Famous Navigators

This list currently contains 39 personalities among which there are for example, Florence Arthaud, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Éric Tabarly, Christophe Colomb, Olivier de Kersauson, Amerigo Vespucci, Marco Polo, Fernand de Magellan, Maud Fontenoy, Paul-Émile Victor, Philippe Poupon, Jacques Cartier, James Cook, Bruno Peyron, Loïck Peyron, ...

Pedro Álvares Cabral

† at ~53 years

Pedro Álvares Cabral

~1467 • ~1520

Florence Arthaud

Died 10 years ago in 2025

† at 57 years

Florence Arthaud

1957 • 2015

Isabelle Autissier

Isabelle Autissier

† at ~38 years

~1680 • 1718

† at 51 years

1650 • 1702

† at ~48 years

~1450 • ~1498

Jacques Cartier

† at 65 years

Jacques Cartier

1491 • 1557

† at 35 years

1943 • 1978

Christophe Colomb

† at ~55 years

Christophe Colomb

~1451 • 1506

† at 50 years

1728 • 1779

† at ~62 years

Hernán Cortés

~1485 • 1547

Jacques-Yves Cousteau

† at 87 years

Jacques-Yves Cousteau

1910 • 1997

Gérard d'Aboville

Gérard d'Aboville

Louis-Antoine de Bougainville

† at 81 years

Louis-Antoine de Bougainville

1729 • 1811

Samuel de Champlain

† at ~68 years

Samuel de Champlain

~1567 • 1635

Died 500 years ago in 2024

† at ~55 years

~1469 • 1524

Olivier de Kersauson

Olivier de Kersauson

Fernand de Magellan

† at ~41 years

Fernand de Magellan

~1480 • 1521

Michel Desjoyeaux

Michel Desjoyeaux

† at 87 years

1914 • 2002

Armel Le Cléac'h

Armel Le Cléac'h

Henri le Navigateur

† at 66 years

Henri le Navigateur

1394 • 1460

† at 83 years

1848 • 1931

Ellen MacArthur

Ellen MacArthur

Stéphane Peyron

Stéphane Peyron

† at 69 years

1254 • 1324

Philippe Poupon

Philippe Poupon

† at 62 years

1850 • 1912

† at 53 years

1773 • 1827

† at 66 years

1931 • 1998

Amerigo Vespucci

† at 57 years

Amerigo Vespucci

1454 • 1512

Paul-Émile Victor

Died 30 years ago in 2025

† at 87 years

Paul-Émile Victor

1907 • 1995