British Explorers
- William Gifford Palgrave was the first European to cross Arabia from west to east in 1862.
- Charles Montagu Doughty travelled through Arabia from 1876 to 1878 living with the Bedouin tribes and wrote a book Travels in Arabia Deserta in 1888.
- Lady Anne Blunt
- Captain William Shakespear made seven expeditions to the Arabian interior and was the first European to map the Nafud desert.
- Gertrude Bell
- T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia")
- Gerard Leachman was the first European to be received by Ibn Sa'ud in his home city.
- Major R. E. Cheesman was the first man to map the Arabian coast from the Gulf of Salwa to Uqair.
- Major A. L. Holt led a number of motorized expeditions through the deserts of Arabia, the first time such long journeys had been undertaken with such a large number of vehicles.
- Harry St. John Philby was awarded the Royal Geographical Society Founders Gold Medal for his journey across Arabia.
- Bertram Thomas became the first European to cross the Rub' Al Khali from 1930 and 1931, a journey he described in Arabia Felix in 1932.
- Gerald de Gaury
- Sir George Rendel
- Sir Wilfred Thesiger
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