Explorers Born in United States

1

Daniel Boone (1734-1820)

2

Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809)

3

William Clark (1770-1838)

4

John Henry Mears (1878-1956)

5

Matthew Henson (1866-1955)

6

Stephen Austin (1793-1863)

7

Jim Bowie (1796-1836)

8

Calamity Jane (1852-1903)

9

Robert Ballard, 79

10

Annie Edson Taylor (1838-1921)

11

Jedediah Smith (1799-1831)

12

Stephen Meek (1807-1889)

13

John C Fremont (1813-1890)

14

Robert Peary (1856-1920)

15

Zebulon Pike (1779-1813)

16

Henry Tureman Allen (1859-1930)

17

Hiram Bingham (1875-1956)

18

Thomas Pegleg Smith (1801-1866)

19

Jim Bridger (1804-1881)

20

William Lewis Herndon (1813-1857)

21

Richard E. Byrd (1888-1957)

22

John Wesley Powell (1834-1902)

23

Richard Wiese, 62

24

Charles Wilkes (1798-1877)

25

Randolph McCoy (1825-1914)

26

Roy Chapman Andrews (1884-1960)

27

Louise Boyd (1887-1972)

28

Kira Salak, 50

29

Frederick Cook (1865-1940)

30

Jim Beckwourth (1798-1866)

31

Wilds P. Richardson (1861-1929)

32

Floyd Collins (1887-1925)

33

Benjamin Bonneville (1796-1878)

34

Lewis R. Freeman (1878-1960)

35

John Clum (1851-1932)

36

Bradford Washburn (1910-2007)

37

Russell Solomon (1793-1836)

38

Andrew Ellicott (1754-1820)

39

Adolphus Greely (1844-1935)

40

Joseph LeConte (1870-1950)

41

Ernest De Koven Leffingwell (1875-1971)

42

Charles Debrille (1825-1902)

43

Bill Steele, 73