguirre
- Buzz Aldrin
- Pedro de Alvarado
- Neil Armstrong
- Ralph Bagnold
- Cabeza de Vaca
- James Cameron
- Christopher Columbus
- Jacques Cousteau
- Hernán Cortés
- Davy Crockett
- Bernal Díaz del Castillo
- Sir Francis Drake
- Amelia Earhart
- Yuri Gagarin
- Hugh Glass
- John Glenn
- T. E. Lawrence
- Ferdinand Magellan
- Vasco Núñez de Balboa
- Alonso de Ojeda
- Francisco de Orellana
- Francisco Pizarro
- Juan Ponce de León
- Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
- Amerigo Vespucci